Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. Rigons co driver for the rest of the season was camathias, they finished 8th and 7th in the points. Mathias lauda, the son of triple world champion niki lauda, has signed to be the second driver for the coloni gp2 team, alongside gianmaria bruni. Its not just the gp2 drivers that have reached f1 that prove the series pedigree, with race winners in indycar, super formula, formula e, dtm, gt world challenge and the world endurance championship all using gp2 as a platform to becoming professionals.
The season started in imola, italy on 23 april, and ended in manama, bahrain on 30 september. All teams from the 2009 gp2 series season except for racing engineering were due to take part, with the thirteenth slot being filled by. At least two drivers can consider this their mustwin years in gp2. Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. Page 8 of 10 gp2 drivers in 2010 posted in racing comments archive.
Davide valsecchi, who won the 2012 championship with dams, left the series, as gp2 champions are not permitted to continue racing in the category. Gp2 main series alberto valerio best result 5th place monaco, vladimir arabadzhiev. Rather than starting at the end of 2010 and running through the winter as with the previous two seasons of gp2 asia, the 2011 season did not start until the beginning of february, to allow for the delivery of the brand new gp2 11 car to the teams and. Gp2 will lose a magnificent driver, struggling with a seriously underbudgeted seat at coloni, and it will probably be well into the summer until we see davide back in the car.
Since then, under the management of enzo coloni s son paolo, the team has been successful in formula three, formula 3000 and gp2 series. On december 15, 2009, it was officially announced that razia would join the new virgin racing team as a test driver. Enzo coloni is now 71 years old, his son paolo continues to run coloni racing systems which still exists, running club racing programmes and coaching f4 drivers. Italian racing driver enzo coloni founded the team in 1983. Fia style, it has managed to contrive a system which would have excluded three. Formed by enzo coloni in 1982, the team participated in formula three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in formula one as enzo coloni racing car systems between 1987 and 1991. Probably the most consistent team in gp2, though unfortunately consistently poor. Scuderia coloni will not race in gp2 in the 20 season and will forfeit all the points received during the 2012 season, the series said on friday. It began on 31 october 2009 and ended on 14 march 2010 after four doubleheader rounds. Team profile for coloni, including a comprehensive list of race entries for coloni motorsport, coloni racing, coloni rookies team, enzo coloni racing, enzo coloni racing car system, scuderia coloni, subaru coloni, team gulf italia, enzo coloni, enzo coloni motorsport, team gulf enzo coloni, paolo coloni. Kral returned to the seat in montmelo after clos drove for hrt f1 in the first practice session of the grand prix. Luca filippi celebrated his 100th start in the gp2 series by winning at the nurburgring on saturday.
Couldnt agree more, people say that every year but its ridiculous. Last year two gp2 drivers earned the chance to race in f1. The 200910 gp2 asia series season was the third season of the gp2 asia series. It was excluded from competing at the 1992 season opener as it.
Year, team name, car, drivers, races, wins, poles, f. The 2011 gp2 series season was the fortyfifth season of the secondtier of formula one feeder championship and also seventh season under the gp2 series moniker, the paneuropean motor racing series for single specification open wheel gp2 cars. Coloni motorsport, also known as scuderia coloni, is an auto racing team from italy. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details.
The season was won by the german nico rosberg, with the finn heikki kovalainen finishing second 2005 was the first season of the newly. Between running his own, racewinning, gp2 team and overseeing, with his father enzo, the burgeoning autogp series, paolo coloni is one of the busiest men in motor sport. Today, both father and son utilise their combined experience, understanding and. So this was the story of f1s statistically mostunsuccessful team, hopefully it was an interesting look into the fortunes of. Coloni is a veteran of both fia f3000 and gp2, while zanarini comes to team management after overseeing the careers of several drivers, including both fisichella and eddie irvine. Thirteen teams competed over a nine event series that run from 7 may at istanbul park in turkey to. Coloni persuade filippi to stay for hungary f2 news. Paolo coloni team principal followed in his fathers footsteps and enjoyed winning races throughout his career as a driver.
Coloni creates the superformula and the formula open nissan. Enzo and paolo coloni enzo and paolo coloni are born racers. Gp2 drivers in 2010 page 8 racing comments archive. Yes, it could be a 2010 coloni gp2 car or a mclaren mp420, but its a cohesive.
The 2005 gp2 series season was the thirtyninth season of the secondtier of formula one feeder championship and also first season under the gp2 series moniker. He joined ocean racing again in a few races of the gp2 series, but it was just a parttime job. Round 1718 portimao, portugal 1920 september september 20, 2009 in gp2 with the gp2 title decided in nico hulkenbergs favour back in monza, this final weekend for gp2 was something of an unwanted and unloved formality and the lack of almost any spectators and even the pit lane itself looking deserted, it felt very much. In the middle of the 2012 season, coloni suddenly pulled out of gp2. For the asianbased series, see 200809 gp2 asia series season the 2009 gp2 series season was the fortythird season of the secondtier of formula one feeder championship and also fifth season under the gp2 series moniker. They made 82 attempts to take part in a formula one race but only qualified 14 times. The race was originally scheduled to be the first round of the 2012 gp2 asia championship, but with the gp2 asia series being discontinued and absorbed into its parent series, the race was added to the gp2 series calendar as a nonchampionship round. The category veteran, who switched to coloni this weekend after being replaced at super nova by. Individual driver statistics for the 2012 gp2 series. It later took part in the seriess followup category gp2.
Sharp says that his longtime goal remains to be in formula 1. Gp2 series 2012 standings championship points standings for the gp2 series 2012. Hartley was a driver without a contract at the beginning of the 2012 season. It could have taken influence from its own drivers gp2 car. In march 2011, razia was confirmed as reserve and test driver.
During the offseason, rigon joined trident racing to compete in the 20082009 gp2 asia series. The 2011 gp2 final was a special round of the 2011 gp2 series, supporting the 2011 abu dhabi grand prix on 12 and november 2011. Luiz razia simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Will bratt is to race for coloni in the gp2 asia series as part of his prize for winning the euroseries 3000 title at the weekend. Top 10 gp2 drivers that f1 missed out on formula scout. Valsecchi was later promoted to the role of test and reserve driver for formula one team lotus f1. In six races, he scored one podium and finished 17th in the points. The gp2 series will always have excellent drivers and hot talents. Filippi left the team after three rounds and was replaced by former coloni driver giorgio pantano, who won three races later that season.
The third time out, they were excluded for using engines that were illegally bored out. Lauda drove for coloni s second team cms last year but without any notable results. The 25yearold portuguese driver replaces alberto valerio in the team, for which he drove in. Im very happy to drive with coloni, they have been in impressive shape in all the gp2 asia races so i have good expectations for the coming season, said the bulgarian driver, who. The 2011 gp2 asia series was the fourth and final season of the gp2 asia series, and the second to be held entirely in a single calendar year. Between 2006 and 2009 the team ran under the name of fisichella motor sport, with support from formula one driver giancarlo fisichella and his manager enrico zanarini. Here are 10 of the best gp2 drivers who raced between 200517 to never make it to f1. Rounds 56 istanbul, turkey may 2930 june 1, 2010 in gp2. Paolo coloni gp2 team and autogp series owner between running his own, racewinning, gp2 team and overseeing, with his father enzo, the burgeoning autogp series, paolo coloni is one of the busiest men in motor sport. People seem to think that the only good drivers are the ones who have an f1 race seat but in reality many drivers driving in gp2 or even some other series would do quite well in f1. Arabadzhiev first bulgarian to race in the gp2 series. The 2010 gp2 series season was the fortyfourth season of the secondtier of formula one feeder championship and also sixth season under the gp2 series moniker.
Brendon then decided to open a new chapter in his career and he switched to sports car and prototype racing. I was very keen to have a british driver in the team. A good showing then from larini saw coloni make its first gp, barely sneaking into the race ahead of another excoloni driver alex caffi. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. Scuderia coloni will not race in gp2 in the 20 season and will forfeit all the points received during the 2012 season, the series said on. Who will follow in the footsteps of romain grosjean and charles pic in 2012. Scuderia coloni has announced that it has parted ways with driver stefano coletti, effective immediately, and that the team will be fielding a new driver at monza. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. He took a brief pause to talk to us about his passion for racing and for easing the path for talented young drivers. Apart from the hemorrhage the gp2 asia series is causing to be addressed in a separate future post, these 5 teams are consistently at the bottom and fighting for the budgets usually partial of midfield drivers and occasional newcomers with funding.
Gp2 is f1s best feeder series so im really happy to debut in the championship, even though it will be a big challenge to do so at monza, said hartley. Enzo coloni racing car systems, commonly referred to simply as coloni, is an italian motor racing team and former formula one racing car constructor. Its not just the gp2 drivers that have reached f1 that prove the series. In the mid90s, paolo coloni took over from his father enzo, and coloni returned to formula 3000.
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