Former Red Bull Formula 1 test driver Brendon Hartley is to make his GP2 debut with Coloni at Monza this weekend and will stay on for Abu Dhabi season finale. The New Zealander was dropped from Red Bull's young driver scheme earlier this year, losing his Formula Renault 3.5 drive with Tech 1 in the process. But he will now return to single-seater racing to complete the GP2 season for Coloni, getting his first taste of the car in Friday practice in Italy.
Romain Grosjean will stay on with DAMS for the Monza GP2 races, and has signed up with Renault Formula 1 team co-owner Gerard Lopez's Gravity Sport Management organisation. Former GP2 title contender Grosjean initially returned to the series at Gravity's invitation when he replaced the company's Jerome D'Ambrosio at DAMS for Hockenheim following some poor results for the Belgian. He was called-up again for Spa after DAMS' other driver Ho-Pin Tung sustained back injuries at the Hungaroring, and with Tung not yet fit to return, Grosjean will race in Italy as well.
Auto GP championship leader Edoardo Piscopo will race in GP2 at Monza this weekend, replacing Johnny Cecotto Jr at Trident Racing.
Alvaro Parente will stay on at Coloni for the GP2 races at Monza next weekend. The 25-year-old Portuguese took Alberto Valerio's seat at the team for the round at Spa last weekend and finished on the podium in both races. Following the strong showing, where he was the highest-scoring driver across both races, the team has decided to keep him in the car in Italy
Mexico's Sergio Perez made up for yesterday's disappointment by taking victory in today's reverse-grid GP2 race at Spa-Francorchamps.
Dani Clos will miss Sunday's GP2 sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps after suffering a compressed vertebrae in an opening lap crash in the feature race. The Spaniard ran into the back of Sam Bird's ART car exiting La Source on the opening lap and was a passenger as his Racing Engineering machine was launched into the air
Pastor Maldonado took yet another feature race victory at Spa-Francorchamps today, although he only just managed to hang on under heavy pressure from Alvaro Parente at the end. The Rapax driver was struggling with his car and almost certainly would not have held off Coloni stand-in Parente for another lap.
Michael Herck has lost his first GP2 pole having been adjudged to have gone too fast under yellow flags in Spa qualifying today. The Belgian DPR driver had topped qualifying for his home race in a chaotic session delayed by heavy rain and interrupted by a string of red flags for accidents. But he has been given a three-place penalty for the yellow flag infringement so falls to fourth on the grid, with countryman Jerome D'Ambrosio (DAMS) now becoming the Belgian on pole
Michael Herck claimed pole position for Saturday's GP2 feature race at Spa-Francorchamps after coming out on top in a chaotic qualifying session on Friday afternoon. Qualifying was halted no less than four times, first due to a flooded track and then due to a variety of accidents. The 30-minute session thus took over an hour to complete.
Pastor Maldonado set the quickest time in the wet first GP2 practice session at Spa on Friday. The championship leader, who won at Belgian circuit in 2008, was much faster than anyone else - second-placed Dani Clos the only driver within two seconds of his best time. Series returnee Alvaro Parente won here last year and went third fastest in his first session with Coloni.