# 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series

The 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season was the third season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on 31 October 2009 and ended on 14 March 2010 after four double-header rounds.

## Season summary

All teams from the 2009 GP2 Series season except for Racing Engineering were due to take part, with the thirteenth slot being filled by MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com. Durango withdrew from the season for financial reasons. The season was the last to use the first specification of the GP2/05 car, as used in Europe between 2005 and 2007.
Davide Valsecchi of iSport International won the drivers' championship title, clinching it with three races to spare, in Bahrain after a comprehensive performance in the first five races, winning a race at each of the first three meetings with two seconds before clinching the title. He added a fourth second place at the final round, to seal a 27-point championship-winning margin. Second place was settled by a tie-breaker between a pair of Italian drivers, MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com driver Luca Filippi and DPR's Giacomo Ricci. Despite not scoring in any of the sprint races to be held, a win and two second places in feature races for Filippi compared to six top-five finishes – including a first GP2 win at the final Bahrain race – for Ricci allowed Filippi to take the runner-up spot. Arden International drivers completed the top-five placings with Javier Villa fourth despite missing the first meeting at Abu Dhabi, and Charles Pic fifth, the only other driver to win a race during the campaign, winning at the first Bahrain meeting. In the teams' championship, iSport won the championship with two races to spare, after the points amassed by Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey put them out of reach of their rivals. Second place, 36 points behind iSport, were Arden due to the strong performances of Villa and Pic, while Ricci's DPR squad finished third, a point further back.

## Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/05 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines order and with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| DAMS | 1 | Christian Vietoris | All |
| DAMS | 2 | Edoardo Piscopo | All |
| Piquet GP | 3 | Vladimir Arabadzhiev | 1 |
| Piquet GP | 4 | Daniel Zampieri | 1 |
| Rapax | 3 | Vladimir Arabadzhiev | 2–4 |
| Rapax | 4 | Daniel Zampieri | 2–3 |
| Rapax | 4 | Luiz Razia | 4 |
| Barwa Addax Team | 5 | Max Chilton | 1, 3–4 |
| Barwa Addax Team | 5 | Giedo van der Garde | 2 |
| Barwa Addax Team | 6 | Luiz Razia | 1 |
| Barwa Addax Team | 6 | Sergio Pérez | 2–3 |
| Barwa Addax Team | 6 | Rodolfo González | 4 |
| ART Grand Prix | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | 1 |
| ART Grand Prix | 7 | Jules Bianchi | 2–4 |
| ART Grand Prix | 8 | Sam Bird | All |
| Arden International | 11 | Charles Pic | All |
| Arden International | 12 | Rodolfo González | 1 |
| Arden International | 12 | Javier Villa | 2–4 |
| Super Nova Racing | 14 | James Jakes | 1 |
| Super Nova Racing | 14 | Marcus Ericsson | 2 |
| Super Nova Racing | 14 | Jake Rosenzweig | 3–4 |
| Super Nova Racing | 15 | Josef Král | All |
| iSport International | 16 | Oliver Turvey | All |
| iSport International | 17 | Davide Valsecchi | All |
| Trident Racing | 18 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | 1 |
| Trident Racing | 18 | Dani Clos | 2, 4 |
| Trident Racing | 18 | Adrian Zaugg | 3 |
| Trident Racing | 19 | Plamen Kralev | All |
| MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 20 | Luca Filippi | All |
| MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 21 | Diego Nunes | 1 |
| MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 21 | Alexander Rossi | 2–4 |
| Ocean Racing Technology | 22 | Alexander Rossi | 1 |
| Ocean Racing Technology | 22 | Max Chilton | 2 |
| Ocean Racing Technology | 22 | Yelmer Buurman | 3–4 |
| Ocean Racing Technology | 23 | Fabio Leimer | All |
| Scuderia Coloni | 24 | Roldán Rodríguez | 1 |
| Scuderia Coloni | 24 | Alberto Valerio | 2 |
| Scuderia Coloni | 24 | Álvaro Parente | 3–4 |
| Scuderia Coloni | 25 | Will Bratt | All |
| DPR | 26 | Michael Herck | All |
| DPR | 27 | Giacomo Ricci | All |

## Calendar

The season started with a two-day test over 23–24 October 2009 in Abu Dhabi at the new Yas Marina Circuit. The series returned there a week later for the opening championship rounds, in support of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
A further round took place in Abu Dhabi, before the series moved to Bahrain.

### Race Calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Report |
| 1 | F | Yas Marina Circuit | 31 October | Davide Valsecchi | Davide Valsecchi | Davide Valsecchi | iSport International | Report |
| 1 | S | Yas Marina Circuit | 1 November | | Sam Bird | Christian Vietoris | DAMS | Report |
| 2 | F | Yas Marina Circuit | 5 February | Charles Pic | Vladimir Arabadzhiev | Oliver Turvey | iSport International | Report |
| 2 | S | Yas Marina Circuit | 6 February | | Davide Valsecchi | Davide Valsecchi | iSport International | Report |
| 3 | F | Bahrain International Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit) | 26 February | Jules Bianchi | Javier Villa | Davide Valsecchi | iSport International | Report |
| 3 | S | Bahrain International Circuit (Grand Prix Circuit) | 27 February | | Jules Bianchi | Charles Pic | Arden International | Report |
| 4 | F | Bahrain International Circuit (Endurance Circuit) | 13 March | Luca Filippi | Luca Filippi | Luca Filippi | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | Report |
| 4 | S | Bahrain International Circuit (Endurance Circuit) | 14 March | | Jules Bianchi | Giacomo Ricci | DPR | Report |
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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.
Point system for Feature Race :
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Pole | FL |
| Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Point system for Sprint Race :
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | FL |
| Points | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC2 | YMC2 | BHR1 | BHR1 | BHR2 | BHR2 | Points |
| 1 | Davide Valsecchi | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 56 |
| 2 | Luca Filippi | 2 | 8 | 14† | 17 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Giacomo Ricci | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| 4 | Javier Villa | | | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Charles Pic | Ret | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 18 |
| 6 | Oliver Turvey | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | Sam Bird | 18† | 18 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Álvaro Parente | | | | | 6 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Alexander Rossi | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | Christian Vietoris | 6 | 1 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 9 |
| 11 | Josef Král | 5 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 21 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| 12 | Jules Bianchi | | | 3 | 7 | 10 | NC | 10 | Ret | 8 |
| 13 | Michael Herck | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 7 |
| 14 | James Jakes | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | | | 12 | 4 | 7 | 17 | | | 5 |
| 16 | Edoardo Piscopo | 9 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 5 | 8 | DNS | 3 |
| 17 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 18 | Max Chilton | 16 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 19† | 15 | 2 |
| 19 | Adrian Zaugg | | | | | 8 | 19 | | | 1 |
| 20 | Vladimir Arabadzhiev | Ret | Ret | 13 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Yelmer Buurman | | | | | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Daniel Zampieri | 15 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 11 | 8 | | | 0 |
| 23 | Roldán Rodríguez | 10 | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Marcus Ericsson | 11 | 12 | 17† | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Will Bratt | 12 | Ret | 11 | 21† | 16 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 0 |
| 26 | Luiz Razia | Ret | 11 | | | | | Ret | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Dani Clos | | | Ret | 13 | | | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | Diego Nunes | Ret | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Rodolfo González | 14 | 16 | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 30 | Jake Rosenzweig | | | | | 19 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 31 | Fabio Leimer | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| 32 | Alberto Valerio | | | 15 | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Plamen Kralev | Ret | Ret | 16 | 20 | 22 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 0 |
| 34 | Giedo van der Garde | | | Ret | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC2 | YMC2 | BHR1 | BHR1 | BHR2 | BHR2 | Points |
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Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Text formatting | Meaning |
| Bold | Pole position point(s) |
| Italics | Fastest lap point(s) |
Notes:
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

### Teams' Championship

| Pos | Team | Car No. | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC2 | YMC2 | BHR1 | BHR1 | BHR2 | BHR2 | Points |
| 1 | iSport International | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 73 |
| 1 | iSport International | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 73 |
| 2 | Arden International | 11 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | Arden International | 12 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | DPR | 26 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 36 |
| 3 | DPR | 27 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 36 |
| 4 | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 20 | 2 | 8 | 14† | 17 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com | 21 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | ART Grand Prix | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | NC | 10 | Ret | 20 |
| 5 | ART Grand Prix | 8 | 18† | 18 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Super Nova Racing | 14 | 3 | 10 | 17† | 12 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| 6 | Super Nova Racing | 15 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 21 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | DAMS | 1 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 12 |
| 7 | DAMS | 2 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 5 | 8 | DNS | 12 |
| 8 | Scuderia Coloni | 24 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Scuderia Coloni | 25 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 21† | 16 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 12 |
| 9 | Ocean Racing Technology | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Ocean Racing Technology | 23 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 9 |
| 10 | Barwa Addax Team | 5 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 19 | 18 | 12 | 19† | 15 | 5 |
| 10 | Barwa Addax Team | 6 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 5 |
| 11 | Trident Racing | 18 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | Trident Racing | 19 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 20 | 22 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 4 |
| 12 | Rapax | 3 | | | 13 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Rapax | 4 | | | Ret | 15 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | Piquet GP | 3 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 13 | Piquet GP | 4 | 15 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Car No. | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC2 | YMC2 | BHR1 | BHR1 | BHR2 | BHR2 | Points |
| Sources: ||||||||||||
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Text formatting | Meaning |
| Bold | Pole position point(s) |
| Italics | Fastest lap point(s) |
Notes:
* † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.