2009 Catalunya GP2 Series round
Introduction The '''2009 Spanish GP2 round''' was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 9 and May 10, 2009 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the first race of the 2009 GP2 Season. The race was used to support the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix
Report The first race resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Campos Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Jérôme d'Ambrosio finishing third for DAMS.The second race was won by Edoardo Mortara for Telmex Arden International, with Romain Grosjean and Jérôme d'Ambrosio also on the podium. Mortara finished sixth in his first race, so was automatically on Pole for race 2.He wins in his first ever GP2 Weekend.
Classification === Qualifying === Pos  No  Driver  Team  Time  Grid 1 2   Romain Grosjean  Barwa Campos Team  1:27.510 1 2 7   Lucas di Grassi  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 1:27.531 2 3 1   Vitaly Petrov  Barwa Campos Team 1:28.027 3 4 10   Nico Hülkenberg  ART Grand Prix 1:28.088 4 5 20   Andreas Zuber  FMSI 1:28.090 5 6 14   Luca Filippi  Super Nova Racing 1:28.195 9 7 16   Jérôme d'Ambrosio  DAMS 1:28.209 6 8 4   Diego Nunes  iSport International 1:28.253 7 9 5   Roldán Rodríguez  Piquet GP 1:28.266 8 10 9   Pastor Maldonado  ART Grand Prix 1:28.283 10 11 11   Sergio Pérez  Telmex Arden International 1:28.374 11 12 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 1:28.381 15 13 12   Edoardo Mortara  Telmex Arden International 1:28.451 12 14 24   Karun Chandhok  Ocean Racing Technology 1:28.488 13 15 25   Álvaro Parente  Ocean Racing Technology 1:28.608 14 16 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 1:28.688 16 17 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 1:28.691 17 18 3   Giedo van der Garde  iSport International 1:28.796 18 19 19   Davide Rigon  Trident Racing 1:28.872 19 20 22   Davide Valsecchi  Durango 1:29.164 20 21 21   Luiz Razia  FMSI 1:29.185 21 22 17   Kamui Kobayashi  DAMS 1:29.350 22 23 27   Giacomo Ricci  DPR 1:29.524 23 24 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 1:29.560 24 25 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 1:31.115 25 26 26   Michael Herck  DPR 1:31.875 26;Notes* – Luca Filippi and Javier Villa was handed a 3-place grid penalty for failing to sufficiently heed yellow flags during free practice.=== Race 1 === Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1 2  ''' Romain Grosjean'''  '''Barwa Campos Team'''  39  1:02:22.709  1  '''10 + 2 + 1''' 2 1  ''' Vitaly Petrov'''  '''Barwa Campos Team'''  39  +2.459  3  '''8''' 3 16  ''' Jérôme d'Ambrosio'''  '''DAMS''' 39 +6.349 7 '''6''' 4 14  ''' Luca Filippi'''  '''Super Nova Racing''' 39 +8.346 6 '''5''' 5 9  ''' Pastor Maldonado'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 39 +8.741 10 '''4''' 6 12  ''' Edoardo Mortara'''  '''Telmex Arden International''' 39 +12.529 13 '''3''' 7 3  ''' Giedo van der Garde'''  '''iSport International''' 39 +12.748 18 '''2''' 8 17  ''' Kamui Kobayashi'''  '''DAMS''' 39 +14.063 22 '''1''' 9 10   Nico Hülkenberg  ART Grand Prix 39 +14.260 4 10 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 39 +15.200 12 11 4   Diego Nunes  iSport International 39 +16.669 8 12 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 39 +17.756 24 13 26   Michael Herck  DPR 39 +18.445 26 14 11   Sergio Pérez  Telmex Arden International 39 +18.595 11 15 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 39 +1:04.629 16 16 21   Luiz Razia  FMSI 38 +1 Lap 21 17 19   Davide Rigon  Trident Racing 38 +1 Lap 19 Ret 7   Lucas di Grassi  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 32 Collision 2 Ret 25   Álvaro Parente  Ocean Racing Technology 32 Collision 15 Ret 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 31 Mechanical 17 Ret 24   Karun Chandhok  Ocean Racing Technology 27 Retired 14 Ret 5   Roldán Rodríguez  Piquet GP 25 Retired 9 Ret 22   Davide Valsecchi  Durango 16 Spun off 20 Ret 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 11 Accident 25 Ret 20   Andreas Zuber  FMSI 5 Retired  5 Ret 27   Giacomo Ricci  DPR 1 Collision damage  23=== Race 2 === Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1 12  ''' Edoardo Mortara'''  '''Telmex Arden International'''  26 39:55.235  3 '''6 + 1''' 2 2  ''' Romain Grosjean'''  '''Barwa Campos Team'''  26 +1.251 8 '''5''' 3 16  ''' Jérôme d'Ambrosio'''  '''DAMS''' 26 +6.516 6 '''4''' 4 3  ''' Giedo van der Garde'''  '''iSport International''' 26 +14.638 2 '''3''' 5 17  ''' Kamui Kobayashi'''  '''DAMS''' 26 +17.170 1 '''2''' 6 9  ''' Pastor Maldonado'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 26 +20.099 4 '''1''' 7 14   Luca Filippi  Super Nova Racing 26 +28.971 5  8 4   Diego Nunes  iSport International 26 +29.258 11  9 1   Vitaly Petrov  Barwa Campos Team 26 +29.433 7 10 7   Lucas di Grassi  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 26 +31.038 18 11 25   Álvaro Parente  Ocean Racing Technology 26 +32.026 19 12 21   Luiz Razia  FMSI 26 +33.167 16 13 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 26 +33.789 15 14 10   Nico Hülkenberg  ART Grand Prix 26 +34.278 9 15 27   Giacomo Ricci  DPR 26 +38.913 26 16 22   Davide Valsecchi  Durango 26 +40.811 23 17 11   Sergio Pérez  Telmex Arden International 26 +42.258 14 18 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 26 +59.664 12 19 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 26 +59.747 20 20 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 26 +1:00.052 24 21 19   Davide Rigon  Trident Racing 25 +1 Lap 17 Ret 24   Karun Chandhok  Ocean Racing Technology 21 Retired 21 Ret 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 17 Retired 10 Ret 26   Michael Herck  DPR 12 Retired 13 Ret 20   Andreas Zuber  FMSI 9 Spun off  25 Ret 5   Roldán Rodríguez  Piquet GP 0 Accident  22
Standings after the round ;Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px1  Romain Grosjean 18 10px2  Edoardo Mortara 10 10px3  Jérôme d'Ambrosio 10 10px4  Vitaly Petrov 8 10px5  Luca Filippi 5;Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 10px1  Barwa Campos Team 26 10px2  DAMS 13 10px3  Telmex Arden International 10 10px4  iSport International 5 10px5  Super Nova Racing 5* '''Note:''' Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links * http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75190* https://web.archive.org/web/20090517084521/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2309* https://web.archive.org/web/20120929185910/http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13231:gp2--2009-spain-qualifying-report-a-results-romain-grosjean-storms-to-pole&catid=18:gp2&Itemid=132