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2 August 2010
Sam takes pole at the Hungaroring
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25 July 2010
Sam charges forward at Hockenheim
Sam produced another impressive display of sheer racing ability yesterday as he

28 June 2010
Valencia: A podium and a box full of neutrals
Sam secured his second consecutive GP2 feature race podium with another impressi

21 June 2010
Sam to drive 1974 McLaren and 2010 Williams at Festival of Speed
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30 May 2010
Sam scores Istanbul feature race podium
Sam continued to impress in his rookie GP2 season with a podium finish in the fe

17 May 2010
Sam proves his point in Monaco
For Sam Bird, a GP2 and Monaco rookie, the weekend had started well with impress

9 May 2010
Bird rewrites Barcelona overtaking manual
It is generally accepted in motor racing circles that “you can’t ove

14 March 2010
Sam lands first GP2 podium
Sam Bird secured his first GP2 podium today at the Sakhir circuit, Bahrain, with

28 February 2010
Bird battles back in Bahrain
Sam Bird showed impressive skill and determination to clinch a hard-earned fourt

Sam proves his point in Monaco

17 May 2010

Sam Bird in the Monaco tunnelFor Sam Bird, a GP2 and Monaco rookie, the weekend had started well with impressive pace in qualifying. During the feature race, however, when the young Brit was challenging his team mate for 4th position, a disastrous pit stop by his otherwise excellent team put an end to his hopes of silverware.

Starting from a lowly 18th place in the sprint race as a result Sam put in a stunning drive, clocking fastest lap early on then improving on his own mark a few laps later with three purple sectors and managing the rare feat of overtaking several cars on the streets of the principality (including multiple Monaco winner Pastor Maldonado), to claw himself into the top ten and earn the point for fastest lap.

"Of course, this feels like a missed opportunity because we have showed that he had the pace to score big in both races here", said Bird.

"Having said that, I am in no way upset or disappointed with my team. These mistakes happen and are part of racing. They have my full support as I have always had theirs. We win together, we lose together!

"The main positive that I take away from this weekend and that, like in Barcelona, we have excellent pace and if we can carry this form onto Turkey and beyond it could be a very interesting season."

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