Thursday FIA press conference from Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium with Jules Bianchi (Marussia), Charles Pic (Caterham), Giedo van der Garde (Caterham), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus).
Thursday FIA press conference from Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium with Jules Bianchi (Marussia), Charles Pic (Caterham), Giedo van der Garde (Caterham), Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus).
Jules Bianchi: This afternoon I completed two runs in FP2 - 10 laps in total - but I was not feeling my best, so it was better to stop and properly recuperate
Jules Bianchi suffered his most difficult Grand Prix to date, retiring in the latter half of the race after suffering problems even before he could start.
Fabio Leimer continued to set the pace in the GP2 testing session at Jerez with the fastest overall time of the two days, but Lotus ART's Jules Bianchi came top in the afternoon session.
Esteban Gutierrez took the lead from pole sitter Josef Kral at the restart after an early safety car, and proceeded to romp away to an emphatic sprint race win in Valencia.
Romain Grosjean and Sam Bird were in a class of their own in the first GP2 feature race of 2011, with the Frenchman being made to work for his victory in an incident-packed race.
Romain Grosjean won the opening GP2 race of 2011 but he was made to work for it by Sam Bird, while his arch rival Jules Bianchi battled his way up to finish in third place.