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Vicky Piria to be first female GP3 driver
The GP3 Series will see its first female driver on the starting grid, after Trident Racing announced it had signed up Vicky Piria for 2012.

Sky Sports F1 pick up GP2 and GP3 for 2012
The new Sky Sports F1 digital channel has announced that it has picked up the rights to show live races from the two support series GP2 and GP3 in 2012.

Cecotto Jr. to race with Barwa Addax in 2012
Johnny Cecotto Jr. has landed a plum race seat in GP2 for 2012 with the current reigning GP2 Series champions, Barwa Addax.

GP2 Driver of the Year vote: 4th
You voted Luca Filippi into 4th place in Crash.net's GP2 Driver of the Year poll!

Teams assemble drivers for two-day Jerez test
Just two weeks after the end of the 2011 GP2 Series, the teams are already gearing up to more on-track activity as they prepare to head to Jerez for two days of testing.
Christian Bakkerud dies in road car accident
Former GP2, DTM, British F3 and sportscar star Christian Bakkerud has tragically lost his life following a road car accident in London at the weekend

Adam Carroll returns as Luca Filippi switches
Northern Ireland driver Adam Carroll has been signed up for the rest of the 2011 GP2 season by Super Nova, as Luca Filippi switches to Scuderia Coloni to replace Kevin Ceccon.

GP2 and GP2 Asia Series to merge
GP2 organisers have confirmed the long-rumoured move to merge the GP2 main European series with its GP2 Asia counterpart in 2012 following a one-off GP2 Final in November.

Rigon set to return home after successful op
Following an operation to insert 21 pins into his leg to stabilise multiple fractures to his tibia and fibula, Davide Rigon is set to return home from Istanbul to Italy at the weekend.

Davide Rigon to have surgery on Monday
Colini's Davide Rigon requires immediate surgery on Monday morning after sustaining multiple fractures to his tibia and fibula in the GP2 sprint race at Turkey.

Aleshin back with Carlin for Turkey
Carlin have confirmed that Mikhail Aleshin is to return to the team for the opening round of the GP2 main European series this weekend, leaving Oliver Turvey on the sidelines.
DAMS confirms Grosjean and Varhaug
The DAMS team has announced that its 2011 GP2 and GP2 Asia driver line-up will consist of Romain Grosjean and Pal Varhaug.

Arden signs Kral, Palmer
Arden International signs Josef Kral and Jolyon Palmer for dual 2011 GP2 Series assaults.

GP2 2011 calendar unveiled
The nine-event GP2 season for 2011 drops Abu Dhabi from the calendar and opts to stay in Europe

Oakes confirms GP3 deal with Atech CRS
Oliver Oakes will attempt to relaunch his racing career with a season in the new GP3 Series.
Newgarden joins Carlin GP3 line-up
FFord runner-up Josef Newgarden has opted for GP3 to further his career in 2010.

GP3 a 'logical step' for Atech CRS
CRS Racing prepares to enter the GP3 arena in new partnership with Atech Grand Prix

GP2 reveals 2010 schedule, teams
Eleven date GP2 schedule revealed for the 2010 season.
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Perez joins Barwa Addax team
Sergio Perez: I'm grateful to both Telmex and the Barwa Addax Team for giving me the opportunity to compete with one of the teams that will give me every chance to fight for the big prizes in the GP2 Series.

Trident engineer 'on the mend'.
Trident Racing's Spa-Francorchamps weekend was largely overshadowed by a pit-lane incident before Saturday's feature race that left one of its chief engineers needing urgent medical attention, but the team has since been able to report encouraging news from hospital in Belgium.

GP2 back on Eurosport.
Having apparently been sunk by the demise of pay-to-view channel Setanta , television coverage of the GP2 Series has been rescued by a deal that will return the championship to fellow satellite broadcaster Eurosport .

First podium for ORT.
GP2 Series newcomer Ocean Racing Technology should have won the sprint round at last month's Monaco meeting, but gained some recompense as Karun Chandhok, whose driveshaft failure ruined the dream, claimed third place in the corresponding Silverstone race.

Maldonado back on top in Monaco.
ART Grand Prix took its first win of the new GP2 Series season after Pastor Maldonado made the most of the sort of lucky breaks punters in Monaco's legendary casino long for.

Pirelli joins GP3 technical roster
Undeterred by the global economic situation and the emergence of F2, Formula Master and others into a crowded international motorsport market, the brains behind the successful GP2 Series have taken the wraps off the first major details of its junior GP3 initiative.