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With just two rounds left in the 2008 GP2 series' championship, Giorgio Pantano, Bruno Senna and Luca di Grassi are locked in a three-way battle for this year's drivers' title.
With 71 points, a consistent point finishes and three consecutive feature race wins in France, Britain and Germany, Giorgio Pantano has become the man anyone with title aspiration would have to beat, starting with Bruno Senna.
The Brazilian ace entered the title race when he took the top step of the Monaco podium. But lost points in the last three rounds may result in him falling just short come Monza. And while the iSport driver was gunning for Pantano, his countryman di Grassi entered the championship in Magny-Cours and finished second at the French feature race.
Since then, he has scored points consistently, won twice and suffered just one retirement. With 51 points today, di Grassi's only regret could be that he missed the first three rounds of the season. On average, the Campos man has scored over five points in each of his 10 races.
With Pantano's scoring average at less than 4.5 in 16 outings, di Grassi has outscored his title rivals, but with just two rounds left, he may be running out of races. In Spa this weekend, the facts are here: should the Italian outscore Senna by six points or more he will have the championship sewn up before his home race at Monza.
Provisional championship classification:
1.Pantano 71 points ; 2.Senna 58; 3.Di Grassi 51; 4.Grosjean 42; 5.Buemi 37; 6.Maldonado 35; 7.Zuber 32; 8.Chandhok 31; 9.Petrov 30; 10.Parente 26; etc.
With just two rounds left in the 2008 GP2 series' championship, Giorgio Pantano, Bruno Senna and Luca di Grassi are locked in a three-way battle for this year's drivers' title.
With 71 points, a consistent point finishes and three consecutive feature race wins in France, Britain and Germany, Giorgio Pantano has become the man anyone with title aspiration would have to beat, starting with Bruno Senna.
The Brazilian ace entered the title race when he took the top step of the Monaco podium. But lost points in the last three rounds may result in him falling just short come Monza. And while the iSport driver was gunning for Pantano, his countryman di Grassi entered the championship in Magny-Cours and finished second at the French feature race.
Since then, he has scored points consistently, won twice and suffered just one retirement. With 51 points today, di Grassi's only regret could be that he missed the first three rounds of the season. On average, the Campos man has scored over five points in each of his 10 races.
With Pantano's scoring average at less than 4.5 in 16 outings, di Grassi has outscored his title rivals, but with just two rounds left, he may be running out of races. In Spa this weekend, the facts are here: should the Italian outscore Senna by six points or more he will have the championship sewn up before his home race at Monza.
Provisional championship classification:
1.Pantano 71 points ; 2.Senna 58; 3.Di Grassi 51; 4.Grosjean 42; 5.Buemi 37; 6.Maldonado 35; 7.Zuber 32; 8.Chandhok 31; 9.Petrov 30; 10.Parente 26; etc.