2009 GP2 Series

For the Asian-based series, see 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series.

The 2009 GP2 Series season was the forty-third season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifth season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season consisted of twenty races at ten rounds, beginning on 9 May at the Circuit de Catalunya and finishing on 20 September at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The Algarve circuit hosted its first GP2 weekend, and was the only new circuit on the calendar. The Nürburgring also returned as part of its rotation with Hockenheim as the home of the German Grand Prix.

2009 GP2 Series

Drivers' Champion: Nico Hülkenberg
Teams' Champion: ART Grand Prix

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2008

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2010

Nico Hülkenberg won the championship by a margin of 25 points over Vitaly Petrov. His team ART Grand Prix also wrapped up the teams' title, holding off Barwa Addax by 14 points.

The title was won by German rookie Nico Hülkenberg at the penultimate round of the championship at Monza, the first time the series had been won before the final round. His team ART Grand Prix claimed the teams title in the Algarve.

Barwa Addax's title contender Romain Grosjean left the series mid-season to join the Renault for the remainder of the Formula One season following Nelson Piquet Jr.'s sacking.

Champion Hülkenberg, runner-up Petrov and 3rd place Lucas di Grassi all drove in the 2010 Formula One season for Williams, Renault and new team Virgin Racing respectively. 16th place Kamui Kobayashi took part in the final two races of the 2009 Formula One season for Toyota following Timo Glock's injury in the Japanese Grand Prix while 18th place Karun Chandhok joined new Formula One team HRT in 2010.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/08 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines order and with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Barwa Campos Team (1) Barwa Addax Team (2–10)[1]	1	Vitaly Petrov[1]	All
	2	Romain Grosjean[1]	1–6
		Davide Valsecchi[2]	7–10
iSport International	3	Giedo van der Garde[3]	All
	4	Diego Nunes[3]	All
Piquet GP	5	Roldán Rodríguez[4]	All
	6	Alberto Valerio[5]	All
Fat Burner Racing Engineering[6]	7	Lucas di Grassi[7]	All
	8	Dani Clos[8]	All
ART Grand Prix	9	Pastor Maldonado[9]	All
	10	Nico Hülkenberg[10]	All
Telmex Arden International[11][a]	11	Sergio Pérez[11]	All
	12	Edoardo Mortara[11]	All
Super Nova Racing	14	Luca Filippi[12]	All
	15	Javier Villa[13]	All
DAMS	16	Jérôme d'Ambrosio[14]	All
	17	Kamui Kobayashi[14]	All
Trident Racing	18	Ricardo Teixeira[14]	All
	19	Davide Rigon[14]	1–4, 6–10
		Rodolfo González[15]	5
FMSI (1–6) Party Poker Racing.com SC (7–10)[16]	20	Andreas Zuber[17][b]	1–7, 9–10
	21	Luiz Razia[18]	1–7, 9–10
Durango	22	Davide Valsecchi[19]	1–6
		Stefano Coletti[20]	7–8
	23	Nelson Panciatici[21]	1–8
Ocean Racing Technology[22]	24	Karun Chandhok[23]	All
	25	Álvaro Parente[24]	All
DPR	26	Michael Herck[14]	All
	27	Giacomo Ricci[14]	1–4
		Franck Perera[25]	5–8
		Johnny Cecotto Jr.[26]	9–10

Team changes

• BCN Competición was bought by Tiago Monteiro, who moved the team to Portugal and renamed it Ocean Racing Technology.
• Campos Grand Prix became Barwa Addax after it was bought by Alejandro Agag.

Midseason changes

• Fisichella Motor Sport became PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni prior to round seven in Valencia.^[16] They were then forced to miss round eight at Spa due to unresolved financial disputes.^[27]
• Durango missed round nine at Monza as Stefano Coletti destroyed one of the team's chassis in a crash at Spa. Coletti himself was unfit to drive the original chassis that was formerly driven by Nelson Panciatici.^[28] They also missed the final round at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve due to not finding "suitably qualified drivers".^[29]

Driver changes

Changed Teams

• Karun Chandhok: iSport International → Ocean Racing Technology
• Lucas di Grassi: Campos Grand Prix → Fat Burner Racing Engineering
• Luca Filippi: Trust Team Arden → Super Nova Racing
• Romain Grosjean: ART Grand Prix → Barwa Addax Team
• Pastor Maldonado: Minardi Piquet Sports → ART Grand Prix
• Diego Nunes: David Price Racing → iSport International
• Álvaro Parente: Super Nova Racing → Ocean Racing Technology
• Roldán Rodríguez: Fisichella Motor Sport → Piquet GP
• Alberto Valerio: Durango → Piquet GP
• Davide Valsecchi: Durango → Barwa Addax
• Javier Villa : Racing Engineering → Super Nova Racing
• Andreas Zuber: Minardi Piquet Sports → Fisichella Motor Sport/PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni

Entering/Re-Entering GP2

• Johnny Cecotto Jr.: Formula 3 Euro Series (HBR Motorsport) → David Price Racing
• Dani Clos: Formula 3 Euro Series (Prema Powerteam) → Fat Burner Racing Engineering
• Stefano Coletti: Formula 3 Euro Series (Prema Powerteam) → Durango
• Giedo van der Garde: World Series by Renault (P1 Motorsport) → iSport International
• Rodolfo González: Formula 3 Euro Series (Carlin Motorsport) → Trident Racing
• Nico Hülkenberg: Formula 3 Euro Series (ART Grand Prix) → ART Grand Prix
• Edoardo Mortara: Formula 3 Euro Series (Signature-Plus) → Telmex Arden International
• Nelson Panciatici: Spanish Formula Three Championship (Hache International) → Durango
• Franck Perera: Superleague Formula (A.S. Roma) → David Price Racing
• Sergio Pérez: British Formula 3 Championship (T-Sport) → Telmex Arden International
• Luiz Razia: Euroseries 3000 (ELK Motorsport) → Fisichella Motor Sport/PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni
• Davide Rigon: Superleague Formula (Beijing Guoan) → Trident Racing
• Ricardo Teixeira: British Formula 3 Championship (Ultimate Motorsport) → Trident Racing

Leaving GP2

• Marko Asmer: Fisichella Motor Sport → Superleague Formula testing
• Christian Bakkerud: Super Nova Racing → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Futurecom-TME)
• Sébastien Buemi: Trust Team Arden → Formula One (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
• Mike Conway: Trident Racing → IndyCar Series (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)
• Romain Grosjean: Barwa Addax → Formula One (ING Renault F1 Team)
• Carlos Iaconelli: BCN Competición → FIA Formula Two Championship
• Giorgio Pantano: Racing Engineering → Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy & Superleague Formula (A.C. Milan)
• Miloš Pavlović: BCN Competición → FIA Formula Two Championship
• Bruno Senna: iSport International → Le Mans Series (Team Oreca Matmut AIM)
• Andy Soucek: Super Nova Racing → FIA Formula Two Championship
• Ho-Pin Tung: Trident Racing → A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team China) & Superleague Formula (Atlético Madrid)
• Adrián Vallés: BCN Competición → World Series by Renault (Epsilon Euskadi) & Superleague Formula (Liverpool F.C.)

Midseason changes

• Giacomo Ricci was replaced at DPR by Franck Perera after round four. Perera parted company with DPR prior to round nine to return to A.S. Roma in Superleague Formula. Perera was in turn replaced by Venezuelan driver Johnny Cecotto Jr. for the final two rounds.
• Davide Rigon missed round five due to sponsorship problems.^[30] Rodolfo González filled in for him at Trident Racing.
• Davide Valsecchi parted company with Durango ahead of round seven and switched to Barwa Addax to replace Formula One-bound Romain Grosjean. Stefano Coletti was the driver to replace Valsecchi at Durango.

2009 schedule

The 2009 calendar was announced on 16 December 2008. The final round of the championship was the first GP2 race to take place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Also, the German Grand Prix was moved from Hockenheim to the Nürburgring.^[31]

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Time[32]		Tyres[c]	Supporting
					Local	UTC
1	F	Montmeló, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	9 May	16:00	14:00	Medium	2009 Spanish Grand Prix
	S			10 May	10:30	08:30
2	F	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	22 May	11:15	09:15	Super Soft	2009 Monaco Grand Prix
	S			23 May	16:00	14:00
3	F	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Park	6 June	16:00	13:00	Medium	2009 Turkish Grand Prix
	S			7 June	11:30	08:30
4	F	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	20 June	15:00	14:00	Medium	2009 British Grand Prix
	S			21 June	09:30	08:30
5	F	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	11 July	16:00	14:00	Soft	2009 German Grand Prix
	S			12 July	10:30	08:30
6	F	Mogyoród, Hungary	Hungaroring	25 July	16:00	14:00	Soft	2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
	S			26 July	10:30	08:30
7	F	Valencia, Spain	Valencia Street Circuit	22 August	16:00	14:00	Soft	2009 European Grand Prix
	S			23 August	10:30	08:30
8	F	Stavelot, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	16:00	14:00	Soft	2009 Belgian Grand Prix
	S			30 August	10:30	08:30
9	F	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 September	16:00	14:00	Medium	2009 Italian Grand Prix
	S			13 September	10:30	08:30
10	F	Portimão, Portugal	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	19 September	14:00	13:00	Soft	2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours
	S			20 September	12:45	11:45

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap[34]	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	F	Circuit de Catalunya	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Campos Team	Report
	S			Dani Clos[d]	Edoardo Mortara	Telmex Arden International
2	F	Circuit de Monaco	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Barwa Addax Team	Report
	S			Vitaly Petrov	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix
3	F	Istanbul Park	Nico Hülkenberg	Karun Chandhok[e]	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Addax Team	Report
	S			Lucas di Grassi	Lucas di Grassi	Fat Burner Racing Engineering
4	F	Silverstone Circuit	Romain Grosjean	Nico Hülkenberg	Alberto Valerio	Piquet GP	Report
	S			Lucas di Grassi[f]	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix
5	F	Nürburgring	Nico Hülkenberg	Edoardo Mortara[g]	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
	S			Alberto Valerio[h]	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
6	F	Hungaroring	Lucas di Grassi	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
	S			Luca Filippi	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International
7	F	Valencia Street Circuit	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa Addax Team	Report
	S			Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
8	F	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Álvaro Parente	Álvaro Parente	Álvaro Parente	Ocean Racing Technology	Report
	S			Sergio Pérez	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International
9	F	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Vitaly Petrov	Edoardo Mortara	Giedo van der Garde	iSport International	Report
	S			Luca Filippi[i]	Luiz Razia	Party Poker Racing.com SC
10	F	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	Vitaly Petrov	Diego Nunes[j]	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
	S			Nico Hülkenberg[k]	Luca Filippi	Super Nova Racing

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	Pole	FL
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	1

Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	FL
Points	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver CAT MON IST SIL NÜR HUN VAL SPA MNZ ALG Points 1 Nico Hülkenberg 9 14 5 3 5 4 3 5 1 1 1 7 2 1 2 Ret 6 3 1 16 100 2 Vitaly Petrov 2 9 2 6 1 3 15 10 4 4 Ret 12 1 3 Ret 6 2 5 4 Ret 75 3 Lucas di Grassi Ret 10 4 4 8 1 2 19 7 Ret 2 3 19† Ret 3 Ret 3 2 3 15 63 4 Romain Grosjean 1 2 1 17† Ret 12 5 4 18† 5 10 4 45 5 Luca Filippi 4 7 Ret NC 2 Ret 14 16 Ret 18† 6 2 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 1 40 6 Pastor Maldonado 5 6 8 1 6 5 7 1 Ret 9 4 Ret DSQ 8 4 Ret Ret 15† 11 20 36 7 Giedo van der Garde 7 4 NC 11 15 13 Ret 13 12 Ret 7 1 14 Ret 6 1 1 6 Ret 6 34 8 Álvaro Parente Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 6 2 9 6 4 Ret 1 Ret 11 Ret Ret 4 30 9 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 3 3 6 2 Ret 15 19 12 10 7 16 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 10 29 10 Javier Villa 10 Ret 10 8 7 2 Ret 15 5 6 3 5 18† 9 13 10 7 10 13 2 27 11 Roldán Rodríguez Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 12 9 2 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 5 2 13 7 5 Ret 25 12 Sergio Pérez 14 17 12 9 Ret 16 4 6 8 20† Ret 16 3 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 11 22 13 Andreas Zuber Ret Ret 3 5 9 19 8 2 3 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret 12 Ret 8 12 21 14 Edoardo Mortara 6 1 Ret 13 Ret 9 Ret Ret 17 Ret 12 14 6 12 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 19 15 Alberto Valerio 15 13 Ret Ret 4 6 1 7 Ret 17 Ret 21† 17 10 Ret 12 Ret 11 Ret 7 16 16 Kamui Kobayashi 8 5 Ret 12 Ret NC Ret 17 9 3 13 8 8 11 7 11 17 17† 6 19 13 17 Davide Valsecchi Ret 16 15† 18 3 Ret 10 14 13 10 5 9 10 Ret Ret 8 14 9 7 14 12 18 Karun Chandhok Ret NC 7 Ret 13 14 6 3 11 Ret 17† 10 Ret 6 Ret 7 19† 12 Ret 13 10 19 Luiz Razia 16 12 13 10 Ret 20 20† Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 13 8 1 10 17 8 20 Diego Nunes 11 8 Ret 14 11 11 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 11 5 9 3 10 Ret 12 5 8 21 Dani Clos Ret 19 Ret Ret 12 7 13 Ret 16 8 11 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 15 Ret 9 3 4 22 Davide Rigon 17 21† 9 7 10 8 16 20 8 Ret 12 7 Ret 5 9 8 14 9 3 23 Michael Herck 13 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret 9 8 14 12 15 DNS 13 Ret Ret 9 20† 13 DSQ Ret 0 24 Nelson Panciatici 12 18 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret 19† 13 14 20 Ret 15 11 13 0 25 Stefano Coletti Ret Ret 12† DNS 0 26 Ricardo Teixeira Ret 20 DNQ DNQ 14 18 Ret 18 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 14 Ret 14 16 14 15 21 0 27 Giacomo Ricci Ret 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS 0 28 Franck Perera Ret 16 EX 18 15 16† DNQ DNQ 0 29 Rodolfo González 15 19 0 30 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 18† 16† DNS 18 0 Pos Driver CAT MON IST SIL NÜR HUN VAL SPA MNZ ALG Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Car No. CAT MON IST SIL NÜR HUN VAL SPA MNZ ALG Points 1 ART Grand Prix 9 5 6 8 1 6 5 7 1 Ret 9 4 Ret DSQ 8 4 Ret Ret 15† 11 20 136 10 9 14 5 3 5 4 3 5 1 1 1 7 2 1 2 Ret 6 3 1 16 2 Barwa Campos Team (1) Barwa Addax Team (2–10) 1 2 9 2 6 1 3 15 10 4 4 Ret 12 1 3 Ret 6 2 5 4 Ret 122 2 1 2 1 17† Ret 12 5 4 18† 5 10 4 10 Ret Ret 8 14 9 7 14 3 Super Nova Racing 14 4 7 Ret NC 2 Ret 14 16 Ret 18† 6 2 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 1 67 15 10 Ret 10 8 7 2 Ret 15 5 6 3 5 18† 9 13 10 7 10 13 2 4 Fat Burner Racing Engineering 7 Ret 10 4 4 8 1 2 19 7 Ret 2 3 19† Ret 3 Ret 3 2 3 15 67 8 Ret 19 Ret Ret 12 7 13 Ret 16 8 11 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret 15 Ret 9 3 5 iSport International 3 7 4 NC 11 15 13 Ret 13 12 Ret 7 1 14 Ret 6 1 1 6 Ret 6 42 4 11 8 Ret 14 11 11 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 11 5 9 3 10 Ret 12 5 6 DAMS 16 3 3 6 2 Ret 15 19 12 10 7 16 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 10 42 17 8 5 Ret 12 Ret NC Ret 17 9 3 13 8 8 11 7 11 17 17† 6 19 7 Piquet GP 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 12 9 2 Ret Ret 13 5 Ret 5 2 13 7 5 Ret 41 6 15 13 Ret Ret 4 6 1 7 Ret 17 Ret 21† 17 10 Ret 12 Ret 11 Ret 7 8 Telmex Arden International 11 14 17 12 9 Ret 9 4 6 8 20† Ret 16 3 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 11 41 12 6 1 Ret 13 Ret 16 Ret Ret 17 Ret 12 14 6 12 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 9 Ocean Racing Technology 24 Ret NC 7 Ret 13 14 6 3 11 Ret 17† 10 Ret 6 Ret 7 19† 12 Ret 13 40 25 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 6 2 9 6 4 Ret 1 Ret 11 Ret Ret 4 10 FMSI (1–6) Party Poker Racing.com SC (7–10) 20 Ret Ret 3 5 9 19 8 2 3 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret 12 Ret 8 12 29 21 16 12 13 10 Ret 20 20† Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 13 8 1 10 17 11 Durango 22 Ret 16 15† 18 3 Ret 10 14 13 10 5 9 Ret Ret 12† DNS 10 23 12 18 Ret 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret 19† 13 14 20 Ret 15 11 13 12 Trident Racing 18 Ret 20 DNQ DNQ 14 18 Ret 18 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 14 Ret 14 16 14 15 21 3 19 17 21† 9 7 10 8 16 20 15 19 8 Ret 13 7 Ret 5 9 8 14 9 13 DPR 26 13 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret 9 8 14 12 15 DNS 13 Ret Ret 9 20† 13 DSQ Ret 0 27 Ret 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS Ret 16 EX 18 15 16† DNQ DNQ 18† 16† DNS 18 Pos Team Car No. CAT MON IST SIL NÜR HUN VAL SPA MNZ ALG Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

1. Arden International competed under a Dutch licence.
2. Zuber is an Austrian driver who competed under an Emirati racing licence.
3. Bridgestone supplied only one dry compound to the teams to be used throughout the race weekend.^[33]
4. Dani Clos set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Edoardo Mortara was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
5. Karun Chandhok set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Vitaly Petrov was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
6. Lucas di Grassi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Pastor Maldonado was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
7. Edoardo Mortara set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Nico Hülkenberg was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
8. Alberto Valerio set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Nico Hülkenberg was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
9. Luca Filippi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luiz Razia was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
10. Diego Nunes set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luca Filippi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
11. Nico Hülkenberg set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luca Filippi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.