DAMS - Jerome d'Ambrosio (1st) - Ho-Pin Tung (19th)

The DAMS team met with success in the second round of the GP2 Series Championship in Monaco thanks to Jerome d'Ambrosio's victory in race 2. The results in qualifying did not do justice to the team's and drivers' performances. A mix-up in the final laps helped a large number of the French squad's rivals to improve their times under yellow flags, when Jerome and Ho-Pin Tung slowed to respect the regulations.

On Friday, d'Ambrosio was in seventh place on the grid, and the Belgian drove an intelligent race avoiding the traps of the Monaco circuit to finish in that all-important eighth place, which gave him pole for Saturday's round. He took full advantage of it in race 2 and scored his first GP2 Series victory, and also DAMS' first win in Monaco. Ho-Pin hit the rail hard on Friday, and ran into mechanical problems the next day despite showing a good turn of speed in practice.

Loic David, General Manager: "It's a great joy and a reward for the whole team and for Jerome. The results in qualifying were very frustrating, but we drew positive energy from them for the second race. Jerome controlled his rivals perfectly on Saturday and scored a magnificent victory. Ho-Pin put on a good display in practice but fell victim to Monaco's pitfalls and then mechanical gremlins. We're going to do everything possible to score more points in Turkey."

Jerome d'Ambrosio: "I'm absolutely delighted to have scored my first victory in GP2, above all in Monaco! The team did a great job preparing the car and we should have had a good result on Friday. On Saturday, I made a good start and I had to fight to keep my position in the lead in Sainte Devote. After that, I was able to control my rivals. I felt at home and confident and even the arrival of the safety car didn't upset me. It's great for everybody. Now, our championship challenge is well launched."

Ho-Pin Tung: "My overall result isn't very positive but I share the whole team's joy in Jerome's great victory. I was disappointed after qualifying as I should have been better placed on the grid. On Friday, I got caught out after the tyre change. They probably weren't warm enough and I hit the kerbs in the swimming pool too hard. The car slammed into the guardrail and that was that. On Saturday, I was battling mid-field when I had a mechanical problem. That's racing! I'm going to learn the lessons from this weekend and it'll be better in Turkey."

Trident Racing - Johnny Cecotto (4th) Adrian Zaugg (12th)

Johnny Cecotto Jr. cruised to a steady 4th place for Trident Racing today at Monte Carlo, in the closing race of the GP2 Main series weekend in the Principality. The Venezuelan did a great job at the start, passing race 1's winner Sergio Perez and getting closer and closer to the front runners.

Cecotto kept controlling the race in the middle stages, and clocked some very fast laptimes in the closing laps as he collected his first points of the season, coming close to a podium spot. Adrian Zaugg drove a regular race too. The South African driver's race was conditioned by yesterday's incident. He managed to clinch the 12th spot at the end of a troublefree run.

Johnny Cecotto Jr: "I'm extremely happy with how this weekend developed towards a great finish. At the start of the race I took off good, moving on Perez. Unfortunately, we touched and my steering wheel went off-center. There was no other damage, but I had to fight with a really sore right hand in the attempt to keep it straight. My laptimes were good though, as I started to lap really fast after passing Razia. It's a pity the race ended before I could catch Bianchi, who was sitting in third. I'd rather be driving for two or three laps more! I'm really satisfied, and if I think to my mistake in qualifying I can be sure I could have had a chance to podium. Now we have to start thinking to the next race."

Adrian Zaugg: "The only feedback I was expecting from Race 2 was about the car's overall competitive level. There were no chances to end up into the points zone starting from so far back. I can say we've been globally more competitive than in Barcelona, and that's a good sign for Istanbul."

Super Nova - Josef Kral (8th) Marcus Ericsson (9th)

Another step forward for the Super Nova drivers, Josef Kral and Marcus Ericsson have given the team two top-ten finishes in today's sprint race. As ever in Monaco the first lap was crucial, with both drivers having good starts and managing not to fall foul of cutting the first corner. The positions then settled and, apart from some penalties and a couple of retirements, Josef and Marcus had trouble free runs to 8th and 9th positions.

Josef Kral: "I had quite a good start. When I got side by side to Marcus, I think it was Clos who was also side by side to Marcus, it was close because we touched a little bit on the straight up to the hill, but I managed to stay on the track. After that I was pushing all the time. It was a stable race, nothing really happened and especially when I was pushing up to the safety car, the car was very good but Pic in front of me was slowing me down quite a lot, his rear tyres were quite used, so I was expecting any mistake from him, but no mistake came and then the safety car was deployed which probably hurt me quite a lot because the front tyres were cold and from that point it started to have big under-steer so I had to slow down a bit to be safe and not to crash.

After the whole weekend we are happy because we moved from 20th to 8th position which is really good. Maybe with a better qualifying the whole weekend could have looked different. At least I have lots of experience for the rest of the season."