2010 Valencia GP2 Series round

The 2010 Valencia GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on June 26 and June 27, 2010 at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. It was the fourth round of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 European Grand Prix.

Spain    2010 Valencia GP2 round
Round details
Round 4 of 10 rounds in the
2010 GP2 Series
Circuit de Valencia
Circuit de Valencia
Location Valencia Street Circuit
Valencia, Spain
Course Street course
5.34 km (3.32 mi)
Feature race
Date 26 June 2010
Laps 31
Pole position
Driver Mexico Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team
Time 1:45.337
Podium
First Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Second France Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix
Third United Kingdom Sam Bird ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Time 1:47.528 (on lap 16)
Sprint race
Date 27 June 2010
Laps 21
Podium
First Sweden Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing
Second Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team
Third Romania Michael Herck DPR
Fastest lap
Driver Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Rapax
Time 1:47.656 (on lap 17)

Report

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Feature Race

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Pastor Maldonado strengthened his championship aspirations after winning a bizarre feature race at Valencia. The Rapax driver got past ART's Jules Bianchi at the start to go into the first corner in second place behind polesitter Sergio Pérez, but a series of accidents behind him eliminated nearly half the field in the first four corners. A safety car was brought out while the mess was cleaned up and just 13 of the 24 cars were still on the track for the restart three laps later, although Ocean's Fabio Leimer and Trident's Adrian Zaugg were also able to rejoin after pitting for repairs. But there was more drama to come before the race returned to green. Maldonado went wide at the final corner and Bianchi, taking advantage of the fact that the safety car line is before the start-finish line, was able to take the Venezuelan by surprise and pass him for second. Bianchi made a successful move on Pérez for the lead not long afterwards, but Davide Valsecchi's attempt to follow him through resulted in contact with Pérez that spun the Addax car and left the Mexican at the back of the field. Valsecchi was later handed a drive-through penalty for his part in the incident. Maldonado piled the pressure on Bianchi until the ART driver ran wide, and then gradually pulled away to secure the win by 8.2s. Bianchi followed him for second and Sam Bird made it an ART 2-3 by finishing third; the Brit having started from 10th on the grid. Giedo van der Garde (Addax) and Dani Clos (Racing Engineering) had an uneventful run to fourth and fifth, while Charles Pic (Arden), Marcus Ericsson (Super Nova) and Michael Herck (DPR) chased each other around to complete the points. It was a particularly welcome result for Ericsson, whose efforts finally helped Super Nova to get its first points of the year. There was one more bit of drama awaiting Pérez when he went to leave the pits and found Coloni's Alberto Valerio pulling out ahead of him with the rear jack still attached. It flew off at turn 4, fortunately bouncing out of Pérez's path and instead wiping out a TV camera mounted on the catch fencing.

Sprint Race

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Marcus Ericsson took his first-ever GP2 win in the sprint race in Valencia. The Swede took the lead at the start by beating pole-sitter Michael Herck into the first corner, but faced a determined challenge from Giedo van der Garde over the last two laps. Despite van der Garde's apparent speed advantage, Ericsson did just enough to keep him at bay. While the win was a welcome change of form for the Super Nova team after a tough start to the season, there is also concern within the squad after Ericsson's teammate Josef Kral was taken to hospital following a huge accident on lap three. The Czech driver ran into the back of Arden's Rodolfo González and was launched skyward before landing on his gearbox and slamming into the Turn 17 barriers at high speed. He was taken to Hospital complaining of pain in his back and right arm, but was found to be unharmed seriously. He would return to GP2 at the last round of the season in Abu Dhabi. The accident prompted several laps behind the safety car, which eventually led to the race being flagged several laps before schedule due to time limitations. Herck held on to third, although he needed to shove Pastor Maldonado aside on the run to the finish line in order to do it, while Charles Pic and Davide Valsecchi scored the final points. Sergio Pérez endured another disastrous race; the Mexican being one of several victims of opening lap damage when he was hit by Alberto Valerio. He lost a lap but found himself out of sequence behind the safety car and spent the middle part of the race running fourth on the road ahead of title rival Maldonado. Pérez had just enough time to produce the fastest lap of the race - by a full second - before he was dealt a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Name Team Time Grid
1 4   Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 1:45.337 1
2 15   Pastor Maldonado Rapax 1:45.462 2
3 1   Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 1:45.658 3
4 10   Davide Valsecchi iSport International 1:45.898 4
5 3   Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 1:45.995 5
6 26   Michael Herck DPR 1:46.117 6
7 16   Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 1:46.171 7
8 8   Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 1:46.263 8
9 27   Giacomo Ricci DPR 1:46.358 9
10 2   Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 1:46.362 10
11 7   Dani Clos Racing Engineering 1:46.478 11
12 24   Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 1:46.504 12
13 20   Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 1:46.508 13
14 14   Luiz Razia Rapax 1:46.518 14
15 25   Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 1:46.532 15
16 9   Oliver Turvey iSport International 1:46.633 16
17 5   Josef Král Super Nova Racing 1:46.709 17
18 11   Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 1:46.743 18
19 6   Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 1:46.756 241
20 12   Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 1:46.780 19
21 21   Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 1:46.868 20
22 17   Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 1:46.953 21
23 19   Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 1:47.011 22
24 18   Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 1:47.054 23

Notes

1.^ - Marcus Ericsson received a ten-place grid penalty because of a collision with Adrian Zaugg in Istanbul.[1]

Feature Race

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Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15   Pastor Maldonado Rapax 30 0:56:55.681 2 10 + 1
2 1   Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 30 +8.296 3 8
3 2   Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 30 +16.094 10 6
4 3   Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 30 +16.788 5 5
5 7   Dani Clos Racing Engineering 30 +38.974 11 4
6 16   Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 30 +42.415 7 3
7 6   Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 30 +42.914 24 2
8 26   Michael Herck DPR 30 +43.722 6 1
9 20   Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 30 +48.508 13
10 10   Davide Valsecchi iSport International 30 +50.411 4
11 4   Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 30 +51.308 1 2
12 8   Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 30 +55.338 8
13 21   Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 29 +1 lap/DNF 20
14 25   Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 29 +1 lap 15
Ret 19   Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 25 Retired 22
Ret 27   Giacomo Ricci DPR 0 Retired 9
Ret 24   Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 0 Retired 12
Ret 14   Luiz Razia Rapax 0 Retired 14
Ret 9   Oliver Turvey iSport International 0 Retired 16
Ret 5   Josef Král Super Nova Racing 0 Retired 17
Ret 11   Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 0 Retired 18
Ret 12   Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 0 Retired 19
Ret 17   Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 0 Retired 21
Ret 18   Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 0 Retired 23

Sprint Race

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Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6   Marcus Ericsson Super Nova Racing 22 0:45:33.442 2 6
2 3   Giedo van der Garde Barwa Addax Team 22 +0.883 5 5
3 26   Michael Herck DPR 22 +5.120 1 4
4 15   Pastor Maldonado Rapax 22 +5.292 8 3 + 1
5 16   Charles Pic Arden International Motorsport 22 +9.233 3 2
6 10   Davide Valsecchi iSport International 22 +17.778 10 1
7 7   Dani Clos Racing Engineering 22 +18.315 4
8 11   Jérôme d'Ambrosio DAMS 22 +18.910 19
9 21   Vladimir Arabadzhiev Scuderia Coloni 22 +21.318 23
10 2   Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 22 +23.831 6
11 18   Max Chilton Ocean Racing Technology 22 +25.997 22
12 9   Oliver Turvey iSport International 22 +30.387 18
13 12   Ho-Pin Tung DAMS 22 +32.713 20
14 24   Johnny Cecotto Jr. Trident Racing 22 +33.394 16
15 25   Adrian Zaugg Trident Racing 21 +1 lap 13
16 4   Sergio Pérez Barwa Addax Team 21 +1 lap 11
Ret 14   Luiz Razia Rapax 15 Retired 17
Ret 17   Rodolfo González Arden International Motorsport 1 Retired 21
Ret 5   Josef Král Super Nova Racing 1 Retired 24
Ret 1   Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 0 Retired 7
Ret 20   Alberto Valerio Scuderia Coloni 0 Retired 9
Ret 8   Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering 0 Retired 12
Ret 19   Fabio Leimer Ocean Racing Technology 0 Retired 14
Ret 27   Giacomo Ricci DPR 0 Retired 15

Standings after the round

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ericsson picks up penalty". gp2series.com. GP2 series. 2010-05-30. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-10.


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