Country: | Italy |
Grand Prix: | Italian |
Round No: | 9 |
Season No: | 10 |
Year: | 2009 |
Location: | Circuit Monza Monza, Italy |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 3.6 |
Course Km: | 5.793 |
Date R1: | 12 September |
Laps R1: | 32 |
Pole Driver Country: | RUS |
Pole Driver: | Vitaly Petrov |
Pole Team: | Barwa Addax Team |
Pole Time: | 1:30.007 |
First Driver Country R1: | NED |
First Driver R1: | Giedo van der Garde |
First Team R1: | iSport International |
Second Driver Country R1: | RUS |
Second Driver R1: | Vitaly Petrov |
Second Team R1: | Barwa Addax Team |
Third Driver Country R1: | BRA |
Third Driver R1: | Lucas di Grassi |
Third Team R1: | F. B. Racing Engineering |
Fast Driver Country R1: | ITA |
Fast Driver R1: | Edoardo Mortara |
Fast Team R1: | Arden International |
Fast Time R1: | 1:43.283 |
Fast Lap R1: | 28 |
Date R2: | 13 September |
Laps R2: | 21 |
First Driver Country R2: | BRA |
First Driver R2: | Luiz Razia |
First Team R2: | Scuderia Coloni |
Second Driver Country R2: | BRA |
Second Driver R2: | Lucas di Grassi |
Second Team R2: | F. B. Racing Engineering |
Third Driver Country R2: | GER |
Third Driver R2: | Nico Hülkenberg |
Third Team R2: | ART Grand Prix |
Fast Driver Country R2: | BRA |
Fast Driver R2: | Luiz Razia |
Fast Team R2: | Scuderia Coloni |
Fast Time R2: | 1:32.553 |
Fast Lap R2: | 10 |
The 2009 Italian GP2 Round was the ninth and penultimate round of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 12 and 13, 2009 at Circuit Monza at Monza, Italy. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix.
The race also saw the return of PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni after their court order was dropped. However, Durango withdrew from the event, meaning there were only 12 teams present at Monza, just like at the previous round at Spa. Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his debut for DPR.[1]
Vitaly Petrov achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career.[2] Both Racing Engineering drivers were given 10 place grid penalties after causing avoidable accidents in Spa.[3]
The Feature Race was action packed, with a very wet track and terrible conditions, the race started behind the safety car. Giedo van der Garde got his and iSport International their first feature win of the season. He passed long time leader Vitaly Petrov for the lead two laps from the end.[4]
The Sprint Race was less thrilling, but crashes were still common, as on the first lap Dani Clos flipped his car after being hit side on. Luiz Razia won his first ever GP2 Race and PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni's first win in only their second round. The Round was lucky for Razia as Álvaro Parente was penalised after the race, putting him down to eleventh and moving Razia up to 8th, to claim his first GP2 points finish and first pole. After starting from a lucky pole, Razia never looked challenged and finished ahead of the good starting Lucas di Grassi and new champion Nico Hülkenberg. Hülkenberg became 2009 GP2 Series season champion after Vitaly Petrov did not score enough points to keep his championship challenge alive.[5] [6]
Pos | Driver | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nico Hülkenberg | 90 | |
2 | Vitaly Petrov | 68 | |
3 | Lucas di Grassi | 57 | |
4 | Romain Grosjean | 45 | |
5 | Pastor Maldonado | 36 |
Pos | Team | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ART Grand Prix | 126 | |
2 | Barwa Addax Team | 113 | |
3 | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 57 | |
4 | Super Nova Racing | 46 | |
5 | Telmex Arden International | 41 |