2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season

2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season
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For the main series, see 2010 GP2 Series season.

The 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season was the third season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on October 31, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010 after four double-header rounds. All teams from the 2009 GP2 Series season except for Racing Engineering were due to take part, with the thirteenth slot being filled by MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com. Durango withdrew from the season for financial reasons.[1] The season was the last to use the first specification of the GP2 car, as used in Europe between 2005 and 2007.[2]

Davide Valsecchi of iSport International won the drivers' championship title, clinching it with three races to spare, in Bahrain after a comprehensive performance in the first five races, winning a race at each of the first three meetings with two seconds before clinching the title. He added a fourth second place at the final round, to seal a 27-point championship-winning margin. Second place was settled by a tie-breaker between a pair of Italian drivers, MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com driver Luca Filippi and DPR's Giacomo Ricci. Despite not scoring in any of the sprint races to be held, a win and two second places in feature races for Filippi compared to six top-five finishes – including a first GP2 win at the final Bahrain race – for Ricci allowed Filippi to take the runner-up spot. Arden International drivers completed the top-five placings with Javier Villa fourth despite missing the first meeting at Abu Dhabi, and Charles Pic fifth, the only other driver to win a race during the campaign, winning at the first Bahrain meeting. In the teams' championship, iSport won the championship with two races to spare, after the points amassed by Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey put them out of reach of their rivals. Second place, 36 points behind iSport, were Arden due to the strong performances of Villa and Pic, while Ricci's DPR squad finished third, a point further back.

Contents

Entry list

Team No Driver Rounds
DAMS 1 Christian Vietoris[3] All
2 Edoardo Piscopo[3] All
Piquet GP
Rapax[4]		 3 Vladimir Arabadzhiev[5] All
4 Daniel Zampieri[5] 1–3
Luiz Razia[6] 4
Barwa Addax Team 5 Max Chilton[7] 1, 3–4
Giedo van der Garde[8] 2
6 Luiz Razia[9] 1
Sergio Pérez[10] 2–3
Rodolfo González[2] 4
ART Grand Prix 7 Marcus Ericsson[11] 1
Jules Bianchi[12] 2–4
8 Sam Bird[13] All
Arden International 11 Charles Pic[14] All
12 Rodolfo González[14] 1
Javier Villa[15] 2–4
Super Nova Racing 14 James Jakes[16] 1
Marcus Ericsson[17] 2
Jake Rosenzweig[18] 3–4
15 Josef Král[19] All
iSport International 16 Oliver Turvey[20] All
17 Davide Valsecchi[21] All
Trident Racing 18 Johnny Cecotto, Jr.[22] 1
Dani Clos[23] 2, 4
Adrian Zaugg[24] 3
19 Plamen Kralev[25] All
MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 20 Luca Filippi[26] All
21 Diego Nunes[27] 1
Alexander Rossi[28] 2–4
Ocean Racing Technology 22 Alexander Rossi[29] 1
Max Chilton[30] 2
Yelmer Buurman[31] 3–4
23 Fabio Leimer[29] All
Scuderia Coloni 24 Roldán Rodríguez[32] 1
Alberto Valerio[33] 2
Álvaro Parente[34] 3–4
25 Will Bratt[35] All
DPR 26 Michael Herck[36] All
27 Giacomo Ricci[37] All

Calendar

The season started with a two-day test over October 23–24, 2009 in Abu Dhabi at the new Yas Marina Circuit.[38] The series returned there a week later for the opening championship rounds, in support of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[39]

A further round took place in Abu Dhabi, before the series moved to Bahrain.[39]

Race Calendar

Round Circuit Country Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 R1 Yas Marina Circuit  United Arab Emirates October 31 Davide Valsecchi Davide Valsecchi Davide Valsecchi iSport International Report
R2 November 1 Davide Valsecchi Christian Vietoris DAMS
2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit  United Arab Emirates February 5 Charles Pic Davide Valsecchi Oliver Turvey iSport International Report
R2 February 6 Davide Valsecchi Davide Valsecchi iSport International
3 R1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir  Bahrain February 26 Jules Bianchi Javier Villa Davide Valsecchi iSport International Report
R2 February 27 Giacomo Ricci Charles Pic Arden International
4 R1 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir  Bahrain March 13 Luca Filippi Luca Filippi Luca Filippi MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com Report
R2 March 14 Sam Bird Giacomo Ricci DPR

Results

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ABU1
 ABU2
 BHR1
 BHR2
 Points
1 Davide Valsecchi 1 2 2 1 1 20 2 4 56
2 Luca Filippi 2 8 14† 17 2 18 1 8 29
3 Giacomo Ricci Ret Ret 5 3 4 2 5 1 29
4 Javier Villa 4 11 3 3 7 6 19
5 Charles Pic Ret 15 10 8 5 1 3 19 18
6 Oliver Turvey 8 4 1 5 9 6 9 11 17
7 Sam Bird 18† 18 Ret Ret 13 4 6 2 12
8 Álvaro Parente 6 Ret 4 3 12
9 Alexander Rossi 4 5 6 9 Ret Ret 11 5 12
10 Christian Vietoris 6 1 Ret 14 14 9 Ret 14 9
11 Josef Král 5 3 9 Ret 21 11 16 10 8
12 Jules Bianchi 3 7 10 NC 10 Ret 8
13 Michael Herck 13 9 7 2 23 13 18 Ret 7
14 James Jakes 3 10 6
15 Sergio Pérez 12 4 7 17 5
16 Edoardo Piscopo 9 7 Ret 16 15 5 8 DNS 3
17 Johnny Cecotto, Jr. 7 6 3
18 Max Chilton 16 17 8 6 18 12 19† 15 2
19 Adrian Zaugg 8 19 1
20 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Ret Ret 13 10 17 7 12 9 0
21 Yelmer Buurman 12 10 13 7 0
22 Daniel Zampieri 15 Ret Ret 15 11 8 0
23 Roldán Rodríguez 10 14 0
24 Marcus Ericsson 11 12 17† 12 0
25 Will Bratt 12 Ret 11 21† 16 Ret 15 16 0
26 Luiz Razia Ret 11 Ret 13 0
27 Dani Clos Ret 13 14 12 0
28 Diego Nunes Ret 13 0
29 Rodolfo González 14 16 Ret Ret 0
30 Jake Rosenzweig 19 14 17 17 0
31 Fabio Leimer 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 Ret DNS 0
32 Alberto Valerio 15 18 0
33 Plamen Kralev Ret Ret 16 20 22 16 Ret 18 0
34 Giedo van der Garde Ret 19 0
Pos Driver ABU1
 ABU2
 BHR1
 BHR2
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Car
No.		 ABU1
 ABU2
 BHR1
 BHR2
 Points
1 iSport International 16 8 4 1 5 9 6 9 11 73
17 1 2 2 1 1 20 2 4
2 Arden International 11 Ret 15 10 8 5 1 3 19 37
12 14 16 4 11 3 3 7 6
3 DPR 26 13 9 7 2 23 13 18 Ret 36
27 Ret Ret 5 3 4 2 5 1
4 MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 20 2 8 14† 17 2 18 1 8 34
21 Ret 13 6 9 Ret Ret 11 5
5 ART Grand Prix 7 11 12 3 7 10 NC 10 Ret 20
8 18† 18 Ret Ret 13 4 6 2
6 Super Nova Racing 14 3 10 17† 12 19 14 17 17 14
15 5 3 9 Ret 21 11 16 10
7 DAMS 1 6 1 Ret 14 14 9 Ret 14 12
2 9 7 Ret 16 15 5 8 DNS
8 Scuderia Coloni 24 10 14 15 18 6 Ret 4 3 12
25 12 Ret 11 21† 16 Ret 15 16
9 Ocean Racing Technology 22 4 5 8 6 12 10 13 7 9
23 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 Ret DNS
10 Barwa Addax Team 5 16 17 Ret 19 18 12 19† 15 5
6 Ret 11 12 4 7 17 Ret Ret
11 Trident Racing 18 7 6 Ret 13 8 19 14 12 4
19 Ret Ret 16 20 22 16 Ret 18
12 Piquet GP
Rapax		 3 Ret Ret 13 10 17 7 12 9 0
4 15 Ret Ret 15 11 8 Ret 13
Pos Team Car
No.		 ABU1
 ABU2
 BHR1
 BHR2
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

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External links

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