The 2009 Bahrain 1st GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 23 and 24 January 2009 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the third round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series.
Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 12 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:41.351127 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:41.476 +0.125238 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:41.522 +0.172344 Edoardo MortaraArden International Motorsport1:41.978 +0.6274520 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP1:42.195 +0.844569 Giedo van der GardeGFH Team iSport1:42.307 +0.956671 Sakon YamamotoART Grand Prix1:42.344 +0.9937811 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing1:42.355 +1.0048918 Marco BonanomiMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara1:42.362 +1.01191016 Davide ValsecchiDurango1:42.449 +1.09810115 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team1:42.458 +1.107111221 Diego NunesPiquet GP1:42.564 +1.21312136 Sergio PérezBarwa International Campos Team1:42.632 +1.282131412 James JakesSuper Nova Racing1:42.636 +1.285141519 Earl BamberMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara1:42.798 +1.447151610 Hamad Al FardanGFH Team iSport1:42.818 +1.467161724 Yelmer BuurmanOcean Racing Technology1:42.833 +1.48217183 Luiz RaziaArden International Motorsport1:43.061 +1.710181925 Fabrizio CrestaniOcean Racing Technology1:43.373 +2.022192027 Adrián VallésTrident Racing1:43.401 +2.050202122 Michael HerckDPR1:43.413 +2.062212214 Rodolfo GonzálezFisichella Motor Sport International1:43.701 +2.351222323 Giacomo RicciDPR1:44.043 +2.692232426 Frankie ProvenzanoTrident Racing1:44.325 +2.974242515 Kevin ChenFisichella Motor Sport International1:45.281 +3.930252617 Michael Dalle StelleDurangoNo time26Source:
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points18 Kamui KobayashiDAMS341:00:10.318110+127 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS34 +5.8922834 Edoardo MortaraArden International Motorsport34 +18.5704642 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix34 +19.43615+2516 Davide ValsecchiDurango34 +20.368104620 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP34 +24.0765379 Giedo van der GardeGFH Team iSport34 +24.7486286 Sergio PérezBarwa International Campos Team34 +27.462131911 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing34 +30.6878105 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team34 +36.702111119 Earl BamberMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara34 +38.042151210 Hamad Al FardanGFH Team iSport34 +51.424161321 Diego NunesPiquet GP34 +55.56012143 Luiz RaziaArden International Motorsport34 +1:06.976181526 Frankie ProvenzanoTrident Racing34 +1:14.584241614 Rodolfo GonzálezFisichella Motor Sport International34 +1:18.33922171 Sakon YamamotoART Grand Prix34 +1:18.39171822 Michael HerckDPR34 +1:18.559211917 Michael Dalle StelleDurango34 +1:46.185262018 Marco BonanomiMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara33 +1 lap92115 Kevin ChenFisichella Motor Sport International32 +2 laps252212 James JakesSuper Nova Racing31 +3 laps14Ret23 Giacomo RicciDPR21Retired23Ret27 Adrián VallésTrident Racing13Retired20Ret25 Fabrizio CrestaniOcean Racing Technology0Retired19Ret24 Yelmer BuurmanOcean Racing Technology0Retired17Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points16 Sergio PérezBarwa International Campos Team2340:14.64216216 Davide ValsecchiDurango23 +0.7494537 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS23 +8.08174+142 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix23 +8.67553511 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing23 +10.5339268 Kamui KobayashiDAMS23 +11.11681719 Earl BamberMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara23 +15.4411184 Edoardo MortaraArden International Motorsport23 +16.230693 Luiz RaziaArden International Motorsport23 +17.213141018 Marco BonanomiMy Team Qi-Meritus Mahara23 +17.82120111 Sakon YamamotoART Grand Prix23 +18.32317125 Vitaly PetrovBarwa International Campos Team23 +25.466101324 Yelmer BuurmanOcean Racing Technology23 +29.28326149 Giedo van der GardeGFH Team iSport23 +36.85021526 Frankie ProvenzanoTrident Racing23 +41.242151623 Giacomo RicciDPR23 +44.677231725 Fabrizio CrestaniOcean Racing Technology23 +45.389251822 Michael HerckDPR23 +50.464181927 Adrián VallésTrident Racing23 +55.913242017 Michael Dalle StelleDurango23 +1:04.298192115 Kevin ChenFisichella Motor Sport International23 +1:07.235212221 Diego NunesPiquet GP23 +1:09.072132320 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP22 +1 lap3Ret14 Rodolfo GonzálezFisichella Motor Sport International14Retired16Ret10 Hamad Al FardanGFH Team iSport12Retired12Ret12 James JakesSuper Nova Racing8Retired22Source:
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Kamui Kobayashi 34 1 2 Davide Valsecchi 24 1 3 Roldán Rodríguez 22 6 4 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 17 1 5 Javier Villa 12
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 DAMS 51 1 2 Durango 24 1 3 Piquet GP 22 4 Barwa International Campos Team 18 2 5 ART Grand Prix 17
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2009 Bahrain 1st Speedcar Series round
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