2010 GP2 Series

Changed teams

A number of drivers changed teams over the off-season between the end of the 2009 main series and the 2010 season. David Price Racing driver Johnny Cecotto Jr. moved across to the Trident Racing team, in effect replacing Rodolfo González, who moved across to Arden International. The Barwa Addax Team had two new drivers for the season, with Giedo van der Garde moving from iSport International and Sergio Pérez leaving Arden International to partner him; Addax drivers in 2009, Romain Grosjean and Davide Valsecchi joined DAMS and iSport respectively, Grosjean's signing being in mid-season rather than at the start of the season. Other moves saw Pastor Maldonado leaving ART Grand Prix to join Rapax and was partnered by Luiz Razia who had been a race-winner with Scuderia Coloni in 2009. Alberto Valerio moved the other way to Razia and joined Scuderia Coloni, with Álvaro Parente joining him mid-season having last driven for Ocean Racing Technology twelve months prior.

Entering or Re-Entering GP2

Many drivers joined the series from a raft of other junior formulae series as part of a driver's progression to the higher echelons of professional motor racing. Ho-Pin Tung joined DAMS after a season in Superleague Formula competing in the colours of Turkish side Galatasaray, while James Jakes contested the final meeting at Abu Dhabi after a season competing for Manor Racing in the inaugural GP3 Series. Charles Pic, Oliver Turvey and Adrian Zaugg all moved across from the Formula Renault 3.5 Series via the GP2 Asia winter series to compete in the main series. Each of the drivers remained with the teams they competed in the Asia Series with; Pic with Arden International, Turvey with iSport International and Zaugg with Trident Racing. Brendon Hartley and Federico Leo also joined from the series, but they only contested selected races towards the end of the campaign. Fabrizio Crestani and Edoardo Piscopo both competed for DAMS in Auto GP but also forayed into GP2 with DPR and Trident respectively; Crestani moving into the series for the first time.

The end of the International Formula Master series saw three drivers moving into GP2 from that particular series; champion Fabio Leimer joined Ocean Racing Technology from Jenzer Motorsport, while JD Motorsport team-mates Vladimir Arabadzhiev and Josef Král joined Scuderia Coloni and Super Nova Racing respectively. There was also a number of graduates from the major Formula Three series held around the world. Formula 3 Euro Series champion Jules Bianchi remained with his Formula Three team ART Grand Prix for his graduation into GP2, and was joined by former rival Sam Bird, while runner-up Christian Vietoris joined Racing Engineering. All-Japan Formula Three Championship winner Marcus Ericsson joined Super Nova Racing after one round with the team in GP2 Asia, while British Formula 3 Championship front-runner Max Chilton left Carlin Motorsport to partner Leimer at Ocean Racing Technology.

Leaving GP2

Five drivers left the championship – including the top three drivers – after securing drives in Formula One. Champion Nico Hülkenberg was signed up by Williams F1 to partner Rubens Barrichello, runner-up Vitaly Petrov swapped the Barwa Addax Team for the Renault F1 team to replace Romain Grosjean, and Kamui Kobayashi joined Sauber after several races replacing Timo Glock at Toyota Racing. Karun Chandhok and Lucas di Grassi also graduated, signing for new teams Hispania Racing and Virgin Racing respectively.

Stefano Coletti swapped the Durango team for a place in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Comtec Racing, where he was joined by another Durango driver Nelson Panciatici, who signed for Junior Lotus Racing. Franck Perera and Davide Rigon moved back to Superleague Formula, where they would encounter mixed fortunes, with Perera failing to win a race and Rigon becoming season champion. Edoardo Mortara left Arden International for a return to the Formula 3 Euro Series with the crack Signature outfit with whom he had won the Macau Grand Prix with, in 2009. Ricardo Teixeira moved into the FIA Formula Two Championship[30] while Andreas Zuber competed in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship with Phoenix Racing / Carsport, as well as a sporadic appearance in the EuroBOSS Series. Diego Nunes returned to Brazil to compete in the Stock Car Brasil series with RC3 Bassani Racing, Javier Villa moved into touring car specification series, competing in the Spanish Mini Championship, while Roldán Rodríguez decided to take a sabbatical from racing after his GP2 Asia campaign.[31]

Midseason Changes

A number of midseason changes were also made during the season, to replace other drivers. Super Nova Racing's Josef Král suffered stable fractures to two of his vertebrae in an accident with Rodolfo González in Valencia.[32] Luca Filippi took his place at Super Nova Racing until Král returned in Abu Dhabi.[9] Romain Grosjean returned to the series, making a one-off appearance at Hockenheim for DAMS.[15] He replaced Jérôme d'Ambrosio at the meeting. After Ho-Pin Tung's injury at the Hungaroring, Grosjean replaced him at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza.[16] Álvaro Parente returned to the series at Spa-Francorchamps replacing Alberto Valerio at Scuderia Coloni.[16] Fabrizio Crestani made his main series début at Spa-Francorchamps replacing compatriot Giacomo Ricci at DPR.[16] Edoardo Piscopo made his main series début at Monza, replacing Johnny Cecotto Jr. at Trident Racing.[27] Brendon Hartley also made his first GP2 appearance at Monza, replacing Vladimir Arabadzhiev at Scuderia Coloni.[25] Ho-Pin Tung made his return from injury at Abu Dhabi, replacing Christian Vietoris after he needed surgery for appendicitis.[11] James Jakes and Federico Leo also their main series débuts in Abu Dhabi, replacing Álvaro Parente at Scuderia Coloni and Edoardo Piscopo at Trident Racing respectively.[23][28]

Pos Driver CAT MON IST VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points 1 Pastor Maldonado 6 3 2 11 1 6 1 4 1 4 1 20† 1 DSQ 1 Ret Ret Ret 17 9 87 2 Sergio Pérez 4 Ret 1 6 DSQ 7 11 16 5 1 2 1 3 Ret 7 1 Ret 13 1 Ret 71 3 Jules Bianchi Ret 12 4 3 Ret 13 2 Ret 2 5 5 4 Ret DNS 14 Ret 2 4 18 7 52 4 Dani Clos 3 6 3 Ret 8 1 5 7 3 3 4 6 16 7 Ret DNS Ret 12 4 4 51 5 Sam Bird 9 4 18 10 3 10 3 10 4 DNS 14 5 13 Ret Ret 12 1 3 3 Ret 48 6 Oliver Turvey 5 5 15 15 14 18 Ret 12 8 2 8 2 4 5 6 5 3 6 2 17 47 7 Giedo van der Garde 20 9 6 2 4 3 4 2 9 7 12 9 5 4 9 2 Ret Ret Ret 19 39 8 Davide Valsecchi 10 11 Ret 16 2 4 10 6 7 6 17 18 9 3 18 8 9 16 5 1 31 9 Christian Vietoris Ret 18 14 DNS 7 Ret 12 Ret 6 10 Ret 10 2 2 11 Ret 4 1 29 10 Charles Pic 1 7 11 7 Ret DNS 6 5 10 8 3 17 11 9 4 Ret 11 8 20 11 28 11 Luiz Razia 7 2 7 5 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 13 10 Ret 16 10 Ret 10 7 2 28 12 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Ret 13 8 1 10 8 Ret 8 11 11 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 2 14 8 21 13 Giacomo Ricci 2 8 17 Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 13 12 16† 11 8 1 16 14 Romain Grosjean 20 19† 3 6 13 17† 6 3 14 15 Álvaro Parente 2 3 12 9 13 16 Michael Herck 17 21 16 Ret 6 5 8 3 22 14 9 8 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 10 12 17 Marcus Ericsson 11 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 7 1 12 18 6 Ret 12 10 13 7 Ret 11 11 Ret 11 18 Adrian Zaugg 16 15 Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 15 15 21 7 3 15 8 15 9 6 7 Ret DNS 9 19 Fabio Leimer 8 1 Ret 17 13 15 Ret Ret 17 13 21† Ret Ret 11 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 15 8 20 Luca Filippi 20 9 10 7 14 6 5 Ret Ret 14 5 21 Rodolfo González 15 14 10 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret 16 20 18 Ret Ret 15 8 4 Ret Ret 10 16 4 22 Alberto Valerio 14 Ret 5 Ret 17† 19 9 Ret 14 22 11 12 Ret 12 4 23 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Ret 17 9 4 12 12 Ret 14 18 23 13 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 3 24 Josef Král 12 19 13 8 15 14 Ret Ret 8 5 3 25 Max Chilton 18 16 Ret 14 9 11 Ret 11 19 19 19 16 17 16 17 11 8 5 12 12 3 26 Edoardo Piscopo 7 Ret 2 27 Brendon Hartley Ret Ret 9 6 1 28 Ho-Pin Tung 13 10 Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret DNS Ret 13 0 29 Vladimir Arabadzhiev 19 20 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13† 9 21 17 15 15 18 14 19 Ret 0 30 Fabrizio Crestani Ret 14 10 15 13 14 0 31 James Jakes 15 18 0 32 Federico Leo 19 Ret 0 Pos Driver CAT MON IST VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Pos Team Car No. CAT MON IST VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points 1 Rapax 14 7 2 7 5 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 13 10 Ret 16 10 Ret 10 7 2 115 15 6 3 2 11 1 6 1 4 1 4 1 20† 1 DSQ 1 Ret Ret Ret 17 9 2 Barwa Addax Team 3 20 9 6 2 4 3 4 2 9 7 12 9 5 4 9 2 Ret Ret Ret 19 110 4 4 Ret 1 6 DSQ 7 11 16 5 1 2 1 3 Ret 7 1 Ret 13 1 Ret 3 ART Grand Prix 1 Ret 12 4 3 Ret 13 2 Ret 2 5 5 4 Ret DNS 14 Ret 2 4 18 7 100 2 9 4 18 10 3 10 3 10 4 DNS 14 5 13 Ret Ret 12 1 3 3 Ret 4 Racing Engineering 7 3 6 3 Ret 8 1 5 7 3 3 4 6 16 7 Ret DNS Ret 12 4 4 80 8 Ret 18 14 DNS 7 Ret 12 Ret 6 10 Ret 10 2 2 11 Ret 4 1 Ret 13 5 iSport International 9 5 5 15 15 14 18 Ret 12 8 2 8 2 4 5 6 5 3 6 2 17 78 10 10 11 Ret 16 2 4 10 6 7 6 17 18 9 3 18 8 9 16 5 1 6 DAMS 11 Ret 13 8 1 10 8 Ret 8 11 11 20 19† 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 2 14 8 35 12 13 10 Ret Ret 11 9 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret DNS 3 6 13 17† 6 3 7 Arden International 16 1 7 11 7 Ret DNS 6 5 10 8 3 17 11 9 4 Ret 11 8 20 11 32 17 15 14 10 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret 16 20 18 Ret Ret 15 8 4 Ret Ret 10 16 8 DPR 26 17 21 16 Ret 6 5 8 3 22 14 9 8 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 10 28 27 2 8 17 Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 13 12 16† 11 8 1 Ret 14 10 15 13 14 9 Super Nova Racing 5 12 19 13 8 15 14 Ret Ret 20 9 10 7 14 6 5 Ret Ret 14 8 5 19 6 11 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 7 1 12 18 6 Ret 12 10 13 7 Ret 11 11 Ret 10 Scuderia Coloni 20 14 Ret 5 Ret 17† 19 9 Ret 14 22 11 12 Ret 12 2 3 12 9 15 18 18 21 19 20 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13† 9 21 17 15 15 18 14 19 Ret Ret Ret 9 6 11 Trident Racing 24 Ret 17 9 4 12 12 Ret 14 18 23 13 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 7 Ret 19 Ret 14 25 16 15 Ret 12 Ret Ret 14 15 15 21 7 3 15 8 15 9 6 7 Ret DNS 12 Ocean Racing Technology 18 18 16 Ret 14 9 11 Ret 11 19 19 19 16 17 16 17 11 8 5 12 12 11 19 8 1 Ret 17 13 15 Ret Ret 17 13 21† Ret Ret 11 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret 15 Pos Team Car No. CAT MON IST VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.