Country: | UK |
Grand Prix: | British |
Round No: | 5 |
Season No: | 10 |
Year: | 2010 |
Location: | Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire, Britain |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 3.667 |
Course Km: | 5.901 |
Date R1: | 10 July |
Laps R1: | 33 |
Pole Driver Country: | France |
Pole Driver: | Jules Bianchi |
Pole Team: | ART Grand Prix |
Pole Time: | 1.39.189 |
First Driver Country R1: | Venezuela |
First Driver R1: | Pastor Maldonado |
First Team R1: | Rapax |
Second Driver Country R1: | France |
Second Driver R1: | Jules Bianchi |
Second Team R1: | ART Grand Prix |
Third Driver Country R1: | Spain |
Third Driver R1: | Dani Clos |
Third Team R1: | Racing Engineering |
Fast Driver Country R1: | Venezuela |
Fast Driver R1: | Pastor Maldonado |
Fast Team R1: | Rapax |
Fast Time R1: | 1.41.663 |
Fast Lap R1: | 23 |
Date R2: | 11 July |
Laps R2: | 23 |
First Driver Country R2: | Mexico |
First Driver R2: | Sergio Pérez |
First Team R2: | Barwa Addax Team |
Second Driver Country R2: | United Kingdom |
Second Driver R2: | Oliver Turvey |
Second Team R2: | iSport International |
Third Driver Country R2: | Spain |
Third Driver R2: | Dani Clos |
Third Team R2: | Racing Engineering |
Fast Driver Country R2: | Mexico |
Fast Driver R2: | Sergio Pérez |
Fast Team R2: | Barwa Addax Team |
Fast Time R2: | 1.41.610 |
Fast Lap R2: | 6 |
The 2010 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 10 and 11, 2010 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Britain. It was the fifth round of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 British Grand Prix.
Jules Bianchi claimed pole for the Feature Race.
Pastor Maldonado extended his series lead with victory in the Silverstone Feature Race. The Rapax driver jumped polesitter Jules Bianchi (ART) at the start and never looked threatened from there on, gradually extending his advantage to win by 10.1 seconds. Bianchi was second ahead of Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who came home a further 9.4s down the road. It was a largely processional affair through most of the field, with Bianchi's ART team-mate Sam Bird having an equally straightforward run to fourth, although Sergio Pérez and Christian Vietoris did their best to inject some interest with their scrap for fifth over the second half of the race. Addax driver Pérez finally found a way past the German Racing Engineering man with two laps to go, although sixth was still a good reward for Vietoris after starting from 12th on the grid. iSport's Davide Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey were able to mop up the remaining points when Addax's Giedo van der Garde made a mistake on the final lap while running fifth, allowing Valescchi to pass him immediately and Turvey to follow a couple of corners later to claim pole for the sprint race. Only two cars failed to make the finish, with Rapax's Luiz Razia pulling off the track midway through the race, and DAMS' Ho-Pin Tung retiring after several visits to the pits. Tung had started the race in a brand-new, unliveried chassis that was rushed through scrutineering this morning after destroying his race car in a trip over the kerbs during Friday practice.
Sergio Pérez got his season back on track with a crushing win for Addax in the GP2 Series sprint race at Silverstone. The Mexican passed Davide Valsecchi and his iSport team-mate Oliver Turvey in the opening phase of the race and immediately left the rest of the field behind, routinely posting laps more than a second quicker than his rivals to finally cross the line with a margin of 15.7 seconds. Polesitter Turvey managed to hold on for second, earning himself his first GP2 main series podium. He had become the local crowd's only realistic hope of a home podium after ART's Sam Bird was prevented from taking the start by an engine failure on an installation lap. Turvey's result did not come easily. He saw off Valsecchi without difficulty, but soon found himself under pressure from Racing Engineering's Dani Clos, who had made good progress from sixth on the grid. The Spaniard launched several attacks but never managed to find a way through, and after seeing off a late challenge from Pastor Maldonado (Rapax), settled for third. Valsecchi, meanwhile, seemed to be struggling for pace and steadily dropped down the order, losing fifth to ART's Jules Bianchi at Abbey with a couple of laps remaining. He hung on to claim the final point for sixth.
Pos | Driver | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pastor Maldonado | 56 | |
2 | Dani Clos | 36 | |
3 | Jules Bianchi | 31 | |
4 | Sergio Pérez | 30 | |
5 | Giedo van der Garde | 27 |
Pos | Team | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rapax | 76 | |
2 | Barwa Addax Team | 57 | |
3 | ART Grand Prix | 53 | |
4 | Racing Engineering | 42 | |
5 | iSport International | 29 |