The 2010 Abu Dhabi GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on November 12–14, 2010 at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. It was the tenth and final round of the 2010 GP2 Season. The race was used to support the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
This race was the last for the Dallara GP2/08 chassis that was introduced in 2008 and also for Bridgestone as the sole tyre supplier for the GP2 Series and Formula One. The Dallara GP2/11 chassis was introduced for 2011, and would be used until the end of . Pirelli was also chosen as the sole tyre supplier for GP2 and Formula One from 2011.
Classification Qualifying PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid19 Oliver Turvey iSport International1:48.559127 Dani Clos Racing Engineering1:49.0351134 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team1:49.0812419 Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology1:49.1483510 Davide Valsecchi iSport International1:49.307461 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix1:49.33814714 Luiz Razia Rapax1:49.410583 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team1:49.42916912 Romain Grosjean DAMS1:49.46261013 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix1:49.624181125 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing1:49.81271218 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology1:49.89081326 Michael Herck DPR1:50.16091427 Fabrizio Crestani DPR1:50.239101515 Pastor Maldonado Rapax1:50.362221617 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport1:50.54912175 Josef Král Super Nova Racing1:50.559131821 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Coloni1:50.568151916 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport1:50.56917206 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing1:50.719192111 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS1:50.730242220 James Jakes Scuderia Coloni1:50.90120238 Ho-Pin Tung Racing Engineering1:51.061212424 Federico Leo Trident Racing1:52.17023 Notes – Dani Clos, Jules Bianchi, Pastor Maldonado, Sam Bird, Jérôme d’Ambrosio and Giedo van der Garde were handed ten grid position penalties after failing to heed the pitlane red light at the end of the qualifying session.
Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Sergio PérezBarwa Addax Team 31 59:53.752 2 10+1 2 9 Oliver TurveyiSport International 31 +21.065 1 8+2 3 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 31 +29.695 18 6 4 7 Dani ClosRacing Engineering 31 +30.442 11 5 5 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 31 +36.614 4 4 6 12 Romain Grosjean DAMS 31 +38.175 6 3 7 14 Luiz RaziaRapax 31 +39.196 5 2 8 5 Josef Král Super Nova Racing 31 +39.724 13 1 9 21 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Coloni 31 +40.679 15 10 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 31 +49.704 12 11 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 31 +55.360 19 12 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 31 +57.925 8 13 27 Fabrizio CrestaniDPR 31 +58.334 10 14 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 31 +58.836 24 15 20 James Jakes Scuderia Coloni 31 +1:01.227 20 16 26 Michael Herck DPR 31 +1:02.178 9 17 15 Pastor MaldonadoRapax 31 +1:14.109 22 18 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 31 +1:29.646 14 19 24 Federico Leo Trident Racing 31 +1:36.305 23 20 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 30 +1 lap 17 Ret 8 Ho-Pin Tung Racing Engineering 11 Retired 21 Ret 19 Fabio LeimerOcean Racing Technology 7 Retired 3 Ret 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 0 Retired 7 Ret 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 0 Retired 16
Sprint Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Davide Valsecchi iSport International 22 40:59.120 4 6 2 14 Luiz RaziaRapax 22 +0.925 2 5+1 3 12 Romain Grosjean DAMS 22 +5.107 3 4 4 7 Dani ClosRacing Engineering 22 +5.597 5 3 5 5 Josef Král Super Nova Racing 22 +17.853 1 2 6 21 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Coloni 22 +21.924 9 1 7 9 Oliver TurveyiSport International 22 +21.516 7 8 1 Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 22 +22.567 18 9 11 Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 22 +24.665 14 10 15 Pastor MaldonadoRapax 22 +25.171 17 11 26 Michael Herck DPR 22 +25.672 16 12 16 Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 22 +31.925 20 13 18 Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 22 +35.481 12 14 8 Ho-Pin Tung Racing Engineering 22 +36.654 21 15 27 Fabrizio CrestaniDPR 22 +37.828 13 16 19 Fabio LeimerOcean Racing Technology 22 +38.401 22 17 17 Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 22 +38.964 10 18 20 James Jakes Scuderia Coloni 22 +51.778 15 19 3 Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 22 +1:16.380 24 Ret 6 Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 18 Retired 11 Ret 24 Federico Leo Trident Racing 10 Retired 19 Ret 2 Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 4 Retired 6 Ret 4 Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 4 Retired 8 DNS 25 Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 0 Did not start 23
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Pastor Maldonado 87 2 Sergio Pérez 71 3 Jules Bianchi 52 4 Dani Clos 51 5 Sam Bird 48
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Rapax 115 2 Barwa Addax Team 110 3 ART Grand Prix 100 4 Racing Engineering 80 5 iSport International 78
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links GP2 Series official web site: Results