GP2 Series Round 3 Analysis

Best performance: Davide Valsecchi
While he wasn't as dominant as he had been at the previous round in Bahrain, Davide Valsecchi managed to have a good weekend yet again, winning the feature race from 2^nd on the grid before going from 8^th to 3^rd in the sprint race to take another podium. Honourable mentions to Tom Dillmann, winner in the sprint race, largely let down by unspectacular performances in qualifying and the feature race, and to Luiz Razia, who had a strong weekend, but should have got past Dillmann in the sprint race.


Worst performance: Rodolfo González
James Calado should have performed better, but he apparently was suffering mechanical problems all round, compromising his performance.  Instead, then, I have selected Rodolfo González.  The Venezuelan driver spent the weekend going backwards.  Having qualified 7^th for the feature race, a points finish looked on the cards, but he dropped down to 18^th, and was not able to improve much in the sprint race. His team-mate, Giedo van der Garde managed pole in qualifying, 3^rd in the feature race, and probably would have finished higher had he avoided Esteban Gutiérrez at the start of the sprint race. González's reward for his poor performance in Bahrain was to test for Caterham F1 Team at Mugello. Money might not buy happiness, but it will buy a test in a Formula One team.


Race rating: 6/10
In the feature race the battle for the lead was all over by lap 8.  The sprint race was more interesting, with a good battle over 3^rd position and a close finish, with Dillmann having to hold off Luiz Razia.


Drivers' Championship

1.	Davide Valsecchi	107
2.	Luiz Razia	83
3.	Esteban Gutiérrez	54
4.	Max Chilton	45
5.	Fabio Leimer	41
6.	James Calado	39
7.	Giedo van der Garde	31
8.	Felipe Nasr	28
9.	Tom Dillmann	27
10.	Rio Haryanto	16
11.	Stefano Coletti	10
12.	Marcus Ericsson	8
13.	Fabio Onidi	4
14.	Jolyon Palmer	2
15.	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	2
16.	Nathanaël Berthon	1
17.	Simon Trummer	1
18.	Brendon Hartley	1
19.	Fabrizio Crestani	1

Teams' Championship

1.	DAMS	135
2.	Lotus GP	93
3.	Arden International	84
4.	Carlin	61
5.	Racing Engineering	42
6.	Caterham Racing	31
7.	Rapax	27
8.	Scuderia Coloni	14
9.	iSport International	10
10.	Barwa Addax	2
11.	Ocean Racing Technology	1
12.	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1