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Thursday, 26 April 2012 19:41 |
 The latest round of the GP2 Series driver entry list and fact sheet - Back in the game - One week after the second round of the 2012 season, the thirteen teams are back at the Bahrain International Circuit for the third round of the season, and for a standalone race weekend.
One man has clearly become everyone’s target, new Series leader Davide Valsecchi dominated in a crucifying manner the rest of the field in free practice, qualifying, Feature and Sprint Races at the Bahraini track.
The Italian had an almost perfect race weekend missing only the two bonus points for fastest lap time on Sunday to complete an otherwise faultless performance and steal the lead in the drivers’ standings from Luiz Razia to lead the Brazilian by thirteen points.
This week’s event will all be about who can match Valsecchi’s pace and there are a handful of contenders to do just that, starting with Esteban Gutiérrez who pocketed two podium finishes last weekend.
The mighty Mexican has scored points every race this season so far along with Razia, team-mate James Calado and Max Chilton. Two other drivers will surely be strong this week: Fabio Leimer and Felipe Nasr.
The Swiss who was leading the Sprint Race was handed a drive though penalty for ignoring yellow flags, but has clearly the pace and skills to challenge Valsecchi.
As for Nasr, the rookie did not fail to impress last week especially during the sprint race when he started from the pit lane and fought his way back through the field to take sixth place.
This third round will take place over just two days including a busy Friday with Free Practice, Qualifying and the Feature Race.
Series tyre supplier Pirelli will provide each team with Hard (Prime) and Medium (Option) compounds.
The 2012 season has generated some heart stopping action and will once again provide all the ingredients to produce the perfect GP2 recipe with young blood eager to succeed, whilst being put to the test, racing machinery that will accept nothing but the very best from the drivers.
Bahrain Fact Sheet:
- Info Pirelli: Prime – Hard // Option – Medium
- Past results (same car/same tyres/same track configuration) April 2011: Pole Position: Davide Valsecchi (DAMS). Feature Race: Davide Valsecchi (DAMS). Luiz Razia (Arden International), Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP). Sprint Race: Davide Valsecchi (DAMS), Esteban Gutiérrez (Lotus GP), James Calad
- (Lotus GP)
- Best lap time in qualifying: 1'41.200 D. Valsecchi // DAMS)
- Race 1: 32 laps (excluding formation lap)
- Lap Length: 5.421 km
- Race Distance: 173.184 km
- Race 2: 23 laps (excluding Formulation lap)
- Race Distance: 124.476 km
2012 season so far:
- Pole positions: Davide Valsecchi (DAMS) x 2
- Race winners : Luiz Razia (Arden International), James Calad
- (Lotus GP), Davide Valsecchi (DAMS) x 2
- D. Valsecchi is now leading the drivers’ standings 27 points ahead of L. Razia
- DAMS are leading the Teams’ standings, 8 points on Lotus GP
- James Calado is currently the best rookie, lying in fourth place in the drivers’ standings
Onboard cameras:
| Driver |
Team |
Car N° |
| Johnny Cecotto |
Barwa Addax Team |
01 |
| Marcus Ericsson |
iSport International |
07 |
| Stephane Richelmi |
Trident Racing |
16 |
| Fabrizio Crestani |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
18 |
Driver entry list:
| N° |
Driver |
Nat. |
Team |
| 1 |
Johnny Cecotto |
VEN |
Barwa Addax Team |
| 2 |
Dani Clos |
ESP |
Barwa Addax Team |
| 3 |
Davide Valsecchi |
ITA |
DAMS |
| 4 |
Felipe Nasr |
BRA |
DAMS |
| 5 |
Fabio Leimer |
SUI |
Racing Engineering |
| 6 |
Nathanaël Berthon |
FRA |
Racing Engineering |
| 7 |
Marcus Ericsson |
SWE |
iSport International |
| 8 |
Jolyon Palmer |
GBR |
iSport International |
| 9 |
James Calado |
GBR |
Lotus GP |
| 10 |
Esteban Gutierrez |
MEX |
Lotus GP |
| 11 |
Rodolfo Gonzalez |
VEN |
Caterham Racing |
| 12 |
Giedo Van der Garde |
NED |
Caterham Racing |
| 14 |
Stefano Coletti |
MON |
Scuderia Coloni |
| 15 |
Fabio Onidi |
ITA |
Scuderia Coloni |
| 16 |
Stephane Richelmi |
MON |
Trident Racing |
| 17 |
Julian Leal |
COL |
Trident Racing |
| 18 |
Fabrizio Crestani |
ITA |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
| 19 |
Giancarlo Serenelli |
VEN |
Venezuela GP Lazarus |
| 20 |
Ricardo Teixeira |
POR |
Rapax |
| 21 |
Tom Dillmann |
FRA |
Rapax |
| 22 |
Simon Trummer |
SUI |
Arden International |
| 23 |
Luiz Razia |
BRA |
Arden International |
| 24 |
Brendon Hartley |
NZL |
Ocean Racing Technology |
| 25 |
Nigel Melker |
NED |
Ocean Racing Technology |
| 26 |
Max Chilton |
GBR |
Carlin |
| 27 |
Rio Haryanto |
INA |
Carlin |
Weekend schedule:
Friday 27th April 2012
10h00-10h30 - Practice
11h30-12h00 - Qualifying
15h45 - Pit lane opens
15h50 - Pit lane closes
16h00 - Race Start
Saturday 28th April 2012
13h45 - Pit Lane opens
13h50 - Pit Lane closes - Grid
14h00 - Race Start
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