2009_GP2_Series_season

2009 GP2 Series

2009 GP2 Series

Season of Formula One feeder championship


The 2009 GP2 Series season was the forty-third season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifth season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season consisted of twenty races at ten rounds, beginning on 9 May at the Circuit de Catalunya and finishing on 20 September at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The Algarve circuit hosted its first GP2 weekend, and was the only new circuit on the calendar. The Nürburgring also returned as part of its rotation with Hockenheim as the home of the German Grand Prix.

Nico Hülkenberg won the championship by a margin of 25 points over Vitaly Petrov. His team ART Grand Prix also wrapped up the teams' title, holding off Barwa Addax by 14 points.

The title was won by German rookie Nico Hülkenberg at the penultimate round of the championship at Monza, the first time the series had been won before the final round. His team ART Grand Prix claimed the teams title in the Algarve.

Barwa Addax's title contender Romain Grosjean left the series mid-season to join the Renault for the remainder of the Formula One season following Nelson Piquet Jr.'s sacking.

Champion Hülkenberg, runner-up Petrov and 3rd place Lucas di Grassi all drove in the 2010 Formula One season for Williams, Renault and new team Virgin Racing respectively. 16th place Kamui Kobayashi took part in the final two races of the 2009 Formula One season for Toyota following Timo Glock's injury in the Japanese Grand Prix while 18th place Karun Chandhok joined new Formula One team HRT in 2010.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/08 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines order and with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.

Team changes

Midseason changes

Driver changes

Changed Teams
Entering/Re-Entering GP2
Leaving GP2
Midseason changes

2009 schedule

The 2009 calendar was announced on 16 December 2008. The final round of the championship was the first GP2 race to take place at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Also, the German Grand Prix was moved from Hockenheim to the Nürburgring.[31]

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Results

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Championship standings

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
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Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

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Drivers' Championship

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Notes:

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

Teams' Championship

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Notes:

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

Notes

  1. Arden International competed under a Dutch licence.
  2. Zuber is an Austrian driver who competed under an Emirati racing licence.
  3. Bridgestone supplied only one dry compound to the teams to be used throughout the race weekend.[33]
  4. Dani Clos set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Edoardo Mortara was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  5. Karun Chandhok set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Vitaly Petrov was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  6. Lucas di Grassi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Pastor Maldonado was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  7. Edoardo Mortara set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Nico Hülkenberg was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  8. Alberto Valerio set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Nico Hülkenberg was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  9. Luca Filippi set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luiz Razia was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  10. Diego Nunes set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luca Filippi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
  11. Nico Hülkenberg set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Luca Filippi was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

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