2009 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Asia Series round explained

Country:	BHR
Grand Prix:	Bahrain
Round No:	6
Season No:	6
Season:	2009
Year:	2009
Location:	Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.363
Course Km:	5.412
Date R1:	25 April
Laps R1:	33 (178.596 km)
Pole Driver Country:	JPN
Pole Driver:	Kamui Kobayashi
Pole Team:	DAMS
Pole Time:	1:43.863
First Driver Country R1:	BRA
First Driver R1:	Diego Nunes
First Team R1:	Piquet GP
Second Driver Country R1:	ESP
Second Driver R1:	Roldán Rodríguez
Second Team R1:	Piquet GP
Third Driver Country R1:	BEL
Third Driver R1:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Third Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R1:	BEL
Fast Driver R1:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Fast Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Time R1:	1:46.954
Fast Lap R1:	23
Date R2:	26 April
Laps R2:	23 (124.476 km)
First Driver Country R2:	BRA
First Driver R2:	Luiz Razia
First Team R2:	Arden International Motorsport
Second Driver Country R2:	BEL
Second Driver R2:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Second Team R2:	DAMS
Third Driver Country R2:	ITA
Third Driver R2:	Davide Rigon
Third Team R2:	Trident Racing
Fast Driver Country R2:	BEL
Fast Driver R2:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Fast Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Time R2:	1:46.648
Fast Lap R2:	6

The 2009 Bahrain 2nd GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 25 and 26 April 2009 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the final showdown of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:43.752		11
2	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:43.863	+0.111	1
3	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:43.910	+0.158	2
4	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:44.014	+0.262	3
5	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1:44.101	+0.349	4
6	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	1:44.141	+0.389	5
7	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:44.174	+0.422	6
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:44.310	+0.558	7
9	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:44.319	+0.567	8
10	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:44.321	+0.569	9
11	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	1:44.472	+0.720	10
12	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:44.477	+0.725	12
13	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:44.546	+0.794	13
14	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:44.552	+0.800	14
15	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	1:44.649	+0.897	15
16	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:44.673	+0.921	16
17	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:44.705	+0.953	17
18	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:44.747	+0.995	18
19	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	1:44.864	+1.112	19
20	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:44.879	+1.127	20
21	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:44.921	+1.169	21
22	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:45.676	+1.924	22
23	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.837	+2.085	23
24	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:46.428	+2.676	24
25	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	1:46.485	+2.733	25
26	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	1:46.702	+2.950	26
Source:^[1]

• Jérôme d'Ambrosio recorded the fastest time in the time trial, but got a ten-place penalty after receiving a black flag in the previous Malaysian sprint race.

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	33	59:59.025	3	10
2	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	33	+4.906	2	8
3	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	33	+7.905	11	6+1
4	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	33	+15.282	1	5+2
5	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	33	+20.774	6	4
6	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	33	+31.624	17	3
7	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	33	+48.010	15	2
8	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	33	+50.923	5	1
9	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	33	+55.684	10
10	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	33	+55.853	14
11	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	33	+57.571	22
12	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	33	+57.875	13
13	22	Michael Herck	DPR	33	+58.122	21
14	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	33	+1:05.328	12
15	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	33	+1:15.745	8
16	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	33	+1:18.479	7
17	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	33	+1:28.508	25
18	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+1 lap	23
19	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	31	+2 laps	20
Ret	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	16	Retired	18
Ret	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	12	Retired	19
Ret	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	12	Retired	9
Ret	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	7	Retired	16
Ret	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	4	Retired	24
Ret	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	0	Retired	4
Ret	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	0	Retired	26
Source:^[2]

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	23	43:47.690	1	6
2	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+11.494	6	5+1
3	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	23	+12.646	2	4
4	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	23	+13.349	3	3
5	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	23	+13.892	5	2
6	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	23	+19.362	8	1
7	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	23	+23.183	4
8	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+27.813	14
9	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+31.989	12
10	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	23	+34.428	11
11	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+36.252	19
12	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	23	+36.666	15
13	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+37.230	22
14	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	23	+39.266	10
15	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+41.122	18
16	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	23	+42.111	21
17	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	23	+52.089	23
18	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	23	+1:05.417	24
19	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	23	+1:10.175	26
Ret	22	Michael Herck	DPR	16	Retired	13
Ret	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	13	Retired	17
Ret	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	0	Retired	7
Ret	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	9
Ret	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	0	Retired	16
Ret	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	0	Retired	20
Ret	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	0	Retired	25
Source:^[3]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Kamui Kobayashi	56
5	2	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	36
2	3	Roldán Rodríguez	35
2	4	Davide Valsecchi	34
2	5	Vitaly Petrov	28

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	DAMS	92
2	2	Piquet GP	59
1	3	Barwa International Campos Team	54
1	4	ART Grand Prix	47
	5	Durango	34

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix
• 2009 Bahrain 2nd Speedcar Series round

Notes and References

1. Web site: GP2 Asia: Bahrain 2009 - Qualifying Results. 5 January 2022 . Pitpass.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090426113619/http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=37669 . 26 April 2009 . dead.
2. Web site: GP2 Asia: Bahrain 2009 - Race 1 Results . 25 July 2022 . Pitpass.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427115732/http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=37692 . 27 April 2009 . dead.
3. Web site: GP2 Asia: Bahrain 2009 - Race 2 Results . 25 July 2022 . Pitpass.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430134143/http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=37700 . 30 April 2009 . dead.