2007 Bahrain GP2 Series round explained

Country:	BHR
Grand Prix:	Bahrain
Round No:	1
Season No:	11
Year:	2007
Location:	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course:	Permanent racing circuit
Course Mi:	3.363
Course Km:	5.412
Date R1:	14 April
Laps R1:	33
Pole Driver Country:	ITA
Pole Driver:	Luca Filippi
Pole Team:	Super Nova International
Pole Time:	1:40.873
First Driver Country R1:	ITA
First Driver R1:	Luca Filippi
First Team R1:	Super Nova International
Second Driver Country R1:	GER
Second Driver R1:	Timo Glock
Second Team R1:	iSport International
Third Driver Country R1:	UAE
Third Driver R1:	Andreas Zuber
Third Team R1:	iSport International
Fast Driver Country R1:	JPN
Fast Driver R1:	Kazuki Nakajima
Fast Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Time R1:	1:43.226
Fast Lap R1:	27
Date R2:	15 April
Laps R2:	23
First Driver Country R2:	FRA
First Driver R2:	Nicolas Lapierre
First Team R2:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R2:	GER
Second Driver R2:	Timo Glock
Second Team R2:	iSport International
Third Driver Country R2:	ITA
Third Driver R2:	Luca Filippi
Third Team R2:	Super Nova International
Fast Driver Country R2:	GER
Fast Driver R2:	Timo Glock
Fast Team R2:	iSport International
Fast Time R2:	1:44.172
Fast Lap R2:	8

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
1	16	Luca Filippi	Super Nova International	1:40.873		1
2	3	Alexandre Negrão	Minardi Piquet Sports	1:40.958	+0.085	2
3	6	Andreas Zuber	iSport International	1:41.034	+0.161	3
4	2	Lucas di Grassi	ART Grand Prix	1:41.052	+0.179	4
5	7	Bruno Senna	Arden International	1:41.203	+0.330	5
6	12	Kohei Hirate	Trident Racing	1:41.213	+0.340	6
7	5	Timo Glock	iSport International	1:41.225	+0.352	7
8	26	Borja García	Durango	1:41.252	+0.379	8
9	22	Kazuki Nakajima	DAMS	1:41.306	+0.433	9
10	17	Mike Conway	Super Nova International	1:41.332	+0.459	10
11	23	Nicolas Lapierre	DAMS	1:41.458	+0.585	11
12	9	Antônio Pizzonia	Petrol Ofisi FMS International	1:41.544	+0.671	12
13	25	Giorgio Pantano	Campos Grand Prix	1:41.549	+0.676	13
14	8	Adrian Zaugg	Arden International	1:41.715	+0.842	14
15	1	Michael Ammermüller	ART Grand Prix	1:41.746	+0.873	15
16	27	Karun Chandhok	Durango	1:41.810	+0.937	16
17	4	Roldán Rodríguez	Minardi Piquet Sports	1:41.951	+1.078	17
18	18	Sakon Yamamoto	BCN Competición	1:42.139	+1.266	18
19	11	Pastor Maldonado	Trident Racing	1:42.189	+1.316	19
20	10	Jason Tahinci	Petrol Ofisi FMS International	1:42.234	+1.361	20
21	14	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:42.255	+1.382	21
22	15	Sérgio Jimenez	Racing Engineering	1:42.492	+1.619	22
23	24	Vitaly Petrov	Campos Grand Prix	1:42.561	+1.688	23
24	19	Ho-Pin Tung	BCN Competición	1:43.001	+2.128	24
25	21	Andy Soucek	DPR	1:43.257	+2.384	25
26	20	Christian Bakkerud	DPR	1:43.333	+2.460	26
107% time 1:47.934
Source:^[1]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Luca Filippi	Super Nova International	33	58:34.676	1	10+2
2	5	Timo Glock	iSport International	33	+8.162	7	8
3	6	Andreas Zuber	iSport International	33	+11.903	3	6
4	7	Bruno Senna	Arden International	33	+16.373	5	5
5	2	Lucas di Grassi	ART Grand Prix	33	+18.074	4	4
6	8	Adrian Zaugg	Arden International	33	+39.135	14	3
7	23	Nicolas Lapierre	DAMS	33	+39.462	11	2
8	26	Borja García	Durango	33	+40.122	8	1
9	27	Karun Chandhok	Durango	33	+43.505	16
10	1	Michael Ammermüller	ART Grand Prix	33	+51.883	15
11	18	Sakon Yamamoto	BCN Competición	33	+1:02.082	18
12	21	Andy Soucek	DPR	33	+1:04.142	25
13	20	Christian Bakkerud	DPR	33	+1:04.409	26
14	24	Vitaly Petrov	Campos Grand Prix	33	+1:09.289	23
15	19	Ho-Pin Tung	BCN Competición	33	+1:12.116	24
16	9	Antônio Pizzonia	Petrol Ofisi FMS International	32	+1 lap	12
17	22	Kazuki Nakajima	DAMS	32	+1 lap	9	1
18	12	Kohei Hirate	Trident Racing	32	+1 lap	PL
19	15	Sérgio Jimenez	Racing Engineering	31	+2 laps	PL
Ret	3	Alexandre Negrão	Minardi Piquet Sports	14	Accident	2
Ret	14	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	7	Engine	21
Ret	10	Jason Tahinci	Petrol Ofisi FMS International	3	Gearbox	20
Ret	4	Roldán Rodríguez	Minardi Piquet Sports	1	Engine	17
Ret	17	Mike Conway	Super Nova International	0	Gearbox	10
DNS	25	Giorgio Pantano	Campos Grand Prix	0	Clutch	13
DNS	11	Pastor Maldonado	Trident Racing	0	Gearbox	19
Fastest 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
1	23	Nicolas Lapierre	DAMS	23	43:30.252	2	6
2	5	Timo Glock	iSport International	23	+3.183	7	5+1
3	16	Luca Filippi	Super Nova International	23	+6.686	8	4
4	26	Borja García	Durango	23	+8.416	1	3
5	17	Mike Conway	Super Nova International	23	+10.178	24	2
6	22	Kazuki Nakajima	DAMS	23	+11.089	17	1
7	1	Michael Ammermüller	ART Grand Prix	23	+12.259	10
8	7	Bruno Senna	Arden International	23	+22.427	5
9	21	Andy Soucek	DPR	23	+25.857	12
10	14	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	23	+26.720	21
11	24	Vitaly Petrov	Campos Grand Prix	23	+32.661	14
12	4	Roldán Rodríguez	Minardi Piquet Sports	23	+38.977	23
13	10	Jason Tahinci	Petrol Ofisi FMS International	23	+46.473	22
14	18	Sakon Yamamoto	BCN Competición	23	+1:17.896	11
15	3	Alexandre Negrão	Minardi Piquet Sports	22	+1 lap	20
16	11	Pastor Maldonado	Trident Racing	21	+2 laps	26
17	8	Adrian Zaugg	Arden International	20	+3 laps	3
Ret	25	Giorgio Pantano	Campos Grand Prix	15	Gearbox	25
Ret	12	Kohei Hirate	Trident Racing	12	Accident	18
Ret	15	Sérgio Jimenez	Racing Engineering	10	Engine	19
Ret	27	Karun Chandhok	Durango	7	Spin	9
Ret	19	Ho-Pin Tung	BCN Competición	3	Accident	15
Ret	9	Antônio Pizzonia	Petrol Ofisi FMS International	2	Accident	16
Ret	2	Lucas di Grassi	ART Grand Prix	0	Accident	4
Ret	6	Andreas Zuber	iSport International	0	Accident	6
Ret	20	Christian Bakkerud	DPR	0	Accident	13
Fastest 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.

Notes and References

1. News: GP2 Series 2007 Results - Bahrain. Team Dan. Team Dan. 22 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080226044155/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2007/gp2.html. 2008-02-26. dead.