2009 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

The 2009 Belgian GP2 round was the seventh race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on 29 August and 30, 2009 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.

   2009 Belgian GP2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 10 rounds in the 2009 GP2 Series
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	29 August 2009
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Álvaro Parente	O. Racing Technology
Time	1:54.970
Podium
First	Álvaro Parente	O. Racing Technology
Second	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
Third	Lucas di Grassi	F. B. Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Álvaro Parente	O. Racing Technology
Time	1:57.468 (on lap 22)
Sprint race
Date	30 August 2009
Laps	18
Podium
First	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International
Second	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP
Third	Diego Nunes	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergio Pérez	Arden International
Time	1:56.731 (on lap 7)

Report

Background

PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni, along with their drivers Andreas Zuber and Luiz Razia, were forced to miss the round due to unresolved financial disputes.^[1]

Qualifying

Álvaro Parente achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career, and also recorded the first pole for his team Ocean Racing Technology.^[2]

Feature Race

The start of the race was delayed by 15 minutes due to a serious accident at the depot when Davide Rigon's car number one mechanic, 57-year-old Trident Racing team mechanic Vasco Rossi, was injured when a wheel gun was left in the path of Ricardo Teixeira's car as he was leaving the pits to join the dummy grid, causing the air hose to get caught by the rear wheel and dragging a metal beam down on to Rossi's head. Stefano Coletti hit the barrier very hard^[3][4]

Parente won the 100th race in GP2 history – again the first for his team – and the second of his career.^[5]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	25	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	1:54.970	1
2	2	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:55.050	5
3	10	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	1:55.102	2
4	4	Diego Nunes	iSport International	1:55.150	3
5	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Addax Team	1:55.152	4
6	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	1:55.170	6
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	1:55.210	7
8	5	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:55.255	8
9	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1:55.462	9
10	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:55.482	10
11	8	Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	1:55.517	11
12	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	1:55.560	12
13	15	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:55.785	13
14	19	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	1:55.806	14
15	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:55.822	15
16	26	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	1:55.858	16
17	2	Davide Valsecchi	Barwa Addax Team	1:55.928	17
18	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	1:56.061	18
19	6	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	1:56.063	19
20	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	1:56.285	20
21	22	Stefano Coletti	Durango	1:56.634	21
22	18	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	1:57.688	22
23	23	Nelson Panciatici	Durango	1:57.792	23
DNQ	27	Franck Perera	David Price Racing	2:24.927	—

• ^1 Lucas di Grassi was issued a 3 place grid-penalty for impeding Karun Chandhok.^[6]
• ^2 Franck Perera did not participate in either race, as he qualified outside 107% of Álvaro Parente's pole position time, and was not within the same rule during free practice.^[6]

Feature Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	25	0:54:12.997	1	10 + 2 + 1
2	10	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	25	+0.943	2	8
3	7	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	25	+3.179	5	6
4	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	25	+3.468	9	5
5	5	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	25	+4.349	8	4
6	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	25	+4.687	12	3
7	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	25	+5.459	10	2
8	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	25	+5.972	20	1
9	4	Diego Nunes	iSport International	25	+29.105	3
10	8	Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	25	+32.315	11
11	23	Nelson Panciatici	Durango	25	+35.474	23
12	22	Stefano Coletti	Durango	23	Accident	21
13	15	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	22	+3 laps	13
Ret	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	20	Retired	15
Ret	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	13	Collision	18
Ret	2	Davide Valsecchi	Barwa Addax Team	13	Collision	17
Ret	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	7	Collision	6
Ret	19	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	7	Collision	14
Ret	1	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Addax Team	6	Collision damage	4
Ret	6	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	0	Accident	19
Ret	11	Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	0	Collision	7
Ret	26	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	0	Collision	16
Ret	18	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	0	Collision	22
DNQ	27	Franck Perera	David Price Racing
Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (Ocean Racing Technology) 1:57.468 (lap 22)

• Diego Nunes, Dani Clos and Nelson Panciatici were given 25-second time penalties by the race stewards as a result of various incidents during the feature race.^[7]

Sprint Race

Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	18	37:54.281	3	6
2	5	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	18	+3.102	4	5
3	4	Diego Nunes	iSport International	18	+4.998	9	4
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Telmex Arden International	18	+6.292	22	3 + 1
5	19	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	18	+13.809	17	2
6	1	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Addax Team	18	+17.459	18	1
7	24	Karun Chandhok	Ocean Racing Technology	18	+18.800	16
8	2	Davide Valsecchi	Barwa Addax Team	18	+20.039	15
9	26	Michael Herck	David Price Racing	18	+21.403	19
10	15	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	18	+22.860	12
11	17	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	18	+25.291	2
12	6	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	18	+36.045	20
13	23	Nelson Panciatici	Durango	18	+48.746	11
14	18	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	18	+54.779	21
Ret	12	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International	4	Collision damage	1
Ret	7	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	4	Collision	6
Ret	25	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	2	Retired	8
Ret	9	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1	Accident	5
Ret	10	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	7
Ret	8	Dani Clos	Fat Burner Racing Engineering	0	Collision	10
Ret	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	0	Collision	13
Ret	14	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing	0	Collision	14
DNS	22	Stefano Coletti	Durango		Injury
DNQ	27	Franck Perera	David Price Racing
Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Telmex Arden International) 1:56.731 (lap 7)[8]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nico Hülkenberg 83 2 Vitaly Petrov 56 3 Lucas di Grassi 46 4 Romain Grosjean 45 5 Pastor Maldonado 36

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 119 2 Barwa Addax Team 101 3 Fat Burner Racing Engineering 46 4 Super Nova Racing 44 5 Piquet GP 37

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