2010 Silverstone GP2 Series round

Jules Bianchi claimed pole for the Feature Race.

Pastor Maldonado extended his series lead with victory in the Silverstone Feature Race. The Rapax driver jumped polesitter Jules Bianchi (ART) at the start and never looked threatened from there on, gradually extending his advantage to win by 10.1 seconds. Bianchi was second ahead of Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who came home a further 9.4s down the road. It was a largely processional affair through most of the field, with Bianchi's ART team-mate Sam Bird having an equally straightforward run to fourth, although Sergio Pérez and Christian Vietoris did their best to inject some interest with their scrap for fifth over the second half of the race. Addax driver Pérez finally found a way past the German Racing Engineering man with two laps to go, although sixth was still a good reward for Vietoris after starting from 12th on the grid. iSport's Davide Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey were able to mop up the remaining points when Addax's Giedo van der Garde made a mistake on the final lap while running fifth, allowing Valescchi to pass him immediately and Turvey to follow a couple of corners later to claim pole for the sprint race. Only two cars failed to make the finish, with Rapax's Luiz Razia pulling off the track midway through the race, and DAMS' Ho-Pin Tung retiring after several visits to the pits. Tung had started the race in a brand-new, unliveried chassis that was rushed through scrutineering this morning after destroying his race car in a trip over the kerbs during Friday practice.

Sergio Pérez got his season back on track with a crushing win for Addax in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone. The Mexican passed Davide Valsecchi and his iSport team-mate Oliver Turvey in the opening phase of the race and immediately left the rest of the field behind, routinely posting laps more than a second quicker than his rivals to finally cross the line with a margin of 15.7 seconds. Polesitter Turvey managed to hold on for second, earning himself his first GP2 main series podium. He had become the local crowd's only realistic hope of a home podium after ART's Sam Bird was prevented from taking the start by an engine failure on an installation lap. Turvey's result did not come easily. He saw off Valsecchi without difficulty, but soon found himself under pressure from Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who had made good progress from sixth on the grid. The Spaniard launched several attacks but never managed to find a way through, and after seeing off a late challenge from Pastor Maldonado (Rapax), settled for third. Valsecchi, meanwhile, seemed to be struggling for pace and steadily dropped down the order, losing fifth to ART's Jules Bianchi at Abbey with a couple of laps remaining. He hung on to claim the final point for sixth.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	1:39.189	1
2	15	Pastor Maldonado	Rapax	1:39.325	2
3	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:39.423	12
4	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:39.653	3
5	9	Oliver Turvey	iSport International	1:39.701	4
6	2	Sam Bird	ART Grand Prix	1:39.756	5
7	16	Charles Pic	Arden International Motorsport	1:39.791	6
8	3	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:39.809	7
9	20	Alberto Valerio	Scuderia Coloni	1:39.811	17
10	4	Sergio Pérez	Barwa Addax Team	1:39.894	8
11	10	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International	1:39.901	9
12	11	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:39.941	10
13	5	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:39.984	11
14	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:40.288	13
15	26	Michael Herck	DPR	1:40.342	14
16	6	Marcus Ericsson	Super Nova Racing	1:40.511	15
17	14	Luiz Razia	Rapax	1:40.559	16
18	24	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	1:40.747	23
19	25	Adrian Zaugg	Trident Racing	1:40.812	18
20	18	Max Chilton	Ocean Racing Technology	1:41.046	19
21	17	Rodolfo González	Arden International Motorsport	1:41.344	20
22	19	Fabio Leimer	Ocean Racing Technology	1:41.548	21
23	21	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	Scuderia Coloni	1:41.654	22
24	12	Ho-Pin Tung	DAMS	No time	24

• Christian Vietoris, Alberto Valerio and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were penalized ten positions on the starting grid for causing collisions in the previous round's sprint.