# 2009 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

The 2009 Belgian GP2 round was the seventh race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on 29 August and 30, 2009 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.

## Report
### Background

PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni, along with their drivers Andreas Zuber and Luiz Razia, were forced to miss the round due to unresolved financial disputes.

### Qualifying

Álvaro Parente achieved the first pole position in his GP2 Series career, and also recorded the first pole for his team Ocean Racing Technology.

### Feature Race

The start of the race was delayed by 15 minutes due to a serious accident at the depot when Davide Rigon's car number one mechanic, 57-year-old Trident Racing team mechanic Vasco Rossi, was injured when a wheel gun was left in the path of Ricardo Teixeira's car as he was leaving the pits to join the dummy grid, causing the air hose to get caught by the rear wheel and dragging a metal beam down on to Rossi's head. Stefano Coletti hit the barrier very hard
Parente won the 100th race in GP2 history – again the first for his team – and the second of his career.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Time | Grid |
| 1 | 25 | Álvaro Parente | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:54.970 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Lucas di Grassi | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 1:55.050 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.102 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | Diego Nunes | iSport International | 1:55.150 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | 1:55.152 | 4 |
| 6 | 24 | Karun Chandhok | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:55.170 | 6 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Telmex Arden International | 1:55.210 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | Roldán Rodríguez | Piquet GP | 1:55.255 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Pastor Maldonado | ART Grand Prix | 1:55.462 | 9 |
| 10 | 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | DAMS | 1:55.482 | 10 |
| 11 | 8 | Dani Clos | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 1:55.517 | 11 |
| 12 | 3 | Giedo van der Garde | iSport International | 1:55.560 | 12 |
| 13 | 15 | Javier Villa | Super Nova Racing | 1:55.785 | 13 |
| 14 | 19 | Davide Rigon | Trident Racing | 1:55.806 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | DAMS | 1:55.822 | 15 |
| 16 | 26 | Michael Herck | David Price Racing | 1:55.858 | 16 |
| 17 | 2 | Davide Valsecchi | Barwa Addax Team | 1:55.928 | 17 |
| 18 | 14 | Luca Filippi | Super Nova Racing | 1:56.061 | 18 |
| 19 | 6 | Alberto Valerio | Piquet GP | 1:56.063 | 19 |
| 20 | 12 | Edoardo Mortara | Telmex Arden International | 1:56.285 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | Stefano Coletti | Durango | 1:56.634 | 21 |
| 22 | 18 | Ricardo Teixeira | Trident Racing | 1:57.688 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 | Nelson Panciatici | Durango | 1:57.792 | 23 |
| DNQ | 27 | Franck Perera | David Price Racing | 2:24.927 | — |
* ^1 Lucas di Grassi was issued a 3 place grid-penalty for impeding Karun Chandhok.
* ^2 Franck Perera did not participate in either race, as he qualified outside 107% of Álvaro Parente's pole position time, and was not within the same rule during free practice.

### Feature Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Álvaro Parente | Ocean Racing Technology | 25 | 0:54:12.997 | 1 | 10 + 2 + 1 |
| 2 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | 25 | +0.943 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | Lucas di Grassi | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 25 | +3.179 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 9 | Pastor Maldonado | ART Grand Prix | 25 | +3.468 | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | Roldán Rodríguez | Piquet GP | 25 | +4.349 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | Giedo van der Garde | iSport International | 25 | +4.687 | 12 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | DAMS | 25 | +5.459 | 10 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | Edoardo Mortara | Telmex Arden International | 25 | +5.972 | 20 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | Diego Nunes | iSport International | 25 | +29.105 | 3 | |
| 10 | 8 | Dani Clos | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 25 | +32.315 | 11 | |
| 11 | 23 | Nelson Panciatici | Durango | 25 | +35.474 | 23 | |
| 12 | 22 | Stefano Coletti | Durango | 23 | Accident | 21 | |
| 13 | 15 | Javier Villa | Super Nova Racing | 22 | +3 laps | 13 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | DAMS | 20 | Retired | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Luca Filippi | Super Nova Racing | 13 | Collision | 18 | |
| Ret | 2 | Davide Valsecchi | Barwa Addax Team | 13 | Collision | 17 | |
| Ret | 24 | Karun Chandhok | Ocean Racing Technology | 7 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 19 | Davide Rigon | Trident Racing | 7 | Collision | 14 | |
| Ret | 1 | Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | 6 | Collision damage | 4 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alberto Valerio | Piquet GP | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Telmex Arden International | 0 | Collision | 7 | |
| Ret | 26 | Michael Herck | David Price Racing | 0 | Collision | 16 | |
| Ret | 18 | Ricardo Teixeira | Trident Racing | 0 | Collision | 22 | |
| DNQ | 27 | Franck Perera | David Price Racing | | | | |
| Fastest lap: Álvaro Parente (Ocean Racing Technology) 1:57.468 (lap 22) ||||||||
* Diego Nunes, Dani Clos and Nelson Panciatici were given 25-second time penalties by the race stewards as a result of various incidents during the feature race.

### Sprint Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Giedo van der Garde | iSport International | 18 | 37:54.281 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Roldán Rodríguez | Piquet GP | 18 | +3.102 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | Diego Nunes | iSport International | 18 | +4.998 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Telmex Arden International | 18 | +6.292 | 22 | 3 + 1 |
| 5 | 19 | Davide Rigon | Trident Racing | 18 | +13.809 | 17 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | 18 | +17.459 | 18 | 1 |
| 7 | 24 | Karun Chandhok | Ocean Racing Technology | 18 | +18.800 | 16 | |
| 8 | 2 | Davide Valsecchi | Barwa Addax Team | 18 | +20.039 | 15 | |
| 9 | 26 | Michael Herck | David Price Racing | 18 | +21.403 | 19 | |
| 10 | 15 | Javier Villa | Super Nova Racing | 18 | +22.860 | 12 | |
| 11 | 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | DAMS | 18 | +25.291 | 2 | |
| 12 | 6 | Alberto Valerio | Piquet GP | 18 | +36.045 | 20 | |
| 13 | 23 | Nelson Panciatici | Durango | 18 | +48.746 | 11 | |
| 14 | 18 | Ricardo Teixeira | Trident Racing | 18 | +54.779 | 21 | |
| Ret | 12 | Edoardo Mortara | Telmex Arden International | 4 | Collision damage | 1 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lucas di Grassi | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 4 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 25 | Álvaro Parente | Ocean Racing Technology | 2 | Retired | 8 | |
| Ret | 9 | Pastor Maldonado | ART Grand Prix | 1 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | 0 | Collision | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Dani Clos | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 0 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | DAMS | 0 | Collision | 13 | |
| Ret | 14 | Luca Filippi | Super Nova Racing | 0 | Collision | 14 | |
| DNS | 22 | Stefano Coletti | Durango | | Injury | | |
| DNQ | 27 | Franck Perera | David Price Racing | | | | |
| Fastest lap: Sergio Pérez (Telmex Arden International) 1:56.731 (lap 7) ||||||||

## Standings after the round

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Nico Hülkenberg | 83 |
| 2 | Vitaly Petrov | 56 |
| 3 | Lucas di Grassi | 46 |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | 45 |
| 5 | Pastor Maldonado | 36 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | ART Grand Prix | 119 |
| 2 | Barwa Addax Team | 101 |
| 3 | Fat Burner Racing Engineering | 46 |
| 4 | Super Nova Racing | 44 |
| 5 | Piquet GP | 37 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.