Renate Jungert

Renate Jungert

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Latifi fastest on second day of GP2 test
Formula 2

Latifi fastest on second day of GP2 test

On the second day of the GP2 post season test in Abu Dhabi it was Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) who topped the time sheet with a laptime of 1:47.860. The Canadian beat yesterday’s top time and finished the day ahead of Norman Nato (ART Grand Prix) and Sergey Sirotkin (Rapax). The first hour of the session […]

GP2 Post Season Test – Complete Entry List for Day 2
Formula 2

GP2 Post Season Test – Complete Entry List for Day 2

The line-up on the second day of the GP2 Series post season test will be as follows: DAMS will run the same drivers as on the first day, namely Nicholas Latifi and Alex Lynn. Dean Stoneman will remain with Carlin alongside Richie Stanaway in the morning session, and European Formula 3 driver Antonio Giovinazzi will […]

Matsushita fastest on first day of GP2 test
Formula 2

Matsushita fastest on first day of GP2 test

Nobuharu Matsushita set the fastest laptime of the first day of GP2 Series post season testing in Abu Dhabi. The ART Grand Prix driver was fastest in both the morning and the evening session. Nicholas Latifi (DAMS) and Pierre Gasly (PREMA) set the second- and third-fastest times of the day. The morning session began on […]

Status Grand Prix announces GP2 test line-up
Formula 2

Status Grand Prix announces GP2 test line-up

Status Grand Prix have announced their line-up for the GP2 post season test that will take place later this week in Abu Dhabi. The Canadian team will run a completely new driver line-up at the Yas Marina Circuit. Philo Armand will be driving the car #22 for all three days. The 19-year-old Indonesian debuted in […]

GP2 race cancelled after crash on opening lap
Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina

GP2 race cancelled after crash on opening lap

The final race of the 2015 season at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi was cancelled after a heavy crash during the opening lap. Pierre Gasly spun in the middle of the bunched-up field, and Norman Nato was not able to avoid the stranded car. Sean Gelael and Nicholas Latifi were unable to take […]

Vandoorne claims record-breaking GP2 victory
Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina

Vandoorne claims record-breaking GP2 victory

GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne claimed a record-breaking feature race win, bringing his tally of victories up to eleven, which makes him the driver with the most GP2 race wins. Raffaele Marciello recovered from a bad start and finished in second place with an opposite strategy ahead of Mitch Evans. Vandoorne had a quick getaway from […]

Evans wins GP2 sprint race in Bahrain
Bahrain - Sakhir

Evans wins GP2 sprint race in Bahrain

In a race decided by tyre management, it was Mitch Evans who had the upper hand and eventually crossed the finish line as the race winner. Stoffel Vandoorne finished on the podium again after yesterday’s Feature race win ahead of reverse grid pole sitter Alex Lynn. As the lights went out, Alex Lynn made a […]

GP2 Preview: Round 10 – Bahrain
Bahrain - Sakhir

GP2 Preview: Round 10 – Bahrain

The GP2 Series returns to the Sakhir International Circuit for the second time this season, and even though Stoffel Vandoorne crowned himself GP2 champion in the previous round in Sochi with 227.5 points to his name, the battles are far from over. Alexander Rossi increased his points tally to 169.5 with his second feature race […]

Race win for Stanaway, Vandoorne claims GP2 crown
Formula 2

Race win for Stanaway, Vandoorne claims GP2 crown

While Richie Stanaway scored his second GP2 race win ahead of Rio Haryanto and Raffaele Marciello; however, all eyes were on the man who finished in fourth place: after dominating all season long, Stoffel Vandoorne sealed his championship victory in today’s sprint race in Sochi. The initial situation was simple: Vandoorne needed to finish ahead […]

Rossi wins on Russian soil
Formula 2

Rossi wins on Russian soil

Alexander Rossi claimed the sprint race victory in a shortened GP2 Feature race, followed by Pierre Gasly and Stoffel Vandoorne. It was a race against the setting sun in Russia as two crashes in the first lap interrupted the race. Local hero Artem Markelov ran wide and clipped the wall in turn 13. The Russian […]

Prema to replace Lazarus in 2016
Formula 2

Prema to replace Lazarus in 2016

FIA Formula 3 team Prema Powerteam have made an agreement with GP2 team Daiko Team Lazarus and will take over the entry of their Italian compatriots of for the 2016 season of the GP2 Series. “I am very pleased to welcome Prema to the GP2 Series”, says GP2 Series CEO Bruno Michel. “Their remarkable track […]

Evans claims sprint race win in Monza
Formula 2

Evans claims sprint race win in Monza

Mitch Evans snatched the race sprint race win from Arthur Pic in the last lap to finish on the podium for a second time this weekend. Pic held on to second place after a strong drive to cross the finish line ahead of championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne. The GP2 sprint race took place under a […]