GP2 Live Commenting – Spain (Race 2)

Well, yesterday’s GP2 season opener was a corker! Collisions on the first lap, the pole sitter stalled at the start, and there was even a safety car period. But at the end of it all, rookie and WSR graduate Alvaro Parente drove an excellent race to win his first GP2 race.

This morning, we get to see the mad dash that is the sprint race – no pitstops, just out and out racing! You can watch the live coverage on ITV4 either on TV or if you can only reach a computer, on the ITV website. Just click the ITV4 logo on the simulcast window on the homepage.

OK, so lets whet our motorsport appetites for today before the F1 race today!

GP2 Live Commenting – Spain

Hey everyone and welcome to the first GP2 Live Commenting thread. The ever-exciting feeder series to F1 returns with a brand new 2008-spec car and a bunch of new drivers as well as the challengers from last year. No traction control, slick tyres and aerodynamics you’d normally find on an F1 car mean that it’s the closest thing to an F1 car that isn’t one, if that makes any sense!

So, what can we expect? Well, the GP2 Asia champion Romain Grosjean will want to make it a completely successful year by taking the crown, and ever increase his chances of moving up to a Renault drive. Reigning championship winners iSport have Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna on board, the latter out to prove he’s not just a name. Plus there’s the likes of Alvaro Parente, Luca Fillipi, Andi Zuber, Giorgio Pantano, and a host of other young talent all wanting to realise their dream of becoming a Formula 1 driver.

So, with out further ado, let’s look at the grid for the first race of the weekend and of the season:

Pos Driver                Team                 Time     

1.    Pastor Maldonado    Piquet Sports      1:27.547           
2.    Alvaro Parente         Super Nova         1:27.705  
3.    Andi Zuber              Piquet Sports      1:28.155  
4.    Bruno Senna            iSport                 1:28.273  
5.    Giorgio Pantano      Racing Eng.        1:28.290  
6.    Adrian Valles          FMS                     1:28.323  
7.    Karun Chandhok     iSport                 1:28.385  
8.    Vitaly Petrov           Campos              1:28.423  
9.    Javier Villa              Racing Eng.        1:28.562  
10.  Mike Conway          Trident               1:28.622  
11.  Romain Grosjean    ART                    1:28.684  
12.  Davide Valsecchi    Durango            1:28.713  
13.  Kamui Kobayashi    DAMS                1:28.799  
14.  Luca Filippi             ART                   1:28.868  
15.  Ben Hanley             Campos             1:28.889  
16.  Ho-Pin Tung          Trident              1:28.937  
17.  Alberto Valerio       Durango            1:29.338  
18.  Yelmer Buurman     Arden                1:29.339 
19.  Christian Bakkerud Super Nova       1:29.394  
20.  Sebastien Buemi     Arden                1:29.478  
21.  Milos Pavlovic        BCN                   1:29.618 
22.  Jerome D’Ambrosio DAMS               1:29.628 
23.  Paolo Nocera          BCN                  1:29.708 
24.  Roldan Rodriguez   FMS                  1:29.762 
25.  Diego Nunes          DPR                  1:30.343 
26.  Giacomo Ricci        DPR                  1:30.443