2007 GP2 SERIES SEASON


The '2007 GP2 Series season' began in 2007 on April 14 at Sakhir in Bahrain.

Contents
Drivers and constructors
Off-Season Testing Schedule
Race calendar
Results at a glance
Team standings
References

Drivers and constructors


The confirmed driver line-up and team number allocation for 2007 is as follows:[1]
Team Car # Driver Race weekends
ART Grand Prix 1 Michael Ammermüller1, 4-5
Mikhail Aleshin [2] 2
Sébastien Buemi [3]3, 6-9
2 Lucas di Grassi [4]
Minardi Piquet Sports 3 Alexandre Negrão [5]
4 Roldán Rodríguez
iSport International 5 Timo Glock [6]
6 Andreas Zuber [7]
Arden International 7 Bruno Senna [8]
8 Adrian Zaugg [8]
Petrol Ofisi FMS International 9 Antônio Pizzonia [10]1-3
Adam Carroll [11]4-9
10 Jason Tahincioglu
Trident Racing 11 Pastor Maldonado [12]1-7
Ricardo Risatti [13] 8-9
12 Kohei Hirate [14]
Racing Engineering 14 Javier Villa [15]
15 Sérgio Jimenez1-3
Ernesto Viso [16]4, 6
Filipe Albuquerque [17]5
Marcos Martinez [18]7-9
Super Nova Racing 16 Luca Filippi [19]
17 Mike Conway [19]
BCN Competicion 18 Sakon Yamamoto [21]1-6
Markus Niemelä [22]7, 9
Henri Karjalainen8
19 Ho-Pin Tung [23]
David Price Racing 20 Christian Bakkerud [24]1-8
Olivier Pla [25]9
21 Andy Soucek [26]
DAMS 22 Kazuki Nakajima [27]
23 Nicolas Lapierre [28]
Campos Grand Prix 24 Vitaly Petrov [29]
25 Giorgio Pantano [29]
Durango 26 Borja García [31]
27 Karun Chandhok [32]

Off-Season Testing Schedule


Date Location Circuit Fastest Driver Team Fastest Lap
2006
October 31 Le Castellet, France Circuit Paul Ricard Luca Filippi Durango 1:13.630 [33]
November 1 Franck Perera Durango 1:13.595 [34]
November 6 Jerez, Spain Circuito Permante de Jerez Antônio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS International 1:27.184 [35]
November 7 José María López BCN Competicion 1:32.894 [36]
December 1 Valencia, Spain Circuit de Valencia Timo Glock iSport International 1:18.541 [37]
December 2 Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:18.432 [38]
2007
February 21 Le Castellet, France Circuit Paul Ricard Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:13.889 [39]
February 22 Lucas di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:09.768 [40]
March 8 Barcelona, Spain Circuit de Catalunya Antônio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS International 1:27.808 [41]
March 9 Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:27.024 [42]
March 15 Le Castellet, France Circuit Paul Ricard Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:12.812 [43]
March 16 Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:09.713 [44]

Race calendar


The 2007 calendar is as follows, although is subject to change up until the start of the season.[45]
Round Location Circuit Date Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit April 14 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing
2 April 15 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS
3 Barcelona, Spain Circuit de Catalunya May 12 Bruno Senna Arden International
4 May 13 Timo Glock iSport International
5 Monte Carlo, Monaco Circuit de Monaco May 26 Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing
6 Magny-Cours, France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours June 30 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix
7 July 1 Javier Villa Racing Engineering
8 Silverstone, Great Britain Silverstone Circuit July 7 Andreas Zuber iSport International
9 July 8 Adam Carroll Petrol Ofisi FMS International
10 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring July 21 Timo Glock iSport International
11 July 22 Javier Villa Racing Engineering
12 Budapest, Hungary Hungaroring August 4 Adam Carroll Petrol Ofisi FMS International
13 August 5 Javier Villa Racing Engineering
14 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Park August 25 Lucas di Grassi ART Grand Prix
15 August 26 Timo Glock iSport International
16 Monza, Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza September 8 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix
17 September 9 Timo Glock iSport International
18 Spa, Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps September 15 TBD TBD
19 September 16 TBD TBD
20 Valencia, Spain Circuit de Valencia September 29 TBD TBD
21 September 30 TBD TBD

Results at a glance


Pos Driver BRN FEA BRN SPR ESP FEA ESP SPR MON FEA FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR Points
1 Glock 2 2
'2' 1
3 'Ret' Ret Ret Ret '1' 5 '10' Ret 4 1 3 '72'
2 di Grassi 5 Ret 3 3 5 2 4 4 4 2 6 4 4 1 11 13 '64'
3 Pantano DNS Ret Ret 6 2 1 3 Ret 8 4 7 Ret 7 2 12 '1
★ '
'48'
4 Filippi '1' 3 Ret 11 4 4 2 5 7 Ret Ret Ret 16 'Ret' 7 2 '45'
5 Nakajima 17
6 15
7 10 17 6 3 3
3 3 2 Ret 6 Ret DSQ '36'
6 Carroll DSQ 14 6 1 Ret 14 1 2 3 3 Ret '34'
7 Villa Ret 10 8 2 Ret 7 1 13 Ret 8 1 8 1 12 Ret 6 '31'
8 Senna 4 8 1 4 11 3 7 11 10 15 Ret 13 12 10 6 4 '30'
9 Zuber 3 RetDNS 9 Ret Ret 15 '1
★ '
6 Ret 21 3 6 Ret 14
Ret '28'
10 Maldonado DNS 16 Ret ''17'' '1' 10 8 7 2 6 4 Ret Ret INJ INJ INJ '25'
11 García 8 4 5 14 ''16'' 12 20 20 17 19 12 5 5 5 4 Ret '21'
12 Rodríguez Ret 12 4 Ret Ret 16
9 8 11 10 9 6 3 11 8 Ret'14'
13 Conway Ret 5 Ret 12 Ret 9 Ret 2 5 18
15 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret '13'
14 Petrov 14 11 10 ''16'' 6 5 5 9 9 11 17 Ret 9 17 5 12 '11'
15 Lapierre 7 1 RetDNS Ret 8 Ret RetDNS 9 Ret Ret 14 15
Ret 10 '10'
16 Zaugg 6 17 Ret 13 9 6 Ret 14 19 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret ''15'' Ret '10'
17 Hirate 18 Ret 13 10 12 Ret 11 18 Ret 5 2 11 10 Ret Ret Ret '9'
18 Negrão Ret 15 Ret DNS 15
Ret Ret Ret 18 12 10 Ret 13 7 2 14 '8'
19 Chandhok 9 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 16 12 13 Ret 16 14
''15'' 8 Ret 5 '6'
20 Buemi 7 Ret 20
15 17
Ret 13 7 '6'
21 Jimenez ''19'' Ret 7 5 ''17'' '4'
22 Aleshin 6 Ret '3'
23 Ammermüller 10 7 INJ INJ INJ Ret 19
10 12'1'
24 Pizzonia 16 Ret Ret 8 8 '1'
25 Risatti 16 10 8 '1'
26 Viso RetDNSINJINJ 14 8 '0'
27 Tung 15 Ret 11 Ret 13 14 17 17 15 16 Ret 9 Ret 9 9 Ret '0'
28 Niemelä Ret DNS INJ INJ 9 '0'
29 Soucek 12 9 14 Ret 14 13 10 Ret 20 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret '0'
30 Yamamoto 11 14 9 ''18'' Ret 11 13 16 Ret 13 11 '0'
31 Tahinci Ret 13DNS Ret Ret 15 18 19 16 ''17'' 19 Ret 11 14 Ret 11 '0'
32 Bakkerud 13 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret DNS DNQ DNQ INJ '0'
33 Martinez DNQ DNQ 13 Ret Ret '0'
34 Albuquerque 15 14 '0'
Karjalainen Ret Ret '0'
Pla Ret '0'
Pos Driver BRN FEA BRN SPR ESP FEA ESP SPR MON FEA FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR VAL FEA VAL SPR Points


★ Polesitter for feature race on 'bold'

★ Driver with asterisk has been awarded point for fastest lap

★ Driver who retired but was classified on ''italics''

Team standings


TeamPointsWins
iSport International1085
ART Grand Prix771
Super Nova Racing631
Campos Grand Prix602
DAMS461
Arden International441
Petrol Ofisi FMS International362
Racing Engineering352
Trident Racing351
Durango280
Minardi Piquet Sports220
DPR00
BCN Competicion00

Season still in progress

References



1. GP2 Series Releases 2007 Grid and Calendar
2. Aleshin to replace Ammermuller
3. Ammermuller ruled out for Monaco
4. GP2: ART confirma Di Grassi e Ammermuller para 2007
5. Rodriguez steps up with Minardi
6. Timo Glock continuará competindo na iSport
7. Zuber confirmed at iSport
8. Arden opts for Senna and Zaugg
9. Arden opts for Senna and Zaugg
10. "Fisichella signs Pizzonia"
11. Carroll replaces Pizzonia at FMS
12. Maldonado completes Trident line-up
13. Risatti to deputise for Maldonado
14. Hirate signs for Trident
15. GP2 Who goes where 2007
16. Viso joins Racing Engineering
17. Albuquerque to stand in for Viso
18. GP2: Marco Martinez will replace Ernesto Viso
19. Super Nova confirms Conway, Filippi
20. Super Nova confirms Conway, Filippi
21. Yamamoto signs for BCN.
22. Markus Niemela to make GP2 debut with BCN
23. Chinese Tung completes BCN line-up
24. DPR sign Bakkerud for 2007
25. Pla to replace Bakkerud at Monza
26. Soucek confirmed at DPR
27. Nakajima signs for DAMS
28. Lapierre signs with DAMS for 2007
29. Campos sign Pantano, Petrov for '07
30. Campos sign Pantano, Petrov for '07
31. Garcia lands Durango drive
32. Chandhok confirmed at Durango.
33. Filippi dominates day one at Ricard
34. Perera paces second day at Ricard
35. Pizzonia flies as Jerez test opens
36. Lopez tops rain affected Jerez test
37. Glock paces opening day of Valencia test
38. Zuber tops final morning in Valencia
39. Pizzonia Pantano tops first day of testing
40. Di Grassi on top for ART in testing
41. Pizzonia fastest in Barcelona test
42. Zuber leads iSport one-two in testing
43. Zuber continues good form for iSport
44. Zuber on top again to close out final pre-season test
45. GP2 Series Realeases 2007 Grid and Calendar



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