GP2 news

Villa takes Hungarian sprint win

Javier Villa won today's sprint race in Budapest - his third of the season - after starting from pole position. Adam Carroll was just over a second away from winning his second race of the weekend but was happy to settle for second. Roldan Rodriguez completed the podium.

Lucas di Grassi was fourth and with Glock not scoring, the Brazilian moves to just one point behind leader Glock in the standings. Borja Garcia was fifth ahead of iSport's Andreas Zuber. Giorgio Pantano, Mike Conway, Vitaly Petrov and Kohei Hirate completed the top ten.

At the start, Adrian Zaugg took the lead ahead of pole-sitter Javier Villa. However the pair was closely pursued by Roldan Rodriguez and eventually Adam Carroll who had got off to a great start from eighth. Soon Rodriguez sharply found a way past Villa but collided with Adrian Zaugg when trying to overtake the South African on lap nine. Both drivers fell back with Rodriguez making his way back upto third and Zaugg getting himself into further trouble later on with Nakajima - the pair's collision ending Zaugg's race. Back at the front Villa and Carroll were battling for the lead with the FMS climbing all over the back of Racing Engineering car's gearbox.

With five laps remaining Timo Glock, who had been fighting with title rival Lucas di Grassi, suffered a mechanical failure and retired in the pits. Karun Chandhok, who was running in sixth, suffered a similar fate on the final lap, pushing Andreas Zuber into the points.

more news

• 25 Nov.
  • Teixeira to test F2 car in Spain
• 23 Nov.
  • Piquet GP to become Rapax
• 18 Nov.
  • Van der Garde joins Barwa Addax
  • Webber drives GP3 car in France
  • 'Bianchi to test Ferrari at Jerez'
• 12 Nov.
  • Jakes ends final day on top
  • Photos: Thursday at Paul Ricard
  • Chandhok hopeful of F1 seat
• 11 Nov.
  • Jakes quickest on second day in France
  • Photos: Wednesday at Paul Ricard
• 10 Nov.
  • Herck fastest at Paul Ricard
  • Photos: Tuesday at Paul Ricard
• 09 Nov.
  • Arden confirms five drivers for Paul Ricard
• 07 Nov.
  • Racing Engineering to welcome six drivers at Paul Ricard
• 02 Nov.
  • Williams confirms Barrichello and Hülkenberg for 2010
• 01 Nov.
  • Photos: Sunday in Abu Dhabi
  • Vietoris clinches first GP2 Asia win
• 31 Oct.
  • Photos: Saturday in Abu Dhabi
  • Valsecchi wins from pole in Abu Dhabi opener
• 30 Oct.
  • Valsecchi: The best moment ever!
  • Photos: Friday in Abu Dhabi
  • Valsecchi grabs Abu Dhabi pole
  • Valsecchi dominates Friday's free practice
• 26 Oct.
  • Hülkenberg to partner Barrichello at Williams?
• 24 Oct.
  • Filippi also fastest on second day at Abu Dhabi
• 23 Oct.
  • Valsecchi leads Abu Dhabi Friday test
  • Filippi returns to Meritus for Asia Series
  • Pic and Gonzalez join Arden
  • Kral joins Super Nova in GP2 Asia Series
• 22 Oct.
  • Durango pulls out of Asia Series
• 21 Oct.
  • Trident signs Kralev and Cecotto
• 20 Oct.
  • Piquet GP reveals Asia Series drivers
  • DAMS confirms Vietoris and Piscopo
  • Ocean confirms Leimer and Rossi for Abu Dhabi
• 19 Oct.
  • Valsecchi joins iSport for Abu Dhabi opener
  • Bratt to compete in Asia Series with Coloni
• 17 Oct.
  • Bird joins ART for GP2 Asia Series
• 15 Oct.
  • Félix da Costa to test with Ocean
• 14 Oct.
  • iSport signs Oliver Turvey
• 13 Oct.
  • Bianchi joins GP2 with ART

Homepage