F2 News

Lewis Hamilton again showed himself to be a 'racer' of the highest quality at Silverstone, particularly in coming from eighth on the sprint race grid to claim his second GP2 Series win of the weekend, but he also revealed himself to be a fan of racing.

Despite becoming the third GP2 Series driver - or fourth if you count Tristan Gommendy - to miss a race at Silverstone due to injury over the weekend, Ferdinando Monfardini expects to be back in action at the mid-season test at Paul Ricard later this month.

Further to Durango's exclusion, the GP2 grid will be reduced to 23 for the Silverstone sprint race after Ferdinando Monfardini was not cleared to race following his heavy crash in the feature event.

The Durango squad will take no further part in the GP2 weekend at Silverstone after they were excluded for being in breach of technical regulations prior to Lucas di Grassi's wing spectacularly collapsing.

Although several drivers failed to see the chequered flag for the latest round of the GP2 Series at Silverstone, it was arguably Andreas Zuber who was most aggrieved after retiring in bizarre circumstances.

British F3 Championship points leader Mike Conway admitted that he had been surprised, but not overwhelmed, by his step up to the GP2 Series at Silverstone, claiming that 20th on the grid for Saturday's feature race was about what he had expected.

Alex Premat has apologised to ART Grand Prix team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the contact that spun the Briton out of the lead of Saturday's feature race in Barcelona, but could not conceal the delight at having taken only his second GP2 Series win.

Lewis Hamilton has shrugged off the incident with his team mate that cost him victory during feature race in Spain after Alexandre Premat conducted a controversial last lap move to take victory.

Alex Premat took victory from under the nose of his ART Grand Prix team-mate after the pair clashed on the final lap of Saturday's feature race in Barcelona.

Franck Perera didn't have any time to enjoy his front row start at the Nurburgring, botching his getaway and not making it past the second corner of the opening lap.

Nelson Piquet Jr and the current TF106 Formula One car will spearhead Toyota's presence at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, although the Brazilian will be making the more poignant run up the hill.

British GP2 Series favourite Lewis Hamilton admits that he blew a chance to score big points at Imola after being penalised for passing the safety car in race one, but insists that the situation wasn't as clear cut as it could have been.

Twenty-year-old Canadian Sean McIntosh steps from representing Team Canada in the A1GP series to competing in the World Series by Renault this weekend in the opening two rounds of the Championship at Zolder.

As expected, FMS International has completed its first GP2 Series line-up with the addition of young Turk Jason Tahinci, who will partner reigning Italian F3000 champion Luca Filippi in the new look squad.

GP2 Series organisers have introduced a handful of 'modifications' to the Dallara used in the championship last season, designed to improve competition and maintain the excitement and unpredictability seen in the F1 feeder category last season.

Nelson Piquet Jr will augment his A1 Grand Prix and GP2 season preparations by contesting the rejuvenated Mil Milhas Brasil 2006 with his father, Nelson Sr.

GP2 series newcomer Trident Racing has revealed that Andreas Zuber will join Gianmaria Bruni in its first ever campaign in the F1 feeder series, having completed a deal with the Austrian tonight [Tuesday].

Lewis Hamilton set the quickest lap of a wet second day of GP2 Series testing at Paul Ricard, before increasingly heavy rain brought a premature end to the session and prevented anyone from challenging Nelson Piquet Jr's time from day one.

New F3 Euroseries champion Lewis Hamilton will make his GP2 Series debut today [Thursday], when he steps out with the title-winning ART Grand Prix team at the Jerez group test.

Maro Engel will become the latest contender for a GP2 Series seat in 2006 when he runs with the Dave Price-run DPR team at this week's Jerez group test.

In just a couple of days, the GP2 Series should be crowning its first ever drivers' champion but, with Nico Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen arriving in Bahrain separated by just three points, and with a complicated scoring system offering endless permutations, predicting a winner is difficult.

Three dates have been set for the GP2 teams - and any potential newcomers - to begin their preparations for the 2006 season, with the series' adopted home at Paul Ricard being joined by the Circuito de Jerez on the winter schedule.

Nelson Piquet survived all that the weather gods and his rivals could throw at him to finally clinch his maiden GP2 Series victory at a safety car-littered feature race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Fernando Monfardini will start the second race of the GP2 meeting at Monza from pole position after taking eighth place in the opening race of the weekend.