GP2 Series Round 4 Analysis

Best performance: Giedo van der Garde
Giedo van der Garde has been somewhat inconsistent so far this season, but at Catalunya he produced a great performance in the feature race, which he followed up with more points in the sprint race.  Qualifying 5^th itself represented a decent result, but in the feature race he got a good start, moving up to 3^rd. Timing his pitstop right managed to give him the lead, and he then drove very maturely to manage his tyres in order to finish 1^st.  In the sprint race he managed to move from 8^th to 6^th to take another 4 points.


Worst performance: Marcus Ericsson
At the start of the season it was thought that Marcus Ericsson would be challenging for the title.  While he had struggled in the first 3 rounds this could, in part, have been put down to him not having experience at the tracks.  At Catalunya, however, this cannot be used as an excuse, as he has driven there before, and finished on the podium in the same race last year.  His qualifying performance left him 14^th, with a lot of work to do. He only managed to move forward one place, finishing in 13^th. In the sprint race a points finish was looking a possibility, before he picked up a drive-through penalty for ignoring waved yellows, seeing him finish the race in 22^nd. Any chance of a title challenge is disappearing fast.


Race rating: 7/10
Not the greatest round, but some good action throughout the field and watching van der Garde's strategy unfold stopped the GP2 race from being as dull as the GP3 race was.

Drivers' Championship

1.	Davide Valsecchi	129
2.	Luiz Razia	104
3.	James Calado	69
4.	Giedo van der Garde	60
5.	Esteban Gutiérrez	59
6.	Max Chilton	57
7.	Fabio Leimer	41
8.	Felipe Nasr	28
9.	Tom Dillmann	27
10.	Stefano Coletti	26
11.	Nathanaël Berthon	23
12.	Rio Haryanto	16
13.	Fabio Onidi	12
14.	Marcus Ericsson	8
15.	Jolyon Palmer	4
16.	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	2
17.	Simon Trummer	1
18.	Brendon Hartley	1
19.	Fabrizio Crestani	1

Teams' Championship

1.	DAMS	157
2.	Lotus GP	128
3.	Arden International	105
4.	Carlin	73
5.	Racing Engineering	64
6.	Caterham Racing	60
7.	Scuderia Coloni	38
8.	Rapax	27
9.	iSport International	12
10.	Barwa Addax	2
11.	Ocean Racing Technology	1
12.	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1