Davide Valsecchi claimed his first GP2 victory outside of Bahrain this season in the sprint race at his home track of Monza. The result gives Valsecchi an advantage of 25 points over rival Luiz Razia heading to the final race weekend in Singapore.
Mitch Evans has won the 2012 GP3 Series title after a nail-biting finish to the season at Monza, where outsider Daniel Abt nearly achieved the double victory he needed to steal the title after Evans suffered a puncture, but the German was unable to cope with the speed of first-time race winner Tio Ellinas.
Daniel Abt claimed his second GP3 win in the space of a week in a crazy penultimate race of the season at Monza, sensationally becoming the only man who can stop Mitch Evans from winning the title after Evans and rivals Antonio Felix da Costa and Aaro Vainio all hit trouble of some kind.
Luca Filippi put the rest of the GP2 field to shame by winning on his first start for a year in the feature race at Monza and repeating his home win from 12 months ago.
Mitch Evans beat his chief rival Antonio Felix da Costa by 0.02 seconds to claim pole position at Monza, extend his GP3 championship lead by four points and set himself up to secure the title in this afternoon’s race.
Max Chilton took his second GP2 pole position in the space of three race weekends by driving to top spot at Monza, although he did finish the session in the gravel.
Mitch Evans got his bid to become GP3 Series champion at Monza this weekend off to a good start by topping the Friday free practice session.
The second generation GP3 Series car was unveiled at Monza today ahead of the final race weekend for the outgoing machine.
The Barwa Addax Team have ditched Josef Kral after his maiden GP2 victory at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, and replaced him with Jake Rosenzweig for this weekend’s races at Monza.
Luca Filippi will return to the GP2 Series once again this weekend after Scuderia Coloni parted company with Stefano Coletti – who will switch to rival squad Rapax for the final two rounds of the 2012 season.
A rocket start allowed Josef Kral to score his first GP2 Series victory with a commanding drive in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps.
Matias Laine claimed his first GP3 Series win in Race 2 at Spa-Francorchamps, but the main story of the race was title rivals Mitch Evans and Aaro Vainio failing to score points while Antonio Felix da Costa moved into contention by finishing second.
A fine double overtaking move ultimately gave Daniel Abt his first GP3 Series victory in Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps, which was stopped after only four laps following a nasty crash for Robert Cregan.
Marcus Ericsson got his first GP2 Series win for more than two years in a feature race at Spa-Francorchamps that was disrupted by a lengthy red flag following a heavy crash for Nigel Melker.
Mitch Evans added four points to his GP3 Series points lead and claimed pole position for the weekend’s first race by coming out on top in qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps.
Tio Ellinas set the fastest time in a wet GP3 free practice session on Friday at Spa-Francorchamps.
Rio Haryanto sealed his reputation as a specialist in wet conditions by scoring his first GP2 pole position in a typically soaking qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps.
