GP2 Asia Series Season 2009/10

GP2 Asia Series Season 2009/10

master
Driver:	Davide Valsecchi
Team:	iSport International
Season dates
Number of races:	8th
< 2008/09	2011 >

The 2009/10 GP2 Asia Series season was the third season of the GP2 Asia Series . It started on October 31, 2009 on Yas Island , United Arab Emirates on the Yas Marina Circuit and ended on March 14, 2010 in as-Sachir , Bahrain on the Bahrain International Circuit . Davide Valsecchi secured the drivers' championship title three races before the end of the season. His team iSport International won the team award.

Starting field

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
DAMS	1	Christian Vietoris	1-4
	2	Edoardo Piscopo	1-4
Piquet GP Rapax Team	3	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	1-4
	4th	Daniel Zampieri	1-3
		Luiz Razia	4th
Barwa Addax team	5	Max Chilton	1, 3-4
		Giedo van der Garde	2
	6th	Luiz Razia	1
		Sergio Perez	2-3
		Rodolfo González	4th
ART Grand Prix	7th	Marcus Ericsson	1
		Jules Bianchi	2-4
	8th	Sam Bird	1-4
Arden International	11	Charles Pic	1-4
	12	Rodolfo González	1
		Javier Villa	2-4
Super Nova Racing	14th	James Jakes	1
		Marcus Ericsson	2
		Jake Rosenzweig	3-4
	15th	Josef Král	1-4
iSport International	16	Oliver Turvey	1-4
	17th	Davide Valsecchi	1-4
Trident Racing	18th	Johnny cecotto jr.	1
		Dani Clos	2, 4
		Adrian Zaugg	3
	19th	Plamen Kralev	1-4
MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	20th	Luca Filippi	1-4
	21st	Diego Nunes	1
		Alexander Rossi	2-4
Ocean Racing Technology	22nd	Alexander Rossi	1
		Max Chilton	2
		Yelmer Buurman	3-4
	23	Fabio Leimer	1-4
Scuderia Coloni	24	Roldán Rodríguez	1
		Alberto Valerio	2
		Álvaro Parente	3-4
	25th	Will Bratt	1-4
DPR	26th	Michael Herck	1-4
	27	Giacomo Ricci	1-4

Changes in the teams

Durango no longer competed in the GP2 Asia series in the 2009/2010 season. Piquet GP renamed itself Rapax Team after the first race weekend .

run

The season opener and the season finale took place as part of the Formula 1 supporting program . For reasons of cost, they only drove in the Middle East.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
1.	October 31	Yas Island	Davide Valsecchi	Luca Filippi	James Jakes
2.	November 1st		Christian Vietoris	Davide Valsecchi	Josef Král
3.	February 5th	Yas Island	Oliver Turvey	Davide Valsecchi	Jules Bianchi
4th	February 6th		Davide Valsecchi	Michael Herck	Giacomo Ricci
5.	February 26th	as-Sachir	Davide Valsecchi	Luca Filippi	Javier Villa
6th	27th of February		Charles Pic	Giacomo Ricci	Javier Villa
7th	March 13th	as-Sachir	Luca Filippi	Davide Valsecchi	Charles Pic
8th.	the 14th of March		Giacomo Ricci	Sam Bird	Álvaro Parente

Rating

Point system

In the main race (HAU) the first eight of the race got 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 point (s). In the sprint race (SPR), the first six of the race received 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 point (s). In addition, the winner of the qualifying, who started from pole position in the main race, received two points. The driver who achieved the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers also received a point.

Driver ranking

Item driver UAE HAU UAE SPR UAE HAU UAE SPR BRN HAU BRN SPR BRN HAU BRN SPR Points 1  Valsecchi 1 2 2 1 1 20th 2 4th 56 2  Filippi 2 8th 14th 17th 2 18th 1 8th 29 3  Ricci DNF DNF 5 3 4th 2 5 1 29 4th  villa 4th 11 3 3 7th 6th 19th 5  Pic DNF 15th 10 8th 5 1 3 19th 18th 6th  Turvey 8th 4th 1 5 9 6th 9 11 17th 7th  Bird 18th 18th DNF DNF 13 4th 6th 2 12 8th  Parents 6th DNF 4th 3 12 9  Rossi 4th 5 6th 9 DNF DNF 11 5 12 10  Vietoris 6th 1 DNF 14th 14th 9 DNF 14th 9 11  Král 5 3 9 DNF 21st 11 16 10 8th 12  Bianchi 3 7th 10 NC 10 DNF 8th 13  Herck 13 9 7th 2 23 13 18th DNF 7th 14th  Jakes 3 10 6th 15th  Perez 12 4th 7th 17th 5 16  Piscopo 9 7th DNF 16 15th 5 8th DNS 3 17th  Cecotto 7th 6th 3 18th  Chilton 16 17th 8th 6th 18th 12 19th 15th 2 19th  Zaugg 8th 19th 1 20th  Arabadzhiev DNF DNF 13 10 17th 7th 12 9 0 21st  Buurman 12 10 13 7th 0 22nd  Zampieri 15th DNF DNF 15th 11 8th 0 23  Rodríguez 10 14th 0 24  Ericsson 11 12 17th 12 0 25th  Bratt 12 DNF 11 21st 16 DNF 15th 16 0 26th  Razia DNF 11 DNF 13 0 27  Clos DNF 13 14th 12 0 28  Nunes DNF 13 0 29  Gonzalez 14th 16 DNF DNF 0 30th  Rose branch 19th 14th 17th 17th 0 31  Glue 17th DNF DNF DNF 20th 15th DNF DNS 0 32  Valerio 15th 18th 0 33  Kralev DNF DNF 16 20th 22nd 16 DNF 18th 0 34  van der Garde DNF 19th 0 Item driver UAE HAU UAE SPR UAE HAU UAE SPR BRN HAU BRN SPR BRN HAU BRN SPR Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings Bold - Pole Position Italic - Fastest race lap

Team evaluation

Item	team	Car no.	UAE HAU	UAE SPR	UAE HAU	UAE SPR	BRN HAU	BRN SPR	BRN HAU	BRN SPR	Points
1	iSport International	16	8th	4th	1	5	9	6th	9	11	73
		17th	1	2	2	1	1	20th	2	4th
2	Arden International	11	DNF	15th	10	8th	5	1	3	19th	37
		12	14th	16	4th	11	3	3	7th	6th
3	DPR	26th	13	9	7th	2	23	13	18th	DNF	36
		27	DNF	DNF	5	3	4th	2	5	1
4th	MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	20th	2	8th	14th	17th	2	18th	1	8th	34
		21st	DNF	13	6th	9	DNF	DNF	11	5
5	ART Grand Prix	7th	11	12	3	7th	10	NC	10	DNF	20th
		8th	18th	18th	DNF	DNF	13	4th	6th	2
6th	Super Nova Racing	14th	3	10	17th	12	19th	14th	17th	17th	14th
		15th	5	3	9	DNF	21st	11	16	10
7th	DAMS	1	6th	1	DNF	14th	14th	9	DNF	14th	12
		2	9	7th	DNF	16	15th	5	8th	DNS
8th	Scuderia Coloni	24	10	14th	15th	18th	6th	DNF	4th	3	12
		25th	12	DNF	11	21st	16	DNF	15th	16
9	Ocean Racing Technology	22nd	4th	5	8th	6th	12	10	13	7th	9
		23	17th	DNF	DNF	DNF	20th	15th	DNF	DNS
10	Barwa Addax team	5	16	17th	DNF	19th	18th	12	19th	15th	5
		6th	DNF	11	12	4th	7th	17th	DNF	DNF
11	Trident Racing	18th	7th	6th	DNF	13	8th	19th	14th	12	4th
		19th	DNF	DNF	16	20th	22nd	16	DNF	18th
12	Piquet GP Rapax Team	3	DNF	DNF	13	10	17th	7th	12	9	0
		4th	15th	DNF	DNF	15th	11	8th	DNF	13
Item	team	Car no.	UAE HAU	UAE SPR	UAE HAU	UAE SPR	BRN HAU	BRN SPR	BRN HAU	BRN SPR	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Valsecchi storms to the title" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 26, 2010)
2. ↑ "GP2 Asia: Vietoris drives for DAMS" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 21, 2009)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} "GP2 Asia: The field of drivers is forming" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 19, 2009)
4. ^ "Razia con Rapax in Bahrain" ( Memento from June 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on March 7, 2010)
5. ↑ "Chilton drives in GP2 Asia" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 25, 2009)
6. ↑ ^{a b} "Addax in Abu Ahabi: Rehearsals for an emergency" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 30, 2010)
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} "Further pilots confirmed for GP2 Asia" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 21, 2009)
8. ↑ “GP2 Asia Series - Round 4: Bahrain Preview”. gp2series.com, March 11, 2010, archived from the original on March 17, 2010 ; accessed on March 11, 2010 (English). 
9. ↑ Glenn (ed.) Freeman: Pit & Paddock: In Brief . In: Autosport . 198, No. 3, October 15, 2009, p. 27.
10. ↑ "Bianchi is promoted to GP2 at ART" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 12, 2009)
11. ↑ "The next one: Bird changes to ART in GP2 Asia" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 17, 2009)
12. ↑ ^{a b} “GP2 Asia 2009/10 Championship Driver Announcement”. Arden-Motorsport.com, October 22, 2009, archived from the original on October 29, 2009 ; accessed on October 22, 2009 (English). 
13. ^ "Abu Dhabi: Best time in training for Filippi" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 4, 2010)
14. ↑ ^{a b c} "GP2 Asia: Parente and Rosenzweig start in Bahrain" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2010)
15. ↑ "iSport commits Turvey for GP2 and GP2-Asia" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 14, 2009)
16. ↑ "Zaugg celebrates its comeback in GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 21, 2010)
17. ↑ "Kralev becomes the first Bulgarian in GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 25, 2009)
18. ^ "Filippi returns to Meritus for Asia Series". gp2.gpupdate.net, October 23, 2009, archived from the original on October 27, 2009 ; accessed on October 23, 2009 . 
19. ↑ "Meritus Abu Dhabi test notes 2009-10-23" ( Memento from July 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Motorsport.com on October 23, 2009)
20. ↑ "Rossi changes to Meritus" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2010)
21. ↑ "Asia - Ocean conferma Leimer e trova Chilton" ( Memento of 29 September 2011 at the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on February 1, 2010)
22. ↑ "Valerio changes to Coloni" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 21, 2010)
23. ↑ "La lista dei piloti che saranno ad Abu Dhabi per la GP2 Asia" ( Memento of 18 August 2011 at the Internet Archive ) (Italiaracing.net on 22 October 2009)
24. ↑ “Durango pulls out of Asia Series”. gp2.gpupdate.net, October 22, 2009, archived from the original on October 27, 2009 ; accessed on October 22, 2009 (English). 
25. ↑ "Piquet GP becomes Rapax" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 20, 2009)
26. ↑ "GP2 Asia calendar as good as fixed" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 27, 2009)