Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the place where is going to take, the most important weekend in this 2013 of the GP2 Series.
Who will leave Abu Dhabi with the 9th GP2 title in his pocket? Fabio Leimer, Sam Bird, Felipe Nasr, Stefano Coletti and James Calado mathematically have a chance to be crowned.
Fabio Leimer, the leader has 3 wins, 6 podiums and one pole. Despite his six podiums, the Swiss had many problems during the season, bad luck, technical problems ….
Sam Bird was one of the strong men of the season, second in the championship with five wins, six podiums, two pole position. Driving for a new team is not easy, but Bird showed his determination from the beginning of the season.
Felipe Nasr, the third in the championship with six podiums was a favorite at the beginning of the season.
Stefano Coletti , 3 wins, 7 podiums and 1 pole started the season in the championship. But after only a few bad races, he weakened in mid-season.
James Calado has 6 podiums this year, Force India third driver , the British driver had a very difficult start to the season, but he managed to raise the rhythm and find the fifth position in the championship.
In the other hand manufacturer championship, Russian Time is the leader with 17 points followed by Carlin.
Both drivers and manufacturers championships still open. The answer at the end of the weekend …
Marcus Ericsson was the first to run on the track in 1:54.042 . His time was quickly improved by the Russian Time drivers. With this heat, the pilot must learn to manage their tires ensuring all traffic on the track.
The pilots of the Russian team seem very fast at the beginning of weekend, they placed it on the first line at the beginning of the season. Dani Clos only managed to beat their lap just 0.026 ahead of Sam Bird.
At the end of the session, the championship leader Fabio Leimer, managed to get the fastest lap of the first session of the day in 1:51.766 . Trummer left at the end end of the session , but without result .
Bird signed the second lap , followed by Clos P3, Rossi P4, P5 Calado , Dillmann P6 and P7 Lancaster .
Appointment at 16h (CET+1) for the qualifying session.
