2008 Monza Support Races GP2, Supercup, FBMW

[phil1993]

Please discuss here anything related to GP2, FBMW and other F1 supports for the Monza weekend

[syncmaster]

I didnt known that their is a FBMW race also,tell me timings of them

[phil1993]

Pantano takes Monza pole
12 September 2008


Giorgio Pantano's title aspirations were given another boost this afternoon when he claimed the final pole position of the season at Monza ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Sébastien Buemi, with the Italian's championship rival Bruno Senna finishing in a lowly 12th position for tomorrow's penultimate race.

The championship leader's fastest lap of 1:31.220 took the top spot by just 0.019 seconds, but the two points picked up for pole give Pantano a 13 point cushion over Senna with a maximum score of just 18 points remaining in the title race. The Brazilian was only seven tenths off the pace today but, on a day where 17 drivers were within a second of pole and all 25 were within two seconds, it was a bridge too far.

Andreas Zuber, Pastor Maldonado and Lucas di Grassi initially fought over the top spot until Pantano took over just six minutes into the session, constantly improving his times over the period. Luca Filippi was the closest driver to his countryman's time for most of the session until di Grassi and Buemi just edged him out in the closing minutes of the session, pushing him back to fourth.

The iSport mechanics set to work on Senna's rear wing halfway through the session as he was clearly struggling for traction, but despite a small improvement he was unable to break into the top ten, which was rounded out by Vitaly Petrov, Pastor Maldonado, Andreas Zuber, Roldan Rodriguez, Javier Villa and Karun Chandhok. While Senna will be pushing hard to keep the championship alive for the final race, he will also be wary of being overtaken by Lucas di Grassi, who starts from the front row and is just seven points behind his countryman.

[Zack]

Gp2 Qualifying Result

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Pos  Driver        Team                    Time              Laps
 1.  Pantano       Racing Engineering      1:31.220            12
 2.  Di Grassi     Barwa Campos Team       1:31.239  + 0.019   14
 3.  Buemi         Trust Team Arden        1:31.330  + 0.110   14
 4.  Filippi       Trust Team Arden        1:31.440  + 0.220   14
 5.  Petrov        Barwa  Campos Team      1:31.527  + 0.307   14
 6.  Maldonado     Piquet Sports           1:31.546  + 0.326   14
 7.  Zuber         Piquet Sports           1:31.663  + 0.443   13
 8.  Rodriguez     FMS International       1:31.708  + 0.488   16
 9.  Villa         Racing Engineering      1:31.797  + 0.577   15
10.  Chandhok      iSport International    1:31.810  + 0.590   11
11.  Grosjean      ART Grand Prix          1:31.949  + 0.729   13
12.  Senna         iSport International    1:31.964  + 0.744   15
13.  Valsecchi     Durango                 1:32.090  + 0.870   16
14.  Yamamoto      ART Grand Prix          1:32.092  + 0.872   14
15.  Soucek        Super Nova Racing       1:32.165  + 0.945   14
16.  Conway        Trident Racing          1:32.229  + 1.009   14
17.  Nunes         DPR                     1:32.236  + 1.016   14
18.  Kobayashi     Dams                    1:32.361  + 1.141   16
19.  D'ambrosio    Dams                    1:32.503  + 1.283   16
20.  Valerio       Durango                 1:32.550  + 1.330   15
21.  Parente       Super Nova Racing       1:32.604  + 1.384   15
22.  Asmer         FMS International       1:32.808  + 1.588   16
23.  Tung          Trident Racing          1:32.817  + 1.597   14
24.  Herck         DPR                     1:33.021  + 1.801   16
25.  Iaconelli     BCN Competicion         1:33.264  + 2.044   16

Probably its all over for senna.Rain Rain Rainnn ..its not over until its over *unreal hope*

[Stoegi]

GP2 will be epic in the rain lol.

[phil1993]

yeah, it will probably be a safety car start

[syncmaster]

From what time it is?

[phil1993]

25 minutes

[shailf1]

how many points does pantano need to win the championship?

[phil1993]

um, he has a 13 pt lead and a win advantage, so... he needs to have at least a 7 pt advantage to win the title today

[phil1993]

its been a very low points scoring year. I think the previous 3 champions all had over 100 points

[shailf1]

And in the last two races, the championship contendes scores no point in the race.

[phil1993]

I dont think they deserve an F1 seat. They havent been good enough. there have been no races where you actually think "wow, amazing" like Hamilton in Turkey 2006 and Glock dominating last year.

[phil1993]

The rear wings look weird cos theyre so low

[Zack]

sc start err!