2010 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

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Flag of Turkey.svg    2010 Turkish GP2 round
Round details
Round 3 of 10 rounds in the
2010 GP2 Series
Istanbul park.svg
Istanbul Park
Location Istanbul Park
Istanbul, Turkey
Course Permanent racing facility
5.34 km (3.32 mi)
Feature race
Date 29 May 2010
Laps 34
Pole position
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International
Time 1:34.860
Podium
First Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Second Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Time 1:37.010 (on lap 15)
Sprint race
Date 30 May 2010
Laps 23
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering
Second Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax
Third Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International
Time 1:36.770 (on lap 3)

The 2010 Turkish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 29 and May 30, 2010 at the Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the third race of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix.

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Report

Feature Race

Pastor Maldonado became the fifth winner in as many races in GP2 in 2010 following a dominant victory in Turkey. Rapax driver Maldonado got past polesitter Davide Valsecchi (iSport) at the start and never looked troubled, lapping up to a second quicker than his rivals before slowing down in the final stages of the race and settling for a huge victory margin of 17.9 seconds. There was rather more competition for the remaining podium places. Valsecchi spent the first stint trying to hold off Sergio Pérez, only for the Mexican to leapfrog him in the pits. But Pérez's pace began to fade dramatically as the race progressed and Valsecchi capitalised with a nice move at the end of lap 26 to reclaim second. That was Valsecchi's afternoon sorted, but Pérez now had ART's Sam Bird to worry about, and after a prolonged battled the Briton came out on top to steal the final podium spot, leaving Pérez to just barely hold off Addax team-mate Giedo van der Garde for fourth. By comparison, Maldonado's Rapax team-mate Luiz Razia had a relatively serene drive to sixth, but there was more action just behind him. DPR's Giacomo Ricci and Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris were disputing the final point for eighth when they made contact and sailed off the track, allowing Ricci's stablemate Michael Herck past. Vietoris continued, but Ricci was forced to retire. Not content with provisional pole for Sunday, Herck then dispensed with Racing Engineering's Dani Clos for seventh, and Clos later dropped behind Vietoris to inadvertently give the German pole position for the sprint race. iSport's third-place qualifier Oliver Turvey had a terrible afternoon, losing two spots off the start and then being dealt a drivethrough penalty for moving twice to defend his position. It was while honouring that penalty that he was then picked up for speeding in pitlane, resulting in another drive-through and an eventual finishing position of 15th. Scuderia Coloni lost both cars late in the race when Vladimir Arabadzhiev crashed into the tyre wall with two laps remaining and Alberto Valerio spun and stalled moments later, while Super Nova's Marcus Ericsson was forced to park at mid-distance when his engine exploded. The other major incident occurred much earlier, when Spain feature race winner Charles Pic and ART's Jules Bianchi found themselves on the same patch of Turn 3 at the same time; the resultant collision putting both out of the race.

Sprint Race

Dani Clos claimed his maiden GP2 victory with a dominant lights-to-flag win in the sprint race at Istanbul Park. The 21-year-old held off the challenge of Racing Engineering team-mate Christian Vietoris into the first corner to lead, taking the chequered flag 23 laps later 8.8 seconds ahead of Rapax driver Luiz Razia to become the sixth GP2 winner in six races in 2010. Vietoris had looked on course to make it a comfortable one-two for the Spanish team, only to retire with a mechanical problem, which left Razia to take an easy runner-up spot. Addax's Giedo van de Garde claimed third place after getting ahead of third-place starter Michael Herck (DPR) on the opening lap, but he had to absorb pressure from race one pole position starter David Valsecchi throughout the race. Herck shadowed iSport's Valsecchi to the finish to take fifth place, with race one winner Pastor Maldonado (Rapax) taking the final point for sixth place to consolidate his championship lead but unable to get on terms with the three-car group ahead of him. DAMS driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio, a race-winner in Monaco in the previous round, lost seventh place to the inspired Sergio Pérez on the last lap. The Barwa Addax driver had started from the back of the grid after being found to be underweight following his fourth-place finish in the feature race, but made up 11 places in the opening laps. ART's Sam Bird ended up 10th after being passed by d'Ambrosio, Pérez and Ho-Pin Tung in quick succession in the closing laps after suddenly dropping to around two seconds off the pace. His team-mate Jules Bianchi was involved in some hectic midfield racing but could only make it up to 13th after his early retirement yesterday. Arden's Charles Pic – the man Bianchi tangled with in the feature race – missed today's round due to food poisoning. Former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC award winner Oliver Turvey's nightmare weekend ended with 18th place after stalling on the grid and then being hit with a drive-through penalty.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid
110 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:34.8601
215 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1:34.8752
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International 1:35.1353
44 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 1:35.1944
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:35.2675
63 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 1:35.3486
77 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:35.3647
816 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1:35.4118
920 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 1:35.4919
1014 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax 1:35.52710
118 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1:35.66411
121 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:35.67612
1327 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:35.75013
1426 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck DPR 1:35.76214
1518 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 1:35.84215
1611 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:35.92616
175 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Super Nova Racing 1:35.95517
1825 Flag of South Africa.svg Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 1:35.95718
196 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 1:35.97319
2024 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 1:36.04720
2119 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:36.16721
2221 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 1:36.56422
2317 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 1:36.62824 1
2412 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1:36.66323

Notes

1. ^ – Rodolfo González received a three-place grid penalty because of impeding Michael Herck in qualifying. [1]

Feature Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
115 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax 320:52:33.219210 + 1
210 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International 32+19.53118 + 2
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 32+23.32756
43 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 32+26.12965
514 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax 32+26.746104
626 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck DPR 32+30.444143
78 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 32+36.719112
87 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering 32+41.46971
918 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 32+48.58215
1011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 32+49.84816
1112 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 32+50.31523
1224 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 32+55.99620
1319 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 32+1:06.80121
149 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International 32+1:08.3923
155 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Super Nova Racing 32+1:22.46417
1617 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 32+1:23.78924
1720 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 29Spun off/Stalled9
Ret21 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 27Accident21
Ret25 Flag of South Africa.svg Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 27+1:16.29218
Ret27 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci DPR 25Collision13
Ret6 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 11Engine19
Ret16 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1Colission8
Ret1 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1Colission12
DSQ4 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 32Disqualified4

Sprint Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
17 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering 230:37:25.21116 + 1
214 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax 23+8.87045
33 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 23+12.99654
410 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International 23+13.47973
526 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck DPR 23+14.50332
615 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax 23+19.11881
74 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 23+20.08024
811 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 23+20.48810
912 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 23+23.86811
102 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 23+29.5606
1118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 23+31.6669
1224 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 23+36.15912
131 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 23+40.54923
145 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Král Super Nova Racing 23+40.62515
1519 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 23+48.44413
1617 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 23+48.68216
1727 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci DPR 23+49.06120
189 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International 22+1 lap14
1920 Flag of Italy.svg Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 21+2 laps17
Ret25 Flag of South Africa.svg Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 17Retired19
Ret8 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 9Retired2
Ret6 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 5Retired21
Ret21 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 3Retired18
DNS16 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 0Did not start22

Standings after the round

See also

References

  1. "Gonzalez penalised after qualifying". gp2series.com. GP2 series. 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
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