2009 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

December 2024 Belgium Belgian 8 10 Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2009 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium Permanent racing facility 4.352 7.004 29 August 25 Portugal Álvaro Parente O. Racing Technology 1:54.970 Portugal Álvaro Parente O. Racing Technology Germany Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix Brazil Lucas di Grassi F. B. Racing Engineering Portugal Álvaro Parente O. Racing Technology 1:57.468 22 30 August 18 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde iSport International Spain Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP Brazil Diego Nunes iSport International Mexico Sergio Pérez Arden International 1:56.731 7 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. 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.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78073 Legal row forces Coloni to miss Spa Glendenning Mark 2009-08-28 autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831143230/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78073 31 August 2009 live 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.http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2503 Parente on pole in Spa Francorchamps 2009-08-28 gp2series.com 2009-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20090902071523/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2503 2 September 2009 live 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 hardTrident mechanic hospitalised at Spa http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78135 29 December 2021 Autosport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090901045651/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78135 1 September 2009 deadInjured mechanic making recovery http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78163 29 December 2021 Autosport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090901065604/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78163 1 September 2009 dead Parente won the 100th race in GP2 history – again the first for his team – and the second of his career.http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2512 Parente holds on for win in chaotic 100th GP2 race 2009-08-29 gp2series.com 2009-08-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090903092419/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2512 3 September 2009 live Classification Qualifying PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid125PRT Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technology1:54.970122BRA Lucas di GrassiFat Burner Racing Engineering1:55.05051310DEU Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:55.102244BRA Diego NunesiSport International1:55.150355RUS Vitaly PetrovBarwa Addax Team1:55.1524624IND Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology1:55.1706711MEX Sergio PérezTelmex Arden International1:55.210785ESP Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP1:55.255899VEN Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix1:55.46291017JPN Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:55.48210118ESP Dani ClosFat Burner Racing Engineering1:55.51711123NLD Giedo van der GardeiSport International1:55.560121315ESP Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing1:55.785131419ITA Davide RigonTrident Racing1:55.806141516BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:55.822151626ROU Michael HerckDavid Price Racing1:55.85816172ITA Davide ValsecchiBarwa Addax Team1:55.928171814ITA Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing1:56.06118196BRA Alberto ValerioPiquet GP1:56.063192012ITA Edoardo MortaraTelmex Arden International1:56.285202122MCO Stefano ColettiDurango1:56.634212218PRT Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing1:57.688222323FRA Nelson PanciaticiDurango1:57.79223DNQ27FRA Franck PereraDavid Price Racing2:24.927—2 1 1Lucas di Grassi was issued a 3 place grid-penalty for impeding Karun Chandhok.http://www.gpupdate.net/en/gp2-news/218413/di-grassi-penalised-perera-non-qualified-at-spa/ Di Grassi penalised, Perera non-qualified at Spa gpupdate.net 2009-08-28 2011-02-01 2 2Franck 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. Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 PRT Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 25 0:54:12.997 1 10 + 2 + 1 2 10 DEU Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 25 +0.943 2 8 3 7 BRA Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25 +3.179 5 6 4 9 VEN Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 25 +3.468 9 5 5 5 ESP Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 25 +4.349 8 4 6 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde iSport International 25 +4.687 12 3 7 17 JPN Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 25 +5.459 10 2 8 12 ITA Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 25 +5.972 20 1 9 4 BRA Diego Nunes iSport International 25 +29.105 3 10 8 ESP Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25 +32.315 11 11 23 FRA Nelson Panciatici Durango 25 +35.474 23 12 22 MCO Stefano Coletti Durango 23 Accident 21 13 15 ESP Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 22 +3 laps 13 Ret 16 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 20 Retired 15 Ret 14 ITA Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 13 Collision 18 Ret 2 ITA Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 13 Collision 17 Ret 24 IND Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 7 Collision 6 Ret 19 ITA Davide Rigon Trident Racing 7 Collision 14 Ret 1 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 6 Collision damage 4 Ret 6 BRA Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 0 Accident 19 Ret 11 MEX Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 0 Collision 7 Ret 26 ROU Michael Herck David Price Racing 0 Collision 16 Ret 18 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 0 Collision 22 DNQ 27 FRA 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.http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2514 Nunes, Clos and Panciatici Penalised 2009-08-29 gp2series.com 2009-08-30 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090902071807/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2514 2 September 2009 Sprint Race thumb|270px|Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race. Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde iSport International 18 37:54.281 3 6 2 5 ESP Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 18 +3.102 4 5 3 4 BRA Diego Nunes iSport International 18 +4.998 9 4 4 11 MEX Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 18 +6.292 22 3 + 1 5 19 ITA Davide Rigon Trident Racing 18 +13.809 17 2 6 1 RUS Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 18 +17.459 18 1 7 24 IND Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 18 +18.800 16 8 2 ITA Davide Valsecchi Barwa Addax Team 18 +20.039 15 9 26 ROU Michael Herck David Price Racing 18 +21.403 19 10 15 ESP Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 18 +22.860 12 11 17 JPN Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 18 +25.291 2 12 6 BRA Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 18 +36.045 20 13 23 FRA Nelson Panciatici Durango 18 +48.746 11 14 18 PRT Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 18 +54.779 21 Ret 12 ITA Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 4 Collision damage 1 Ret 7 BRA Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 4 Collision 6 Ret 25 PRT Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 2 Retired 8 Ret 9 VEN Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1 Accident 5 Ret 10 DEU Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 0 Collision 7 Ret 8 ESP Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 0 Collision 10 Ret 16 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 0 Collision 13 Ret 14 ITA Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 0 Collision 14 DNS 22 MCO Stefano Coletti Durango Injury DNQ 27 FRA Franck Perera David Price Racing Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Telmex Arden International) 1:56.731 (lap 7)http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78166 Van der Garde wins sprint race at Spa Glendenning Mark 2009-08-30 autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-08-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090902095502/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78166 2 September 2009 live Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 DEU Nico Hülkenberg 83 2 RUS Vitaly Petrov 56 3 BRA Lucas di Grassi 46 4 FRA Romain Grosjean 45 5 VEN Pastor Maldonado 36 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 FRA ART Grand Prix 119 2 ESP Barwa Addax Team 101 3 ESP Fat Burner Racing Engineering 46 4 GBR Super Nova Racing 44 5 BRA Piquet GP 37 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Belgian GP2 round 2009 2009 European GP2 round 2009 Italian GP2 round 2008 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round 2010 Belgian GP2 round Gp2 Round, 2009 Spa-Francorchamps