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  • GP2: Pantano preserves lead through eventful weekend

    Lucas di Grassi’s Campos team is celebrating after his win in Valencia handed a double to the Spanish team. He followed in the footsteps of team-mate Vitaly Petrov, who took an unexpected victory in the feature race when leader Giorgio Pantano ran out of fuel.

    Archive, GP2
    Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Arden, ART, Bruno Senna, Campos, European Grand Prix, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Luca Filippi, Lucas di Grassi, Mike Conway, Racing Engineering, Romain Grosjean, Trident Racing, Valencia Street Circuit

  • Valencia – fast, challenging and with a nasty bump to beware of

    Wondering what it’s like to drive a lap at the new Valencia street course? So are most of the F1 and GP2 drivers who are heading there this weekend.

    Archive, F1
    Bridgestone, European Grand Prix, Hirohide Hamashima, Mike Conway, Valencia Street Circuit

  • F1: Hungarian Grand Prix live blog

    This weekend’s race is McLaren’s to lose – can they manage it?

    Archive, F1
    Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Felipe Massa, Formula One, Heikki Kovalainen, Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Nick Fry, Robert Kubica, Timo Glock

  • GP2: Senna closes in on Pantano’s lead

    Giorgio Pantano remains GP2 series leader following the Hungarian round of the championship – but Bruno Senna made up ground and is now hot on the Italian’s heels.

    Archive, GP2
    Andreas Zuber, Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Lucas di Grassi, Mike Conway, Pastor Maldonado, Romain Grosjean, Sebastien Buemi

  • GP2: vote for your favourite driver

    Want to send a message to Formula One bosses about which GP2 driver you think they should be looking to recruit next year? Here’s your chance.

    Archive, GP2
    Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Lucas di Grassi, Mike Conway, Romain Grosjean, Sebastien Buemi

  • GP2: Pantano retains series lead

    Giorgio Pantano has retained his GP2 championship lead in Germany this weekend – despite being overtaken five laps from the end of the first race and failing to finish the second.

    Archive, GP2
    Andreas Zuber, Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Hockenheim, Karun Chandhok, Mike Conway, Romain Grosjean

  • F1: Button and Barrichello will drive in 2009, says Brawn

    Honda team principal Ross Brawn has blocked speculation about his team’s activities on the driver market by confirming it will retain Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello for the 2009 season.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Honda, Jenson Button, Mike Conway, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello

  • GP2: who will make a title breakthrough?

    Racing Engineering driver Giorgio Pantano will go into the Hockenheim GP2 race as the most successful driver in the series’ history – but he’ll still have to fight for a championship win.

    Archive, GP2
    Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Hockenheim, Mike Conway, Sebastien Buemi

  • GP2: Sodden Senna slithers to sprint success

    GP2’s usual off-road action was ramped up by a rain-sodden Silverstone circuit – and it was Bruno Senna who made hay while the sun failed to shine.

    Archive, GP2
    Adrian Valles, Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Kamui Kobayashi, Luca Filippi, Lucas di Grassi, Mike Conway, Pastor Maldonado, Vitaly Petrov

  • GP2: Stormer from Pantano secures feature race victory

    Giorgio Pantano’s F1 career might have been short-lived – but he seems to have well and truly found his home in GP2, where he now convincingly leads the championship.

    Archive, GP2
    Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, Karun Chandhok, Lucas di Grassi, Mike Conway

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