The 2009 Belgian GP2 round was the seventh race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on 29 August and 30, 2009 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.
Report Background PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni, along with their drivers Andreas Zuber and Luiz Razia, were forced to miss the round due to unresolved financial disputes.
Qualifying Álvaro Parente achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career, and also recorded the first pole for his team Ocean Racing Technology.
Feature Race The start of the race was delayed by 15 minutes due to a serious accident at the depot when Davide Rigon's car number one mechanic, 57-year-old Trident Racing team mechanic Vasco Rossi, was injured when a wheel gun was left in the path of Ricardo Teixeira's car as he was leaving the pits to join the dummy grid, causing the air hose to get caught by the rear wheel and dragging a metal beam down on to Rossi's head. Stefano Coletti hit the barrier very hard
Parente won the 100th race in GP2 history – again the first for his team – and the second of his career.
Classification Qualifying PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid125 Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technology1:54.970122 Lucas di GrassiFat Burner Racing Engineering1:55.0505310 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:55.102244 Diego NunesiSport International1:55.150355 Vitaly PetrovBarwa Addax Team1:55.1524624 Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology1:55.1706711 Sergio PérezTelmex Arden International1:55.210785 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP1:55.255899 Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix1:55.46291017 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:55.48210118 Dani ClosFat Burner Racing Engineering1:55.51711123 Giedo van der GardeiSport International1:55.560121315 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing1:55.785131419 Davide RigonTrident Racing1:55.806141516 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:55.822151626 Michael HerckDavid Price Racing1:55.85816172 Davide ValsecchiBarwa Addax Team1:55.928171814 Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing1:56.06118196 Alberto ValerioPiquet GP1:56.063192012 Edoardo MortaraTelmex Arden International1:56.285202122 Stefano ColettiDurango1:56.634212218 Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing1:57.688222323 Nelson PanciaticiDurango1:57.79223DNQ27 Franck PereraDavid Price Racing2:24.927— Lucas di Grassi was issued a 3 place grid-penalty for impeding Karun Chandhok. Franck Perera did not participate in either race, as he qualified outside 107% of Álvaro Parente's pole position time, and was not within the same rule during free practice.
Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 25 0:54:12.997 1 10 + 2 + 1 2 10 Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 25 +0.943 2 8 3 7 Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25 +3.179 5 6 4 9 Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 25 +3.468 9 5 5 5 Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 25 +4.349 8 4 6 3 Giedo van der Garde iSport International 25 +4.687 12 3 7 17 Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 25 +5.459 10 2 8 12 Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 25 +5.972 20 1 9 4 Diego Nunes iSport International 25 +29.105 3 10 8 Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25 +32.315 11 11 23 Nelson Panciatici Durango 25 +35.474 23 12 22 Stefano Coletti Durango 23 Accident 21 13 15 Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 22 +3 laps 13 Ret 16 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 20 Retired 15 Ret 14 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 13 Collision 18 Ret 2 Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 13 Collision 17 Ret 24 Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 7 Collision 6 Ret 19 Davide Rigon Trident Racing 7 Collision 14 Ret 1 Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 6 Collision damage 4 Ret 6 Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 0 Accident 19 Ret 11 Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 0 Collision 7 Ret 26 Michael Herck David Price Racing 0 Collision 16 Ret 18 Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 0 Collision 22 DNQ 27 Franck Perera David Price Racing Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (Ocean Racing Technology) 1:57.468 (lap 22) Diego Nunes, Dani Clos and Nelson Panciatici were given 25-second time penalties by the race stewards as a result of various incidents during the feature race.
Sprint Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Giedo van der Garde iSport International 18 37:54.281 3 6 2 5 Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 18 +3.102 4 5 3 4 Diego Nunes iSport International 18 +4.998 9 4 4 11 Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 18 +6.292 22 3 + 1 5 19 Davide Rigon Trident Racing 18 +13.809 17 2 6 1 Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 18 +17.459 18 1 7 24 Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 18 +18.800 16 8 2 Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 18 +20.039 15 9 26 Michael Herck David Price Racing 18 +21.403 19 10 15 Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 18 +22.860 12 11 17 Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 18 +25.291 2 12 6 Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 18 +36.045 20 13 23 Nelson Panciatici Durango 18 +48.746 11 14 18 Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 18 +54.779 21 Ret 12 Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 4 Collision damage 1 Ret 7 Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 4 Collision 6 Ret 25 Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 2 Retired 8 Ret 9 Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1 Accident 5 Ret 10 Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 0 Collision 7 Ret 8 Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 0 Collision 10 Ret 16 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 0 Collision 13 Ret 14 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 0 Collision 14 DNS 22 Stefano Coletti Durango Injury DNQ 27 Franck Perera David Price Racing Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Telmex Arden International) 1:56.731 (lap 7)
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nico Hülkenberg 83 2 Vitaly Petrov 56 3 Lucas di Grassi 46 4 Romain Grosjean 45 5 Pastor Maldonado 36
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 119 2 Barwa Addax Team 101 3 Fat Burner Racing Engineering 46 4 Super Nova Racing 44 5 Piquet GP 37
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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