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Sunday 22 May 2011 at 07:34 GMT+1
Sunday 22 May 2011 at 07:34 GMT+1
The last series entry list of the GP2 series driver and Background - The 2011 season began with a coup in Istanbul two weeks ago and saw two men take care of the rest of the field, began to champion of the GP2 Asia Series with Romain Grosjean, who snatched the pole position and stayed ahead of the pack to take the first win of the season.
But as the dams do not sail to victory as Sam Bird French pressure throughout the race until the checkered flag. ISport International driver bravely fought his way to a second podium finish the next day and pocketed enough points to match the total of thirteen Grosjean.
In the sprint race, Stefano Coletti GP3 graduates confirmed his good form by scoring a victory for Trident Racing after winning last February during the GP2 Asia 2011 season.
The driver of Monaco is currently third in the standings with ten points, the same number of points that Giedo van der Garde, whose strong performance in Turkey, with teammate Charles Pic, Barwa Addax has equipment to handle.
Two weeks have passed and it's back to the business of the GP2 Series "26 young wolves.
The Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona this weekend to host the second round of the 2011 season, a theme well known drivers and teams, they took their last trip to Spain in April for a two-day trial.
The series single tire supplier Pirelli brought their compounds as hard as the Racing Manager Mario Isola, said: "The Circuit de Catalunya is a lot of pressure on the tires, due to a combination of different factors such as the track layout, time aggressive and hot asphalt wait for the weekend.
"This puts the driver in many of the major challenges along the way. Characteristics of the track and maybe the time we decided to hard-slick tires. When running in warm weather, we put the emphasis on sustainability, which will be at the expense of adhesion. It 's a difficult compromise, but an important part of racing. "
Last year it was Jules Bianchi ART Lotus was the first pole of the season, but he was captain of Arden International, which was victorious in the final and Fabio Leimer in Ocean Racing Technology, who won the sprint race.
After the first two action-packed events in Turkey, all eyes turn to Barcelona in the second round of the GP2 Series 2011 season promises another view of heart!
There are two driver changes this week, replacing Kevin Ceccon Davide Rigon Scuderia Coloni, Alvaro Parente and return to the GP2 Series Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris was the ride.
