2009 Monaco GP2 Series round
Introduction The '''2009 Monaco GP2 Series round''' was a GP2 Series motor race held on 22 May and 24 May 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 once again resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Addax Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Lucas di Grassi promoted 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 === Qualifying ===PosNoDriverTeamTimeGrid 1 2  Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team 1:19.498 1 2 1  Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team 1:19.948 2 3 10  Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix 1:20.053 3 4 20  Andreas Zuber Fisichella Motor Sport 1:20.065 4 5 7  Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Engineering 1:20.308 5 6 25  Álvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology 1:20.423 6 7 16  Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:20.494 7 8 14  Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing 1:20.573 8 9 6  Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 1:20.597 9 10 24  Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology 1:20.608 10 11 15  Javier Villa Super Nova Racing 1:20.634 11 12 23  Sergio Pérez Telmex Arden International 1:20.735 12 13 8  Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 1:20.750 13 14 9  Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix 1:20.806 14 15 3  Giedo van der Garde iSport International 1:20.933 15 16 22  Davide Valsecchi Durango 1:21.072 16 17 17  Kamui Kobayashi DAMS 1:21.136 17 18 12  Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International 1:21.204 18 19 19  Davide Rigon Trident Racing 1:21.268 19 20 5  Roldán Rodríguez Piquet GP 1:21.390 20 21 4  Diego Nunes iSport International 1:22.052 21 22 21  Luiz Razia Fisichella Motor Sport 1:22.447 22 23 27  Giacomo Ricci David Price Racing 1:22.746 23 24 26  Michael Herck David Price Racing 1:23.056 24 25 23  Nelson Panciatici Durango 1:23.479 25 26 18  Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 1:25.710 26=== Race 1 === Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/retired  Grid  Points 1 2  ''' Romain Grosjean'''  '''Barwa Addax Team'''  45 1:03:06.299  1  '''10+2+1''' 2 1  ''' Vitaly Petrov'''  '''Barwa Addax Team'''  45 +6.600 2 '''8''' 3 20  ''' Andreas Zuber'''  '''Fisichella Motor Sport''' 45 +31.040 4 '''6''' 4 7  ''' Lucas di Grassi'''  '''Fat Burner Racing Engineering''' 45 +47.984 5 '''5''' 5 10  ''' Nico Hülkenberg'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 45 +49.443 3 '''4''' 6 16  ''' Jérôme d'Ambrosio'''  '''DAMS''' 45 +59.777 7 '''3''' 7 24  ''' Karun Chandhok'''  '''Ocean Racing Technology''' 45 +1:01.789 10 '''2''' 8 9  ''' Pastor Maldonado'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 45 +1:20.236 14 '''1''' 9 19   Davide Rigon  Trident Racing 45 +1:21.248 19 10 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 45 +1:35.089 11 11 5   Roldán Rodríguez  Piquet GP 45 +1:36.546 20 12 11   Sergio Pérez  Telmex Arden International 44 +1 Lap 12 13 21   Luiz Razia  Fisichella Motor Sport 44 +1 Lap 22 14 27   Giacomo Ricci  David Price Racing 44 +1 Lap 23 15 22   Davide Valsecchi  Durango 43 +2 Laps 16 16 26   Michael Herck  David Price Racing 43 +2 Laps 24 NC 3   Giedo van der Garde  iSport International 38 +7 Laps 15 Ret 25   Álvaro Parente  Ocean Racing Technology 36 Collision 6 Ret 12   Edoardo Mortara  Telmex Arden International 35 Collision 18 Ret 14   Luca Filippi  Super Nova Racing 34 Accident 8 Ret 17   Kamui Kobayashi  DAMS 18 Accident  17 Ret 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 16 Accident  13 Ret 4   Diego Nunes  iSport International 13 Accident  21 Ret 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 5 Accident  9 Ret 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 4 Accident 25 DNQ 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 0 Did not qualify === Race 2 === Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/retired  Grid  Points 1 9  ''' Pastor Maldonado'''  '''ART Grand Prix'''  27 39:02.772  1 '''6''' 2 16  ''' Jérôme d'Ambrosio'''  '''DAMS'''  27 +1.505 3 '''5''' 3 10  ''' Nico Hülkenberg'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 27 +3.545 4 '''4''' 4 7  ''' Lucas di Grassi'''  '''Fat Burner Racing Engineering''' 27 +4.480 5 '''3''' 5 20  ''' Andreas Zuber'''  '''Fisichella Motor Sport''' 27 +6.494 6 '''2''' 6 1  ''' Vitaly Petrov'''  '''Barwa Addax Team''' 27 +9.349 7 '''1+1''' 7 19   Davide Rigon  Trident Racing 27 +10.448 9  8 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 27 +53.234 10  9 11   Sergio Pérez  Telmex Arden International 27 +56.237 12 10 21   Luiz Razia  Fisichella Motor Sport 27 +57.770 13 11 3   Giedo van der Garde  iSport International 27 +58.582 17 12 17   Kamui Kobayashi  DAMS 27 +59.696 21 13 12   Edoardo Mortara  Telmex Arden International 27 +1:03.710 19 14 4   Diego Nunes  iSport International 27 +1:04.840 23 15 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 27 +1:07.681 25 16 26   Michael Herck  David Price Racing 26 +1 Lap 16 17 2   Romain Grosjean  Barwa Addax Team 25 Accident 8 18 22   Davide Valsecchi  Durango 25 +2 Laps 15 Ret 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 23 Accident 22 Ret 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 23 Retired 24 Ret 14   Luca Filippi  David Price Racing 23 Accident 20 Ret 24   Karun Chandhok  Ocean Racing Technology 21 Mechanical 2 Ret 27   Giacomo Ricci  David Price Racing 18 Retired 14 Ret 25   Álvaro Parente  Ocean Racing Technology 15 Retired 18 Ret 5   Roldán Rodríguez  Piquet GP 1 Wheel nut 11 DNQ 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 0 Did not qualify
Standings after the round ;Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1  Romain Grosjean 31 2  Vitaly Petrov 18 3  Jérôme d'Ambrosio 18 4  Pastor Maldonado 12 5  Edoardo Mortara 10;Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1  Barwa Addax Team 49 2  DAMS 21 3  ART Grand Prix 20 4  Telmex Arden International 10 5  Fisichella Motor Sport 8* '''Note:''' Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
External links * http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75554* http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75511* http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75506