2009 Catalunya GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Spain
Grand Prix:	Spanish
Round No:	1
Season No:	10
Year:	2009
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.892
Course Km:	4.655
Date R1:	9 May
Laps R1:	43
Pole Driver Country:	France
Pole Driver:	Romain Grosjean
Pole Team:	Barwa Campos Team
Pole Time:	1:27.510
First Driver Country R1:	France
First Driver R1:	Romain Grosjean
First Team R1:	Barwa Campos Team
Second Driver Country R1:	Russia
Second Team R1:	Barwa Campos Team
Third Driver Country R1:	Belgium
Third Driver R1:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Third Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R1:	France
Fast Driver R1:	Romain Grosjean
Fast Team R1:	Barwa Campos Team
Fast Time R1:	1:31.070
Fast Lap R1:	5
Date R2:	10 May
Laps R2:	26
First Driver Country R2:	Italy
First Driver R2:	Edoardo Mortara
First Team R2:	Telmex Arden International
Second Driver Country R2:	France
Second Driver R2:	Romain Grosjean
Second Team R2:	Barwa Campos Team
Third Driver Country R2:	Belgium
Third Driver R2:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Third Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R2:	Italy
Fast Driver R2:	Edoardo Mortara
Fast Team R2:	Telmex Arden International
Fast Time R2:	1:30.063
Fast Lap R2:	4

The 2009 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 9 and May 10, 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first race of the 2009 GP2 Season. The race was used to support the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix

Report

The first race resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Campos Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Jérôme d'Ambrosio finishing third for DAMS.

The second race was won by Edoardo Mortara for Telmex Arden International, with Romain Grosjean and Jérôme d'Ambrosio also on the podium. Mortara finished sixth in his first race, so was automatically on Pole for race 2. He wins in his first ever GP2 Weekend.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Team	Time	Grid
1	2		1:27.510	1
2	7	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:27.531	2
3	1	Barwa Campos Team	1:28.027	3
4	10	ART Grand Prix	1:28.088	4
5	20	FMSI	1:28.090	5
6	14	Super Nova Racing	1:28.195	9
7	16	DAMS	1:28.209	6
8	4	iSport International	1:28.253	7
9	5	Piquet GP	1:28.266	8
10	9	ART Grand Prix	1:28.283	10
11	11	Telmex Arden International	1:28.374	11
12	15	Super Nova Racing	1:28.381	15
13	12	Telmex Arden International	1:28.451	12
14	24	Ocean Racing Technology	1:28.488	13
15	25	Ocean Racing Technology	1:28.608	14
16	6	Piquet GP	1:28.688	16
17	8	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:28.691	17
18	3	iSport International	1:28.796	18
19	19	Trident Racing	1:28.872	19
20	22	Durango	1:29.164	20
21	21	FMSI	1:29.185	21
22	17	DAMS	1:29.350	22
23	27	DPR	1:29.524	23
24	23	Durango	1:29.560	24
25	18	Trident Racing	1:31.115	25
26	26	DPR	1:31.875	26

Notes

– Luca Filippi and Javier Villa was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to sufficiently heed yellow flags during free practice.^[1]

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	39	1:02:22.709	1	10 + 2 + 1
2	1	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	39	+2.459	3	8
3	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	39	+6.349	7	6
4	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	39	+8.346	6	5
5	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	39	+8.741	10	4
6	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	39	+12.529	13	3
7	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	39	+12.748	18	2
8	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	39	+14.063	22	1
9	10		ART Grand Prix	39	+14.260	4
10	15		Super Nova Racing	39	+15.200	12
11	4		iSport International	39	+16.669	8
12	23		Durango	39	+17.756	24
13	26		DPR	39	+18.445	26
14	11		Telmex Arden International	39	+18.595	11
15	6		Piquet GP	39	+1:04.629	16
16	21		FMSI	38	+1 Lap	21
17	19		Trident Racing	38	+1 Lap	19
Ret	7		Fat Burner Racing Engineering	32	Collision	2
Ret	25		Ocean Racing Technology	32	Collision	15
Ret	8		Fat Burner Racing Engineering	31	Mechanical	17
Ret	24		Ocean Racing Technology	27	Retired	14
Ret	5		Piquet GP	25	Retired	9
Ret	22		Durango	16	Spun off	20
Ret	18		Trident Racing	11	Accident	25
Ret	20		FMSI	5	Retired	5
Ret	27		DPR	1	Collision damage	23

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	26	39:55.235	3	6 + 1
2	2	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	26	+1.251	8	5
3	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	26	+6.516	6	4
4	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	26	+14.638	2	3
5	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	26	+17.170	1	2
6	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	26	+20.099	4	1
7	14		Super Nova Racing	26	+28.971	5
8	4		iSport International	26	+29.258	11
9	1		Barwa Campos Team	26	+29.433	7
10	7		Fat Burner Racing Engineering	26	+31.038	18
11	25		Ocean Racing Technology	26	+32.026	19
12	21		FMSI	26	+33.167	16
13	6		Piquet GP	26	+33.789	15
14	10		ART Grand Prix	26	+34.278	9
15	27		DPR	26	+38.913	26
16	22		Durango	26	+40.811	23
17	11		Telmex Arden International	26	+42.258	14
18	23		Durango	26	+59.664	12
19	8		Fat Burner Racing Engineering	26	+59.747	20
20	18		Trident Racing	26	+1:00.052	24
21	19		Trident Racing	25	+1 Lap	17
Ret	24		Ocean Racing Technology	21	Retired	21
Ret	15		Super Nova Racing	17	Retired	10
Ret	26		DPR	12	Retired	13
Ret	20		FMSI	9	Spun off	25
Ret	5		Piquet GP	0	Accident	22

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Romain Grosjean	18
2	Edoardo Mortara	10
3	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	10
4	Vitaly Petrov	8
5	Luca Filippi	5

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Barwa Campos Team	26
2	DAMS	13
3	Telmex Arden International	10
4	iSport International	5
5	Super Nova Racing	5

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

External links

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75190
https://web.archive.org/web/20090517084521/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2309
https://web.archive.org/web/20120929185910/http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13231:gp2--2009-spain-qualifying-report-a-results-romain-grosjean-storms-to-pole&catid=18:gp2&Itemid=132

Notes and References

News: Super Nova Racing drivers get penalty ahead of qualifying. 27 May 2011. F1SA. 27 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120929185930/http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13233:gp2--2009-spain-super-nova-racing-drivers-get-penalty-ahead-of-qualifying&catid=18:gp2&Itemid=132. 29 September 2012. dead.