1. H. KOVALAINEN FIN Arden International 37 laps 1 1:02:15.934 2. J. LOPEZ ARG DAMS +6.802 3. S. SPEED USA iSport International +17.742 4. G. BRUNI ITA Coloni Motorsport +18.438 5. A. CARROLL GBR Super Nova International +21.571 6. N. JANI SUI Racing Engineering +43.007 7. A. PREMAT FRA ART Grand Prix +46.919 8. N. ROSBERG GER ART Grand Prix +48.672 9. O. PLA FRA DPR +56.079 10. E. VISO VEN BCN Competicion +81.028 11. S. HERNANDEZ ESP Campos Racing +90.550 12. M. LAUDA AUT Coloni Motorsport +1 LAP 13. G. PANTANO ITA Super Nova International DNF 35 laps 14. N. PIQUET Jr. BRA Hitech Piquet Sports DNF 35 laps 15. C. PICCIONE MON Durango +2 LAPS 16. C. ARTAM TUR iSport International DNF 34 laps 17. F. FAUZY MAL DAMS 17 DNF 33 laps NOT CLASSIFIED B. GARCIA ESP Racing Engineering DNF F. MONFARDINI ITA Durango DNF J. ALVAREZ ESP Campos Racing DNF R. SHARP GBR DPR DNF H. YOSHIMOTO JPN BCN Competicion DNF A. NEGRAO BRA Hitech Piquet Sports DNF N. LAPIERRE FRA Arden International DNS FASTEST LAP E. VISO VEN BCN Competicion 1:35.257 on lap 35 In a thrilling race of tactics and intense on-track battles, Heikki Kovalainen came through to take victory in the first ever GP2 series race. He was followed home by Jose Maria Lopez (DAMS) and Scott Speed (iSport International.) The race had been dominated early-on by the Super Nova International of Giorgio Pantano, but when the pit stops panned out, it was his team-mate Adam Carroll who led the race. His lead was short-lived however, as the charging Kovalainen took over when the Northern Irishman was called into the pits with an agonising 2 laps to go. So, Kovalainen took the win from Lopez (6.8 seconds) Speed (17.7 secs) Bruni (18.4 secs) Carroll (21.5 secs) Jani (43 secs) Premat (46.9 secs) and Rosberg (48.6 secs,) with Ernesto Viso taking two points for fastest lap. With the reverse grid for tomorrow's race, eighth place finisher Nico Rosberg will start from the head of the field in an all-ART Grand Prix front row. ... full race report to follow. Great result for Speed. Tommorrow there is another race.
That is a great result for Speed considering he has never raced these types of cars, where as Kovenlavin raced the Telefonica World Series( Champion) which are very similar in preformance to the GP2 cars.
Kind of have to.... GO FINLAND, this year seems to be picking up again, Kovalainen and nico rosberg (half finnish) in GP2, Räikkönen finally again getting the speed up in F1. And then ofcourse Grönholm in WRC. And Kallio won last weekends 125cc GP, whcih maybe isn't that a big deal,but since it was the first time in 30 years a finn does that it is ! This from a country that has 6 months of the year snow and a 5 miilion population, I am very proud of my homecountry at the moment ! Today is going to be an exciting day !
And it was for Kimi until that McLaren killed his race yet again. Ferrari want Räikkönen and he must be getting tired of DNF's, he'll be wearing Red before he's done. Anyways checkout this link for a perspective on the current state of GP2 http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns14673.html Kenny K
