2010 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

   2010 Turkish GP2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 10 rounds in the 2010 GP2 Series
Istanbul Park
Location	Istanbul Park Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.34 km (3.32 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	29 May 2010
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International
Time	1:34.860
Podium
First	Pastor Maldonado	Rapax
Second	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International
Third	Sam Bird	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Pastor Maldonado	Rapax
Time	1:37.010 (on lap 15)
Sprint race
Date	30 May 2010
Laps	23
Podium
First	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering
Second	Luiz Razia	Rapax
Third	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team
Fastest lap
Driver	Oliver Turvey	iSport International
Time	1:36.770 (on lap 3)

The 2010 Turkish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 29 and May 30, 2010 at the Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the third race of the 2010 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix.

Report

Feature Race

Pastor Maldonado became the fifth winner in as many races in GP2 in 2010 following a dominant victory in Turkey. Rapax driver Maldonado got past polesitter Davide Valsecchi (iSport) at the start and never looked troubled, lapping up to a second quicker than his rivals before slowing down in the final stages of the race and settling for a huge victory margin of 17.9 seconds. There was rather more competition for the remaining podium places. Valsecchi spent the first stint trying to hold off Sergio Pérez, only for the Mexican to leapfrog him in the pits. But Pérez's pace began to fade dramatically as the race progressed and Valsecchi capitalised with a nice move at the end of lap 26 to reclaim second. That was Valsecchi's afternoon sorted, but Pérez now had ART's Sam Bird to worry about, and after a prolonged battled the Briton came out on top to steal the final podium spot, leaving Pérez to just barely hold off Addax team-mate Giedo van der Garde for fourth. By comparison, Maldonado's Rapax team-mate Luiz Razia had a relatively serene drive to sixth, but there was more action just behind him. DPR's Giacomo Ricci and Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris were disputing the final point for eighth when they made contact and sailed off the track, allowing Ricci's stablemate Michael Herck past. Vietoris continued, but Ricci was forced to retire. Not content with provisional pole for Sunday, Herck then dispensed with Racing Engineering's Dani Clos for seventh, and Clos later dropped behind Vietoris to inadvertently give the German pole position for the sprint race. iSport's third-place qualifier Oliver Turvey had a terrible afternoon, losing two spots off the start and then being dealt a drivethrough penalty for moving twice to defend his position. It was while honouring that penalty that he was then picked up for speeding in pitlane, resulting in another drive-through and an eventual finishing position of 15th. Scuderia Coloni lost both cars late in the race when Vladimir Arabadzhiev crashed into the tyre wall with two laps remaining and Alberto Valerio spun and stalled moments later, while Super Nova's Marcus Ericsson was forced to park at mid-distance when his engine exploded. The other major incident occurred much earlier, when Spain feature race winner Charles Pic and ART's Jules Bianchi found themselves on the same patch of Turn 3 at the same time; the resultant collision putting both out of the race.

Sprint Race

Dani Clos claimed his maiden GP2 victory with a dominant lights-to-flag win in the sprint race at Istanbul Park. The 21-year-old held off the challenge of Racing Engineering team-mate Christian Vietoris into the first corner to lead, taking the chequered flag 23 laps later 8.8 seconds ahead of Rapax driver Luiz Razia to become the sixth GP2 winner in six races in 2010. Vietoris had looked on course to make it a comfortable one-two for the Spanish team, only to retire with a mechanical problem, which left Razia to take an easy runner-up spot. Addax's Giedo van de Garde claimed third place after getting ahead of third-place starter Michael Herck (DPR) on the opening lap, but he had to absorb pressure from race one pole position starter David Valsecchi throughout the race. Herck shadowed iSport's Valsecchi to the finish to take fifth place, with race one winner Pastor Maldonado (Rapax) taking the final point for sixth place to consolidate his championship lead but unable to get on terms with the three-car group ahead of him. DAMS driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio, a race-winner in Monaco in the previous round, lost seventh place to the inspired Sergio Pérez on the last lap. The Barwa Addax driver had started from the back of the grid after being found to be underweight following his fourth-place finish in the feature race, but made up 11 places in the opening laps. ART's Sam Bird ended up 10th after being passed by d'Ambrosio, Pérez and Ho-Pin Tung in quick succession in the closing laps after suddenly dropping to around two seconds off the pace. His team-mate Jules Bianchi was involved in some hectic midfield racing but could only make it up to 13th after his early retirement yesterday. Arden's Charles Pic – the man Bianchi tangled with in the feature race – missed today's round due to food poisoning. Former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC award winner Oliver Turvey's nightmare weekend ended with 18th place after stalling on the grid and then being hit with a drive-through penalty.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	10	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International	1:34.860	1
2	15	Pastor Maldonado	Rapax	1:34.875	2
3	9	Oliver Turvey	iSport International	1:35.135	3
4	4	Sergio Pérez	Barwa Addax Team	1:35.194	4
5	2	Sam Bird	ART Grand Prix	1:35.267	5
6	3	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	1:35.348	6
7	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	1:35.364	7
8	16	Charles Pic	Arden International Motorsport	1:35.411	8
9	20	Alberto Valerio	Scuderia Coloni	1:35.491	9
10	14	Luiz Razia	Rapax	1:35.527	10
11	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	1:35.664	11
12	1	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	1:35.676	12
13	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:35.750	13
14	26	Michael Herck	DPR	1:35.762	14
15	18	Max Chilton	Ocean Racing Technology	1:35.842	15
16	11	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:35.926	16
17	5	Josef Král	Super Nova Racing	1:35.955	17
18	25	Adrian Zaugg	Trident Racing	1:35.957	18
19	6	Marcus Ericsson	Super Nova Racing	1:35.973	19
20	24	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	1:36.047	20
21	19	Fabio Leimer	Ocean Racing Technology	1:36.167	21
22	21	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	Scuderia Coloni	1:36.564	22
23	17	Rodolfo González	Arden International Motorsport	1:36.628	241
24	12	Ho-Pin Tung	DAMS	1:36.663	23

Notes

1.^ – Rodolfo González received a three-place grid penalty because of impeding Michael Herck in qualifying.^[1]

Feature Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Pastor Maldonado	Rapax	32	0:52:33.219	2	10 + 1
2	10	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International	32	+19.531	1	8 + 2
3	2	Sam Bird	ART Grand Prix	32	+23.327	5	6
4	3	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	32	+26.129	6	5
5	14	Luiz Razia	Rapax	32	+26.746	10	4
6	26	Michael Herck	DPR	32	+30.444	14	3
7	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	32	+36.719	11	2
8	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	32	+41.469	7	1
9	18	Max Chilton	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+48.582	15
10	11	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	32	+49.848	16
11	12	Ho-Pin Tung	DAMS	32	+50.315	23
12	24	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	32	+55.996	20
13	19	Fabio Leimer	Ocean Racing Technology	32	+1:06.801	21
14	9	Oliver Turvey	iSport International	32	+1:08.392	3
15	5	Josef Král	Super Nova Racing	32	+1:22.464	17
16	17	Rodolfo González	Arden International Motorsport	32	+1:23.789	24
17	20	Alberto Valerio	Scuderia Coloni	29	+3 laps/DNF	9
Ret	21	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	Scuderia Coloni	27	+1:11.572	21
Ret	25	Adrian Zaugg	Trident Racing	27	+1:16.292	18
Ret	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	25	+1:17.173	13
Ret	6	Marcus Ericsson	Super Nova Racing	11	Retired	19
Ret	16	Charles Pic	Arden International Motorsport	1	Retired	8
Ret	1	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	12
DSQ	4	Sergio Pérez	Barwa Addax Team	32	Disqualified	4

Sprint Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Dani Clos	Racing Engineering	23	0:37:25.211	1	6 + 1
2	14	Luiz Razia	Rapax	23	+8.870	4	5
3	3	Giedo van der Garde	Barwa Addax Team	23	+12.996	5	4
4	10	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International	23	+13.479	7	3
5	26	Michael Herck	DPR	23	+14.503	3	2
6	15	Pastor Maldonado	Rapax	23	+19.118	8	1
7	4	Sergio Pérez	Barwa Addax Team	23	+20.080	24
8	11	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	23	+20.488	10
9	12	Ho-Pin Tung	DAMS	23	+23.868	11
10	2	Sam Bird	ART Grand Prix	23	+29.560	6
11	18	Max Chilton	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+31.666	9
12	24	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	23	+36.159	12
13	1	Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	23	+40.549	23
14	5	Josef Král	Super Nova Racing	23	+40.625	15
15	19	Fabio Leimer	Ocean Racing Technology	23	+48.444	13
16	17	Rodolfo González	Arden International Motorsport	23	+48.682	16
17	27	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	23	+49.061	20
18	9	Oliver Turvey	iSport International	22	+1 lap	14
19	20	Alberto Valerio	Scuderia Coloni	21	+2 laps	17
Ret	25	Adrian Zaugg	Trident Racing	17	Retired	19
Ret	8	Christian Vietoris	Racing Engineering	9	Retired	2
Ret	6	Marcus Ericsson	Super Nova Racing	5	Retired	21
Ret	21	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	Scuderia Coloni	3	Retired	18
DNS	16	Charles Pic	Arden International Motorsport	0	Did not start	22

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Pastor Maldonado 27 2 Dani Clos 23 3 Luiz Razia 20 4 Sergio Pérez 17 5 Giedo van der Garde 17

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Rapax 47 2 Barwa Addax Team 34 3 Racing Engineering 25 4 ART Grand Prix 22 5 iSport International 19

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

See also

• 2010 Turkish Grand Prix
• 2010 Istanbul Park GP3 Series round

External links

• GP2 Series official web site: Results

References

This page was last edited on 8 March 2023, at 20:23