Sergey Sirotkin denied Antonio Giovinazzi pole position for the Feature race in Austria by just 0.006 seconds on Friday.
Rene Binder will make a return to GP2 this weekend at the Red Bull Ring in place of the suspended Nobuharu Matsushita at ART Grand Prix.
Raffaele Marciello secured his second consecutive GP2 podium during Saturday’s Feature race in Baku, but was the victim of one of the chaotic safety car restarts during Sunday’s Sprint race while running second.
Jordan King survived the chaos of Baku to finish fourth in the Sprint race on Sunday despite being as low as P14 following a second clash of the weekend with Jimmy Eriksson.
After starting down in P18, Pierre Gasly was happy to finish on the podium during Sunday’s Sprint race in Baku despite seeing a race winning chance disappear on the final lap.
Antonio Giovinazzi reflected on a near-perfect weekend around the Baku Street Circuit after claiming his second GP2 Series victory of the weekend during Sunday’s Sprint race.
Nobuharu Matsushita has been handed an one-round ban after being found guilty of erratic driving on the safety car restarts at the Baku Street Circuit on Sunday.
Antonio Giovinazzi was at one point down in twenty-first position, but a strong drive and more safety car chaos saw the Italian take his second victory of the Baku weekend on Sunday.
Antonio Giovinazzi was a man on a mission as he made amends for a poor start in Baku to secure his maiden GP2 victory on Saturday.
Antonio Giovinazzi survived four safety cars to win his maiden GP2 Series victory in Baku as only ten cars took the chequered flag in Saturday’s Feature race.
Antonio Giovinazzi was delighted to secure his maiden GP2 pole position in a close qualifying session at the Baku Street Circuit
Antonio Giovinazzi took his maiden GP2 Series pole position as he denied Nobuharu Matsushita by 0.089 seconds.
Norman Nato led the way in practice around the Baku Street Circuit as yellow flags and virtual safety cars affected the session as drivers acclimatised themselves to the track.
Two feature races, two crashes – that is the tale of Sergey Sirotkin in 2016 as the pre-season championship favourite continues to struggle to score points this year after another crash in Monaco.
Pierre Gasly’s Monaco weekend started badly and ended pointless as the pre-race championship leader endured a troubled time in the Principality.
Jordan King was downbeat after seeing a podium finish in the GP2 Series Feature race at Monaco disappear after damaging his suspension against the unforgiving barriers.
Alex Lynn felt he and the DAMS team could and should have been faster during the Monaco weekend of the GP2 Series season, but was happy to take two top five finishes from the weekend.
