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2009 Catalunya GP2 Series round

2009 GP2 race held in Spain

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2009 GP2 race held in Spain

Field	Value
Country	Spain
Grand Prix	Spanish
Round_No	1
Season_No	10
Image	Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg
Caption	Circuit de Catalunya
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_driver_r1	Vitaly Petrov
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

Montmeló, Spain 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

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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	Driver	Team	Time
2	FRA Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	1:27.510	1
7	BRA Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:27.531	2
1	RUS Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	1:28.027	3
10	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	1:28.088	4
20	ARE Andreas Zuber	FMSI	1:28.090	5
14	ITA Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:28.195	9
16	BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:28.209	6
4	BRA Diego Nunes	iSport International	1:28.253	7
5	ESP Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:28.266	8
9	VEN Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1:28.283	10
11	MEX Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	1:28.374	11
15	ESP Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:28.381	15
12	ITA Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	1:28.451	12
24	IND Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	1:28.488	13
25	PRT Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	1:28.608	14
6	BRA Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	1:28.688	16
8	ESP Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:28.691	17
3	NLD Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	1:28.796	18
19	ITA Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	1:28.872	19
22	ITA Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:29.164	20
21	BRA Luiz Razia	FMSI	1:29.185	21
17	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:29.350	22
27	ITA Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:29.524	23
23	FRA Nelson Panciatici	Durango	1:29.560	24
18	PRT Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	1:31.115	25
26	ROU Michael Herck	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.

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
2	FRA Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	39	1:02:22.709	1	10 + 2 + 1
1	RUS Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	39	+2.459	3	8
16	BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	39	+6.349	7	6
14	ITA Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	39	+8.346	6	5
9	VEN Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	39	+8.741	10	4
12	ITA Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	39	+12.529	13	3
3	NLD Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	39	+12.748	18	2
17	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	39	+14.063	22	1
10	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	39	+14.260	4
15	ESP Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	39	+15.200	12
4	BRA Diego Nunes	iSport International	39	+16.669	8
23	FRA Nelson Panciatici	Durango	39	+17.756	24
26	ROU Michael Herck	DPR	39	+18.445	26
11	MEX Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	39	+18.595	11
6	BRA Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	39	+1:04.629	16
21	BRA Luiz Razia	FMSI	38	+1 Lap	21
19	ITA Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	38	+1 Lap	19
7	BRA Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	32	Collision	2
25	PRT Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	32	Collision	15
8	ESP Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	31	Mechanical	17
24	IND Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	27	Retired	14
5	ESP Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	25	Retired	9
22	ITA Davide Valsecchi	Durango	16	Spun off	20
18	PRT Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	11	Accident	25
20	ARE Andreas Zuber	FMSI	5	Retired	5
27	ITA Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1	Collision damage	23

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
12	ITA Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	26	39:55.235	3	6 + 1
2	FRA Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	26	+1.251	8	5
16	BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	26	+6.516	6	4
3	NLD Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	26	+14.638	2	3
17	JPN Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	26	+17.170	1	2
9	VEN Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	26	+20.099	4	1
14	ITA Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	26	+28.971	5
4	BRA Diego Nunes	iSport International	26	+29.258	11
1	RUS Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Campos Team	26	+29.433	7
7	BRA Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	26	+31.038	18
25	PRT Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	26	+32.026	19
21	BRA Luiz Razia	FMSI	26	+33.167	16
6	BRA Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	26	+33.789	15
10	DEU Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	26	+34.278	9
27	ITA Giacomo Ricci	DPR	26	+38.913	26
22	ITA Davide Valsecchi	Durango	26	+40.811	23
11	MEX Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	26	+42.258	14
23	FRA Nelson Panciatici	Durango	26	+59.664	12
8	ESP Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	26	+59.747	20
18	PRT Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	26	+1:00.052	24
19	ITA Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	25	+1 Lap	17
24	IND Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	21	Retired	21
15	ESP Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	17	Retired	10
26	ROU Michael Herck	DPR	12	Retired	13
20	ARE Andreas Zuber	FMSI	9	Spun off	25
5	ESP Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	0	Accident	22

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	FRA Romain Grosjean
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	ITA Edoardo Mortara
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	RUS Vitaly Petrov
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	ITA Luca Filippi

;Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	1	ESP Barwa Campos Team
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	2	FRA DAMS
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	3	NLD Telmex Arden International
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	4	GBR iSport International
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg	10px]]	5	GBR Super Nova Racing

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

References

(27 May 2011). "Super Nova Racing drivers get penalty ahead of qualifying". F1SA.

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