2009 Bahrain 1st GP2 Asia Series round

The 2009 Bahrain 1st GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 23 and 24 January 2009 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the third round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series.

   2009 Bahrain GP2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 6 rounds in the 2009 GP2 Series
Location	Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	23 January 2009
Laps	34 (184.008 km)
Pole position
Driver	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:41.351
Podium
First	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Second	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS
Third	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS
Time	1:43.604 (on lap 23)
Sprint race
Date	24 January 2009
Laps	23 (124.476 km)
Podium
First	Sergio Pérez	Barwa Int Campos Team
Second	Davide Valsecchi	Durango
Third	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Diego Nunes[a]	Piquet GP
Time	1:43.913 (on lap 5)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	2	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	1:41.351		1
2	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:41.476	+0.125	2
3	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:41.522	+0.172	3
4	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	1:41.978	+0.627	4
5	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:42.195	+0.844	5
6	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:42.307	+0.956	6
7	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:42.344	+0.993	7
8	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:42.355	+1.004	8
9	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:42.362	+1.011	9
10	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:42.449	+1.098	10
11	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:42.458	+1.107	11
12	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:42.564	+1.213	12
13	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:42.632	+1.282	13
14	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:42.636	+1.285	14
15	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:42.798	+1.447	15
16	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:42.818	+1.467	16
17	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	1:42.833	+1.482	17
18	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	1:43.061	+1.710	18
19	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	1:43.373	+2.022	19
20	27	Adrián Vallés	Trident Racing	1:43.401	+2.050	20
21	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:43.413	+2.062	21
22	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:43.701	+2.351	22
23	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:44.043	+2.692	23
24	26	Frankie Provenzano	Trident Racing	1:44.325	+2.974	24
25	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:45.281	+3.930	25
26	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	No time		26
Source:[1]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	34	1:00:10.318	1	10+1
2	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	34	+5.892	2	8
3	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	34	+18.570	4	6
4	2	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	34	+19.436	1	5+2
5	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	34	+20.368	10	4
6	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	34	+24.076	5	3
7	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	34	+24.748	6	2
8	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+27.462	13	1
9	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	34	+30.687	8
10	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	34	+36.702	11
11	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	34	+38.042	15
12	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	34	+51.424	16
13	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	34	+55.560	12
14	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	34	+1:06.976	18
15	26	Frankie Provenzano	Trident Racing	34	+1:14.584	24
16	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	34	+1:18.339	22
17	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	34	+1:18.391	7
18	22	Michael Herck	DPR	34	+1:18.559	21
19	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	34	+1:46.185	26
20	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	33	+1 lap	9
21	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	32	+2 laps	25
22	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	31	+3 laps	14
Ret	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	21	Retired	23
Ret	27	Adrián Vallés	Trident Racing	13	Retired	20
Ret	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	19
Ret	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	0	Retired	17
Source:[2]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	23	40:14.642	1	6
2	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	23	+0.749	4	5
3	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+8.081	7	4+1
4	2	Nico Hülkenberg	ART Grand Prix	23	+8.675	5	3
5	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	23	+10.533	9	2
6	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	23	+11.116	8	1
7	19	Earl Bamber	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+15.441	11
8	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	23	+16.230	6
9	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	23	+17.213	14
10	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	23	+17.821	20
11	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	23	+18.323	17
12	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	23	+25.466	10
13	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+29.283	26
14	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	23	+36.850	2
15	26	Frankie Provenzano	Trident Racing	23	+41.242	15
16	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	23	+44.677	23
17	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+45.389	25
18	22	Michael Herck	DPR	23	+50.464	18
19	27	Adrián Vallés	Trident Racing	23	+55.913	24
20	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	23	+1:04.298	19
21	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	23	+1:07.235	21
22	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	23	+1:09.072	13
23	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	22	+1 lap	3
Ret	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	14	Retired	16
Ret	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	12	Retired	12
Ret	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	8	Retired	22
Source:[3]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Kamui Kobayashi 34 1 2 Davide Valsecchi 24 1 3 Roldán Rodríguez 22 6 4 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 17 1 5 Javier Villa 12

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 DAMS 51 1 2 Durango 24 1 3 Piquet GP 22 4 Barwa International Campos Team 18 2 5 ART Grand Prix 17

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2009 Bahrain 1st Speedcar Series round

Notes

1. 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. Jérôme d'Ambrosio was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

References

1. "Hülkenberg takes pole on GP2 debut". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. "Kobayashi leads DAMS one-two". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
3. "Perez takes maiden win in Bahrain". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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