Race 1 in Abu Dhabi live now:

http://en.justin.tv/p2pstation_net4

Valsecchi won. iSport car is fantastic. 2nd Filippi and 3rd James Jakes. A good 1st race for Alex Rossi, finishing in 4th place.

Having your engine let go two laps before the end, must be gutting eh?

Agree - I am sure there were some "man tears" inside Sam's helmet.

Live timing isn't working only for me or for everyone ?

Uh, GP2 cars are not only run to spec engines, but have spec chassis as well. The idea is that if the cars are identical, then a driver's natural talent will show through; it makes it easier for Formula One teams to assess talent, and keep costs down.

That said, you're better off driving for someone like Barwa Addax of ART Grand Prix than you arw David Price Racing.

Race 2 starting now...i have a stream for anyone interested.

Race 2 is ending now .

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Was watching this morning's race through some dodgy channel online before it became a stuttering mess. Was some excellent tussling between Valsecchi and Filippi.

still got the stream?

justin.tv is your friend. Though I wouldn't bother if your tolerance levels are very low.

wat do you mean by that

Ah British Eurosport

Er, read my previous post above about it being almost unwatchable?

Just watched Race 2 on Eurosport. The GP2 guys kinda showed that there is only a few passing spots at Abu Dhabi, at the end of each straight and into the chicane before the hairpin. Everywhere else seemed processional from what I saw!

Great racing though, I'm not a usual GP2 follower but Vietoris drove well to build a nice lead, and Valsecchi was charging through the pack with some nice passes towards the end at Turn 11!

Where did Rossi finish, third?

5th or 6th maybe?

Right well no doubt I'll return to this thread in THREE months time when the next round of the GP2 Asia Series resumes in er, Abu Dhabi again!

I know this week has been dominated to a large extent by the car reveals and the beginning of winter testing for F1, but I thought it was worth a reminder that GP2 Asia Round 2 is this weekend, so if anybody is in need of a 'fix' for their racing addiction, you've got it.

If anybody saw the last round, you'll know its well worth checking out. The racing was really good, and there's a good amount of genuine F1 hopefuls on the grid, too, including favorite up-and-comer, Jules Bianchi this time.

Grid:

1. Charles Pic Arden 1m52.497s
2. Oliver Turvey iSport 1m52.517s + 0.020s
3. Davide Valsecchi iSport 1m52.603s + 0.106s
4. Jules Bianchi ART 1m52.842s + 0.345s
5. Alexander Rossi Meritus 1m52.861s + 0.364s
6. Javier Villa Arden 1m52.979s + 0.482s
7. Sam Bird ART 1m53.003s + 0.506s
8. Edoardo Piscopo DAMS 1m53.086s + 0.589s
9. Giacomo Ricci DPR 1m53.134s + 0.637s
10. Christian Vietoris DAMS 1m53.183s + 0.686s
11. Sergio Perez Addax 1m53.407s + 0.910s
12. Daniel Zampieri Rapax 1m53.491s + 0.994s
13. Giedo van der Garde Addax 1m53.509s + 1.012s
14. Fabio Leimer Ocean 1m53.611s + 1.114s
15. Josef Kral Super Nova 1m53.685s + 1.188s
16. Vladimir Arabadzhiev Rapax 1m53.687s + 1.190s
17. Dani Clos Trident 1m53.982s + 1.485s
18. Max Chilton Ocean 1m54.036s + 1.539s
19. Michael Herck DPR 1m54.074s + 1.577s
20. Luca Filippi Meritus 1m54.121s + 1.624s
21. Marcus Ericsson Super Nova 1m54.723s + 2.226s
22. Plamen Kralev Trident 1m58.274s + 5.777s
23. Will Bratt Coloni 2m02.517s + 10.020s
24. Alberto Valerio Coloni

Rossi's time was deleted for having a very minor front wing infringement, which is a huge shame, but its still looking to be a good race.

Thanks for the heads up
Id forgotten about that. Who else than Bianchi do you reckon is worth paying attention to?

Charles Pic, the polesitter, seems to be a pretty talented young guy. He absolutely destroyed Brendon Hartley last year in WSBR, and while he's not as consistent as he could have been, seems to have the raw pace he needs to impress at this level.

Oliver Turvey(starting 2nd) was one of the protagonists of the hard-fought battle for the 2008 British F3 title, along with Hartley and Alguersuari. For 2009, he was paired with Alguersuari at Carlin again, this time in WSBR, but Turvey was the one who came out on top, by a convincing degree. Jaime came on stronger at the the end of the season, but Oliver seemed to be on top of things from the get-go.

Alex Rossi is probably the most promising American driver out there right now thats actually making the ranks. He completely dominated FBMW America in 2008(10 wins out of 14 races), moved immediately on to Europe to race in Formula Masters, taking 4th in the championship first time-out, and is now doing a tour in GP2 Asia. He was very strong in the first round, and now with a new team, he still looks just as strong. He's also got his foot in the door with championship team ART, who he'll drive for full-time this year in GP3.

Christian Vietoris is a decently experienced German who was Bianchi's biggest rival in F3 Euro last year. I dont seem to rate him as much as some others, but he's touted as an up-and-comer with potential.

Sergio Perez is probably the best Mexican driver out there right now. He's gone largely unnoticed, but raised a few heads when he won impressively in the wet at Monza in British F3. He then went on to GP2 the next year, and while he didn't set the world alight, he did beat his talented teammate, Edoardo Mortara. He'll be racing full-time with front runners Barwa Addax in the main GP2 series this year, so watch out for him. The 2010 GP2 title is most certainly within reach.

Finally, Marcus Ericsson, who just got back from winning the Japanese F3 title in his first-go, is back racing in Europe. He initially impressed by winning the UK FMBW championship, and then went on to get 5th in British F3 in a team that was not expected to be that high. Super Nova isn't exactly the team to be at if you want to win in GP2, but its still a foot in the door, and he's worth keeping an eye on.

Damn it seems the races will be shown only on Eurosport2 even though the first races were shown on teh first channel. Don't know where to watch it.

EDIT: It seems that Rossi was penalized and will start last.

http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport

search for Program na Piątek 5. Lutego 2010 on this site, you can watch on sop cast or websites.

cheers

Thank you very much!

Heavy rain forecast, could be fun

Is it just me or is the GP2 useless ? All I wanted to know was when the races started......took me ages to find 8th story down, in the gp2 asia news page. How do they expect people to watch if they don't tell them when its on ?

So to save you all the trouble, its on at 18.00 local time, which I think is 3pm GMT, and the sprint race is the same time tomorrow.

Actually it's 3pm CET.

This site is usually reliable: http://www.livesportontv.com/motor-sports/

I'm guessing it's all thanks to the location where this weekend's action is taking place, but running a race on a Friday afternoon is an inspired decision. Especially for a spin-off of a series which only draws in a modest fan base to begin with.

Weekend out in Abu Dhabi runs Friday Saturday, thus the reason for the shift in timetable. GP2's done it before on a stand alone in that part of the world.

Should be a great race. Pic's looking very fast in an Arden car which is being engineered by a new younger generation since Horner booted Mick Cook out of the team. It's Arden's first pole in GP2 since 2005. The iSport boys are super fast, so I would expect a nice battle between Turvey and Valsecchi who is the championship leader. Bianchi looked outstanding in qualifying considering it is his first time in he car and on the track.Sam Bird may be one to watch out for too in the sister ART. Also watch how Filippi and Rossi fare, battling through from the back of the grid. Filippi was quickest in practice and both should be starting much higher up.

The scond race event in Abu Dhabi starts its first race within just a few hours!

I'd really like Bianchi to do a splendid race now, he needs it for his confidence

There is also NASCAR this weekend.

ARCA at 9:30pm Ireland/UK time with Nelson Piquet Jr, Danica Patrick etc.

Then the Bud shootout later that night, non points sprint cup race.

You must be joking right? This is Abu Dhabi, it never rains there (not literally never, but can't imagine heavy rain falling there personally)

Oddly enough there is a heavy rain shower forecast for saturday:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/244

It's forecast to hit about half an hour before race starts. Small pockets of rain all over Abu Dhabi today.

I'd never trust the BBC website for weather, normally it (and it's forecasters on the TV) is wrong. Doesn't give a % chance, or when it'd hit, etc. So while it says heavy rain shower forecast for tomorrow, it might just be a 30% chance of it hitting at 8am

Anyone knows if there's a live-timing somewhere?

http://live.gp2series.com/

Splendid!

No problem, happy to help

Live on British Eurosport 2 now. Suggestions of rain seem to be misplaced at the moment, as it's dry.

in Italian here http://www.justin.tv/winziptv12#r=SAOB8N8

Who supplies the footage? 4:3 in this day and age.

Not a clue mate.

Why is the commentator saying Jewel Bianchi, David Valsecchi and Charles [English pronunciation] Pic?

Perez stopped in the middle of the pit lane!

Commentator : "Well that's a good race thrown down the toilet.."

Are commentators drunk? "Where is first sector?"? WTF?

SATAAAN!

Thought that was a pretty good race myself, plenty of action, passing, passing attempts, few collisions, cars running wide, good battles throughout the field.