2010 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

The 2010 Turkish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 29 and May 30, 2010 at the Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the third race of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix.

Turkey    2010 Turkish GP2 round
Round details
Round 3 of 10 rounds in the
2010 GP2 Series
Istanbul Park
Istanbul Park
Location Istanbul Park
Istanbul, Turkey
Course Permanent racing facility
5.34 km (3.32 mi)
Feature race
Date 29 May 2010
Laps 34
Pole position
Driver Italy Davide Valsecchi iSport International
Time 1:34.860
Podium
First Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Second Italy Davide Valsecchi iSport International
Third United Kingdom Sam Bird ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Time 1:37.010 (on lap 15)
Sprint race
Date 30 May 2010
Laps 23
Podium
First Spain Dani Clos Racing Engineering
Second Brazil Luiz Razia Rapax
Third Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Oliver Turvey iSport International
Time 1:36.770 (on lap 3)

Report

Feature Race

Pastor Maldonado became the fifth winner in as many races in GP2 in 2010 following a dominant victory in Turkey. Rapax driver Maldonado got past polesitter Davide Valsecchi (iSport) at the start and never looked troubled, lapping up to a second quicker than his rivals before slowing down in the final stages of the race and settling for a huge victory margin of 17.9 seconds. There was rather more competition for the remaining podium places. Valsecchi spent the first stint trying to hold off Sergio Pérez, only for the Mexican to leapfrog him in the pits. But Pérez's pace began to fade dramatically as the race progressed and Valsecchi capitalised with a nice move at the end of lap 26 to reclaim second. That was Valsecchi's afternoon sorted, but Pérez now had ART's Sam Bird to worry about, and after a prolonged battled the Briton came out on top to steal the final podium spot, leaving Pérez to just barely hold off Addax team-mate Giedo van der Garde for fourth. By comparison, Maldonado's Rapax team-mate Luiz Razia had a relatively serene drive to sixth, but there was more action just behind him. DPR's Giacomo Ricci and Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris were disputing the final point for eighth when they made contact and sailed off the track, allowing Ricci's stablemate Michael Herck past. Vietoris continued, but Ricci was forced to retire. Not content with provisional pole for Sunday, Herck then dispensed with Racing Engineering's Dani Clos for seventh, and Clos later dropped behind Vietoris to inadvertently give the German pole position for the sprint race. iSport's third-place qualifier Oliver Turvey had a terrible afternoon, losing two spots off the start and then being dealt a drivethrough penalty for moving twice to defend his position. It was while honouring that penalty that he was then picked up for speeding in pitlane, resulting in another drive-through and an eventual finishing position of 15th. Scuderia Coloni lost both cars late in the race when Vladimir Arabadzhiev crashed into the tyre wall with two laps remaining and Alberto Valerio spun and stalled moments later, while Super Nova's Marcus Ericsson was forced to park at mid-distance when his engine exploded. The other major incident occurred much earlier, when Spain feature race winner Charles Pic and ART's Jules Bianchi found themselves on the same patch of Turn 3 at the same time; the resultant collision putting both out of the race.

Sprint Race

Dani Clos claimed his maiden GP2 victory with a dominant lights-to-flag win in the sprint race at Istanbul Park. The 21-year-old held off the challenge of Racing Engineering team-mate Christian Vietoris into the first corner to lead, taking the chequered flag 23 laps later 8.8 seconds ahead of Rapax driver Luiz Razia to become the sixth GP2 winner in six races in 2010. Vietoris had looked on course to make it a comfortable one-two for the Spanish team, only to retire with a mechanical problem, which left Razia to take an easy runner-up spot. Addax's Giedo van de Garde claimed third place after getting ahead of third-place starter Michael Herck (DPR) on the opening lap, but he had to absorb pressure from race one pole position starter David Valsecchi throughout the race. Herck shadowed iSport's Valsecchi to the finish to take fifth place, with race one winner Pastor Maldonado (Rapax) taking the final point for sixth place to consolidate his championship lead but unable to get on terms with the three-car group ahead of him. DAMS driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio, a race-winner in Monaco in the previous round, lost seventh place to the inspired Sergio Pérez on the last lap. The Barwa Addax driver had started from the back of the grid after being found to be underweight following his fourth-place finish in the feature race, but made up 11 places in the opening laps. ART's Sam Bird ended up 10th after being passed by d'Ambrosio, Pérez and Ho-Pin Tung in quick succession in the closing laps after suddenly dropping to around two seconds off the pace. His team-mate Jules Bianchi was involved in some hectic midfield racing but could only make it up to 13th after his early retirement yesterday. Arden's Charles Pic – the man Bianchi tangled with in the feature race – missed today's round due to food poisoning. Former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC award winner Oliver Turvey's nightmare weekend ended with 18th place after stalling on the grid and then being hit with a drive-through penalty.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Name Team Time Grid
1 10 Italy Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:34.860 1
2 15 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1:34.875 2
3 9 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey iSport International 1:35.135 3
4 4 Mexico Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 1:35.194 4
5 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:35.267 5
6 3 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 1:35.348 6
7 7 Spain Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:35.364 7
8 16 France Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1:35.411 8
9 20 Brazil Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 1:35.491 9
10 14 Brazil Luiz Razia Rapax 1:35.527 10
11 8 Germany Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1:35.664 11
12 1 France Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:35.676 12
13 27 Italy Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:35.750 13
14 26 Romania Michael Herck DPR 1:35.762 14
15 18 United Kingdom Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 1:35.842 15
16 11 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:35.926 16
17 5 Czech Republic Josef Král Super Nova Racing 1:35.955 17
18 25 South Africa Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 1:35.957 18
19 6 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 1:35.973 19
20 24 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 1:36.047 20
21 19 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:36.167 21
22 21 Bulgaria Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 1:36.564 22
23 17 Venezuela Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 1:36.628 241
24 12 China Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1:36.663 23

Notes

1.^ – Rodolfo González received a three-place grid penalty because of impeding Michael Herck in qualifying.[1]

Feature Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 15Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax 32 0:52:33.219 2 10 + 1
2 10Italy Davide Valsecchi iSport International 32 +19.531 1 8 + 2
3 2United Kingdom Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 32 +23.327 5 6
4 3Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 32 +26.129 6 5
5 14Brazil Luiz Razia Rapax 32 +26.746 10 4
6 26Romania Michael Herck DPR 32 +30.444 14 3
7 8Germany Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 32 +36.719 11 2
8 7Spain Dani Clos Racing Engineering 32 +41.469 7 1
9 18United Kingdom Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 32 +48.582 15
10 11Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 32 +49.848 16
11 12China Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 32 +50.315 23
12 24Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 32 +55.996 20
13 19Switzerland Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 32 +1:06.801 21
14 9United Kingdom Oliver Turvey iSport International 32 +1:08.392 3
15 5Czech Republic Josef Král Super Nova Racing 32 +1:22.464 17
16 17Venezuela Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 32 +1:23.789 24
17 20Italy Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 29 +3 laps/DNF 9
Ret 21Bulgaria Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 27 +1:11.572 21
Ret 25South Africa Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 27 +1:16.292 18
Ret 27Italy Giacomo Ricci DPR 25 +1:17.173 13
Ret 6Sweden Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 11 Retired 19
Ret 16France Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1 Retired 8
Ret 1France Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1 Retired 12
DSQ 4Mexico Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 32 Disqualified 4

Sprint Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 7Spain Dani Clos Racing Engineering 23 0:37:25.211 1 6 + 1
2 14Brazil Luiz Razia Rapax 23 +8.870 4 5
3 3Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 23 +12.996 5 4
4 10Italy Davide Valsecchi iSport International 23 +13.479 7 3
5 26Romania Michael Herck DPR 23 +14.503 3 2
6 15Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax 23 +19.118 8 1
7 4Mexico Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 23 +20.080 24
8 11Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 23 +20.488 10
9 12China Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 23 +23.868 11
10 2United Kingdom Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 23 +29.560 6
11 18United Kingdom Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 23 +31.666 9
12 24Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 23 +36.159 12
13 1France Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 23 +40.549 23
14 5Czech Republic Josef Král Super Nova Racing 23 +40.625 15
15 19Switzerland Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 23 +48.444 13
16 17Venezuela Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 23 +48.682 16
17 27Italy Giacomo Ricci DPR 23 +49.061 20
18 9United Kingdom Oliver Turvey iSport International 22 +1 lap 14
19 20Italy Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 21 +2 laps 17
Ret 25South Africa Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 17 Retired 19
Ret 8Germany Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 9 Retired 2
Ret 6Sweden Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 5 Retired 21
Ret 21Bulgaria Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 3 Retired 18
DNS 16France Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 0 Did not start 22

Standings after the round

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

See also

References

  1. "Gonzalez penalised after qualifying". gp2series.com. GP2 series. 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
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