2009 Monaco GP2 Series round

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Round details
Round 2 of 10 rounds in the
2009 GP2 Series season

Circuit de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street Course
3.34 km (2.08 mi)
Feature race
Date 22 May 2009
Laps 45
Pole position
Driver France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:19.498
Podium
First France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Second Russia Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team
Third Brazil Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:21.823 (on lap 30)
Sprint race
Date 24 May 2009
Laps 27
Podium
First Venezuela Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix
Second Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS
Third Germany Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Russia Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:22.045 (on lap 9)

The 2009 Monaco GP2 Race was a GP2 motor race held on May 22 and May 24, 2009 at the Circuit de Monaco on the streets of the country. It was the second race of the 2009 GP2 Season. The race was used as a support race for the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix

Report

The first race one again resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Addax Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Lucas di Grassi promtoted to third for Fat Burner Racing Engineering, after Nico Hülkenberg was demoted after cutting a corner.

The red flagged second race was won by Pastor Maldonado for ART Grand Prix, with Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Hülkenberg also on the podium. Romain Grosjean had a big accident in the final stages, where he was unhurt, but it did bring out the red flag which ended the race 2 laps shy of the end.

Classification

Race 1

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team 45 1:03:06.299 1 13
2 1 Russia Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 45 +6.600 2 8
3 20 United Arab Emirates Andreas Zuber Fisichella Motor Sport 45 +31.040 4 6
4 7 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 45 +47.984 5 5
5 10 Germany Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 45 +49.443 3 4
6 16 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 45 +59.777 7 3
7 24 India Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 45 +1:01.789 10 2
8 9 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 45 +1:20.236 14 1
9 19 Italy Davide Rigon Trident Racing 45 +1:21.248 19
10 15 Spain Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 45 +1:35.089 11
11 5 Spain Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 45 +1:36.546 20
12 23 Mexico Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 44 +1 Lap 12
13 21 Brazil Luiz Razia Fisichella Motor Sport 44 +1 Lap 22
14 27 Italy Giacomo Ricci David Price Racing 44 +1 Lap 23
15 22 Italy Davide Valsecchi Durango 43 +2 Laps 16
16 26 Romania Michael Herck David Price Racing 43 +2 Laps 24
Ret 3 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde iSport International 38 Retired 15
Ret 25 Portugal Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 36 Collision 6
Ret 12 Italy Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 35 Collision 18
Ret 14 Italy Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 34 Accident 8
Ret 17 Japan Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 18 Retired 17
Ret 8 Spain Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 16 Retired 13
Ret 4 Brazil Diego Nunes iSport International 13 Retired 21
Ret 6 Brazil Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 5 Retired 9
Ret 23 France Nelson Panciatici Durango 4 Reitred 25
DNQ 18 Portugal Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing - Did Not Qualify -

Race 2

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 27 39:02.772 1 6
2 16 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 27 +1.505 3 5
3 10 Germany Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 27 +3.545 4 4
4 7 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 27 +4.480 5 3
5 20 United Arab Emirates Andreas Zuber Fisichella Motor Sport 27 +6.494 6 2
6 1 Russia Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 27 +9.349 7 2
7 19 Italy Davide Rigon Trident Racing 27 +10.448 9
8 15 Spain Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 27 +53.234 10
9 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 27 +56.237 12
10 21 Brazil Luiz Razia Fisichella Motor Sport 27 +57.770 13
11 3 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde iSport International 27 +58.582 17
12 17 Japan Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 27 +59.696 21
13 12 Italy Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 27 +1:03.710 19
14 4 Brazil Diego Nunes iSport International 27 +1:04.840 23
15 23 France Nelson Panciatici Durango 27 +1:07.681 25
16 26 Romania Michael Herck David Price Racing 26 +1 Lap 16
17 2 France Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team 25 Accident 8
18 22 Italy Davide Valsecchi Durango 25 +2 Laps 15
Ret 8 Spain Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 23 Retired 22
Ret 6 Brazil Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 23 Retired 24
Ret 14 Italy Luca Filippi David Price Racing 23 Retired 20
Ret 24 India Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 21 Mechanical 2
Ret 27 Italy Giacomo Ricci David Price Racing 18 Retired 14
Ret 25 Portugal Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 15 Retired 18
Ret 5 Spain Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 1 Reitred 11
DNQ 18 Portugal Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing - Did Not Qualify -

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Romain Grosjean 31
2 Russia Vitaly Petrov 18
3 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio 18
4 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 12
5 Italy Edoardo Mortara 10

Teams' Championship standings
Pos Team Points
1 Spain Barwa Addax Team 49
2 France DAMS 21
3 France ART Grand Prix 20
4 Netherlands Telmex Arden International 10
5 Italy Fisichella Motor Sport 8

External links

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2009 Spanish GP2 round
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2009 Turkish GP2 round
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2008 Monaco GP2 round
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