2010 Silverstone GP2 Series round

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg    2010 British GP2 round
Round details
Round 5 of 10 rounds in the
2010 GP2 Series
Silverstone circuit.svg
Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone Circuit
Northamptonshire, Britain
Course Permanent racing facility
5.901 km (3.667 mi)
Feature race
Date 10 July 2010
Laps 33
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix
Time 1.39.189
Podium
First Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Second Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix
Third Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Time 1.41.663 (on lap 23)
Sprint race
Date 11 July 2010
Laps 23
Podium
First Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International
Third Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team
Time 1.41.610 (on lap 6)

The 2010 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 10 and 11, 2010 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Britain. It was the fifth round of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 British Grand Prix.

Contents

Report

Qualifying

Jules Bianchi claimed pole for the Feature Race.

Feature Race

Pastor Maldonado extended his series lead with victory in the Silverstone Feature Race. The Rapax driver jumped polesitter Jules Bianchi (ART) at the start and never looked threatened from there on, gradually extending his advantage to win by 10.1 seconds. Bianchi was second ahead of Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who came home a further 9.4s down the road. It was a largely processional affair through most of the field, with Bianchi's ART team-mate Sam Bird having an equally straightforward run to fourth, although Sergio Pérez and Christian Vietoris did their best to inject some interest with their scrap for fifth over the second half of the race. Addax driver Pérez finally found a way past the German Racing Engineering man with two laps to go, although sixth was still a good reward for Vietoris after starting from 12th on the grid. iSport's Davide Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey were able to mop up the remaining points when Addax's Giedo van der Garde made a mistake on the final lap while running fifth, allowing Valescchi to pass him immediately and Turvey to follow a couple of corners later to claim pole for the sprint race. Only two cars failed to make the finish, with Rapax's Luiz Razia pulling off the track midway through the race, and DAMS' Ho-Pin Tung retiring after several visits to the pits. Tung had started the race in a brand-new, unliveried chassis that was rushed through scrutineering this morning after destroying his race car in a trip over the kerbs during Friday practice.

Sprint Race

Sergio Pérez got his season back on track with a crushing win for Addax in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone. The Mexican passed Davide Valsecchi and his iSport team-mate Oliver Turvey in the opening phase of the race and immediately left the rest of the field behind, routinely posting laps more than a second quicker than his rivals to finally cross the line with a margin of 15.7 seconds. Polesitter Turvey managed to hold on for second, earning himself his first GP2 main series podium. He had become the local crowd's only realistic hope of a home podium after ART's Sam Bird was prevented from taking the start by an engine failure on an installation lap. Turvey's result did not come easily. He saw off Valsecchi without difficulty, but soon found himself under pressure from Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who had made good progress from sixth on the grid. The Spaniard launched several attacks but never managed to find a way through, and after seeing off a late challenge from Pastor Maldonado (Rapax), settled for third. Valsecchi, meanwhile, seemed to be struggling for pace and steadily dropped down the order, losing fifth to ART's Jules Bianchi at Abbey with a couple of laps remaining. He hung on to claim the final point for sixth.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid
11 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:39.1891
215 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1:39.3252
38 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1:39.42312
47 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:39.6533
59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International 1:39.7014
62 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:39.7565
716 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1:39.7916
83 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 1:39.8097
920 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 1:39.81117
104 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 1:39.8948
1110 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:39.9019
1211 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:39.94110
135 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 1:39.98411
1427 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:40.28813
1526 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck DPR 1:40.34214
166 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 1:40.51115
1714 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax 1:40.55916
1824 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 1:40.74723
1925 Flag of South Africa.svg Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 1:40.81218
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.04619
2117 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 1:41.34420
2219 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:41.54821
2321 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 1:41.65422
2412 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung DAMS No time24

Feature Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
115 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax 2950:21.479210 + 1
21 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 29+10.12518 + 2
37 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering 29+19.54936
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 29+20.97955
54 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 29+32.03994
68 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 29+35.539133
710 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International 29+37.702102
89 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International 29+38.75341
93 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 29+39.0877
1016 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 29+39.8456
1111 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 29+40.10111
126 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 29+53.94916
1327 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci DPR 29+54.90614
1420 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 29+1:02.1328
1525 Flag of South Africa.svg Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 29+1:11.97319
1617 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 29+1:12.82521
1719 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 29+1:14.21422
1824 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 29+1:16.11318
1918 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 29+1:17.80520
205 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 29+1:33.65212
2121 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 29+1:34.24323
2226 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck DPR 28+1 Lap15
Ret14 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax 18Retirement17
Ret12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 12Retirement24

Sprint Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 2135:54.53146+1
29 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey iSport International 21+15.38615
37 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Clos Racing Engineering 21+15.99764
415 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Rapax 21+16.42683
51 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 21+17.60072
610 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Valsecchi iSport International 21+21.76721
73 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 21+22.7529
816 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 21+24.20710
95 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 21+24.48320
108 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 21+25.0573
1111 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 21+25.85311
1227 Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Ricci DPR 21+25.97713
1319 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 21+30.19217
1426 Flag of Romania.svg Michael Herck DPR 21+30.50722
1512 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 21+30.90324
1614 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Razia Rapax 21+45.72823
1721 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 21+48.71321
186 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 21+49.95612
1918 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 21+50.21419
2017 Flag of Venezuela.svg Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 21+55.45616
2125 Flag of South Africa.svg Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 21+1:19.31315
2220 Flag of Brazil.svg Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 20+1 lap14
2324 Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 19+2 laps18
DNS2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 0Did not start5

Standings after the round

See also

Previous round:
2010 Valencian GP2 round
GP2 Series
2010 season
Next round:
2010 German GP2 round
Previous round:
2009 British GP2 round
British GP2 roundNext round:
2011 British GP2 round

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