DOUBLE PODIUM SUCCESS FOR TRUST TEAM ARDEN

In the first race in Dubai Trust Team Arden had double succes. Sebastien Buemi finished 2nd and Yelmer Buurman finished right after his teammate; 3rd and with that it is his first podium in GP2 Series.

Published: Friday April 11, 2008

 The ART Grand Prix ace scored another victory after a pit-stop mix-up for Bruno Senna. The battle for 2nd and 3rd place of the championship is now focused on Petrov and Buemi.

Bruno Senna had been dominant from the first lap, when the Brazilian from iSport who started from the front row made a great move on then leader Grosjean after the latter made a mistake in the first hairpin. Senna easily pulled away while the newly crowned champion was overtaken by the two Trust Team Arden cars, Buurman ahead of Buemi who had just made a terrific start. The fight between the three men intensified with the Swiss overtaking his teammate and Grosjean passing the Dutch as well. Meanwhile, Vitaly Petrov who had started 7th on the grid was 5th.

When Buemi pitted, Grosjean tried to catch up with the leader, but the Brazilian had already managed to pull a comfortable gap, enough for him to pit and get back on the track in front of his rivals. Unfortunately, the team had changed only one rear tyre when the sporting regulations requires that at least two tyres be changed on the car during the mandatory pit stop… Senna pitted again on lap 29 to change the second tyre, and not only lost the race but was excluded from it.

This left Grosjean and Buemi to fight for the win. The Frenchman eventually overtook the Swiss on lap 26. With Yelmer Buurman finishing 3rd, Trust Team Arden placed their two drivers on the podium. Vitaly Petrov finished 4th. With one great move on Bonanomi in the last lap, Yoshimoto took 5th. Jérôme d’Ambrosio finished 7th. Milos Pavlovic, who crossed the finish line in 8th place, will start on pole position on the reversed grid tomorrow.

In the drivers’ standings, Petrov still 2nd has 33 points closely followed by Sébastien Buemi with 32 points.

Sébastien Buemi (Trust Team Arden): “This podium is another great result for the team. Tonight, I’m only one point behind Petrov. He will start in front of me tomorrow, so I’ll have to make another great start and fight until the last lap in order to finish second of the championship.”

Yelmer Buurman (Trust Team Arden): “This is only my third round in the GP2 Asia Series, therefore this is an amazing result for me and the team. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but I will do anything to get some more points.”

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