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Introducing Marco Sorensen

Marco Sorensen will contest his first full season of GP2 in 2015, after joining the series halfway through 2014 with MP Motorsport. He will challenge for the title with Carlin alongside Julian Leal.

The Danish driver made his racing debut back in 1998 when he joined the karting circuit. He began single seater racing in 2006 when he joined the Formula Ford Denmark series, taking third in the…

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ART Grand Prix sign Matsushita

ART Grand Prix have signed Japanese driver Nobuharu Matsushita to partner Stoffel Vandoorne for the 2015 GP2 season.

Matsushita, 21, won the All-Japan Formula Three champion with six victories and nine podiums, on top of the 2012 Formula Challenge Japan title.

The Japanese driver sampled GP2 machinery for the first time at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi at the end of 2014, and sees a full time…

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Binder: I am confident that this was the right step!

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Rene Binder has decided to make his third attempt in the official F1 feeder series joining forces with Trident Motorsport. The 23-year-old Austrian completes the successful Italian squad as a team-mate of Sauber test and reserve driver Raffaele Marciello and feels honoured for being selected after the GP2 Post Season Tests in Abu Dhabi last November…

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Stoneman and Ilott join Red Bull Junior Programme

British duo Dean Stoneman and Callum Ilott have both joined the Red Bull Junior Team ahead of the 2015 season.

Stoneman, 24, finished runner-up in the 2014 GP3 season, and will move to Formula Renault 3.5 with the DAMS team, while Ilott, 16, will compete in the European Formula 3 championship with Carlin.

French driver Pierre Gasly is also a part of the programme, and will compete for DAMS in the…

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Nasr to drive on opening day in Barcelona

Felipe Nasr will be in action for Sauber on the opening day of the second pre-season test in Barcelona.

The Brazilian, who set the fastest time on the third day in Jerez, will pilot the C34 on the first and fourth days of the test, while team mate Marcus Ericsson will drive on the second and third days.

The Barcelona test will run from February 19-22, followed by a three day break before…

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Binder joins Trident Racing for 2015

Rene Binder completes the line-up of Trident Racing for the 2015 season of the GP2 Series.

Binder, who has previously joined the Italian team during the post season tests in Abu Dhabi, will now drive the #12 car alongside Raffaele Marciello.

Team principal Maurizio Salvatore has been impressed by the work done by the Austrian during the tests and looks forward to have a strong team for the…

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Why Preseason Testing Matters – Part 3 In parts 1 and 2, we examined the process necessary to take a front wing design concept to the race track.

Technical Insight: Toro Rosso STR10

Toro Rosso was the first team to show their car in flesh on the first day at Jerez in testing. It’s the STR10 and is the 10th car produced by Toro Rosso. Toro Rosso had a very mixed season in 2014, with Kvyat’s fire in Germany and Verge’s 6th place in America. This team can produce some brilliant cars. With James Key now being there a high element of ideas from his Sauber days has engulfed the…

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Technical Insight: Red Bull RB11

Red Bull caused a lot of controversy on the first day of testing at Jerez. They turned up with this “camo” livery on the RB11 to obscure its hidden aero secretes the firm had come up with over the winter. It was a disappointing season in 2014 for a team that set their sights high, with power unit issues hampering the team all through the year.

Looking at the front of the RB11 you can see that…

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Lynn focussed on GP2 role

Alex Lynn has insisted that he won’t let his new role with the Williams Formula 1 team distract him from his aim of winning the GP2 title.

Lynn, 21, was recently named at the development driver for the Grove-based outfit, and will share duties with his debut GP2 season, where he will compete for reigning champions DAMS.

The Englishman hopes that a successful campaign in GP2, combined with his…

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Williams on par with Ferrari - Symonds

Williams on par with Ferrari – Symonds

Williams Chief Technical Officer, Pat Symonds, says their FW37 is on par with Ferrari’s championship challenger according to their analysis from the Jerez test earlier this month.

“We are where we wanted to be.” Symonds told Auto Motor und Sport. “Ferrari have apparently a made good jump”.

Symonds agreed that Williams and Ferrari are neck and neck – with Mercedes leading the way still, and said…

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Red Bulls Ricciardo Beats Champion Hamilton

Viewers of Sunday nights Top Gear saw smiley Australian Daniel Ricciardo top the Formula One drivers leaderboard for star in a reasonably priced car.

The ten minute segment in the episode saw current, and double world champion Lewis Hamilton dethroned by an outstanding lap time from Ricciardo.

The Red Bull driver had his sights set on beating Hamilton even before appearing on the show stating “I…

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Van der Garde to test GP2 car

Giedo van der Garde will drive a GP2 car in a private test on Monday, after an invitation from Campos Racing.

The Dutchman will be in action at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and will mark the first time he has driven a GP2 car since 2012, before his graduation to Formula 1 in 2013 with the Caterham team.

Van der Garde, while pleased with the opportunity from Campos Racing, doesn’t appear…

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Introducing Julián Leal

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Julián Leal, one of the most experienced drivers of the 2015 grid, will contest his fifth season in GP2. The Colombian stays with British team Carlin, with whom he has already contested a successful 2014 campaign.

The 24-year-old began his career in single-seater racing in 2006 in the Formula Renault 2.0 PanAm GP series, where he scored two podiums and finished in 9th…

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Campos Racing confirm Haryanto for 2015

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Campos Racing has announced their second driver for the upcoming season: 22-year-old Indonesian Rio Haryanto will join forces with Frenchman Arthur Pic after having tested for the Spanish team in Abu Dhabi in November.

The Indonesian is one of the most experienced drivers on the grid with three seasons in GP2 under his belt, and he has proven his skills with podiums in…

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Test Review - Ferrari dominate in Jerez

Test Review – Ferrari dominate in Jerez

Nothing can be concluded from the opening pre-season test, as is the norm in Formula 1, but this particular one has certainly raised a few eyebrows over the first four days of the 2015 season.

After enduring their first winless season since 1993, Ferrari have laid down the initial benchmark by topping all but one day of the Jerez test, at the hands of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.

Raikkone…

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Grosjean: ''We are going in the right direction''

Grosjean: ”We are going in the right direction”

Romain Grosjean has said the first impressions of the Lotus E23 have been positive and that the team are heading in the right direction.

Lotus struggled throughout 2014 with their chassis and power deficient Renault power-unit however a move to Mercedes power in 2015 has given the Enstone-based team added optimism heading into the season opener in Australia which takes places in over a months…

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