The 2010 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 10 and 11, 2010 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Britain. It was the fifth round of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 British Grand Prix.
Report Qualifying Jules Bianchi claimed pole for the Feature Race.
Feature Race Pastor Maldonado extended his series lead with victory in the Silverstone Feature Race. The Rapax driver jumped polesitter Jules Bianchi (ART) at the start and never looked threatened from there on, gradually extending his advantage to win by 10.1 seconds. Bianchi was second ahead of Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who came home a further 9.4s down the road. It was a largely processional affair through most of the field, with Bianchi's ART team-mate Sam Bird having an equally straightforward run to fourth, although Sergio Pérez and Christian Vietoris did their best to inject some interest with their scrap for fifth over the second half of the race. Addax driver Pérez finally found a way past the German Racing Engineering man with two laps to go, although sixth was still a good reward for Vietoris after starting from 12th on the grid. iSport's Davide Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey were able to mop up the remaining points when Addax's Giedo van der Garde made a mistake on the final lap while running fifth, allowing Valescchi to pass him immediately and Turvey to follow a couple of corners later to claim pole for the sprint race. Only two cars failed to make the finish, with Rapax's Luiz Razia pulling off the track midway through the race, and DAMS' Ho-Pin Tung retiring after several visits to the pits. Tung had started the race in a brand-new, unliveried chassis that was rushed through scrutineering this morning after destroying his race car in a trip over the kerbs during Friday practice.
Sprint Race Sergio Pérez got his season back on track with a crushing win for Addax in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone. The Mexican passed Davide Valsecchi and his iSport team-mate Oliver Turvey in the opening phase of the race and immediately left the rest of the field behind, routinely posting laps more than a second quicker than his rivals to finally cross the line with a margin of 15.7 seconds. Polesitter Turvey managed to hold on for second, earning himself his first GP2 main series podium. He had become the local crowd's only realistic hope of a home podium after ART's Sam Bird was prevented from taking the start by an engine failure on an installation lap. Turvey's result did not come easily. He saw off Valsecchi without difficulty, but soon found himself under pressure from Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who had made good progress from sixth on the grid. The Spaniard launched several attacks but never managed to find a way through, and after seeing off a late challenge from Pastor Maldonado (Rapax), settled for third. Valsecchi, meanwhile, seemed to be struggling for pace and steadily dropped down the order, losing fifth to ART's Jules Bianchi at Abbey with a couple of laps remaining. He hung on to claim the final point for sixth.
Classification Qualifying PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid 1 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:39.189 1 2 15 Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1:39.325 2 3 8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1:39.423 12 4 7 Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:39.653 3 5 9 Oliver Turvey iSport International 1:39.701 4 6 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:39.756 5 7 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1:39.791 6 8 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 1:39.809 7 9 20 Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 1:39.811 17 10 4 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 1:39.894 8 11 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:39.901 9 12 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:39.941 10 13 5 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 1:39.984 11 14 27 Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:40.288 13 15 26 Michael Herck DPR 1:40.342 14 16 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 1:40.511 15 17 14 Luiz Razia Rapax 1:40.559 16 18 24 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 1:40.747 23 19 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 1:40.812 18 20 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.046 19 21 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 1:41.344 20 22 19 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.548 21 23 21 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 1:41.654 22 24 12 Ho-Pin Tung DAMS No time 24 Christian Vietoris, Alberto Valerio and Johnny Cecotto Jr. were penalized ten positions on the starting grid for causing collisions in the previous round's sprint.
Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Pastor MaldonadoRapax 29 50:21.479 2 10 + 1 2 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 29 +10.125 1 8 + 2 3 7 Dani Clos Racing Engineering 29 +19.549 3 6 4 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 29 +20.979 5 5 5 4 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 29 +32.039 9 4 6 8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 29 +35.539 13 3 7 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 29 +37.702 10 2 8 9 Oliver Turvey iSport International 29 +38.753 4 1 9 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 29 +39.087 7 10 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 29 +39.845 6 11 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 29 +40.101 11 12 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 29 +53.949 16 13 27 Giacomo Ricci DPR 29 +54.906 14 14 20 Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 29 +1:02.132 8 15 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 29 +1:11.973 19 16 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 29 +1:12.825 21 17 19 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 29 +1:14.214 22 18 24 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 29 +1:16.113 18 19 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 29 +1:17.805 20 20 5 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 29 +1:33.652 12 21 21 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 29 +1:34.243 23 22 26 Michael Herck DPR 28 +1 Lap 15 Ret 14 Luiz Razia Rapax 18 Retirement 17 Ret 12 Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 12 Retirement 24
Sprint Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 21 35:54.531 4 6+1 2 9 Oliver Turvey iSport International 21 +15.386 1 5 3 7 Dani Clos Racing Engineering 21 +15.997 6 4 4 15 Pastor Maldonado Rapax 21 +16.426 8 3 5 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 21 +17.600 7 2 6 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 21 +21.767 2 1 7 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 21 +22.752 9 8 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 21 +24.207 10 9 5 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 21 +24.483 20 10 8 Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 21 +25.057 3 11 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 21 +25.853 11 12 27 Giacomo Ricci DPR 21 +25.977 13 13 19 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 21 +30.192 17 14 26 Michael Herck DPR 21 +30.507 22 15 12 Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 21 +30.903 24 16 14 Luiz Razia Rapax 21 +45.728 23 17 21 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 21 +48.713 21 18 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 21 +49.956 12 19 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 21 +50.214 19 20 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 21 +55.456 16 21 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 21 +1:19.313 15 22 20 Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 20 +1 lap 14 23 24 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 19 +2 laps 18 DNS 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 0 Did not start 5
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Pastor Maldonado 56 2 Dani Clos 36 3 Jules Bianchi 31 4 Sergio Pérez 30 5 Giedo van der Garde 27
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Rapax 76 2 Barwa Addax Team 57 3 ART Grand Prix 53 4 Racing Engineering 42 5 iSport International 29
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2010 British Grand Prix 2010 Silverstone GP3 Series round
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