Belated 2013 GP2/GP3 thread

Great drive at the moment from Bird, Calado has been done over by his pit crew. Palmer continues to be incredibly unlucky with drivers trying to pull off idiotic moves.

 

Results - 25 laps:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Sam Bird Russian Time 52m55.642s
2. Marcus Ericsson DAMS +7.001s
3. Alexander Rossi Caterham +8.242s
4. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering +13.950s
5. Tom Dillmann Russian Time +15.353s
6. Julian Leal Racing Engineering +18.643s
7. Stephane Richelmi DAMS +26.086s
8. James Calado ART +27.559s
9. Robin Frijns Hilmer +28.425s
10. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Hilmer +30.497s
11. Mitch Evans Arden +33.190s
12. Simon Trummer Rapax +33.341s
13. Stefano Coletti Rapax +33.837s
14. Johnny Cecotto Jr Arden +48.970s
15. Jolyon Palmer Carlin +49.347s
16. Daniel Abt ART +52.471s
17. Jake Rosenzweig Addax +57.102s
18. Vittorio Ghirelli Lazarus +57.982s
19. Rio Haryanto Addax +1m03.628s
20. Dani Clos MP +1m20.316s
21. Ricardo Teixeira Trident +1m27.365s
22. Nathanael Berthon Trident +1m28.885s

Retirements:

Sergio Canamasas Caterham 19 laps
Felipe Nasr Carlin 5 laps
Daniel de Jong MP 3 laps
Rene Binder Lazarus 0 laps

 

Great race going on at the moment, Some great racing between Nasr and Qauife Hobbs and Palmer officially has no luck. Another incident taking place out of his control.

 

Great race! Leimer holds off Bird for the win, solid drives from Calado, Hobbs and tomorrow's pole sitter Rossi. Championship wide open again.

 

Colletti retired too, so the title race is wide open with Leimer and Bird finishing 1-2. I think it'll be Leimer from Bird by about 10 points, but I don't know who got the points for fastest lap.

 

Pretty sure Bird got fastest lap.

 

It would appear so. That means that the standings are...

Leimer - 153
Bird - 145
Coletti - 135
Nasr - 130
Calado - 119

 

Daniel Kvyat wins a messy GP3 race, which saw both Tio Ellinas and Conor Daly retire.

 

Wow Coletti really has dropped like a stone in these last couple races.

 

[video=youtube;tKJ-6mA0l5s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJ-6mA0l5s&t=9m46s[/video]

Not GP2 or GP3, but a mad incident from 9m46.

 

Dean Stoneman returns to single seaters, signs deal to race for Koiranen at the GP3 finale in Abu Dhabi

 

Kvyat on pole for the GP3 feature race, outqualifying Sainz Jr by 9/10ths. He's three points behind Regalia who'll start 10th, so he's looking good for the title.

Rossi on pole for the GP2 race, Bird is 2nd, Leimer 4th. Colletti's 18th, incredibly bad run of form since leading the championship.

 

Fabio Leimer wins the 2013 GP2 Series!

 

It'll be interesting to see what happens to Leimer, surely he won't be anywhere near F1 next season and he can't compete in GP2 now. I guess he'll go to WSR.

It was such a weak grid this year, when you look back at previous seasons it's easy to see why. The top six last year was Valsecchi, Razia, Gutierrez, Chilton, Calado and Van Der Garde. The top five in 2011 was Grosjean, Filippi, Bianchi, Pic and Van Der Garde. The year before Maldonado won followed by Perez and Bianchi. All the best drivers have been flooding out of the series leaving them with the dregs this year, and the ones who've left haven't exactly set the world alight.

McLaren are set to place Vandoorne in there next season. There'll be a lot of pressure on him to win it at his first attempt. Hopefully Frijns will be involved from the start next year.

 

I disagree with putting Vandoorne in GP2, he will improve the grid in terms of quality no doubt. But I think another year in FR 3.5 with a Friday drive somewhere like Force India would be better considering the extra half hour for practice next year.

DAMS would be a good team for him, likewise Russian Time as Bird surely cannot spend another year in GP2.

 

GP2 post-season testing - morning session


[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td]Driver[/td]
[td]Team[/td]
[td]Laptime[/td]
[td]Laps[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.[/td]
[td]Alexander Rossi[/td]
[td]EQ8 Caterham Racing[/td]
[td]1:49.958[/td]
[td]22[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.[/td]
[td]Daniel Abt[/td]
[td]Hilmer Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.608[/td]
[td]20[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.[/td]
[td]Johnny Cecotto[/td]
[td]Venezuela GP Lazarus[/td]
[td]1:50.643[/td]
[td]12[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4.[/td]
[td]Mitch Evans[/td]
[td]RUSSIAN TIME[/td]
[td]1:50.722[/td]
[td]20[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5.[/td]
[td]Raffaele Marciello[/td]
[td]Trident Racing[/td]
[td]1:50.812[/td]
[td]20[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6.[/td]
[td]Daniel De Jong[/td]
[td]MP Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:51.038[/td]
[td]15[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7.[/td]
[td]Nico Müller[/td]
[td]Arden International[/td]
[td]1:51.144[/td]
[td]23[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8.[/td]
[td]Stéphane Richelmi[/td]
[td]DAMS[/td]
[td]1:51.152[/td]
[td]20[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9.[/td]
[td]Will Stevens[/td]
[td]MP Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:51.210[/td]
[td]21[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10.[/td]
[td]Rene Binder[/td]
[td]Arden International[/td]
[td]1:51.234[/td]
[td]25[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]12.[/td]
[td]Carlos Sainz[/td]
[td]Carlin[/td]
[td]1:51.536[/td]
[td]20[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]19.[/td]
[td]Stoffel Vandoorne[/td]
[td]ART Grand Prix[/td]
[td]1:52.357[/td]
[td]28[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2013/11_November/Alexander-Rossi-tops-morning-session/

 

Guess which driver was fastest in the evening session?

please log in to view this image

 

GP2 post-season testing - evening session


[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td]Driver[/td]
[td]Team[/td]
[td]Laptime[/td]
[td]Laps[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.[/td]
[td]Raffaele Marciello[/td]
[td]Trident Racing[/td]
[td]1:49.811[/td]
[td]17[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.[/td]
[td]Carlos Sainz[/td]
[td]Carlin[/td]
[td]1:49.967[/td]
[td]28[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.[/td]
[td]Daniel Abt[/td]
[td]Hilmer Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.120[/td]
[td]25[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4.[/td]
[td]Johnny Cecotto[/td]
[td]Venezuela GP Lazarus[/td]
[td]1:50.206[/td]
[td]19[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5.[/td]
[td]Jolyon Palmer[/td]
[td]Racing Engineering[/td]
[td]1:50.238[/td]
[td]28[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6.[/td]
[td]Mitch Evans[/td]
[td]RUSSIAN TIME[/td]
[td]1:50.279[/td]
[td]22[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7.[/td]
[td]Rene Binder[/td]
[td]Arden International[/td]
[td]1:50.291[/td]
[td]22[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8.[/td]
[td]Will Stevens[/td]
[td]MP Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.392[/td]
[td]26[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9.[/td]
[td]Andre Negrao[/td]
[td]Hilmer Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.411[/td]
[td]26[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10.[/td]
[td]Facu Regalia[/td]
[td]EQ8 Caterham Racing[/td]
[td]1:50.525[/td]
[td]29[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]11.[/td]
[td]Stoffel Vandoorne[/td]
[td]ART Grand Prix[/td]
[td]1:50.538[/td]
[td]28[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/...-Raffaele-tops-Day-1-of-post-season-testing-/

 

GP2 post-season testing - day 2, morning session


[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[td]Driver[/td]
[td]Team[/td]
[td]Laptime[/td]
[td]Laps[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]1.[/td]
[td]Raffaele Marciello[/td]
[td]Trident Racing[/td]
[td]1:49.598[/td]
[td]16[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2.[/td]
[td]Juian Leal[/td]
[td]Arden International[/td]
[td]1:49.917[/td]
[td]26[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]3.[/td]
[td]Jolyon Palmer[/td]
[td]DAMS[/td]
[td]1:50.261[/td]
[td]27[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4.[/td]
[td]Rio Haryanto[/td]
[td]EQ8 Caterham Racing[/td]
[td]1:50.341[/td]
[td]26[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5.[/td]
[td]Stéphane Richelmi[/td]
[td]DAMS[/td]
[td]1:50.471[/td]
[td]27[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6.[/td]
[td]Jazeman Jaafar[/td]
[td]Carlin[/td]
[td]1:50.483[/td]
[td]24[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7.[/td]
[td]Tio Ellinas[/td]
[td]MP Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.505[/td]
[td]26[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8.[/td]
[td]Daniel Abt[/td]
[td]Hilmer Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.568[/td]
[td]24[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9.[/td]
[td]Rene Binder[/td]
[td]Hilmer Motorsport[/td]
[td]1:50.602[/td]
[td]25[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10.[/td]
[td]Andre Negrao[/td]
[td]Racing Engineering[/td]
[td]1:50.655[/td]
[td]28[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[td]-[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]12.[/td]
[td]Stoffel Vandoorne[/td]
[td]ART Grand Prix[/td]
[td]1:50.827[/td]
[td]33[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/...affaele-Marciello-tops-Day-2-morning-session/

 

This is Marciello's first ever time in GP2 isn't it?