Norman Nato wins GP2 Series Feature Race
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Norman Nato won the first race of the GP2 Series 2016 Championship on Saturday, ahead of Nicholas Latifi and Pierre Gasly.
Pierre Gasly has taken the first Pole Position in this year’s GP2 Series championship; the Frenchman lining up ahead of Norman Nato and Alex Lynn for Saturday’s race.
Jimmy Eriksson has admitted that he is “really excited” to make his GP2 Series debut this weekend with Arden International.
The Checkered Flag spoke to Swedish driver Gustav Malja, about this weekend’s GP2 Series opener in Barcelona, training and working with Rapax in 2016.
TCF have a quick look at the teams and drivers who will make-up the 2016 GP2 Series grid when the season gets underway at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend.
Arden International have announced that Nabil Jeffri and Jimmy Eriksson will race for them in the 2016 GP2 Series season.
Racing Engineering’s Jordan King was quickest on the second day of the GP2 Series test in Jerez on Wednesday.
Norman Nato was the quickest around Circuito de Jerez in the second GP2 Series pre-season test, setting the pace during the morning session on day one.
Pierre Gasly was the quickest on the final day of the first GP2 Series pre-season test, on Friday.
Carlin have announced they will not participate in the 2016 season of Formula V8 3.5 in order to concentrate on its GP2 Series campaign.
Pierre Gasly was quickest overall on the second day of the GP2 Series first pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya.
ART Grand Prix driver Sergey Sirtokin topped the opening day of the GP2 Series pre-season test around the Circuit de Catalunya.
Frederic Vasseur says he will not have any time to focus on his GP2, GP3 and DTM Series teams due to his role within the Renault Sport F1 Team in 2016.
GP2 Series CEO Bruno Michel says that the new calendar is the “perfect balance” for the series’ teams and drivers.
Jordan King has retained his role as development driver with Manor Racing for the 2016 Formula 1 season.
Williams Martini Racing confirm Alex Lynn will continue his development driver role into the 2016 Formula 1 season alongside his GP2 commitments.
Honda-protégé Nobuharu Matsushita has been announced as a test and development driver for McLaren-Honda in 2016.
