Lapierre, meanwhile, will hope that there are no lingering after-effects of his Silverstone shunt as he climbs back behind the wheel of his DAMS entry, the Frenchman - who broke his back in 2006 - having had two weeks to lose the stiffness and bruising gained at Copse corner. While Lapierre carries on this weekend, one of his rivals will be missing, as Michael Ammermuller has again stepped back from the action with a recurrence of the wrist injury he sustained in Bahrain. Monaco replacement Sebastien Buemi - who ironically tipped Lapierre into retirement in the Principality - again steps into the breach alongside di Grassi at ART Grand Prix.
Speaking of driver moves, Racing Engineering hopes to have Ernesto Viso back in harness after his Magny-Cours shunt. The Venezuelan has been given permission to attend the German event by his doctors, and just awaits the outcome of a check-up with the
FIA medics before stepping back aboard the #15 machine.
The top seven drivers in the standings have all recorded a win this season and it is not just di Grassi - who took two fourth places at Silverstone - who is putting pressure on Glock, as Luca Filippi lies only two points further back in the standings. Bruno Senna is nine points adrift after a disappointing weekend in Britain, while Giorgio Pantano, Andi Zuber and Pastor Maldonado are all within 20 points of the leader.
Pantano failed to add to his tally at
Silverstone, with a blown engine not only costing him points in race one, but also forcing him to start well down the field on Sunday, but Zuber finally overturned his bad luck and opened his victory account and Maldonado's second in the sprint showed him to be more than a Monaco specialist. With iSport continuing to be the championship's form team, expect Zuber to be duelling with Glock and co this weekend.
![Timo Glock - iSport International [pic credit: GP2 media]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/346997.jpg)
