GP2 Series pacesetters Giorgio Pantano and Bruno Senna again marked themselves out as the men to beat as far as this year's championship is concerned, taking a win apiece in tricky circumstances at
Silverstone's British Grand Prix meeting.
Senna took the pole in Friday's qualifying session, narrowing the gap between himself and Pantano after the Italian had retaken the advantage at Magny-Cours, but his good work was undone within a handful of laps as he slithered wide at Stowe and lost several places. The Brazilian also surrendered a position during his mandatory tyre stop, and found himself mired in one of the most entertaining battles of the season to date as duelled over fourth place with ART's Romain Grosjean and Arden's Sebastien Buemi.
The scrap went on into the final lap, with the trio having twice gone through the Becketts section three-abreast, before Senna thought he had done enough to secure fifth position. However, another mistake as they headed into the 'stadium' section handed the initiative back to Grosjean and the Brazilian had to settle for sixth.
“I think we made one or two incorrect choices with today's set-up," Senna said of his preparations with the iSport team, "My car was quite tricky to drive at the start and a gust of wind helped push me wide at Stowe on lap four.
"It was just too easy to make mistakes. My battle in the race's closing stages was great fun, but my tyres were finished by then. Overall, though, I'm not too disappointed. Given the problems I encountered, I'm happy to have scored a few points.”
Senna's situation was made worse by the fact that Pantano produced possibly the race of the year to come from fifth on the grid to claim his third win of the year - and a record-breaking eighth for his GP2 career.
![Giorgio Pantano - Racing Engineering [pic credit: GP2 Series]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/463270.jpg)
