2009 Catalunya GP2 Series round

The 2009 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 9 and May 10, 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first race of the 2009 GP2 Season. The race was used to support the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix

Spain    2009 Spanish GP2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 10 rounds in the
2009 GP2 Series
Circuit de Catalunya
Circuit de Catalunya
Location Circuit de Catalunya
Montmeló, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
4.655 km (2.892 mi)
Feature race
Date 9 May 2009
Laps 43
Pole position
Driver France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:27.510
Podium
First France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Second Russia Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team
Third Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:31.070 (on lap 5)
Sprint race
Date 10 May 2009
Laps 26
Podium
First Italy Edoardo Mortara Arden International
Second France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Third Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Edoardo Mortara Arden International
Time 1:30.063 (on lap 4)

Report

The first race resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Addax Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Jérôme d'Ambrosio finishing third for DAMS.

The second race was won by Edoardo Mortara for Telmex Arden International, with Romain Grosjean and Jérôme d'Ambrosio also on the podium. Mortara finished sixth in his first race, so was automatically on Pole for race 2. He wins in his first ever GP2 Weekend.

Classification

Qualifying
PosNoDriverTeamTimeGrid
1 2France Romain GrosjeanBarwa Addax Team 1:27.510 1
2 7Brazil Lucas di GrassiFat Burner Racing Engineering 1:27.531 2
3 1Russia Vitaly PetrovBarwa Addax Team 1:28.027 3
4 10Germany Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix 1:28.088 4
5 20United Arab Emirates Andreas ZuberFisichella Motor Sport 1:28.090 5
6 14Italy Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing 1:28.195 91
7 16Belgium Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS 1:28.209 6
8 4Brazil Diego NunesiSport International 1:28.253 7
9 5Spain Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP 1:28.266 8
10 9Venezuela Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix 1:28.283 10
11 11Mexico Sergio PérezTelmex Arden International 1:28.374 11
12 15Spain Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing 1:28.381 152
13 12Italy Edoardo MortaraTelmex Arden International 1:28.451 12
14 24India Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology 1:28.488 13
15 25Portugal Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technology 1:28.608 14
16 6Brazil Alberto ValerioPiquet GP 1:28.688 16
17 8Spain Dani ClosFat Burner Racing Engineering 1:28.691 17
18 3Netherlands Giedo van der GardeiSport International 1:28.796 18
19 19Italy Davide RigonTrident Racing 1:28.872 19
20 22Italy Davide ValsecchiDurango 1:29.164 20
21 21Brazil Luiz RaziaFisichella Motor Sport 1:29.185 21
22 17Japan Kamui KobayashiDAMS 1:29.350 22
23 27Italy Giacomo RicciDavid Price Racing 1:29.524 23
24 23France Nelson PanciaticiDurango 1:29.560 24
25 18Portugal Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing 1:31.115 25
26 26Romania Michael HerckDavid Price Racing 1:31.875 26

Notes

  1. ^ – Luca Filippi was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to sufficiently heed yellow flags during free practice.[1]
  2. ^ – Javier Villa was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to sufficiently heed yellow flags during free practice.[2]

Race 1
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 2France Romain GrosjeanBarwa Addax Team 39 1:02:22.709 1 10 + 2 + 1
2 1Russia Vitaly PetrovBarwa Addax Team 39 +2.459 3 8
3 16Belgium Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS 39 +6.349 7 6
4 14Italy Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing 39 +8.346 6 5
5 9Venezuela Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix 39 +8.741 10 4
6 12Italy Edoardo MortaraTelmex Arden International 39 +12.529 13 3
7 3Netherlands Giedo van der GardeiSport International 39 +12.748 18 2
8 17Japan Kamui KobayashiDAMS 39 +14.063 22 1
9 10Germany Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix 39 +14.260 4
10 15Spain Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing 39 +15.200 12
11 4Brazil Diego NunesiSport International 39 +16.669 8
12 23France Nelson PanciaticiDurango 39 +17.756 24
13 26Romania Michael HerckDavid Price Racing 39 +18.445 26
14 11Mexico Sergio PérezTelmex Arden International 39 +18.595 11
15 6Brazil Alberto ValerioPiquet GP 39 +1:04.629 16
16 21Brazil Luiz RaziaFisichella Motor Sport 38 +1 Lap 21
17 19Italy Davide RigonTrident Racing 38 +1 Lap 19
Ret 7Brazil Lucas di GrassiFat Burner Racing Engineering 32 Collision 2
Ret 25Portugal Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technology 32 Collision 15
Ret 8Spain Dani ClosFat Burner Racing Engineering 31 Mechanical 17
Ret 24India Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology 27 Retired 14
Ret 5Spain Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP 25 Retired 9
Ret 22Italy Davide ValsecchiDurango 16 Spun off 20
Ret 18Portugal Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing 11 Accident 25
Ret 20United Arab Emirates Andreas ZuberFisichella Motor Sport 5 Retired 5
Ret 27Italy Giacomo RicciDavid Price Racing 1 Collision damage 23

Race 2
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 12Italy Edoardo MortaraTelmex Arden International 26 39:55.235 3 6 + 1
2 2France Romain GrosjeanBarwa Addax Team 26 +1.251 8 5
3 16Belgium Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS 26 +6.516 6 4
4 3Netherlands Giedo van der GardeiSport International 26 +14.638 2 3
5 17Japan Kamui KobayashiDAMS 26 +17.170 1 2
6 9Venezuela Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix 26 +20.099 4 1
7 14Italy Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing 26 +28.971 5
8 4Brazil Diego NunesiSport International 26 +29.258 11
9 1Russia Vitaly PetrovBarwa Addax Team 26 +29.433 7
10 7Brazil Lucas di GrassiFat Burner Racing Engineering 26 +31.038 18
11 25Portugal Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technology 26 +32.026 19
12 21Brazil Luiz RaziaFisichella Motor Sport 26 +33.167 16
13 6Brazil Alberto ValerioPiquet GP 26 +33.789 15
14 10Germany Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix 26 +34.278 9
15 27Italy Giacomo RicciDavid Price Racing 26 +38.913 26
16 22Italy Davide ValsecchiDurango 26 +40.811 23
17 11Mexico Sergio PérezTelmex Arden International 26 +42.258 14
18 23France Nelson PanciaticiDurango 26 +59.664 12
19 8Spain Dani ClosFat Burner Racing Engineering 26 +59.747 20
20 18Portugal Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing 26 +1:00.052 24
21 19Italy Davide RigonTrident Racing 25 +1 Lap 17
Ret 24India Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology 21 Retired 21
Ret 15Spain Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing 17 Retired 10
Ret 26Romania Michael HerckDavid Price Racing 12 Retired 13
Ret 20United Arab Emirates Andreas ZuberFisichella Motor Sport 9 Spun off 25
Ret 5Spain Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP 0 Accident 22

Standings after the round
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "Super Nova Racing drivers get penalty ahead of qualifying". F1SA. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  2. "Super Nova Racing drivers get penalty ahead of qualifying". F1SA. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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