With GP2 switching to Pirelli tyres next year as well as Formula 1, the Italian manufacturer is now considering a general product for both championships, it has been revealed. The idea has sprouted following the most recent test for both series at Paul Ricard in France last week.

Trident Racing has revealed that Edoardo Piscopo will be making his GP2 Main Series debut by replacing cash-strapped Johnny Cecotto at Monza next weekend. The former Formula 2 driver and current Auto GP series leader first competed with the team in the most recent Asia Series.

It has been confirmed by Scuderia Coloni that Álvaro Parente will be retained by the team for the upcoming race weekend at Monza following an impressive return to GP2 last time out in Belgium, where he rose by fourteen places to second in the Saturday Feature Race and then finished third in Sunday’s Sprint Race.

Alvaro Parente will stay on at Coloni for the GP2 races at Monza next weekend.

Pirelli continued its testing programme at France’s Paul Ricard circuit on Thursday morning as Nick Heidfeld once again drove a 2009 Toyota chassis. The outing marked further preparations for the returning Italian tyre company, which claims it is ahead of schedule prior to a further test in Spain in a fortnight’s time.

Italian motorsport and football fans will be coming together next week as a selection of Formula 1 and GP2 racing drivers, past and present, face members from the house of popular reality television programme ‘Grande Fratello’ (Big Brother).

2008 GP2 Champion Giorgio Pantano continues to play a significant role in the ongoing development programme of next year’s car, which will be a brand-new machine and is set to run for three seasons.

It has been confirmed that Virgin Racing Formula 1 driver Lucas di Grassi is now a minority shareholder of the Addax GP3 team, which this season has been running a line-up consisting of Britain’s Oliver Oakes alongside current drivers Felipe Guimarães of Brazil, Mirko Bortolotti of Italy and Pablo Sanchez López of Mexico.

Mexico's Sergio Perez made up for yesterday's disappointment by taking victory in today's reverse-grid GP2 race at Spa-Francorchamps