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.
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 PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid110 Davide Valsecchi iSport International1:34.8601215 Pastor Maldonado Rapax1:34.875239 Oliver Turvey iSport International1:35.135344 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team1:35.194452 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix1:35.267563 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team1:35.348677 Dani Clos Racing Engineering1:35.3647816 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport1:35.4118920 Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni1:35.49191014 Luiz Razia Rapax1:35.52710118 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering1:35.66411121 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix1:35.676121327 Giacomo Ricci DPR1:35.750131426 Michael Herck DPR1:35.762141518 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology1:35.842151611 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS1:35.92616175 Josef Král Super Nova Racing1:35.955171825 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing1:35.95718196 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing1:35.973192024 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing1:36.047202119 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology1:36.167212221 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni1:36.564222317 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport1:36.628242412 Ho-Pin Tung DAMS1:36.66323 Notes 1. – Rodolfo González received a three-place grid penalty because of impeding Michael Herck in qualifying.
Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Pastor MaldonadoRapax 32 0:52:33.219 2 10 + 1 2 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 32 +19.531 1 8 + 2 3 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 32 +23.327 5 6 4 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 32 +26.129 6 5 5 14 Luiz RaziaRapax 32 +26.746 10 4 6 26 Michael Herck DPR 32 +30.444 14 3 7 8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 32 +36.719 11 2 8 7 Dani ClosRacing Engineering 32 +41.469 7 1 9 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 32 +48.582 15 10 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 32 +49.848 16 11 12 Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 32 +50.315 23 12 24 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 32 +55.996 20 13 19 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 32 +1:06.801 21 14 9 Oliver Turvey iSport International 32 +1:08.392 3 15 5 Josef Král Super Nova Racing 32 +1:22.464 17 16 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 32 +1:23.789 24 17 20 Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 29 Spun off/Stalled 9 Ret 21 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 27 Accident 21 Ret 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 27 +1:16.292 18 Ret 27 Giacomo Ricci DPR 25 Collision 13 Ret 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 11 Engine 19 Ret 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1 Collision 8 Ret 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1 Collision 12 DSQ 4 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 32 Disqualified 4
Sprint Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Dani Clos Racing Engineering 23 0:37:25.211 1 6 + 1 2 14 Luiz RaziaRapax 23 +8.870 4 5 3 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 23 +12.996 5 4 4 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 23 +13.479 7 3 5 26 Michael Herck DPR 23 +14.503 3 2 6 15 Pastor MaldonadoRapax 23 +19.118 8 1 7 4 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 23 +20.080 24 8 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 23 +20.488 10 9 12 Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 23 +23.868 11 10 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 23 +29.560 6 11 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 23 +31.666 9 12 24 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 23 +36.159 12 13 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 23 +40.549 23 14 5 Josef Král Super Nova Racing 23 +40.625 15 15 19 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 23 +48.444 13 16 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 23 +48.682 16 17 27 Giacomo Ricci DPR 23 +49.061 20 18 9 Oliver Turvey iSport International 22 +1 lap 14 19 20 Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 21 +2 laps 17 Ret 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 17 Retired 19 Ret 8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 9 Retired 2 Ret 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 5 Retired 21 Ret 21 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 3 Retired 18 DNS 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 0 Did not start 22
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Pastor Maldonado 27 2 Dani Clos 23 3 Luiz Razia 20 4 Sergio Pérez 17 5 Giedo van der Garde 17
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Rapax 47 2 Barwa Addax Team 34 3 Racing Engineering 25 4 ART Grand Prix 22 5 iSport International 19
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2010 Turkish Grand Prix 2010 Istanbul Park GP3 Series round
External links GP2 Series official web site: Results
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