Heikki Kovalainen

Reemz27 · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: Season 2009

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The GP2 series is proud to unveil the 2009 calendar. Thirteen teams have been confirmed for next season.

There will be few major changes to the 2009 line-up. As previously announced, Ocean Racing Technology join the GP2 Series grid after the Portuguese team guaranteed acquisition of BCN Competicion. Piquet Sports become known as “Piquet GP” while Arden will be called “Arden International”.

In 2009, the GP2 series starts its season in Barcelona, Spain where the Formula One circus will open their European season. This event will be the first of nine weekends as the official Formula One support series. The 2009 championship will be concluded with the one stand-alone event of the season in Portimao in mid-September. This will mark the first time that the GP2 Series race in Portugal.

2009 GP2 Series – Calendar of events

Date Venue
11-13 March Paul Ricard, France Test
23-25 March Barcelona, Spain Test
09-10 May Barcelona, Spain Race
22-23 May Monte-Carlo, Monaco Race
06-07 June Istanbul, Turkey Race
20-21 June Silverstone, Great-Britain Race
11-12 July Nurburgring, Germany Race
25-26 July Budapest, Hungary Race
22-23 August Valencia, Spain Race
29-30 August Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium Race
12-13 September Monza, Italy Race
19-20 September Portimao, Portugal Race

2009 GP2 Series Grid
# Team Name License
1,2 Barwa Int. Campos Team ESP
3,4 iSport International GBR
5,6 Piquet GP BRA
7,8 Racing Engineering ESP
9,10 ART Grand Prix FRA
11,12 ArdenInternational NED
14,15 Super Nova Racing GBR
16,17 Dams FRA
18,19 Trident Racing ITA
20,21 Fisichella Motor Sport Int. ITA
22,23 Durango ITA
24,25 Ocean Racing Technology POR
26,27 DPR GBR
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Qatar will replace the second Dubai event on the GP2 Asia Series 08-09 calendar
The GP2 Series organisation is pleased to announce that the fourth round of the GP2 Asia Series 08-09 Championship will now take place in Qatar instead of Dubai as previously scheduled for the end of February 2009. The GP2 Asia Series circus will now compete at the Losail International Circuit on February 6th and 7th.

Qatar is not only a new addition to our calendar, but it also marks a historical event for GP2 as the entire race weekend will take place at night, providing a new challenge for all thirteen teams and twenty-six drivers in the series. It will also be the first time that the Losail International Circuit organise a single-seater night race.

Series Organiser Bruno Michel commented: “I am very pleased to report that we will be having a night race weekend in Qatar. It is a very exciting new challenge, and one that GP2 is happy to take up. The Formula One Grand Prix in Singapore prove to be a success, generating tremendous interest among both media and fans all over the world: we are confident that the GP2 Asia Series will offer the same kind of dramatic action in Qatar in true GP2 style. I am really looking forward to that fourth round.”

The timetable will be announced at a later date.
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Hats off to the German ace! Quick today in Free Practice, rookie Nico Hülkenberg kept on impressing greatly this afternoon as he secured pole position on his first GP2 Asia race weekend at the wheel of the ART Grand Prix car. He topped the timing sheet after only 10 minutes into the session and then signed his best laptime in a 1:41.351 in the last minutes of the event.

Dams took P2 and P3 with Jérôme d’Ambrosio leading Kamui Kobayashi. The two drivers of the French squad fought until the very last second to try and take the top stop, the Belgian taking over his teammate just before the chequered flag after flying in sectors 1 and 2.

However, the battle for front rows wasn’t just about them as they also had to push hard in order to better the likewise impressive rookie Edoardo Mortara at Arden. The Italian eventually secured the second row and will start tomorrow next to the Championship leader Kobayashi.

Roldan Rodriguez at Piquet GP had to wait until the chequered flag to clock in his fastest laptime. The Spaniard finished P5 ahead of iSport’s Van der Garde, ART’s Sakon Yamamoto, Super Nova’s Javier Villa, and GP2 returnee Marco Bonanomi at Meritus.Mahara. At the wheel of the Durango car, Davide Valsecchi completed the Top 10. Earlier in the session, his teammate Della Stelle went off track on cold tyres and could not rejoin.

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