7 Feb 2010: GP2 Asia: It’s iSport’s weekend as Valsecchi wins sprint
iSport’s Davide Valsecchi was expected to dominate this weekend’s GP2 Asia event in Abu Dhabi after his near-shutout in November – and he delivered the goods in the sprint race.
iSport’s Davide Valsecchi was expected to dominate this weekend’s GP2 Asia event in Abu Dhabi after his near-shutout in November – and he delivered the goods in the sprint race.
Oliver Turvey led home a 1-2 finish for the Norfolk-based iSport squad as the GP2 Asia cranked up to speed again, despite bashing wheels with team-mate Davide Valsecchi while the pair battled for the lead at the Yas Marina circuit.
iSport’s team principal Paul Jackson has come up with the best imaginable response to being ridiculed by Ferrari for not being worthy of a Formula One grid slot next year.
iSport International, the Norwich-based GP2 entrant that saw Timo Glock to victory and a F1 drive in 2007, is the third British outfit to state that it will consider a F1 entry if the price is right.
A month ago we heard how the Honda F1 team had until the new year to find a buyer if it was to stand any chance of lining up on the grid in Melbourne in March. Well, January has arrived, and how do its prospects, and those of its driver Jenson Button, look?
British F3 International runner-up Oliver Turvey is hoping for a front-running GP2 drive next year – despite losing out to 18-year-old team-mate Jaime Alguersuari in the junior series’ final round. And he’s got high hopes of the Macau Grand Prix…
British F3 driver Oliver Turvey has been hailed as the next Lewis Hamilton – and now he’s one step closer to making that a reality after securing a test with leading GP2 team iSport International.
Bruno Senna has claimed his second pole in a row at Silverstone, taking the top spot in qualifying ahead of Romain Grosjean and Andreas Zuber.
Teams competing in the GP2 series have converged on the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet, in southern France, for the last test session until the end of the 2008 season and the run-in to the championship’s French round.
It’s as you were, chaps, for the next three GP2 seasons, according to an announcement made last week by the series organisers.