2009 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round

2009 Malaysian GP2 round
Round details
	Round 5 of 6 rounds in the ; 2009 GP2 Series
Location	Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.543 km (3.445 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	4 April 2009
Laps	33 (182.919 km)
Pole position
Driver	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Time	1:45.410
Podium
First	Diego Nunes
Second	Kamui Kobayashi
Third	James Jakes
Fastest lap
Driver	Javier Villa
Time	1:48.208 (on lap 21)
Sprint race
Date	5 April 2009
Laps	20 (110.860 km)
Podium
First	Vitaly Petrov
Second	Pastor Maldonado
Third	Davide Valsecchi
Fastest lap
Driver	Álvaro Parente
Time	2:03.508 (on lap 20)

The 2009 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 4 and 5 April 2009 at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the fifth round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:45.410		1
2	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:45.522	+0.112	2
3	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:45.527	+0.117	3
4	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:45.577	+0.167	4
5	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:45.649	+0.239	5
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.720	+0.310	6
7	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:45.748	+0.338	7
8	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1:45.755	+0.345	8
9	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:45.767	+0.357	9
10	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:45.816	+0.406	10
11	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.954	+0.544	11
12	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	1:45.978	+0.568	12
13	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	1:45.989	+0.579	13
14	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:46.053	+0.643	14
15	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:46.087	+0.677	15
16	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:46.105	+0.695	16
17	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	1:46.108	+0.698	17
18	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:46.169	+0.759	18
19	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	1:46.184	+0.774	19
20	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:46.259	+0.849	20
21	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:46.265	+0.855	21
22	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:46.315	+0.905	22
23	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:46.604	+1.194	23
24	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	1:47.838	+2.428	24
25	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:49.642	+4.232	25
26	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	1:49.857	+4.447	26
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	33	1:00:46.668	2	10
2	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	33	+8.361	4	8
3	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	33	+9.150	3	6+1
4	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	33	+13.874	9	5
5	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	33	+16.805	11	4
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	33	+41.457	6	3
7	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	33	+42.007	8	2
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	33	+42.381	7	1
9	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	33	+51.152	21
10	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	33	+53.240	14
11	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	33	+54.435	10
12	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	33	+59.958	15
13	22	Michael Herck	DPR	33	+1:01.473	20
14	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	33	+1:02.518	16
15	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	33	+1:11.958	17
16	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	33	+1:34.318	23
17	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	33	+1:50.428	24
18	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	33	+1:51.455	26
19	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	32	+1 lap	5
20	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	32	+1 lap	25
Ret	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	16	Retired	22
Ret	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	14	Retired	18
Ret	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	10	Retired	13
Ret	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	0	Retired	1	2
Ret	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	0	Retired	12
Ret	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	0	Retired	19
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	20	45:41.349	3	6
2	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	20	+2.914	2	5
3	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	20	+4.339	1	4
4	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	20	+6.357	8	3
5	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	20	+21.539	9	2
6	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	20	+24.489	22	1
7	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	20	+24.522	7
8	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	20	+26.108	10
9	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	20	+26.956	11	1
10	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	20	+35.725	14
11	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	20	+37.306	4
12	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	20	+37.683	5
13	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	20	+44.390	25
14	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	20	+46.358	21
15	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	20	+47.818	16
16	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	20	+48.476	15
17	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	20	+48.640	26
18	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	20	+1:09.849	19
19	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	20	+1:21.557	17
20	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	20	+1:56.537	18
Ret	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	14	Retired	12
Ret	22	Michael Herck	DPR	9	Retired	13
Ret	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	9	Retired	23
Ret	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	5	Retired	20
Ret	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	4	Retired	6
DSQ	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	14	Disqualified	24
Source:^[3]

Jérôme d'Ambrosio was black flagged and disqualified from the race after a pass on Marco Bonanomi under a yellow flag, the belgian overshot turn 9, almost colliding with a group of marshalls attending to Michael Herck's stranded DPR car.^[4]

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	DAMS	70
	2	Barwa International Campos Team	54
	3	ART Grand Prix	41
1	4	Piquet GP	40
1	5	Durango	34

↑ Javier Villa set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. James Jakes was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

↑ "d'Ambrosio bags pole at Sepang". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
↑ "Nunes takes first GP2 win at Sepang". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
↑ "Petrov wins wet Sepang GP2 sprint". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
↑ "2009 GP2 Series". Racedepartment.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.