The 2009 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 9 and May 10, 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first race of the 2009 GP2 Season. The race was used to support the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix
Report The first race resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Campos Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Jérôme d'Ambrosio finishing third for DAMS.
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 9 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 15 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.
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