Pierre Gasly insists the safety car confusion that cost him victory during Saturday’s Feature race at Monza should have never happened in a series as big as GP2.
Norman Nato was relieved to return to winning ways during Sunday’s Sprint race at Monza, especially on the back of the disappointment of losing a potential podium on Saturday due to the safety car chaos.
Gustav Malja may have lucked into a podium finish at Monza on Saturday but the Rapax driver believes it makes up for some of the bad luck that has come his way in 2016.
Raffaele Marciello secured his best result of the season with second place during Saturday’s Feature race, but he was disappointed to lose out on the win to Antonio Giovinazzi on the final lap.
Antonio Giovinazzi sits just ten points behind team-mate Pierre Gasly in the championship after a lucky Feature race win and a Sprint race podium at Monza.
Scuderia Ferrari have registered their interest in Italian GP2 driver Antonio Giovinazzi, after inviting him for a run in their F1 Simulator at Maranello recently
Both Artem Markelov and Nicholas Latifi have dropped out of the points after both were penalised post race for virtual safety car offences on Sunday at Monza.
Norman Nato secured his second win of 2016 in the Sprint race at Monza, while championship rivals Pierre Gasly and Antonio Giovinazzi finished second and third.
Arthur Pic was handed a three-place grid penalty after being found guilty of causing the collision with Sergio Canamasas during Saturday’s Feature race at Monza.
Antonio Giovinazzi took advantage of some safety car confusion and some late race DRS advantage to clinch his fourth victory of 2016 despite having started on the back row of the grid.
Antonio Giovinazzi and Nabil Jeffri have both been excluded from qualifying at Monza for tyre pressure infringements.
Pierre Gasly felt his car was performing great at Monza after securing his third pole of 2016 ahead of Prema team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.
Pierre Gasly took pole position for the Feature race at Monza by just 0.054 seconds from team-mate and title rival Antonio Giovinazzi.
Pierre Gasly led Artem Markelov in practice at Monza on Friday but both drivers ended their sessions early by stopping on track within seconds and 100metres of each other on the back straight.
Pierre Gasly returned to the top of the GP2 championship standings after his third victory of 2016 at Spa-Francorchamps, while his Prema Racing team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi is now second.
Luca Ghiotto secured his third podium finish of the season with a third place finish at Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday, but admitted it was probably the best result he could have hoped for.
Gustav Malja finished second to Antonio Giovinazzi during Sunday’s Sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps, and believes his Rapax team have made good strides this season with their car.
