Romain Grosjean pulls away in the championship standing after a win and a third position in the two GP2 races presented at the Nurburgring this weekend.
Luca Filippi overtook polesitter Charles Pic during the pit stops of the first round. The Italian driver eventually won his 100th start in GP2 series (a record), ahead of Pic and championship leader Romain Grosjean.
Grosjean took his revenge in race 2 after race leader Jules Bianchi made a mistake in the penultimate lap, which allowed him victory ahead of Bianchi and race 1 leader Luca Filippi.
Grosjean now stands 18 points ahead of Giedo Van der Garde in provisional championship classification.
Race 1:
1 - Luca Filippi - Coloni - 34 laps in 1h01'06"975
2 - Charles Pic - Addax + 5"558
3 - Romain Grosjean - Dams + 6"877
4 - Jules Bianchi - Lotus ART + 33"491
5 - Marcus Ericsson - iSport + 37"715
Etc.
Race 2:
1 - Romain Grosjean - Dams - 23 laps
2 - Jules Bianchi - Lotus ART + 1"569
3 - Luca Filippi - Coloni + 7"768
4 - Christian Vietoris - Racing Engineering + 14"388
5 - Adam Carroll - Super Nova + 24"962
Etc.
Championship: 1.Grosjean 59; 2.Van der Garde 41; 3.Pic 34; 4.Bird 33; 5.Bianchi 32; 6.Valsecchi 30; 7.Clos 26; 8.Filippi 24, etc.
Luca Filippi overtook polesitter Charles Pic during the pit stops of the first round. The Italian driver eventually won his 100th start in GP2 series (a record), ahead of Pic and championship leader Romain Grosjean.
Grosjean took his revenge in race 2 after race leader Jules Bianchi made a mistake in the penultimate lap, which allowed him victory ahead of Bianchi and race 1 leader Luca Filippi.
Grosjean now stands 18 points ahead of Giedo Van der Garde in provisional championship classification.
Race 1:
1 - Luca Filippi - Coloni - 34 laps in 1h01'06"975
2 - Charles Pic - Addax + 5"558
3 - Romain Grosjean - Dams + 6"877
4 - Jules Bianchi - Lotus ART + 33"491
5 - Marcus Ericsson - iSport + 37"715
Etc.
Race 2:
1 - Romain Grosjean - Dams - 23 laps
2 - Jules Bianchi - Lotus ART + 1"569
3 - Luca Filippi - Coloni + 7"768
4 - Christian Vietoris - Racing Engineering + 14"388
5 - Adam Carroll - Super Nova + 24"962
Etc.
Championship: 1.Grosjean 59; 2.Van der Garde 41; 3.Pic 34; 4.Bird 33; 5.Bianchi 32; 6.Valsecchi 30; 7.Clos 26; 8.Filippi 24, etc.