GP2 Series 2010 *Round 3 - Istanbul Park*

[Dino @lonso]

When is the gp2 race beggining,anyone know a live stream?

Thanks

[phil1993]

Maldonado romps to Istanbul win

Pastor Maldonado has become the fifth winner in as many races in GP2 this year following an emphatic victory in Turkey today.

Rapax driver Maldonado got past polesitter Davide Valescchi (iSport) at the start and never looked vaguely troubled, lapping up to a second quicker than his rivals before slowing down in the final stages of the races and settling for a victory margin of 17.9 seconds.

There was rather more competition for the remaining podium places. Valsecchi spent the first stint trying to hold off Sergio Perez, only for the Mexican to leapfrog him in the pits. But Perez's pace began to fade dramatically as the race progressed and Valsecchi captialised with a nice move at the end of lap 26 to reclaim second.

That was Valsecchi's afternoon sorted, but Perez now had ART's Sam Bird to worry about, and after a prolonged battled the Briton came out on top to steal the final podium spot, leaving Perez to just barely hold off Addax team-mate Giedo van der Garde for fourth.

By comparison, Maldonado's Rapax team-mate Luiz Razia had a relatively serene drive to sixth, but there was more action just behind him. DPR's Giacomo Ricci and Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris were disputing the final point for eighth when they made contact and sailed off the track, allowing Ricci's stablemate Michael Herck past. Vietoris continued, but Ricci was forced to retire.

Not content with provisional pole for Sunday, Herck then dispensed with Racing Engineering's Dani Clos for seventh, and Clos later dropped behind Vietoris to inadvertently give the German pole positon for the sprint race.

iSport's third-place qualifier Oliver Turvey had a fraught afternoon, losing two spots off the start and then being dealt a drivethrough penalty for moving twice to defend his position. It was while honouring that penalty that he was then picked up for speeding in pitlane, resulting in another drive-through and an eventual finishing position of 15th.

Coloni lost both cars late in the race when Vladimir Arabadzhiev crashed into the tyrewall with two laps remaining and Alberto Valerio spun and stalled moments later, while Super Nova's Marcus Ericsson was forced to park at mid-distance when his engine exploded.

The other major incident occurred much earlier, when Spain feature race winner Charles Pic and ART's Jules Bianchi found themselves on the same patch of Turn 3 at the same time; the resultant collision putting both out of the race.

[phil1993]

Grosjean replaces d'Ambrosio

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85399

[cformula1]

Bianchi suffers back injuries

ART GP2 driver and Ferrari Driving Academy member Jules Bianchi has been sidelined for what a Ferrari statement described as 'quite a long time' after suffering a back injury in today's GP2 feature race at the Hungaroring.

The Frenchman is recovering at Budapest's AEK hospital after fracturing his second lumbar vertebra in an accident at the start of the race.

The incident occurred when Bianchi ran wide at the exit of Turn 1, spun across the track, lost his car's nose when he was clipped by Dani Clos, and was then hit head-on by the DAMS Dallara of Ho-Pin Tung.

Tung will also spend the night in hospital under observation and has been ruled out of tomorrow's race as a precautionary measure, but AUTOSPORT understands that the Dutch-Chinese driver has been cleared of any serious injury.