The 2007 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on April 14 and 15, 2007 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the first round of the 2007 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 116 Luca Filippi Super Nova International 1:40.873 1 23 Alexandre Negrão Minardi Piquet Sports 1:40.958 +0.085 2 36 Andreas Zuber iSport International 1:41.034 +0.161 3 42 Lucas di Grassi ART Grand Prix 1:41.052 +0.179 4 57 Bruno Senna Arden International 1:41.203 +0.330 5 612 Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 1:41.213 +0.340 6 75 Timo Glock iSport International 1:41.225 +0.352 7 826 Borja García Durango 1:41.252 +0.379 8 922 Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 1:41.306 +0.433 9 1017 Mike Conway Super Nova International 1:41.332 +0.459 10 1123 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 1:41.458 +0.585 11 129 Antônio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS International 1:41.544 +0.671 12 1325 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 1:41.549 +0.676 13 148 Adrian Zaugg Arden International 1:41.715 +0.842 14 151 Michael Ammermüller ART Grand Prix 1:41.746 +0.873 15 1627 Karun Chandhok Durango 1:41.810 +0.937 16 174 Roldán Rodríguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1:41.951 +1.078 17 1818 Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competición 1:42.139 +1.266 18 1911 Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 1:42.189 +1.316 19 2010 Jason Tahinci Petrol Ofisi FMS International 1:42.234 +1.361 20 2114 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:42.255 +1.382 21 2215 Sérgio Jimenez Racing Engineering 1:42.492 +1.619 22 2324 Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 1:42.561 +1.688 23 2419 Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competición 1:43.001 +2.128 24 2521 Andy Soucek DPR 1:43.257 +2.384 25 2620 Christian Bakkerud DPR 1:43.333 +2.460 26107% time: 1:47.934Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 116 Luca Filippi Super Nova International 33 58:34.676 110+2 25 Timo Glock iSport International 33 +8.162 78 36 Andreas Zuber iSport International 33 +11.903 36 47 Bruno Senna Arden International 33 +16.373 55 52 Lucas di Grassi ART Grand Prix 33 +18.074 44 68 Adrian Zaugg Arden International 33 +39.135 143 723 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 33 +39.462 112 826 Borja García Durango 33 +40.122 81 927 Karun Chandhok Durango 33 +43.505 16 101 Michael Ammermüller ART Grand Prix 33 +51.883 15 1118 Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competición 33 +1:02.082 18 1221 Andy Soucek DPR 33 +1:04.142 25 1320 Christian Bakkerud DPR 33 +1:04.409 26 1424 Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 33 +1:09.289 23 1519 Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competición 33 +1:12.116 24 169 Antônio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS International 32 +1 lap 12 1722 Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 32 +1 lap 91 1812 Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 32 +1 lap PL 1915 Sérgio Jimenez Racing Engineering 31 +2 laps PL Ret3 Alexandre Negrão Minardi Piquet Sports 14 Accident 2 Ret14 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 7 Engine 21 Ret10 Jason Tahinci Petrol Ofisi FMS International 3 Gearbox 20 Ret4 Roldán Rodríguez Minardi Piquet Sports 1 Engine 17 Ret17 Mike Conway Super Nova International 0 Gearbox 10 DNS25 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 0 Clutch 13 DNS11 Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 0 Gearbox 19Fastest lap: Kazuki Nakajima (DAMS) — 1:43.226 (on lap 27)Source: Notes – Giorgio Pantano and Pastor Maldonado were unable to start the race at the second start after they stalled during the original aborted start. – Kohei Hirate and Sérgio Jimenez were forced to start the race from the pit at the second start after they stalled during the original aborted start. – Sérgio Jimenez was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 123 Nicolas Lapierre DAMS 23 43:30.252 26 25 Timo Glock iSport International 23 +3.183 75+1 316 Luca Filippi Super Nova International 23 +6.686 84 426 Borja García Durango 23 +8.416 13 517 Mike Conway Super Nova International 23 +10.178 242 622 Kazuki Nakajima DAMS 23 +11.089 171 71 Michael Ammermüller ART Grand Prix 23 +12.259 10 87 Bruno Senna Arden International 23 +22.427 5 921 Andy Soucek DPR 23 +25.857 12 1014 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 23 +26.720 21 1124 Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix 23 +32.661 14 124 Roldán Rodríguez Minardi Piquet Sports 23 +38.977 23 1310 Jason Tahinci Petrol Ofisi FMS International 23 +46.473 22 1418 Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competición 23 +1:17.896 11 153 Alexandre Negrão Minardi Piquet Sports 22 +1 lap 20 1611 Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing 21 +2 laps 26 178 Adrian Zaugg Arden International 20 +3 laps 3 Ret25 Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix 15 Gearbox 25 Ret12 Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 12 Accident 18 Ret15 Sérgio Jimenez Racing Engineering 10 Engine 19 Ret27 Karun Chandhok Durango 7 Spin 9 Ret19 Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competición 3 Accident 15 Ret9 Antônio Pizzonia Petrol Ofisi FMS International 2 Accident 16 Ret2 Lucas di Grassi ART Grand Prix 0 Accident 4 Ret6 Andreas Zuber iSport International 0 Accident 6 Ret20 Christian Bakkerud DPR 0 Accident 13Fastest lap: Timo Glock (iSport International) — 1:44.172 (on lap 8)Source: Notes – Pastor Maldonado was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Luca Filippi 16 2 Timo Glock 14 3 Nicolas Lapierre 8 4 Andreas Zuber 6 5 Bruno Senna 5
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 iSport International 20 2 Super Nova International 18 3 DAMS 10 4 Arden International 8 5 ART Grand Prix 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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