2009 Catalunya GP2 Series round

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   2009 Spanish GP2 round

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

The 2009 Spanish GP2 round was a

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

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	2	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	1:27.510	1
2	7	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:27.531	2
3	1	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	1:28.027	3
4	10	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	1:28.088	4
5	20	Andreas Zuber	FMSI	1:28.090	5
6	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:28.195	91
7	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:28.209	6
8	4	Diego Nunes	iSport International	1:28.253	7
9	5	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:28.266	8
10	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1:28.283	10
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	1:28.374	11
12	15	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:28.381	151
13	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	1:28.451	12
14	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	1:28.488	13
15	25	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	1:28.608	14
16	6	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	1:28.688	16
17	8	Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:28.691	17
18	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	1:28.796	18
19	19	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	1:28.872	19
20	22	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:29.164	20
21	21	Luiz Razia	FMSI	1:29.185	21
22	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:29.350	22
23	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:29.524	23
24	23	Nelson Panciatici	Durango	1:29.560	24
25	18	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	1:31.115	25
26	26	Michael Herck	DPR	1:31.875	26

Notes

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

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	39	1:02:22.709	1	10 + 2 + 1
2	1	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	39	+2.459	3	8
3	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	39	+6.349	7	6
4	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	39	+8.346	6	5
5	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	39	+8.741	10	4
6	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	39	+12.529	13	3
7	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	39	+12.748	18	2
8	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	39	+14.063	22	1
9	10	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	39	+14.260	4
10	15	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	39	+15.200	12
11	4	Diego Nunes	iSport International	39	+16.669	8
12	23	Nelson Panciatici	Durango	39	+17.756	24
13	26	Michael Herck	DPR	39	+18.445	26
14	11	Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	39	+18.595	11
15	6	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	39	+1:04.629	16
16	21	Luiz Razia	FMSI	38	+1 Lap	21
17	19	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	38	+1 Lap	19
Ret	7	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	32	Collision	2
Ret	25	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	32	Collision	15
Ret	8	Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	31	Mechanical	17
Ret	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	27	Retired	14
Ret	5	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	25	Retired	9
Ret	22	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	16	Spun off	20
Ret	18	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	11	Accident	25
Ret	20	Andreas Zuber	FMSI	5	Retired	5
Ret	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1	Collision damage	23

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	26	39:55.235	3	6 + 1
2	2	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	26	+1.251	8	5
3	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	26	+6.516	6	4
4	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	26	+14.638	2	3
5	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	26	+17.170	1	2
6	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	26	+20.099	4	1
7	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	26	+28.971	5
8	4	Diego Nunes	iSport International	26	+29.258	11
9	1	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	26	+29.433	7
10	7	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	26	+31.038	18
11	25	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	26	+32.026	19
12	21	Luiz Razia	FMSI	26	+33.167	16
13	6	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	26	+33.789	15
14	10	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	26	+34.278	9
15	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	26	+38.913	26
16	22	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	26	+40.811	23
17	11	Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	26	+42.258	14
18	23	Nelson Panciatici	Durango	26	+59.664	12
19	8	Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	26	+59.747	20
20	18	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	26	+1:00.052	24
21	19	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	25	+1 Lap	17
Ret	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	21	Retired	21
Ret	15	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	17	Retired	10
Ret	26	Michael Herck	DPR	12	Retired	13
Ret	20	Andreas Zuber	FMSI	9	Spun off	25
Ret	5	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	0	Accident	22

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Romain Grosjean 18 2 Edoardo Mortara 10 3 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 10 4 Vitaly Petrov 8 5 Luca Filippi 5

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Barwa Campos Team 26 2 DAMS 13 3 Telmex Arden International 10 4 iSport International 5 5 Super Nova Racing 5

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

References

External links

• http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75190
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090517084521/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2309
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120929185910/http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13231:gp2--2009-spain-qualifying-report-a-results-romain-grosjean-storms-to-pole&catid=18:gp2&Itemid=132