2009 Monza GP2 Series round
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| Round details | |||
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Round 9 of 10 rounds in the 2009 GP2 Series | |||
 Circuit de Monza | |||
| Location | |||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.6 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 12 September 2009 | ||
| Laps | 32 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | |
| Time | 1:30.007 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Giedo van der Garde | iSport International | |
| Second |
Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | |
| Third |
 Lucas di Grassi | F. B. Racing Engineering | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Edoardo Mortara | Arden International | |
| Time | 1:43.283 (on lap 28) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 13 September 2009 | ||
| Laps | 21 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Luiz Razia |
Scuderia Coloni | |
| Second |
Lucas di Grassi | F. B. Racing Engineering | |
| Third |
 Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Luiz Razia[a] |
Scuderia Coloni | |
| Time | 1:32.553 (on lap 10) | ||
The 2009 Italian GP2 Round was the ninth And penultimate round of the
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Background
The race also saw the return of
PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni after their court order was dropped. However, Durango withdrew from the event, meaning there were only 12 teams present at Monza, just like at the previous round at Spa. Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his debut for DPR
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Qualifying
Spa
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Feature Race
The Feature Race was action packed, with a very wet track and terrible conditions, the race started behind the safety car. Giedo van der Garde got his and iSport International their first feature win of the season. He passed long time leader Vitaly Petrov for the lead two laps from the end.
Sprint Race
The Sprint Race was less thrilling, but crashes were still common, as on the first lap
2009 GP2 Series season
champion after Vitaly Petrov did not score enough points to keep his championship challenge alive.
Standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- ^ Luca Filippi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luiz Razia was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.