The second season of the GP2 Asia Series opened in Shanghai last October and saw Roldan Rodriguez and Davide Valsecchi win the first two races. After Shanghai's curtain raiser, next stop for the competition is Dubai this week.
Finishing sixth in the Shanghai sprint race, the Spaniard from Piquet GP scored a further point while his main rival, Dams' Kobayashi, had to retire.
Although extremely quick on the Chinese track, the Japanese ace lost the feature race following a spin towards the end of the event, meaning that Rodriguez is currently leading the Championship, three points ahead of Javier Villa at Super Nova Racing.
In third, Kamui Kobayashi will most likely try and get his revenge this week in Dubai. However, some other very competitive drivers are also looking to make another great impression such as Meritus' rookie Earl Bamber.
The young Kiwi scored his first GP2 podium in Shanghai's sprint race. More experienced drivers are hungry for success as well such as Vitaly Petrov, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Sakon Yamamoto or local star Andreas Zuber.
And with the arrival of Pastor Maldonado at ART Grand Prix, the fight for the win promises to be quite exciting. Last season, events in Dubai book-ended the inaugural GP2 Asia Series, and as a result the circuit is a familiar hunting ground for many competitors, including Barwa Campos International Team's Vitaly Petrov.
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Finishing sixth in the Shanghai sprint race, the Spaniard from Piquet GP scored a further point while his main rival, Dams' Kobayashi, had to retire.
Although extremely quick on the Chinese track, the Japanese ace lost the feature race following a spin towards the end of the event, meaning that Rodriguez is currently leading the Championship, three points ahead of Javier Villa at Super Nova Racing.
In third, Kamui Kobayashi will most likely try and get his revenge this week in Dubai. However, some other very competitive drivers are also looking to make another great impression such as Meritus' rookie Earl Bamber.
The young Kiwi scored his first GP2 podium in Shanghai's sprint race. More experienced drivers are hungry for success as well such as Vitaly Petrov, Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Sakon Yamamoto or local star Andreas Zuber.
And with the arrival of Pastor Maldonado at ART Grand Prix, the fight for the win promises to be quite exciting. Last season, events in Dubai book-ended the inaugural GP2 Asia Series, and as a result the circuit is a familiar hunting ground for many competitors, including Barwa Campos International Team's Vitaly Petrov.
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