2009 Monza GP2 Series round

October 2019 Italy Italian 9 10 Monza track map.svg Circuit de Monza 2009 Circuit MonzaMonza, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.6 5.793 12 September 32 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 1:30.007 NED Giedo van der Garde iSport International RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team BRA Lucas di Grassi F. B. Racing Engineering ITA Edoardo Mortara Arden International 1:43.283 28 13 September 21 BRA Luiz Razia Scuderia Coloni BRA Lucas di Grassi F. B. Racing Engineering GER Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix BRA Luiz RaziaLuca 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. Scuderia Coloni 1:32.553 10 The 2009 Italian GP2 Round was the ninth and penultimate round of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 12 and 13, 2009 at Circuit Monza at Monza, Italy. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix. Report Background The race also saw the return of PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni after their court order was dropped. However, Durango withdrew from the event, meaning there were only 12 teams present at Monza, just like at the previous round at Spa. Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his debut for DPR.Glendenning Mark Rodriguez tops Monza GP2 practice https://www.autosport.com/formula2/news/rodriguez-tops-monza-gp2-practice-4433338/4433338/ Autosport 11 September 2009 18 May 2024 Qualifying Vitaly Petrov achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career.Glendenning Mark Petrov dominates Monza qualifying https://www.autosport.com/formula2/news/petrov-dominates-monza-qualifying-4433318/4433318/ Autosport 11 September 2009 18 May 2024 Both Racing Engineering drivers were given 10 place grid penalties after causing avoidable accidents in Spa.Monza: Racing Engineering qualifying report https://us.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/monza-racing-engineering-qualifying-report-2009-10-02/2353039/ Racing Engineering 2 October 2009 18 May 2024 Motorsport.com Feature Race The Feature Race was action packed, with a very wet track and terrible conditions, the race started behind the safety car. Giedo van der Garde got his and iSport International their first feature win of the season. He passed long time leader Vitaly Petrov for the lead two laps from the end.Van der Garde pinches win https://www.eurosport.com/gp2/van-der-garde-pinches-win_sto2061456/story.shtml Eurosport 12 September 2009 18 May 2024 Sprint Race The Sprint Race was less thrilling, but crashes were still common, as on the first lap Dani Clos flipped his car after being hit side on. Luiz Razia won his first ever GP2 Race and PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni's first win in only their second round. The Round was lucky for Razia as Álvaro Parente was penalised after the race, putting him down to eleventh and moving Razia up to 8th, to claim his first GP2 points finish and first pole. After starting from a lucky pole, Razia never looked challenged and finished ahead of the good starting Lucas di Grassi and new champion Nico Hülkenberg. Hülkenberg became 2009 GP2 Series season champion after Vitaly Petrov did not score enough points to keep his championship challenge alive.Glendenning Mark Razia wins as Hulkenberg takes title https://www.autosport.com/formula2/news/razia-wins-as-hulkenberg-takes-title-4433225/4433225/ Autosport 13 September 2009 18 May 2024Soltani Khatir GP2: Nico Hulkenberg becomes new GP2 champion at Monza https://www.auto123.com/en/news/gp2-nico-hulkenberg-becomes-new-gp2-champion-at-monza/19372/ Auto123.com 13 September 2009 18 May 2024 . Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 90 2 Russia Vitaly Petrov 68 3 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 57 4 France Romain Grosjean 45 5 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 36 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 France ART Grand Prix 126 2 Spain Barwa Addax Team 113 3 Spain Fat Burner Racing Engineering 57 4 UK Super Nova Racing 46 5 NED Telmex Arden International 41 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Notes References Italian GP2 round 2009 2009 Belgian GP2 round 2009 Portuguese GP2 round 2008 Monza GP2 Series round 2010 Italian GP2 round GP2 round Monza