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Coletti Conqueror: Record Breaking!
Coletti Conqueror: Record Breaking!
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KUALA LUMPUR
ROUND 1
COLETTI CONQUEROR
Rapax driver makes title intentions clear in season opener
GP3 SERIES
2013 SEASON
RECORD BREAKING!
Sainz Jnr and Niederhauser top testing
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NEWS
BEST BITS
#Close
Fifteen drivers running within 1 second in practice and qualifying, with the top three drivers covered by 0.008s, Thats close racing!
GOOD WEEK
STEFANO COLETTI
Pole, podium, win and bonus points for fastest lap. Thats a total of 36 points scored in one race weekend and the Series lead ahead of Round 2 for the Rapax driver.
#ComebackKid
Jolyon Palmer fought his way from P22 to 6th in Race 1. He then stalled on the grid, started from the pitlane and sliced his way up to P9.
2013 CLASSIFICATIONS
#Finally
Fabio Leimer felt as though he was cursed, hunting down a third win since Barcelona 2011. A strong drive in Race 1 led to victory and relief.
#OhBaby
At eighteen years old and nine months, Mitch Evans has become the youngest GP2 podium finisher ever with a 3rd place in Round 1 Sprint Race.
FABIO LEIMER
A well-deserved win in the feature race thanks to a mature drive and a great strategy. As expected, the Racing Engineering man adds his name to the list of title contenders.
DRIVERS STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Stefano Coletti 1M Fabio Leimer 1M Felipe Nasr James Calado Stphane Richelmi Mitch Evans Rookie Julin Leal Jolyon Palmer Sam Bird Johnny Cecotto Jr. Simon Trummer Conor Daly Rookie Rene Binder Kevin Giovesi Rookie Tom Dillmann Marcus Ericsson Daniel De Jong Pl Varhaug Sergio Canamasas Daniel Abt Rookie Kevin Ceccon Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rookie Jake Rosenzweig Rio Haryanto Ma Qin Hua Rookie Nathanal Berthon 36 25 24 18 12 11 10 8 8 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRAND NEW ME
Whats new? you ask. The true essence of The Insider remains: since 2008, it brings you all the fresh news and gossip straight from the GP2 and GP3 paddock. The ever-growing number of readers however called for more pages, more features and more fun! We have tweaked the design shooting for a more vivid, colourful and user-friendly magazine. We have also added some news chronicles, starting with A day in the life. Ever wondered what we were all doing on a race day at the circuit? Its not just about being on the track, in the pitlane or on the pitwall as the lights go off. The drivers will also reveal their favourite track not the one to race on, but the perfect tune to listen to before jumping into their beast. We also added a feature with all the best bits of the race weekend, a social media centre where you can play a part but we have kept fan favourites too such as good/ bad week. We dont want to spoil too much. Just see for yourself. You are no longer a fly on the wall. You are now fully part of our world. Welcome!
JAMES CALADO
Second in qualifying and in the feature race, the Brit made a mistake in Race 2 that led to three cars retiring prematurely and the ART man penalised for Bahrain feature race.
DAMS
A difficult first round for the reigning champions with only Stphane Richelmi scoring points for the French outfit. But as everyone likes to say: The season is long and were only at the beginning!
TEAMS STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Rapax 1M Racing Engineering 1M Carlin ART Grand Prix Arden International DAMS RUSSIAN TIME Hilmer Motorsport Venezuela GP Lazarus MP Motorsport Caterham Racing Trident Racing Barwa Addax Team 42 35 32 18 17 12 8 2 1 0 0 0 0
MP MOTORSPORT
Probably not the outcome the newcomers had expected for their first round. An unfortunate incident in Race 1 involving both cars ruined their weekend. Lesson learned.
Drum roll please! We are pleased to present to you, our loyal fans: a brand new video module on the GP2 Official website.
BAD
WEEK
Marco
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Shushsleeping 6:00 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Wake up call (one eye open) 7:00 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Breakfast 7:30 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Leave the hotel with my Bentley NOT!!!! We have a crappy PROTON 8:00 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Arrive at the circuit and have a real espresso (second eye open) 8:30 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Meeting with Allsport about Paddock Club for the season 9:00 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Visit Caterham Racing in order to organize grid access for some of their VIP guests (home race for Caterham) 9:30 .......................................................................................................................................................................................... T ell the teams to move their equipment to the pit lane. Racing cars will follow 10:20 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Put Safety Car overalls on for Race1. Its SUPER HOT TODAY 10:30 ......................................................................................................................................................................................
The new drivers had a torrid baptism in torrential conditions in qualifying, with Esteban Gutirrez, Giedo van der Garde and even Charles Pic all finding the wall in Q1, but the Mexican made a strong race debut by calmly slicing up the order to a P13 finish. The Caterham pair were stuck in a race long battle with Marussia rivals, with Pic eventually splitting Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton for P16, while his Dutch teammate had to make do with a P18 finish.
STEFANO COLETTI
Thrift Shop
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
GP2 pit lane opens 11:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Safety car leaves the grid 11:05 ......................................................................................................................................................................................
GP2 Race 1 formation lap And lights are off for the first race of the season. I watch from the Safety car 11:15 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... GP2 Race 1 is over. No safety car deployed. NOT A BUSY RACE FOR US TODAY 12:30 ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Lunch and debrief with Bruno Michel and Didier Perrin at Pirelli. Finally some good food :-) 13:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Debrief with GP2 race director and stewards 14:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Post race administration, posting results and stewards decisions 15:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Try a short cut to enter into the stewards room Almost made it before running into PASQUALE! I had to go back and find another way around the building 15:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Meeting with Race director and stewards 16:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... GP2 administration 17:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... check-in online (we go home tomorrow!) 18:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... We take the Bentley (PROTON) back to the hotel 19:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... We (AQ/DP/RS/MC) leave the hotel for dinner with our boss! 20:30 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Dinner at the Japanese restaurant (NOTHING SPECIAL) 21:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... Back to our hotel 23:00 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... zzzzzz GOOD NIGHT 00:00 ......................................................................................................................................................................................
Vitaly Petrov takes the lead at the start of the race. Romain Grosjean on pole position with ART Grand Prix.
A battling drive from the Frenchman saw him come home in P6.
@Kateafan Deciding if I can get up at 3am for @GP2_Official first race... Beauty Sleep verses Real Racing?? #ShutUpAndDrive @Rachi16
PREVIEW
@felipenasr @jjwebster954
Dang! What time is it? 03:10? What am I doing up? Watching the 1st @GP2_Official race of 2013, thats what!! Whos with me? #shutupanddrive
SAKHIR BAHRAIN
Just popped into say hi to my old team @CarlinRacing in the @GP2_Official paddock! Top blokes and wish @JolyonPalmer & @FelipeNasr good luck
@HuskerF1 Fantastic first race of the @GP2_Official 2013 season. Well done @fabioleimer ! #ShutUpAndDrive Giovanni Venturini @VenturiniGio
@jamescalado
@conordaly22
APRIL, 19-20-21
Bahrain International Circuit
5.543 km
TYRES CHOICE
Prime Option
Hard Soft
Great first day at Estoril! Love my new #GP3 car! Learning and improving all the time. Cant wait for tomorrow!#POWER pic.twitter.com/vUpElYL2
@trident_team
@nickcassidy_
PAST WINNERS
Back in the UK. Rushing to prep for Estoril! 4 days til Im back in a car, this time with 400hp #nonstop #grinning
2012
Race 1 Valsecchi (DAMS) Race 2 Valsecchi (DAMS)
@gp2_official
@gp3_official
When March, 23 _ 11:56 Where Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur Who Stefano Coletti . Rapax, Fabio Leimer . Racing Engineering
What Canon EOS 1-D X EF50mm f/1.4 USM 50 ISO 50mm 1/10 @ F14.0
When March, 12 _ 16:58 Where Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Who Emanuele Zonzini . Trident
What Canon EOS 1-D X EF200mm f/2L IS USM 160 ISO 200mm 1/500 @ F6.0
#FOUR
PATRICK KUJALA
On Mika Hkkinen
I think there is something very unique about him and his personality. Hes got a great sense of humour too!
#CARLIN
British squad Rookie Luis Sa Silva and his feed onto the ld wou Carlin won the war of who car. ion erat gen ond track first in the sec
#WELCOME
Finnish outfit Koiranen GP join the GP3 Series along with Bamboo Engineering who replaced Atech CRS GP.
WHATS UP!
AARO VAINIO
On Ari Vatanen
Ari is a Finnish rally driver and I like the fact he is always going sideways and gives maximum attack. He is very fun to watch and I always want to give my maximum too.
We are back! All eyes (and ears) were on the GP3/13 car at the first official pre-season test in Estoril as the full grid of 27 drivers fed onto the circuit. Not only did the cars look even better with their revised nose, sidepods and engine cover, the roar of the 400hp engine was immense.
HEAR ME
KEVIN KORJUS
On Ari Gold
Hes a character from the TV show Entourage played by Jeremy Piven. I dont really have any heroes but I like Aris TV persona, hes a very cool guy. Nick Yelloly (Carlin) has driven both generations of the GP3 car and explained the differences: The GP3/13 car is more challenging to drive and great fun with so much power. Fast corners are much trickier to manage in the new car, meaning driver skill is even more important. Therefore I think you need to be braver driving this machine. In higher temperatures I believe the car can go even quicker. This season will be vital learning about tyre degradation in order to progress up the ranks to GP2 and Formula 1.
MOMENT 4 LIFE
The Chosen One celebrates victory at Hockenheim in 2010.
Robert Visoiu
Dont You Worry Child
Swedish House Mafia
SHAKE YO HELMET
As a proud Spaniard, I of course wanted the Spanish flag to be displayed on my helmet for my fans. Red Bull features strongly in the design thanks to the backing I receive from them. For 2013, I wanted to revamp my lid so I have added some silver sparkle to make it look special, I hope everyone likes it!
I wanted a unique design and stand out amongst the field this season so I have chosen a very glittery design with lots of circles which I think looks really funky. It was important to represent my country Venezuela with the flag and of course my principal sponsors.
SAMIN GOMEZ
I have kept a similar helmet design from my karting days but I always play with colours/lines to see how I can enhance it. I really like matt colours so thats what I have used along with the Red Bull Sponsor logos. I like a traditional but fierce look with the design.
Daniil Kvyat