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In race 1 Lewis had to serve a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane! But he still managed to win the race what about that then. Mclaren's Chief Operations Officer Martin Whitmarsh said

"Lewis's performance in the saturday race was the most phenomenal I have ever seen in a GP2 race."

They are showing it on tele on Saturday straight after F1 quali so I'll be glued!

Report from GP2 web site on qualifying

Nelson Piquet Jr will start tomorrow?s race from pole position after Lewis Hamilton and five other drivers had their two best laps stripped from them for not heeding yellow flag warnings. Lewis (ART Grand Prix), Gimmi Bruni (Trident Racing), Nicolas Lapierre (Arden International), Tristan Gommendy (iSport International), Lucas di Grassi (Durango) and Javier Villa (Racing Engineering) were the drivers to be penalised.

The decision of the stewards means that Nelson lands pole position and the two points that go along with it. He now leads the championship on 29 points ahead of Lewis on 26 and Nicolas on 25 points.

For the grid tomorrow, Nelson therefore starts first, with Alex Pr?mat second. The second row will feature Adam Carroll in third with Lewis now fourth.

Lewis Hamilton had pole had taken the lead in the championship for about an hour! Nelson is now in his favourite starting position and Lewis is gonna have to show off again. His quickest lap was a third of a second faster than Nelson's so if he can make those essential overtaking manuvres stick it should be an exciting race.

Last week he was speeding through the pit lane this week ignoring yellow flags what other laws is he gonna break at the next few meets, suggestions please on a postcard.

GP2 Race result (1) ? Barcelona.

1. Alexandre Premat ART 39 laps 57m 24.150s
2. Lewis Hamilton ART +02.187s
3. Michael Ammermuller Arden +10.963s
4. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet +11.720s
5. Tristan Gommendy iSport +13.005s
6. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS +14.848s
7. Alexandre Negrao Piquet +20.113s
8. Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv +23.000s

9. Ernesto Viso iSport +31.742s
10. Giorgio Pantano FMS +33.713s
11. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering +38.173s
12. Timo Glock BCN +48.660s
13. Lucas di Grassi Durango +53.303s
14. Franck Perera DAMS +62.590s
15. Javier Villa Racing Engineering +67.219s
16. Jason Tahinci FMS +67.539s
Rtd Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv +1 lap
18. Felix Porteiro Campos +1 lap
19. Adrian Valles Campos +2 laps

Rtd Nicolas Lapierre Arden 34 laps completed
Rtd Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova 22 laps completed
Rtd Gianmaria Bruni Trident 22 laps completed
Rtd Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 20 laps completed
Rtd Andreas Zuber Trident 16 laps completed
Rtd Sergio Hernandez Durango 16 laps completed
Rtd Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova 15 laps completed

Championship standings

Lewis and Nelson = on 34

3. NICOLAS LAPIERRE 25
4. MICHAEL AMMERMULLER 23
= ALEX PREMAT 23

Race two and there was no overtaking at all not after the first lap anyway.
What a contrast from MotoGP

1 Viso
2 Piquet
3 Premat
4 Hamilton
5 Gommendy

Piquet goes back into the Championship lead.

Next race Monaco Just the one race next weekend

Lewis Hamilton has finished this morning?s practice session at the top of the timesheets for ART Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton showed he will be a force to be reckoned with on the streets of Monte Carlo this morning with a powerful display which saw him finish top of an exciting first practice session. The ART Grand Prix driver finished on a best lap of 1:23.116, ahead of Super Nova International?s Jose Maria Lopez and the #1 ART car of Alex Premat.

Lewis put in a balls-to-the-wall qualifying style lap to plant himself firmly on top on a 1:23.401. He was never headed and bettered his lap in the final minutes to his best time of 1:23.116.

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Lewis Hamilton dominated Friday?s GP2 qualifying session at Monaco, surging to pole position.

The 21-year-old Briton is rumoured to be in contention for a seat alongside Fernando Alonso at the Woking squad in 2007 and did his chances no harm with an imperious performance on the tricky street circuit.

Hamilton is currently second in the GP2 standings, two points behind Nelson Piquet junior, and has impressed the Formula 1 paddock with his driving in the feeder series so far in 2006.

His time of 1m20.430s was more than two tenths quicker than his closest challenger and puts him in a strong position to win Saturday?s first race.

He will be joined on the front row of tomorrow?s grid by Franck Perera (Dams) with Gimmi Bruni (Trident Racing) third and Alex Pr?mat (ART Grand Prix) fourth. Olivier Pla will start fifth alongside his team-mate and local hero Clivio Piccione, with Adam Carroll (Racing Engineering) seventh, the Campos Racing pair of Adri?n V?lles and F?lix Porteiro eighth and ninth respectively, and Andreas Zuber tenth for Trident Racing.

Championship leader Nelson Piquet Jr will be starting from 12th on the grid! He moaned "Everything is wrong with the car this weekend, we have a terrible set-up and we can't seem to change it much. We improved a bit in the first sector since yesterday but we still have a lot of very hard work to do."

Here's how they line up

1. Lewis Hamilton ART 1m 20.430s
2. Frank Perera DAMS 1m 20.717
3. Gianmaria Bruni Trident 1m 21.155s
4. Alexandre Premat ART 1m 21.227s
5. Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 1m 21.277s
6. Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1m 21.386s
7. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 1m 21.542s
8. Adrian Valles Campos 1m 21.616s
9. Felix Porteiro Campos 1m 21.679s
10. Andreas Zuber Trident 1m 21.744s
11. Lucas di Grassi Durango 1m 21.926s
12. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet 1m 21.940s
13. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1m 22.075s
14. Nicolas Lapierre Arden 1m 22.112s
15. Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova 1m 22.296s
16. Tristan Gommendy iSport 1m 22.377s
17. Timo Glock BCN 1m 22.428s
18. Giorgio Pantano FMS 1m 22.474s
19. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1m 22.620s
20. Michael Ammermuller Arden 1m 22.702s
21. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova 1m 23.231s
22. Sergio Hernandez Durango 1m 23.418s
23. Alexandre Negrao Piquet 1m 23.569s
24. Ernesto Viso iSport 1m 24.130s
25. Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 1m 24.335s
26. Jason Tahinci FMS 1m 25.997s

Hamilton takes a comfortable third win of the year ahead of Franck Perera; Premat third, Piccione fourth, Zuber fifth and Porteiro sixth. Ammermuller and Hernandez round out points. Only four finish on lead lap and 14 cars retire.

Thanks for tidying up Ed That's remarkably prompt and unprompted and greatly appreciated

Monaco Race Results

1. Lewis Hamilton ART 1hr 03mins 50.768s 45 laps
2. Franck Perera DAMS +8.445s
3. Alexandre Premat ART +36.312s
4 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv +37.255s
5 Andreas Zuber Trident +85.610s
6. Felix Porteiro Campos +1 lap
7. Michael Ammermuller Arden +1 lap
8 Sergio Hernandez Durango +1 lap
9. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS +2 laps
10 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova +2 laps
11. Lucas di Grassi Durango +3 laps
12. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet +5 laps

Rtd. Adrian Valles Campos 39 laps completed
Rtd. Timo Glock BCN 36 laps completed
Rtd Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova 36 laps completed
Rtd Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 23 laps completed
Rtd. Ernesto Viso iSport 23 laps completed
Rtd. Jason Tahinci FMS 12 laps completed
Rtd. Giorgio Pantano FMS 11 laps completed
Rtd. Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 2 laps completed
Rtd Gianmaria Bruni Trident 0 laps completed
Rtd. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 0 laps completed
Rtd. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 0 laps completed
Rtd. Tristan Gommendy iSport 0 laps completed
Rtd Nicolas Lapierre Arden 0 laps completed
Rtd. Alexandre Negrao Piquet 0 laps completed

Championship Positions post Monaco

1. LEWIS HAMILTON..............49
2. NELSON PIQUET JR............39
3. ALEX PREMAT.....................33
4. ERNESTO VISO..................26
5. MICHAEL AMMERMULLER...25
= NICOLAS LAPIERRE............25
7. GIANMARIA BRUNI.............20
8. JOSE MARIA LOPEZ............13
9. HIROKI YOSHIMOTO............9
10. ADAM CARROLL.................8
= FRANCK PERERA..................8
12. ADRIAN VALLES.................7
13. TRISTAN GOMMENDY.........6
14. CLIVIO PICCIONE.............5
= TIMO GLOCK........................5
16. FELIX PORTEIRO...............4
= ALEXANDRE NEGRAO...........4
= FERDINANDO MONFARDINI...4
= ANDREAS ZUBER..................4
20. LUCA FILIPPI.....................2
21. SERGIO HERNANDEZ..........1
= LUCAS DI GRASSI................1
23. OLIVIER PLA......................0

1. ART GRAND PRIX...............82
2. ARDEN INTERNATIONAL......50
3. PIQUET SPORTS.................43
4. ISPORT INTERNATIONAL.....32
5. TRIDENT RACING...............24
6. BCN COMPETICION............14
7. SUPER NOVA INT'L.............13
8. DAMS................................12

A very healthy 10 point lead for Lewis heading to his home GP double header at Silverstone in two weeks time

Qualifying times - Silverstone.

1. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 1m 29.104s
2. Lewis Hamilton ART 1m 29.108s
3. Alexandre Premat ART 1m 29.134s
4. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet 1m 29.160s
5. Timo Glock iSport 1m 29.300s
6. Andreas Zuber Trident 1m 29.400s
7. Lucas di Grassi Durango 1m 29.404s
8. Gianmaria Bruni Trident 1m 29.546s
9. Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1m 29.548s
10. Giorgio Pantano FMS 1m 29.729s
11. Michael Ammermuller Arden 1m 29.869s
12. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1m 29.890s
13. Frank Perera DAMS 1m 29.903s
14. Ernesto Viso iSport 1m 29.937s
15. Adrian Valles Campos 1m 30.351s
16. Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 1m 34.484s
17. Alexandre Negrao Piquet 1m 30.526s
18. Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova 1m 31.097s
19. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1m 31.178s
20. Mike Conway DPR Direxiv 1m 31.309s
21. Sergio Hernandez Durango 1m 31.321s
22. Neel Jani Arden 1m 31.334s
23. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova 1m 31.506s
24. Felix Porteiro Campos 1m 31.624s
25. Luca Filippi BCN 1m 31.836s
26. Jason Tahinci FMS 1m 33.834s

Realy close times at the head of the field, 8 tenths of a second between 1st and 14th!

Lewis wins race 1 at Silverstone and extends his lead in the Championship.

That's four wins in six races

Race 1 Results
1. Lewis Hamilton ART 1hr 00mins 53.888s 36 laps
2. Timo Glock iSport +5.014s
3. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering +6.145s
4. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet +6.436s
5. Giorgio Pantano FMS +8.728s
6. Alexandre Premat ART +12.985s
7. Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv +15.146s
8. Felix Porteiro Campos +17.088s

9. Adrian Valles Campos +17.959s
10. Sergio Hernandez Durango +22.538s
11. Mike Conway DPR Direxiv +23.061s
12. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova +25.174s
13. Jason Tahinci FMS +36.333s
14. Javier Villa Racing Engineering +55.030s

Rtd. Andreas Zuber Trident 30 laps completed
Rtd. Luca Fillipi BCN 29 laps completed
Rtd. Neel Jani Arden 28 laps completed
Rtd. Gianmaria Bruni Trident 26 laps completed
Rtd. Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 24 laps completed
Rtd. Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 20 laps completed
Rtd. Ernesto Viso iSport 18 laps completed
Rtd. Lucas di Grassi Durango 16 laps completed
Rtd. Michael Ammermuller Arden 7 laps completed
Rtd. Alexandre Negrao Piquet 1 laps completed
Rtd. Franck Perera DAMS 0 laps completed
Rtd. Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova 0 laps completed

Lewis Hamilton became the first man to take two double-header sweeps in GP2 after coming from eighth on the grid in race 2 at Silverstone

Result of Race 2

1. Lewis Hamilton ART 37mins 27.225s 23 laps
2. Adam Carroll Racing Engineering +10.040s
3. Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv +11.025s
4. Giorgio Pantano FMS +11.896s
5. Nelson Piquet Jr Piquet +12.106s
6. Timo Glock iSport +15.133s

7. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova +19.572s
8. Ernesto Viso iSport +21.268s
9. Luca Fillipi BCN +22.580s
10. Franck Perera DAMS +22.888s
11. Mike Conway DPR Direxiv +23.778s
12. Alexandre Negrao Piquet +24.885s
13. Javier Villa Racing Engineering +29.711s
14. Jose Maria Lopez Super Nova +31.982
15. Gianmaria Bruni Trident +36.412s
16. Jason Tahinci FMS +54.863

Rtd Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN 21 laps completed
Rtd Adrian Valles Campos 13 laps completed
Rtd Neel Jani Arden 5 laps completed
Rtd Michael Ammermuller Arden 5 laps completed
Rtd Alexandre Premat ART 2 laps completed
Rtd Andreas Zuber Trident 0 laps completed

Championship standings

1. LEWIS HAMILTON_______________67
2. NELSON PIQUET JR______________46
3. ALEX PREMAT__________________36
4. ERNESTO VISO_________________26
5. MICHAEL AMMERMULLER__________25
= NICOLAS LAPIERRE______________25
7. ADAM CARROLL ________________ 21
8. GIANMARIA BRUNI ______________20
9. TIMO GLOCK___________________14
10. JOSE MARIA LOPEZ_____________13
11. CLIVIO PICCIONE _____________ 11
12. HIROKI YOSHIMOTO_____________9
13. FRANCK PERERA________________8
14. GIORGIO PANTANO______________7
= ADRIAN VALLES__________________7
16. TRISTAN GOMMENDY_____________6
17. FELIX PORTEIRO________________5
18. ANDREAS ZUBER________________4
= ALEXANDRE NEGRAO______________4
= FERDINANDO MONFARDINI_________4
21. LUCA FILIPPI __________________2
22. SERGIO HERNANDEZ_____________1
= LUCAS DI GRASSI ________________1