2009 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round
Introduction The '''2009 Belgian GP2 round''' was the seventh race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on 29 August and 30, 2009 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.
Report === Background ===PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni, along with their drivers Andreas Zuber and Luiz Razia, were forced to miss the round due to unresolved financial disputes.=== Qualifying ===Álvaro Parente achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career, and also recorded the first pole for his team Ocean Racing Technology.=== Feature Race ===The start of the race was delayed by 15 minutes due to a serious accident at the depot when Davide Rigon's car number one mechanic, 57-year-old Trident Racing team mechanic Vasco Rossi, was injured when a wheel gun was left in the path of Ricardo Teixeira's car as he was leaving the pits to join the dummy grid, causing the air hose to get caught by the rear wheel and dragging a metal beam down on to Rossi's head. Stefano Coletti hit the barrier very hard Parente won the 100th race in GP2 history — again the first for his team — and the second of his career.
Classification ===Qualifying===PosNoNameTeamTimeGrid125 Álvaro ParenteOcean Racing Technology1:54.970122 Lucas di GrassiFat Burner Racing Engineering1:55.0505310 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:55.102244 Diego NunesiSport International1:55.150355 Vitaly PetrovBarwa Addax Team1:55.1524624 Karun ChandhokOcean Racing Technology1:55.1706711 Sergio PérezTelmex Arden International1:55.210785 Roldán RodríguezPiquet GP1:55.255899 Pastor MaldonadoART Grand Prix1:55.46291017 Kamui KobayashiDAMS1:55.48210118 Dani ClosFat Burner Racing Engineering1:55.51711123 Giedo van der GardeiSport International1:55.560121315 Javier VillaSuper Nova Racing1:55.785131419 Davide RigonTrident Racing1:55.806141516 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDAMS1:55.822151626 Michael HerckDavid Price Racing1:55.85816172 Davide ValsecchiBarwa Addax Team1:55.928171814 Luca FilippiSuper Nova Racing1:56.06118196 Alberto ValerioPiquet GP1:56.063192012 Edoardo MortaraTelmex Arden International1:56.285202122 Stefano ColettiDurango1:56.634212218 Ricardo TeixeiraTrident Racing1:57.688222323 Nelson PanciaticiDurango1:57.79223DNQ27 Franck PereraDavid Price Racing2:24.927—*Lucas di Grassi was issued a 3 place grid-penalty for impeding Karun Chandhok. *Franck Perera did not participate in either race, as he qualified outside 107% of Álvaro Parente's pole position time, and was not within the same rule during free practice.===Feature Race=== Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1 25   '''Álvaro Parente'''  '''Ocean Racing Technology''' 25 0:54:12.997 1 '''10 + 2 + 1''' 2 10   '''Nico Hülkenberg'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 25 +0.943 2 '''8''' 3 7   '''Lucas di Grassi'''  '''Fat Burner Racing Engineering''' 25 +3.179 5 '''6''' 4 9   '''Pastor Maldonado'''  '''ART Grand Prix''' 25 +3.468 9 '''5''' 5 5   '''Roldán Rodríguez'''  '''Piquet GP''' 25 +4.349 8 '''4''' 6 3   '''Giedo van der Garde'''  '''iSport International''' 25 +4.687 12 '''3''' 7 17   '''Kamui Kobayashi'''  '''DAMS''' 25 +5.459 10 '''2''' 8 12   '''Edoardo Mortara'''  '''Telmex Arden International''' 25 +5.972 20 '''1''' 9 4   Diego Nunes  iSport International 25 +29.105 3 10 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 25 +32.315 11  11 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 25 +35.474 23  12 22   Stefano Coletti  Durango 23 Accident 21  13 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 22 +3 laps 13  Ret 16   Jérôme d'Ambrosio  DAMS 20 Retired  15  Ret 14   Luca Filippi  Super Nova Racing 13 Collision  18  Ret 2   Davide Valsecchi  Barwa Addax Team 13 Collision  17  Ret 24   Karun Chandhok  Ocean Racing Technology 7 Collision  6  Ret 19   Davide Rigon  Trident Racing 7 Collision  14  Ret 1   Vitaly Petrov  Barwa Addax Team 6 Collision damage  4  Ret 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 0 Accident 19  Ret 11   Sergio Pérez  Telmex Arden International 0 Collision  7  Ret 26   Michael Herck  David Price Racing 0 Collision  16  Ret 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 0 Collision  22  DNQ 27   Franck Perera  David Price Racing     ''Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (Ocean Racing Technology) 1:57.468 (lap 22)''* Diego Nunes, Dani Clos and Nelson Panciatici were given 25-second time penalties by the race stewards as a result of various incidents during the feature race.===Sprint Race===Giedo van der Garde won the sprint race. Pos  No  Driver  Team  Laps  Time/Retired  Grid  Points 1 3   '''Giedo van der Garde'''  '''iSport International''' 18 37:54.281 3 '''6''' 2 5   '''Roldán Rodríguez'''  '''Piquet GP''' 18 +3.102 4 '''5''' 3 4   '''Diego Nunes'''  '''iSport International''' 18 +4.998 9 '''4''' 4 11   '''Sergio Pérez'''  '''Telmex Arden International''' 18 +6.292 22 '''3 + 1''' 5 19   '''Davide Rigon'''  '''Trident Racing''' 18 +13.809 17 '''2''' 6 1   '''Vitaly Petrov'''  '''Barwa Addax Team''' 18 +17.459 18 '''1''' 7 24   Karun Chandhok  Ocean Racing Technology 18 +18.800 16  8 2   Davide Valsecchi  Barwa Addax Team 18 +20.039 15  9 26   Michael Herck  David Price Racing 18 +21.403 19  10 15   Javier Villa  Super Nova Racing 18 +22.860 12  11 17   Kamui Kobayashi  DAMS 18 +25.291 2  12 6   Alberto Valerio  Piquet GP 18 +36.045 20  13 23   Nelson Panciatici  Durango 18 +48.746 11  14 18   Ricardo Teixeira  Trident Racing 18 +54.779 21  Ret 12   Edoardo Mortara  Telmex Arden International 4 Collision damage 1  Ret 7   Lucas di Grassi  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 4 Collision  6  Ret 25   Álvaro Parente  Ocean Racing Technology 2 Retired 8  Ret 9   Pastor Maldonado  ART Grand Prix 1 Accident 5  Ret 10   Nico Hülkenberg  ART Grand Prix 0 Collision  7  Ret 8   Dani Clos  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 0 Collision  10  Ret 16   Jérôme d'Ambrosio  DAMS 0 Collision  13  Ret 14   Luca Filippi  Super Nova Racing 0 Collision  14  DNS 22   Stefano Coletti  Durango  Injury   DNQ 27   Franck Perera  David Price Racing     ''Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Telmex Arden International) 1:56.731 (lap 7)''
Standings after the round ;Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1  Nico Hülkenberg 83 2  Vitaly Petrov 56 3  Lucas di Grassi 46 4  Romain Grosjean 45 5  Pastor Maldonado 36;Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1  ART Grand Prix 119 2  Barwa Addax Team 101 3  Fat Burner Racing Engineering 46 4  Super Nova Racing 44 5  Piquet GP 37* '''Note:''' Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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