FIA Formula 2

Norman Nato joins Racing Engineering

The French driver joins the Spanish team Racing Engineering for a second season in GP2 Series. Norman Nato started his racing carreer in the different categories of WSR. In 2012, he was runner-up in ALPS...

Renault opens its young drivers Academy

Such as Lotus before, Renault continues backing young drivers inside the new Renault Sport Academy with already four drivers involved. With Renault’s commitment into developing young drivers with the World Series by Renault, the choices...

Oliver Rowland full time GP2 driver

The last Formula Renault 3.5 champion takes back his seat in GP2 Series with MP Motorsport for the whole season. The new main driver of the Renault Sport Academy, British Oliver Rowland, engages himself for...

Arthur Pic joins Rapax

Rapax is delighted to announce the agreement reached with Arthur Pic for the 2016 GP2 Series season. The 24-year-old Frenchman was one of the most prominent figures of the offseason and Rapax is proud...

Pierre Gasly joins Prema Powerteam

The French driver leaves DAMS and joins new-comer in GP2 Series, Prema Powerteam. He also places himself as a serious challenger for the title. Pierre Gasly has been really successful in World Series by Renault...

Giovinazzi with Prema Racing in GP2

The Italian driver is the first one to be confirmed with Prema Racing for their first season in the category. Antonio Giovinazzi raced in FIA Formula 3 last year, finishing runner-up behind unstoppable Felix Rosenqvist,...

Evans and Gelael with Campos racing in GP2

Mitch Evans and Sean Gelael will race with Campos Racing in the GP2 Series this season. Furthermore, the team from Alzira announced a two-year deal with Jagonya Ayam, Gelael’s main sponsor. Campos Racing will have...

2016 Pre-Season testing dates announced

New season kicks off in March GP2 Series organisers are pleased to announce the 2016 pre-season testing dates. The first three day test session will take place at Circuit de Catalunya on March 09-10-11 whilst the...

Marciello and Markelov with Russian Time in 2016

Russian Time has announced its drivers in GP2 Series for the 2016 campaign: Raffaele Marciello and Artem Markelov. Both drivers are 21 year old and have spent two years in GP2 already. But they have...

King to continue with Racing Engineering

Racing Engineering are pleased to announce that the British driver Jordan King will be staying with the Spanish team for the 2016 GP2 season. Just 21 years old Jordan has already shown considerable talent...

Sirotkin with ART Grand Prix in GP2

Sergey Sirotkin has been confirmed with French team ART Grand Prix for the 2016 GP2 series campaign. Revelation of 2015 by finishing 3rd of the championship with Rapax, the Russian driver signs with ART Grand...

Barcelona council to reduce his subsidy on Catalan circuit

The local Government of Barcelona will reduce from 4 to 2 million of euros the subsidy to Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, which is the most important in Spain. After the local elections, the city of Barcelona changed...

Suspended race in GP2 after 8 cars crash

The final race of Formula 1 stepping series had a start to forget. Stoffel Vandoorne (ART Grand Prix) and Rene Binder (Lazarus) stalled their cars, as Alex Lynn (Dams) took the lead of the...

Vandoorne blazes to victory in Abu Dhabi

Belgian wins again in Abu Dhabi Stoffel Vandoorne has handed his team the perfect leaving gift by closing out his championship winning season with victory in the final feature race tonight in Abu Dhabi. His...

Gasly lights up Abu Dhabi qualifying

Pierre Gasly repeated his storming free practice performance by dominating this evening’s qualifying session in Abu Dhabi, denying 2015 champion Stoffel Vandoorne a final pole position for the season as the pair topped the...

Mitch Evans wins in Bahrain

Mitch Evans go up to the highest step of the podium for the second time this season in a race full of overtakes. Stoffel Vandoorne and Alex lynn finished behind him. Second race of the...

Vandoorne continues domination as ART claim team championship

The first GP2 race of the series’ inaugural visit to the World Endurance Championship paddock in Bahrain got underway on Friday afternoon with Pierre Gasly on pole, after seizing it last minute from Stoffel...

Gasly quickest at Sakhir Qualifying

Gasly enjoyed his second pole position of the season in a thrilling qualifying session at Bahrain International Circuit. The Frenchman from DAMS set a laptime of 1:39.572, 0.040s better than 2015 GP2 Champion Stoffel...

Malja to replace injured Visoiu

The GP2 Series is ready for the final stint of 2015 with teams and drivers lining-up next weekend at Bahrain for round 10. The event will enable teams and drivers to recover the cancelled...

Oliver Rowland to race for Status GP

Having clinched the Formula Renault 3.5 title with a record breaking eight victories, 23-year-old British racer Oliver Rowland will join the race-winning Status GP2 team for the final two rounds of the 2015 season. Rowland...

Stoffel Vandoorne becomes GP2 2015 Champion

The McLaren young driver finished fourth in today’s Sprint Race, outscoring title rival Alexander Rossi to secure the 2015 Drivers’ Championship with 4 races remaining. Richie Stanaway won the race, his second win in...

Rossi Reigns Supreme in Sochi

Alexander Rossi keeps his championship hopes alive with a win in a race strewn with confusion and incidents, with Pierre Gasly matching his best GP2 finish in second and championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne setting...

Lynn takes pole in dramatic session

Williams F1 test driver Alex Lynn grabbed his second GP2 pole position in a dramatic qualifying session at a wet/dry Sochi Autodrom: the DAMS racer set the best laptime of 2:01.850 in the dying...

Vandoorne set the pace at Sochi

POS NO DRIVERS TEAMS LAPS TIME GAP INT. KPH LAP SET ON 1 5 S. Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 17 1:45.326 199.882 12:31:59 2 14 A. Pic Campos Racing 18 1:46.025 0.699 198.564 12:39:30 3 15 R. Haryanto Campos Racing 19 1:46.099 0.773 0.074 198.425 12:33:54 4 9 M. Evans RUSSIAN TIME 15 1:46.188 0.862 0.089 198.259 12:32:14 5 2 A. Lynn DAMS 18 1:46.216 0.890 0.028 198.207 12:37:34 6 1 P. Gasly DAMS 20 1:46.232 0.906 0.016 198.177 12:39:33 7 18 S. Sirotkin Rapax 21 1:46.290 0.964 0.058 198.069 12:45:37 8 8 A. Rossi Racing Engineering 18 1:46.448 1.122 0.158 197.775 12:44:32 9 11 R. Marciello Trident 20 1:46.500 1.174 0.052 197.678 12:27:56 10 6 N. Matsushita ART Grand Prix 20 1:46.673 1.347 0.173 197.358 12:40:57 11 20 A. Negrão Arden International 20 1:46.746 1.420 0.073 197.223 12:44:39 12 12 J. Cecotto Trident 19 1:46.902 1.576 0.156 196.935 12:33:08 13 21 N. Nato Arden International 19 1:46.934 1.608 0.032 196.876 12:40:42 14 10 A. Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 17 1:47.018 1.692 0.084 196.722 12:33:41 15 17 R. Binder MP Motorsport 18 1:47.132 1.806 0.114 196.512 12:36:55 16 16 N. Latifi MP Motorsport 19 1:47.173 1.847 0.041 196.437 12:33:18 17 7 J. King Racing Engineering 17 1:47.176 1.850 0.003 196.432 12:41:03 18 27 S....

Prema takeover Lazarus’ 2016 team entry

GP2 organisers confirm that Prema have found an agreement to takeover Lazarus’ entry. This will be effective at the end of the 2015 season with the new Italian squad running for the first time...

Stoneman joins Carlin for Sochi

British driver to race in Russia Dean Stoneman will race for Carlin this weekend in Sochi for the ninth round of the 2015 GP2 Series which will take place at the Russian circuit for only...

Cecotto announces motorsport retirement

Last September 19, Johanny Cecotto Jr announced his retirement from Motorsports world at age of 26, due to lack of budget. Son of former formula 1 driver and motorcycle champion, Johanny Ceccotto, started in this...

Latifi joins MP Motorsport for season ending

Nicholas Latifi has been confirmed by Dutch Team, MP Motorsport to race the final round of GP2 Series. Canadian driver, Nicholas Latifi who early this summer announced that he was going to join MP Motorsport...

Evans on top in dramatic Sprint Race

New Zealander muscles win on last lap Mitch Evans stole victory from Arthur Pic on the final lap following a race long battle for the win of this morning's sprint race in Monza: the New...

Second win in a row for Rossi at Monza

Alexander Rossi wins on a strange race at Monza. Stoffel Vandoorne was second, ahead of Mitch Evans, who has carried a great comeback starting from the final of the grid.   The race started with a...