2009 Monaco GP2 Series round

  2009 Monaco GP2 round
Round details
Round 2 of 10 rounds in the
2009 GP2 Series season.

Circuit de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street Course
3.34 km (2.08 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date 22 May 2009
Laps 45
Pole position
Driver Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:19.498
Podium
First Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Second Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team
Third Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:21.823 (on lap 30)
Sprint Race
Date 24 May 2009
Laps 27
Podium
First Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix
Second Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS
Third Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:22.045 (on lap 9)

The 2009 Monaco GP2 Race was a GP2 motor race held on May 22 and May 24, 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

Contents

Report

The first race one again resulted in a one-two finish for Barwa Addax Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov, with Lucas di Grassi promtoted 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

Race 1

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team 45 1:03:06.299 1 13
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 23 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
Ret 3 Giedo van der Garde iSport International 38 Retired 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 Retired 17
Ret 8 Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Engineering 16 Retired 13
Ret 4 Diego Nunes iSport International 13 Retired 21
Ret 6 Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 5 Retired 9
Ret 23 Nelson Panciatici Durango 4 Reitred 25
DNQ 18 Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing - 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 2
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 Retired 22
Ret 6 Alberto Valerio Piquet GP 23 Retired 24
Ret 14 Luca Filippi David Price Racing 23 Retired 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 Reitred 11
DNQ 18 Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing - 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

External links

Previous round:
2009 Spanish GP2 round		 GP2 Series
2009 season		 Next round:
2009 Turkish GP2 round
Previous round:
2008 Monaco GP2 round		 Monaco GP2 round Next round:
2010 Monaco GP2 round