DAMS - Edoardo Piscopo (5th) Christian Vietoris (9th)

This weekend, DAMS raced in the third round of the 2009-2010 Asian GP2 Series in Bahrain on the Sakhir circuit used in F1 for several seasons. The cars were driven by the two team regulars, 20-year-old German Christian Vietoris, and 21-year-old Edoardo Piscopo from Italy.

The team, which won the 2009 title, had a poor weekend in Abu Dhabi, and was determined to get back among the front-runners in the battle for the podium in Bahrain. Both drivers had a good free practice session and Edoardo and Christian set the seventh and eighth-quickest times respectively. DAMS's aim was to get into the top 5 in qualifying.

Unfortunately, a problem with getting the best out of the tyres prevented the French squad from attaining its objective. Both drivers were very close to the quickest times on their first run, but in their second one they were unable to fight their corner and did not improve. Christian was eighth quickest and Edoardo could do no better than twelfth.

They ran into the same tyre problems in the first race. Christian was in trouble right from the start and had to stop very early to put on new rubber. Edoardo had no understeer problems in his first stint, but in the second. In these conditions, they were unable to score points.

Yesterday evening, DAMS analysed the data collected since the start of the weekend, and decided to go for a big set-up alteration for the second race. It was the right choice. Edoardo finished fifth after starting from fifteenth. Christian was lying seventh when his car's handling went off, dropping him back to ninth.

DAMS came away with 2 points but intends to take full advantage of its understanding of the problems met yesterday to fight at the front in Bahrain on 13th - 14th March in the final round of the 2010 championship.

Loic David, General Manager: "The weekend finished better than it began. We did a lot of work yesterday evening to sort out the problems that handicapped us in the first race. The cars' handling today showed that we're going in the right direction. It bodes well for the next round on the same circuit on a modified layout."

Edoardo Piscopo: "After the disappointment in qualifying and the first race it was important not to get downhearted and to push really hard in the second. We tried to understand how to eliminate Friday's understeer, which appeared when other cars took to the track and put down a different kind of rubber on the asphalt. Today's result shows that we did a good job. Now, we're all determined to end the season on a high note."

Christian Vietoris: "It's been a weekend to forget for me even though it began in an almost perfect manner. I was on the pace in free practice and I was at the front in qualifying until I did my last flyer. Unfortunately, there was a fall-off in the car's performance right from the start of the first race, and this handicapped me for the rest of the weekend. Things improved today, but the problem wasn't fully solved on my car. I'd like to thank the team for having done its best to turn the situation round."

iSport - Oliver Turvey (6th) Davide Valsecchi (20th)

British iSport driver Oliver Turvey avoided the first lap chaos to finish sixth and take one point in today's GP2 Asia Sprint Race in Bahrain. After a very tight first few laps where several cars collided and went off track Turvey settled into seventh for most of the race. In the later stages Turvey caught a struggling Daniele Zampieri to snatch sixth and add another point to his tally to leave him third in the driver's championship but only two points adrift of second. Newly crowned GP2 Asia Champion Davide Valsecchi was unfortunate to get tangled up and lost his front wing on the first lap causing a lengthy pit stop to fix.

A lap down iSport racer Valsecchi returned to the action to finish twentieth. With an unassailable championship lead, iSport International have won the GP2 Asia Team Championship with one race weekend still to go. The team would like to thank all of our sponsors and suppliers who contributed to this winning GP2 Asia campaign.

Davide Valsecchi: "I had a good start but it was very tight and I got hit and lost my front wing. I lost a lot of time getting to the pits and having a new front wing on so I was a lap behind. After that the car was perfect and I had good speed but I was too far behind to catch up. The team are Champions today which is fantastic for everyone so we can go into the next race in Bahrain with no pressure and have a good race in front of the F1 people".

Oliver Turvey: "I lost some places at the start but managed to stay clear of all the accidents. After a few people dropped out I was in seventh with Sam Bird right behind me. I lost a few places to Bird, Bianchi and Zaugg but after they took each other out I was back up to seventh. My car felt pretty good towards the end and Zampieri was struggling so I managed to overtake him when he ran wide. I'm pleased with a point, it's very close for second in the driver's championship so I'm looking forward to the next race in Bahrain where I'll aim to take second in the driver's championship to top off a great championship for the team".