2009 Bahrain 1st GP2 Asia Series round explained

Country:	BHR
Grand Prix:	Bahrain
Round No:	3
Season No:	6
Season:	2009
Year:	2009
Location:	Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.363
Course Km:	5.412
Date R1:	23 January
Laps R1:	34 (184.008 km)
Pole Driver Country:	GER
Pole Driver:	Nico Hülkenberg
Pole Team:	ART Grand Prix
Pole Time:	1:41.351
First Driver Country R1:	JPN
First Driver R1:	Kamui Kobayashi
First Team R1:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R1:	BEL
Second Driver R1:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Second Team R1:	DAMS
Third Driver Country R1:	ITA
Third Driver R1:	Edoardo Mortara
Third Team R1:	Arden International Motorsport
Fast Driver Country R1:	JPN
Fast Driver R1:	Kamui Kobayashi
Fast Team R1:	DAMS
Fast Time R1:	1:43.604
Fast Lap R1:	23
Date R2:	24 January
Laps R2:	23 (124.476 km)
First Driver Country R2:	MEX
First Driver R2:	Sergio Pérez
First Team R2:	Barwa Int Campos Team
Second Driver Country R2:	ITA
Second Driver R2:	Davide Valsecchi
Second Team R2:	Durango
Third Driver Country R2:	BEL
Third Driver R2:	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Third Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R2:	BRA
Fast Team R2:	Piquet GP
Fast Time R2:	1:43.913
Fast Lap R2:	5

The 2009 Bahrain 1st GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 23 and 24 January 2009 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the third round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series.

Classification

		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	2	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	1:41.351		1
2	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:41.476	+0.125	2
3	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:41.522	+0.172	3
4	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	1:41.978	+0.627	4
5	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:42.195	+0.844	5
6	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:42.307	+0.956	6
7	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:42.344	+0.993	7
8	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:42.355	+1.004	8
9	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:42.362	+1.011	9
10	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:42.449	+1.098	10
11	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:42.458	+1.107	11
12	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:42.564	+1.213	12
13	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:42.632	+1.282	13
14	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:42.636	+1.285	14
15	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:42.798	+1.447	15
16	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:42.818	+1.467	16
17	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	1:42.833	+1.482	17
18	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	1:43.061	+1.710	18
19	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	1:43.373	+2.022	19
20	27	Adrián Vallés	Trident Racing	1:43.401	+2.050	20
21	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:43.413	+2.062	21
22	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:43.701	+2.351	22
23	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:44.043	+2.692	23
24	26	Frankie Provenzano	Trident Racing	1:44.325	+2.974	24
25	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:45.281	+3.930	25
26	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	No time		26
Source:^[1]

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	34	1:00:10.318	1	10+1
2	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	34	+5.892	2	8
3	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	34	+18.570	4	6
4	2	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	34	+19.436	1	5+2
5	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	34	+20.368	10	4
6	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	34	+24.076	5	3
7	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	34	+24.748	6	2
8	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+27.462	13	1
9	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	34	+30.687	8
10	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+36.702	11
11	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	34	+38.042	15
12	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	34	+51.424	16
13	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	34	+55.560	12
14	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	34	+1:06.976	18
15	26	Frankie Provenzano	Trident Racing	34	+1:14.584	24
16	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	34	+1:18.339	22
17	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	34	+1:18.391	7
18	22	Michael Herck	DPR	34	+1:18.559	21
19	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	34	+1:46.185	26
20	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	33	+1 lap	9
21	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	32	+2 laps	25
22	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	31	+3 laps	14
Ret	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	21	Retired	23
Ret	27	Adrián Vallés	Trident Racing	13	Retired	20
Ret	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	19
Ret	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	17
Source:^[2]

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	23	40:14.642	1	6
2	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	23	+0.749	4	5
3	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+8.081	7	4+1
4	2	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	23	+8.675	5	3
5	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	23	+10.533	9	2
6	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	23	+11.116	8	1
7	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+15.441	11
8	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	23	+16.230	6
9	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	23	+17.213	14
10	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+17.821	20
11	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	23	+18.323	17
12	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+25.466	10
13	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+29.283	26
14	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	23	+36.850	2
15	26	Frankie Provenzano	Trident Racing	23	+41.242	15
16	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	23	+44.677	23
17	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+45.389	25
18	22	Michael Herck	DPR	23	+50.464	18
19	27	Adrián Vallés	Trident Racing	23	+55.913	24
20	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	23	+1:04.298	19
21	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	23	+1:07.235	21
22	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	23	+1:09.072	13
23	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	22	+1 lap	3
Ret	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	14	Retired	16
Ret	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	12	Retired	12
Ret	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	8	Retired	22
Source:^[3]

		Team	Points
	1	DAMS	51
1	2	Durango	24
1	3	Piquet GP	22
	4	Barwa International Campos Team	18
2	5	ART Grand Prix	17

Web site: Hülkenberg takes pole on GP2 debut . 6 January 2022 . Autosport.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090228024720/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72942 . 28 February 2009 . dead.
Web site: Kobayashi leads DAMS one-two. https://web.archive.org/web/20090130091444/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72959 . 2009-01-30 . 28 July 2022. Autosport.com.
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