F2 News

Arden International has plucked two stars from the current GP2 Asia Series for its main series campaign, with Edoardo Mortara and Sergio Perez inking deals with the 2005 series vice-champion.

Indian racer Karun Chandhok has been named as the first driver to sign up with Ocean Racing Technology for the 2009 GP2 Series season.

The GP2 Series has revealed its calendar for the 2009 season, which will feature 20 races over ten race weekends.

Kamui Kobayashi will lead an all-Japanese front-row for the second round of GP2 Asia after snatching pole position from Sakon Yamamoto during qualifying at Dubai.

The six week gap between the first and second GP2 Asia rounds has prompted a variety of changes on the grid, with a total of six different drivers lining up in Dubai that didn't race in China.

Durango Corse has announced that Michael Dalle Stelle will drive with them for the remainder of the GP2 Asia Series, starting with Dubai this weekend.

Two-time GP2 Series champions ART Grand Prix have targeted a return to winning ways in 2009 after confirming Pastor Maldonado will lead their title charge next season.

Adrian Campos has decided to use the success of his eponymous team in this year's GP2 Series as the catalyst to move on to other things.

The QI-Meritus team will return to compete in the upcoming GP2 Asia Series following a successful maiden appearance in the championship last season.

Giorgio Pantano duly collected the GP2 Series title in the opening race of the weekend at Monza, but again tried to make it hard for himself after an uncharacteristic error while leading.

BCN Competicion will be down to just a single car for this weekend's GP2 Series finale at Monza after lead driver Adrian Valles chose to focus on his sportscar commitments.

Pastor Maldonado used the outside move into Les Combes that he has been perfecting all weekend to claim victory in the GP2 Series sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Davide Valsecchi has reportedly emerged without injury from his second massive shunt of the GP2 season, after going off at speed during Saturday's feature race at Spa-Francorchamps.

As expected, both Luca Filippi and Karun Chandhok were called before the stewards and handed post-race penalties after Sunday's GP2 Series sprint race in Valencia.

Andreas Zuber recovered from a disastrous feature race in Germany to secure a podium finish in the latest rounds of the GP2 season at Hockenheim.

Karun Chandhok finally enjoyed some good fortune in a GP2 Series sprint race in 2008, overcoming the early loss of his pole position to claim a second career win.

For the second time this season, Romain Grosjean has seen a GP2 victory taken away from him, this time after the chequered flag had fallen on a dramatic feature race at Hockenheim.

Kamui Kobayashi dropped five places down the GP2 Series grid ahead of Saturday's feature race at Hockenheim after being accused of impeding another driver during a typically fraught qualifying session.

Fisichella Motorsport team principal Paolo Coloni has given Marko Asmer a thumbs up following a GP2 Series debut that saw him almost score in the sprint race.

Giorgio Pantano marked his 100th race at F3000 and GP2 level with a record-equalling seventh career victory after taking advantage of mechanical problems that befell both Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean.

Motorsport's governing body has said that it will review security measures at the Istanbul Park circuit after Bruno Senna was taken out of Sunday's GP2 Series sprint race by a collision with a stray dog.

Romain Grosjean could have finished fourth in the GP2 Asia Series feature race in Dubai, but was eventually handed victory when race-long leader Bruno Senna was cruelly denied the win by a puncture four laps from home.

Yelmer Buurman will replace Adam Khan in Trust Team Arden's GP2 Asia Series line-up with immediate effect, after the Briton decided to focus on his A1 Grand Prix campaign with team Pakistan.

Despite recent speculation listing Diego Nunes and Alvaro Parente as the favourites to land the ride, Fisichella Motor Sport International has announced that Andy Soucek will complete its driver line-up for the 2008 GP2 Series season.