2009–10 GP2 Asia Series

For the main series, see 2010 GP2 Series season.

2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season
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The 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season was the third season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on 31 October 2009 and ended on 14 March 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.

Entry list

Team	No	Driver	Rounds
DAMS	1	Christian Vietoris^[3]	All
DAMS	2	Edoardo Piscopo^[3]	All
Piquet GP Rapax^[4]	3	Vladimir Arabadzhiev^[5]	All
	4	Daniel Zampieri^[5]	1–3
	4	Luiz Razia^[6]	4
Barwa Addax Team	5	Max Chilton^[7]	1, 3–4
	5	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
	7	Jules Bianchi^[12]	2–4
	8	Sam Bird^[13]	All
Arden International	11	Charles Pic^[14]	All
	12	Rodolfo González^[14]	1
	12	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
iSport International	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
	21	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	3–4
	25	Will Bratt^[34]	All
DPR	26	Michael Herck	All
DPR	27	Giacomo Ricci^[35]	All

Calendar

The season started with a two-day test over October 23–24, 2009 in Abu Dhabi at the new Yas Marina Circuit.^[36] The series returned there a week later for the opening championship rounds, in support of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.^[37]

A further round took place in Abu Dhabi, before the series moved to Bahrain.^[37]

Race Calendar and results

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

Results

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	YMC1		YMC2		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	YMC1		YMC2		BHR1		BHR2		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Car No.	YMC1		YMC2		BHR1		BHR2		Points
1	iSport International	16	8	4	1	5	9	6	9	11	73
1	iSport International	17	1	2	2	1	1	20	2	4	73
2	Arden International	11	Ret	15	10	8	5	1	3	19	37
2	Arden International	12	14	16	4	11	3	3	7	6	37
3	DPR	26	13	9	7	2	23	13	18	Ret	36
3	DPR	27	Ret	Ret	5	3	4	2	5	1	36
4	MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	20	2	8	14†	17	2	18	1	8	34
4	MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	21	Ret	13	6	9	Ret	Ret	11	5	34
5	ART Grand Prix	7	11	12	3	7	10	NC	10	Ret	20
5	ART Grand Prix	8	18†	18	Ret	Ret	13	4	6	2	20
6	Super Nova Racing	14	3	10	17†	12	19	14	17	17	14
6	Super Nova Racing	15	5	3	9	Ret	21	11	16	10	14
7	DAMS	1	6	1	Ret	14	14	9	Ret	14	12
7	DAMS	2	9	7	Ret	16	15	5	8	DNS	12
8	Scuderia Coloni	24	10	14	15	18	6	Ret	4	3	12
8	Scuderia Coloni	25	12	Ret	11	21†	16	Ret	15	16	12
9	Ocean Racing Technology	22	4	5	8	6	12	10	13	7	9
9	Ocean Racing Technology	23	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	15	Ret	DNS	9
10	Barwa Addax Team	5	16	17	Ret	19	18	12	19†	15	5
10	Barwa Addax Team	6	Ret	11	12	4	7	17	Ret	Ret	5
11	Trident Racing	18	7	6	Ret	13	8	19	14	12	4
11	Trident Racing	19	Ret	Ret	16	20	22	16	Ret	18	4
12	Piquet GP Rapax	3	Ret	Ret	13	10	17	7	12	9	0
12	Piquet GP Rapax	4	15	Ret	Ret	15	11	8	Ret	13	0
Pos	Team	Car No.	YMC1		YMC2		BHR1		BHR2		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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