FIA Formula 2

Ghiotto joins Markelov in Russian Time

RUSSIAN TIME heads into the 13th GP2 season with a new line-up comprising 22-year-old Russian Artem Markelov and Italian 21-year-old Luca Ghiotto. Markelov and Ghiotto were both top 10 championship finishers in the 2016 series,...

Jordan King joins MP Motorsport

The British driver, Jordan King, joins the dutch team MP Motorsport to dispute his third season in GP2 Series. After two successful years in F3 and one title in British F3 in 2013, Jordan King...

Matsushita goes for a third year with ART GP

Japanese driver Nobuaru Matsushita continues his partnership with ART Grand Prix for a third year in GP2 Series. After a first year overshadowed by Stoffel Vandoorne in 2015, Matsushita gained consistency in 2016 with less...

Latifi and Rowland confirmed with DAMS

DAMS confirms the arrival of Oliver Rowland and Nicholas Latifi’s re-signing within the team for the 2017 GP2 Series season. In 2016, Nicholas Latifi went through a bitter-sweet season, just like the team in...

Arden teams up with Jagonya Ayam in GP2

  After Carlin in F3 and Campos in GP2, it is now Arden’s turn to team up with Jagonya Ayam for the 2017 GP2 Series season with Sean Gelael and Norman Nato as their drivers. Arden...

GP2 Series 2017 season calendar revealed

The GP2 Series organisers have confirmed the 2017 season calendar. Once again, it will consist of eleven rounds in total, including ten support events of the Formula One World Championship. Seven rounds will be held in...

Delétraz completes Racing Engineering’s 2017 driver line-up

Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that Louis Delétraz will be driving alongside Gustav Malja for the 2017 GP2 Series, the 19-year-old Swiss will driving for the Spanish team for his first full season...

Malja to join Racing Engineering for the 2017 GP2 Series

Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that Gustav Malja will be joining the Racing Engineering team for the 2017 GP2 Series. The 21-year-old Swede will be driving for the Spanish team in his second...

Latifi fastest overall during three days test

Nicholas Latifi concluded his GP2 season on top at Yas Marina Circuit: the Canadian driver from DAMS set the fastest overall laptime over the past three days of post-season testing with a 1:49.929. Johnny...

Albon ends on top on day 2

Alexander Albon topped the second day of post-season testing at Yas Marina: at the wheel of an ART Grand Prix car, the Thai clocked in a laptime of 1:49.062. Raffaele Marciello and Charles Leclerc...

Marciello tops Day 1 session at Abu Dhabi

Raffaele Marciello set the best laptime in today’s post-season test session at the Yas Marina Circuit. The Italian lapped the track in a 1:49.937 at the wheel of a Trident car during the afternoon...

Champions’ thoughts

For the first time of GP2 and GP3 history, both titles were decided on the last week-end of the season in Abu Dhabi, claiming Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc as their champions. FormulaRapida.net asked...

Sergio Sette Camara graduates into GP2 with MP Motorsport

Multiple podium finishing GP2 Series team MP Motorsport is absolutely delighted to today, Sunday, 27th November, announce its first high-profile driver signing for the 2017 season – exciting Brazilian 18-year-old Sérgio Sette Câmara. Mere days...

Gasly is crowned GP2 Champion as Lynn wins in Abu Dhabi

Alex Lynn won the sprint race in Abu Dhabi after dominating from pole. Johnny Cecotto and Sergey Sirotkin completed the podium in a race which has crowned Pierre Gasly as the new GP2 Champion. Lynn...

Gasly wins and takes championship momentum

Pierre Gasly takes the win in Abu Dhabi ahead of Nobuharu Matsushita and Artem Markelov. Giovinazzi ending fifth, the Frenchman takes a twelve-points championship lead.   Pierre Gasly started from pole position ahead of Sergey Sirotkin...

Two-day GP2 test for Ilott in Abu Dhabi

British driver Callum Ilott will have his first experience of GP2 machinery at the upcoming GP2 test in Abu Dhabi on December 1st and 2nd. Ilott, 18, who recently confirmed he would drive for...

Gasly above everyone in qualifying

Abu Dhabi- Pierre Gasly set a stellar lap in qualifying session in Abu Dhabi and gets to 5 points to Giovinazzi in the championship. Sergey Sirtokin and Artem Markelov complete the top 3. All the drivers...

Giovinazzi : « I am feeling really positive »

Abu Dhabi -  This week-end, Antonio Giovinazzi has the opportunity to become the first rookie GP2 Series champion of the Pirelli era. We met him ahead of the week-end. All smiling in the paddock, Antonio Giovinazzi...

Gasly leads the way in Abu Dhabi

Pierre Gasly got his Abu Dhabi weekend started to plan after topping the timesheets in this morning's Free Practice session in the emirate, grabbing P1 late in a busy session ahead of former teammate...

Hilmer wants to get back in GP2 in 2017

The period of Hilmer Motorsport’s abstinence is over. The German GP2 team heads towards new tasks and goals with a new, streamlined structure in the organisation and management departments. The objective of the only German...

GP2 preview : a title for F1

This week-end takes place the eleventh and last round of GP2 series of the season. It has been a few years since the last time the championship had to be decided on the last...

Bernstorff joins Arden GP2 in Abu Dhabi

Arden International are pleased to welcome back our 2015 GP3 Series driver Emil Bernstorff, to our driver line up for the season finale of the 2016 GP2 Series, at the stunning Yas Marina circuit...

Delétraz joins Carlin for GP2 Series finale

Carlin is pleased to welcome Louis Delétraz to the team for the final race of the 2016 GP2 Series at Abu Dhabi. Delétraz has been competing in the Formula V8 3.5 Series for the...

Fuoco & Leclerc to race for Prema in next GP2 season

The talented drivers of the Ferrari Driver Academy agreed with Prema to take part in the 2017 GP2 season. Both arrive with similar trajectories, both fight for the GP3 championship, both hope to arrive to...

Maiden GP2 win for Ghiotto

Luca Ghiotto claimed his maiden win in GP2 Series ahead of Raffaele Marciello and Pierre Gasly. Mitch Evans started from pole position ahead of Luca Ghiotto and Raffaele Marciello. Evans struggled to get away and...

Giovinazzi wins and takes championship lead

Antonio Giovinazzi wins the feature race at Sepang ahead of Sergey Sirotkin and Norman Nato. Pierre Gasly finishes out of the points. Pierre Gasly started from pole position ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi and Raffaele Marciello....

Gasly on top in qualifying

Pierre Gasly claimed another pole position in a dramatic qualifying session at Sepang with Mitch Evans’ accident. His championship rivals, Antonio Giovinazzi and Raffaele Marciello follow him. All the drivers went on track as soon...

Gasly and Prema in the lead

Pierre Gasly was the fastest of the first session of GP2 Series at Sepang ahead of Giovinazzi and Marciello. Cecotto was the first to head out on track for his GP2 come back. Those who...

Cecotto takes over Pic at Sepang

The Venezuelan driver Johnny Cecotto jr would replace Frenchman Arthur Pic for the penultimate GP2 round of the season at Sepang. The announcement has been made via the GP2 Series twitter account, stating that Johnny...

Second win for Norman Nato

Norman Nato wins his second race of the season ahead of Pierre Gasly and Antonio Giovinazzi. Mitch Evans started from reverse grid pole of the 250th GP2 Series race ahead of Jordan King and Luca...