josef kral

After three rounds of the 2012 season in Malaysia and Bahrain, the GP2 Series finally gets to return to its Europe roots with feature and sprint races this weekend in Spain.

Ocean Racing Technology have brought in Brendon Hartley to replace Jon Lancaster at very short notice ahead of the Bahrain weekend's events starting on Friday morning.

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.

Luca Filippi was peerless on a beautiful Sunday morning at Spa, winning ahead of a late-charging Jules Bianchi and polesitter Josef Kral.

Luca Filippi worked his way up through the field and thoroughly earned his victory in the Spa sprint race, with Jules Bianchi claiming second place.

Esteban Gutierrez took the lead from pole sitter Josef Kral at the restart after an early safety car, and proceeded to romp away to an emphatic sprint race win in Valencia.

Charles Pic was celebrating his second win in consecutive weekends after leading the race from pole position and through two restarts after incidents triggered safety car appearances.

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