The 2008 GP2 Series Championship title race moves closer to resolution at Spa-Francorchamps this weekend, with Giorgio Pantano, Bruno Senna and Lucas di Grassi still locked in a three-way battle with two double-header rounds to run.
With 71 points, a string of consistent points finishes and three consecutive feature race wins in France, Britain and Germany mid-season, Pantano is the man to beat, and knows that, after Belgium, he heads home to Monza, a circuit on which he has been extremely hard to beat in the past few years, no matter which team he has been driving for.
The GP2 veteran arrives at Spa as the hot favourite for the title as he currently holds a 13-point lead over closest rival Senna after increasing his lead at the top of the table in Valencia - despite running out of fuel in race one while leading comfortably. With Senna doing likewise, then crashing out of race two while Pantano salvaged a podium finish, the Racing Engineering driver expects to further consolidate his position in Belgium.
Senna entered the title race when he took the top step of the Monaco podium, but has since lost points in the last three rounds which may result in him falling just short come Monza.
And, while the iSport driver has been gunning for Pantano, countryman di Grassi has begun to threaten his hold on second place, despite having only entered the championship at Magny-Cours. Replacing Ben Hanley at Campos, last year's runner-up finished second in the French feature race and, since then, has scored points consistently, winning twice and suffering just one retirement.
![GP2 Series title contenders 2008: Giorgio Pantano, Bruno Senna, Lucas di Grassi [pic credit: GP2 Series]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/487883.jpg)
