2013 GP2 Series round 8: Spa-Francorchamps
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- 23rd August 2013, 7:40 at 7:40 am #133514andae23Participant
So, the big news ahead of this weekend is that Robin Frijns is back in the car, at Jon Lancaster’s cost. Two races again this weekend, practice will start in about two hours.
23rd August 2013, 7:44 at 7:44 am #240608the_sigmanParticipantLet’s see if Coletti can run at the front here. His last races are not the best.
23rd August 2013, 15:16 at 3:16 pm #240609andae23ParticipantBird takes pole position for the feature race, from Leimer and Calado. Nasr is down in tenth and Coletti is only 20th!
23rd August 2013, 15:33 at 3:33 pm #240610R.J. O’ConnellParticipantHuge, huge break for Bird in the championship battle. And what about Rossi in 5th, that’s the best qualifying result I’ve seen from him in a little while!
23rd August 2013, 20:25 at 8:25 pm #240611Keith CollantineKeymasterFrijns reckons he should be higher on the grid:
https://twitter.com/RFrijns/status/370922939577028608
Here’s the grid after penalties:
1. Sam Bird – 1’56.957
2. Fabio Leimer – 1’57.156
3. James Calado – 1’57.404
4. Marcus Ericsson – 1’57.538
5. Alexander Rossi – 1’57.578
6. Nathaneal Berthon – 1’57.588
7. Jolyon Palmer – 1’57.691
8. Stephane Richelmi – 1’57.802
9. Felipe Nasr – 1’57.839
10. Robin Frijns – 1’57.881
11. Julian Leal – 1’57.924
12. Tom Dillmann – 1’57.950
13. Mitchell Evans – 1’58.271
14. Simon Trummer – 1’58.384
15. Daniel Clos – 1’58.385
16. Johnny Cecotto Jnr – 1’58.419
17. Rio Haryanto – 1’58.463
18. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs – 1’58.534
19. Sergio Canamasas – 1’57.804
20. Stefano Coletti – 1’58.618
21. Daniel de Jong – 1’58.789
22. Rene Binder – 1’58.803
23. Vittorio Ghirelli – 1’58.831
24. Daniel Abt – 1’59.022
25. Jake Rosenzweig – 1’59.253
26. Ricardo Teixeira – 2’17.52824th August 2013, 8:02 at 8:02 am #240612Bradley DowntonParticipantBird needs a solid win and podium in the sprint race to bring himself back into contention. Calado stands a good chance of catching up slightly as well. I expect Nasr to pull back and possibly be on the podium though, he always managed something.
24th August 2013, 8:31 at 8:31 am #240613NickParticipantLooking at the weather reports for today and tomorrow morning, I (or rather accuweather) expect the GP2 races to be wet. Here’s hoping for 2 safe races..
24th August 2013, 14:46 at 2:46 pm #240614R.J. O’ConnellParticipant1st: Bird
2nd: Ericsson
3rd: Rossi
4th: Leimer
5th: Dillmann
6th: Leal
7th: Richelmi
8th: Calado
9th: Frijns
10th: Quaife-Hobbs
13th: Coletti
DNF: Nasr, Palmer24th August 2013, 14:47 at 2:47 pm #240615andae23ParticipantIn the championship it now looks like this:
Coletti – 135
Nasr – 129
Leimer – 122
Bird – 121Seven rounds still to go, this is shaping up nicely! :)
24th August 2013, 15:01 at 3:01 pm #240616RigiParticipantgreat drive from the top 3! and it’s good to see the champoinship get more and more intresting with coletti not scoring any points once again!
24th August 2013, 15:16 at 3:16 pm #240617NickParticipantColetti has to be losing some sleep in the past few weeks..
24th August 2013, 15:56 at 3:56 pm #240618Keith CollantineKeymasterHeavy crash for De Jong at Eau Rouge:
24th August 2013, 16:55 at 4:55 pm #240619MikeParticipantNasty crash. I think this should act as a reminder about how dangerous motor sport can be. Especially Eau Rouge.
24th August 2013, 17:07 at 5:07 pm #240620R.J. O’ConnellParticipantThis should also act as a reminder that even with the asphalt runoff there instead of gravel, Eau Rouge is still a dangerous corner if you mess it all up.
24th August 2013, 17:36 at 5:36 pm #240621Iestyn DaviesParticipantLooks like Coletti’s season started going downhill when Leimer punted him off at Silverstone, causing a double blank weekend. At that point it looked like he had it wrapped up, as a drop off of pace was unimaginable. Trevor Carlin has said Nasr needs to be more aggressive – but why? With a solid points scoring finish here he would lead the championship. Consistency counts a lot in GP2. So with Nasr now having dropped scores it really looks close. Calado was lucky to get back to 8th after a botched pit stop – he really needs to win tomorrow to be getting back near the hunt. He’s had enough bad luck this season as is – two 9th place feature race finishes – could be a whole lot more points in the bag with 2 8th/poles instead. Looks like the break has helped Rossi catch back up again after going over what he missed in the first half of the season (i.e. pre-season).
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