2009 Algarve GP2 Series round

Portugal Portuguese 10 10 Autódromo_de_Algarve.svg Autódromo Internacional do Algarve 2009 Autódromo Internacional do AlgarvePortimão, Portugal Permanent racing facility 2.915 4.692 19 September 37 Russia Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 1:30.819 Germany Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix Italy Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing Brazil Lucas di Grassi F. B. Racing Engineering Brazil Diego Nunes iSport International 1:32.113 14 20 September 24 Italy Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing Spain Javier Villa Super Nova Racing Spain Dani Clos F. B. Racing Engineering Germany Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:32.388 10 The 2009 Portuguese GP2 round was the final round of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 19 and 20, 2009 at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve at Portimão, Portugal. This race was the only race in the 2009 GP2 Series season that was not acting as a support race for Formula One, instead supporting a 2009 FIA GT Algarve 2 Hours event. Report Background As Nico Hülkenberg claimed the drivers title at the previous round in Monza, only the battle for the Teams championship could be fought in the Algarve. This was the final GP2 race for Hülkenberg, as he would step up to Formula One in 2010. Durango team was forced to also lose this round of not being able to hire any pilot to compete. Feature race Vitaly Petrov started on pole for the feature race, with Dani Clos qualifying a career best second. GP2 Champion Hülkenberg started from third on the grid, but got a good start down into turn 1, where he slotted in behind Petrov. After a few laps behind the Russian, Hülkenberg made the decision to pit first. His gamble eventually paid off as after Petrov stopped, Hülkenberg gained the lead and never looked back, winning by 10 seconds. Petrov faded afterwards, by finishing in fourth, with Luca Filippi battling his way through the field to finish second ahead of a surging Lucas di Grassi. Roldán Rodríguez was fifth behind Petrov, with Michael Herck earning his first points in GP2 in sixth, before stewards disqualified him. Kamui Kobayashi finished seventh, while Davide Valsecchi finished eighth, both moved up one place after Herck's disqualification, with Valsecchi scoring his first points for Barwa Addax Team. Andreas Zuber finished ninth but was promoted to the reverse-grid pole. With Hülkenberg winning, both championship battles finished, as he earned enough points for ART Grand Prix to win the teams championship. Sprint race The Sprint Race was equally thrilling, with a large collision at the start. Vitaly Petrov struggled to get away in his Barwa Addax car, with the car's anti-stall system kicking in race was red flagged. Most drivers passed him, but Michael Herck was not so lucky and crashed into the back of him, hitting the pit wall afterwards. It ended a miserable weekend for the Romanian, who lost what would have been his first GP2 points finish in Race 1 due to a technical infringement. The crash left the main straight covered with debris and prompted a suspension while the mess was cleaned up. After nearly half an hour the field was led back out behind the safety car, with Coloni's Andreas Zuber leading from Davide Valsecchi, Kamui Kobayashi, Lucas di Grassi, Luca Filippi, Nico Hülkenberg and Pastor Maldonado. Zuber backed the field up at the final corner in preparation for the green flag on lap six, but timed his charge too early and shot past the safety car as it was still entering the pit lane. The top seven, with the exception of Filippi, passed the safety car and were all duly given drive-through penalties. After the penalties were issued, Filippi was in the lead. He never looked back and won by over 4 seconds to claim his first win since 2007, and his team's first win of the season. Sergio Pérez was second on the road ahead of Filippi's team-mate Javier Villa. Dani Clos scored his first points of the season in fourth, with Álvaro Parente and Diego Nunes completing the top six. Pérez lost his second place due to a post-race time penalty for overtaking under the safety car. He slipped to eleventh, giving Super Nova a 1-2 and third place in the teams championship on countback. Classification Qualifying PosNoDriverTeamTimeGrid11Russia Vitaly PetrovAddax Team1:30.819128Spain Dani ClosRacing Engineering1:30.8592310Germany Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:30.884347Brazil Lucas di GrassiRacing Engineering1:31.067452Italy Davide ValsecchiAddax Team1:31.129565Spain Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP1:31.389676Brazil Alberto ValerioPiquet GP1:31.418789Venezuela Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix1:31.449893Netherlands Giedo van der GardeiSport International1:31.5329104Brazil Diego NunesiSport International1:31.569101116Belgium Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:31.601111220UAE Andreas ZuberScuderia Coloni1:31.569121314Italy Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing1:31.764131415Spain Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing1:31.812141511Mexico Sergio PérezArden International1:31.886151621Brazil Luiz RaziaScuderia Coloni1:32.140161719Italy Davide RigonTrident Racing1:32.165171817Japan Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:32.183181926Romania Michael HerckDavid Price Racing1:32.376192012Italy Edoardo MortaraArden International1:32.552202124India Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology1:32.765212227Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Jr.David Price Racing1:32.8072212318Portugal Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing1:34.083232425Portugal Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technologyno time24 1 1Johnny Cecotto Jr. did not make the grid due to a crash after leaving the pits. Race 1 March 2026 Race 2 March 2026 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 100 2 Russia Vitaly Petrov 75 3 Brazil Lucas di Grassi 63 4 France Romain Grosjean 45 5 Italy Luca Filippi 40 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 France ART Grand Prix 136 2 Spain Addax Team 122 3 UK Super Nova Racing 67 4 Spain Racing Engineering 67 5 GBR iSport International 42 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Portuguese GP2 round 2009 2009 Italian GP2 round 2010 Spanish GP2 round none none Gp2 Round, 2009 Algarve