2010 Catalunya GP2 Series round

2010 GP2 race held in Spain Spain Spanish 1 10 Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg Circuit de Catalunya 2010 Circuit de CatalunyaMontmeló, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.892 4.655 8 May 37 France Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:27.727 France Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport Italy Giacomo Ricci DPR Spain Dani Clos Racing Engineering UK Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:31.754 4 9 May 25 Switzerland Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology Brazil Luiz Razia Rapax Team Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax Team Switzerland Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:31.229 7 The 2010 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 8 and May 9, 2010 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first race of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix. Report Qualifying Jules Bianchi gained pole position for the feature race on his first outing for ART. Feature race In Race 1, Charles Pic won an eventful first race of the 2010 GP2 season at Barcelona. The rookie Frenchman moved into first place when previous leader Sergio Pérez (Barwa Addax) was delayed by a slow pitstop, and survived a brief challenge from DPR's Giacomo Ricci to take Arden's first win since the same event 12 months ago. Ricci's second place was an equally memorable result for DPR, a team that scored precisely one point between 2007 and 2009, and has not won a race since the inaugural GP2 season in 2005. Completing the podium was local man Dani Clos of Racing Engineering, who staked his claim to the position with a pass on Pastor Maldonado earlier in the race. Pérez finished just off the podium, but compared to other title rivals, fared well. ART pairing of polesitter Jules Bianchi and Sam Bird were just 2 drivers who suffered at the start. Bianchi led into the first corner, only to collide with Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris. Both cars were out of the race, while Bird was forced wide in the melee behind him and had to return to the pits for a new nose. At that point he seemed out of contention, but the Briton produced a stunning drive from the back of the grid, reminiscent of Lewis Hamilton's drive through the field in Turkey 2006, to haul himself back up to ninth at the finish, falling just 1.6s short of taking the final point and sprint race pole from Ocean Racing's Fabio Leimer. Less fortunate in his progress through the field was Barwa Addax's Giedo van der Garde, who was dealt a 10s penalty for leaving the pit exit after it had closed prior to the race, and then a drive-through for jumping the start. Sprint race thumb|280px|Fabio Leimer Fabio Leimer survived a late push from Luiz Razia to win the second GP2 Series Race at Barcelona. The Swiss driver, who was making his series debut, started from pole and opened a gap of as much as 4.3 seconds during the middle part of the race. But Razia came back at him over the closing laps, and crossed the line just 0.7s in arrears. It was the second-ever win for the Ocean Racing Technology squad, while third for Razia's team-mate Pastor Maldonado secured a two-three for Rapax. The race was fairly processional at the front, but there was more competition for the minor points placings. ART's Sam Bird echoed his overtaking masterclass of the day before with another excellent performance, the Briton climbing from ninth to fourth, and he could potentially have challenged for third were it not a late excursion into the gravel that cost him six seconds. Oliver Turvey held on to fifth despite lapping around 1.5s off the pace in an unco-operative iSport car, leading a train of cars behind him headed by a frustrated Dani Clos (Racing Engineering). Once again it was a difficult day for some of the series favourites, with Jules Bianchi finishing 12th after banging wheels with Giedo van der Garde and sliding off the track, while Sergio Pérez was unable to make the start after the engine in his Barwa Addax Dallara blew on the formation lap. There could be more bad news ahead for the Mexican, who is facing a post-race investigation for trailing oil around the racing line on two thirds of the lap before finally pulling over, forcing the start to be delayed by 10 minutes while powder was laid down. Classification Qualifying PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid11 FRA Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix1:27.727124 MEX Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team1:28.011232 GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix1:28.241348 DEU Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering1:28.254459 GBR Oliver Turvey iSport International1:28.2985616 FRA Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport1:28.300677 ESP Dani Clos Racing Engineering1:28.372786 SWE Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing1:28.3768915 VEN Pastor Maldonado Rapax1:28.67091010 ITA Davide Valsecchi iSport International1:28.714101119 CHE Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology1:28.723111227 ITA Giacomo Ricci DPR1:28.96912133 NLD Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team1:29.000161 11414 BRA Luiz Razia Rapax1:29.065131524 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing1:29.129141611 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS1:29.238151720 BRA Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni1:29.27117185 CZE Josef Král Super Nova Racing1:29.382181918 GBR Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology1:29.437192026 ROU Michael Herck DPR1:29.500202125 ZAF Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing1:29.518212212 CHN Ho-Pin Tung DAMS1:29.519222321 BGR Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni1:29.912232417 VEN Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport1:30.20924 Notes 1.1 – Giedo van der Garde received a three-place grid penalty because of impeding Jérôme d'Ambrosio in qualifying.http://www.gp2series.com/Post-qualifying-penalty-for-van.html?lang=en Post qualifying penalty for van der Garde gp2series.com GP2 series 2010-05-07 2010-05-08 Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 FRA Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 43 0:57:54.177 6 10 2 27 ITA Giacomo RicciDPR 43 +1.489 12 8 3 7 ESP Dani ClosRacing Engineering 43 +4.209 7 6 4 4 MEX Sergio PérezBarwa Addax Team 43 +5.111 2 5 5 9 GBR Oliver TurveyiSport International 43 +18.339 5 4 6 15 VEN Pastor MaldonadoRapax 43 +30.211 9 3 7 14 BRA Luiz RaziaRapax 43 +30.568 14 2 8 19 CHE Fabio LeimerOcean Racing Technology 43 +34.321 11 1 9 2 GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 43 +35.961 3 1 10 10 ITA Davide Valsecchi iSport International 43 +44.064 10 11 6 SWE Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 43 +50.352 8 12 5 CZE Josef Král Super Nova Racing 43 +51.682 18 13 12 CHN Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 43 +53.450 22 14 20 BRA Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 43 +59.837 17 15 17 VEN Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 43 +1:06.180 24 16 25 ZAF Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 43 +1:06.394 21 17 26 ROU Michael Herck DPR 43 +1:06.689 20 18 18 GBR Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 43 +1:11.572 19 19 21 BGR Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 43 +1:16.292 23 20 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 43 +1:17.173 13 Ret 11 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 12 Retired 16 Ret 1 FRA Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 0 Retired 1 2 Ret 8 DEU Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 0 Retired 4 Ret 24 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 0 Retired 15 Sprint Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 CHE Fabio LeimerOcean Racing Technology 25 38:31.849 1 6 + 1 2 14 BRA Luiz RaziaRapax 25 +0.755 2 5 3 15 VEN Pastor MaldonadoRapax 25 +4.850 3 4 4 2 GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 25 +14.274 9 3 5 9 GBR Oliver Turvey iSport International 25 +26.785 4 2 6 7 ESP Dani Clos Racing Engineering 25 +27.433 6 1 7 16 FRA Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 25 +28.459 8 8 27 ITA Giacomo Ricci DPR 25 +29.077 7 9 3 NLD Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 25 +29.889 20 10 12 CHN Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 25 +31.323 13 11 10 ITA Davide Valsecchi iSport International 25 +39.226 10 12 1 FRA Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 25 +39.584 22 13 11 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 25 +39.661 21 14 17 VEN Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 25 +51.383 15 15 25 ZAF Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 25 +51.971 16 16 18 GBR Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 25 +52.473 18 17 24 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 25 +53.489 24 18 8 DEU Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 25 +54.129 23 19 5 CZE Josef Král Super Nova Racing 25 +54.772 12 20 21 BGR Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 25 +56.388 19 21 26 ROU Michael Herck DPR 25 +1:05.541 17 Ret 6 SWE Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 2 Retired 11 DNS 20 BRA Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 0 Did not start 14 DNS 4 MEX Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 0 Did not start 5 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FRA Charles Pic 10 2 CHE Fabio Leimer 8 3 ITA Giacomo Ricci 8 4 BRA Luiz Razia 7 5 ESP Dani Clos 7 Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ITA Rapax 14 2 NLD Arden International Motorsport 10 3 PRT Ocean Racing Technology 8 4 GBR DPR 8 5 ESP Racing Engineering 7 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2010 Spanish Grand Prix 2010 Catalunya GP3 Series round External links GP2 Series official web site: Results References Spanish GP2 round 2010 2009 Portuguese GP2 round 2010 Monaco GP2 round 2009 Spanish GP2 round 2011 Spanish GP2 round Catalunya Catalunya GP2