2009 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

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Flag of Belgium (civil).svg    2009 Belgian GP2 round
Round details
Round 8 of 10 rounds in the
2009 GP2 Series
Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature race
Date 29 August 2009
Laps 25
Pole position
Driver Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente O. Racing Technology
Time 1:54.970
Podium
First Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente O. Racing Technology
Second Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix
Third Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi F. B. Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente O. Racing Technology
Time 1:57.468 (on lap 22)
Sprint race
Date 30 August 2009
Laps 18
Podium
First Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde iSport International
Second Flag of Spain.svg Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP
Third Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Arden International
Time 1:56.731 (on lap 7)

The 2009 Belgian GP2 round was the seventh race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on 29 August and 30, 2009 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.

Contents

Report

Background

PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni, along with their drivers Andreas Zuber and Luiz Razia, were forced to miss the round due to unresolved financial disputes. [1]

Qualifying

Álvaro Parente achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career, and also recorded the first pole for his team Ocean Racing Technology. [2]

Feature Race

The start of the race was delayed by 15 minutes due to a serious accident at the depot when Davide Rigon's car number one mechanic, 57-year-old Trident Racing team mechanic Vasco Rossi, was injured when a wheel gun was left in the path of Ricardo Teixeira's car as he was leaving the pits to join the dummy grid, causing the air hose to get caught by the rear wheel and dragging a metal beam down on to Rossi's head. Stefano Coletti hit the barrier very hard [3] [4]

Parente won the 100th race in GP2 history — again the first for his team — and the second of his career. [5]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid
125 Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 1:54.9701
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 1:55.0505
310 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:55.1022
44 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes iSport International 1:55.1503
55 Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 1:55.1524
624 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 1:55.1706
711 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 1:55.2107
85 Flag of Spain.svg Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 1:55.2558
99 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:55.4629
1017 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:55.48210
118 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 1:55.51711
123 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde iSport International 1:55.56012
1315 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 1:55.78513
1419 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon Trident Racing 1:55.80614
1516 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:55.82215
1626 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck David Price Racing 1:55.85816
172 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 1:55.92817
1814 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 1:56.06118
196 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 1:56.06319
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 1:56.28520
2122 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Durango 1:56.63421
2218 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 1:57.68822
2323 Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici Durango 1:57.79223
DNQ27 Flag of France.svg Franck Perera David Price Racing 2:24.927

Feature Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
125 Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 250:54:12.997110 + 2 + 1
210 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 25+0.94328
37 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25+3.17956
49 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 25+3.46895
55 Flag of Spain.svg Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 25+4.34984
63 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde iSport International 25+4.687123
717 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 25+5.459102
812 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 25+5.972201
94 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes iSport International 25+29.1053
108 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25+32.31511
1123 Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici Durango 25+35.47423
1222 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Durango 23Accident21
1315 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 22+3 laps13
Ret16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 20Retired15
Ret14 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 13Collision18
Ret2 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 13Collision17
Ret24 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 7Collision6
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon Trident Racing 7Collision14
Ret1 Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 6Collision damage4
Ret6 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 0Accident19
Ret11 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 0Collision7
Ret26 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck David Price Racing 0Collision16
Ret18 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 0Collision22
DNQ27 Flag of France.svg Franck Perera David Price Racing
Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (Ocean Racing Technology) 1:57.468 (lap 22)

Sprint Race

Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race. Giedo van der Garde 2009 GP2 Spa-Francorchamps.jpg
Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race.
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde iSport International 1837:54.28136
25 Flag of Spain.svg Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 18+3.10245
34 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Nunes iSport International 18+4.99894
411 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 18+6.292223 + 1
519 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Rigon Trident Racing 18+13.809172
61 Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 18+17.459181
724 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 18+18.80016
82 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 18+20.03915
926 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck David Price Racing 18+21.40319
1015 Flag of Spain.svg Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 18+22.86012
1117 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 18+25.2912
126 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 18+36.04520
1323 Flag of France.svg Nelson Panciatici Durango 18+48.74611
1418 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 18+54.77921
Ret12 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 4Collision damage1
Ret7 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 4Collision6
Ret25 Flag of Portugal.svg Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 2Retired8
Ret9 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1Accident5
Ret10 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 0Collision7
Ret8 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 0Collision10
Ret16 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 0Collision13
Ret14 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 0Collision14
DNS22 Flag of Monaco.svg Stefano Coletti Durango Injury
DNQ27 Flag of France.svg Franck Perera David Price Racing
Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Telmex Arden International) 1:56.731 (lap 7) [8]

Standings after the round

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