Davide Valsecchi has made a perfect career which has earned a victory in the first race of the GP2 Series at Monaco. It is clear that the events on this track are different, and sometimes have results like this. Valsecchi perhaps not clear was the candidate to fight for the title, but after this race, his "actions" go up in price.
But let's go to the race itself. Valsecchi was dating from the second position, behind Sam Bird. The British had stalled his car, and that has prevented him from fighting for the front positions. Valsecchi was leading a group of cars attached to its tail, which suggested that his career was in jeopardy, threatened by rivals.
Nothing further from the truth. From lap six, the pilot of the Team Air Asia has increased his pace and it has managed to consistently maintain a second and a half ahead of Alvaro Parente, who has finished second. The performance of the pilot of Racing Engineering, replacing Christian Vietoris since the appointment of Spain, is extraordinary.
Good GP2 fans will remember that last year entered the Coloni in Belgium team, replacing Alberto Valerio, and he achieved two podiums in its first weekend of the GP2 for the year. This time has cost him a week-end relatively fair in Spain to adapt to the new car, but is already on the podium again.
Worst luck has had his teammate, Dani Clos. It already came from a delayed position, after problems with the classification, and after a career of comeback, a flat tire has ended his career in the curve of the Grand Hotel, formerly known as Loews, and more previously "Ecoeficientes de la gare", as was the railway station.
In third position is over Luca Filippi, in a demonstration of intelligence or proper use of the strategy, has risen from 11th to the third step of the podium, just to stop pit later than others. But without a doubt, one of the protagonists of the day has been Romain Grosjean, who came from the last position of the grid are output.
The pilot of DAMS has used the same tactic that Filippi, in addition to daring overtaking House brand, clear. Completing the points, we have had to Stefano Coletti, Josef Kral, Max Chilton and Charles Pic. Sam Bird, for its part, has been forced to leave after a touch with Marcus Ericsson, which has ended with both drivers out of the race.
In fact, neither of them has abandoned at the time. Bird has done so after little by the damage received, while in the case of Ericsson has been more spectacular. The Swede has lost the rear wing in the tunnel, causing an accident without consequences, although it has led to the exit of the safety car.
In addition, Jules Bianchi and Giedo van der Garde returned to collide, this time in the chicane after the tunnel of the Monaco circuit. It seems that these two have a special "appreciation". Tomorrow, Pic will come out from the pole, with Chilton in the second position, so the French do well tomorrow. He has been lucky, because Oliver Turvey, who was seventh, was penalized for failing to comply with a drive through.
1. Davide Valsecchi AirAsia 1h00m23.957s
2. Alvaro Parente Racing Engineering + 1. 471s
3 Luca Filippi Super Nova + 2. 199s
4 Romain Grosjean DAMS + 4. 219s
5. Stefano Coletti Trident + 14. 023s
6 Josef Kral Arden + 14. 467s
7 Max Chilton Carlin + 16. 0.072s
8 Charles Pic Addax + 19. 524s
9 Fabio Leimer Rapax + 19. 934s
10. Kevin Mirocha Ocean + 26. 692s
11. Kevin Ceccon Coloni + 27. 315s
12 Esteban Gutierrez ART + 33. 0.383s
13 Michael Herck Coloni + 44. 243s
14. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova + 1 lap
15 Oliver Turvey Carlin + 15. 057s (penalized)
Drop-outs:
Julian Leal Rapax 35 laps
Jolyon Palmer Arden 33 laps
Sam Bird iSport 30 laps
Marcus Ericsson iSport 30 laps
Giedo van der Garde Addax 22 laps
Dani Clos Racing Engineering 21 laps
Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident 19 laps
Luiz Ghazw AirAsia 19 laps
Johnny Cecotto Ocean 17 laps
Jules Bianchi ART 11 laps
PAL Varhaug turns 10 DAMS
1 Sam Bird - 23pts
2 - Giedo van der Garde - 21pts
3 - Davide Valsecchi - 19pts
4 - Romain Grosjean - 18pts
5 Charles Pic - 16pts
7 - dani Clos - 9pts
