2009 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round

2009 Malaysian GP2 round
Round details
	Round 5 of 6 rounds in the ; 2009 GP2 Series
Location	Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.543 km (3.445 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	4 April 2009
Laps	33 (182.919 km)
Pole position
Driver	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Time	1:45.410
Podium
First	Diego Nunes
Second	Kamui Kobayashi
Third	James Jakes
Fastest lap
Driver	Javier Villa
Time	1:48.208 (on lap 21)
Sprint race
Date	5 April 2009
Laps	20 (110.860 km)
Podium
First	Vitaly Petrov
Second	Pastor Maldonado
Third	Davide Valsecchi
Fastest lap
Driver	Álvaro Parente
Time	2:03.508 (on lap 20)

The 2009 Malaysian GP2 Asia Series round was a GP2 Asia Series motor race held on 4 and 5 April 2009 at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. It was the fifth round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series. The race supported the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Classification[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	1:45.410		1
2	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	1:45.522	+0.112	2
3	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	1:45.527	+0.117	3
4	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	1:45.577	+0.167	4
5	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	1:45.649	+0.239	5
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	1:45.720	+0.310	6
7	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	1:45.748	+0.338	7
8	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	1:45.755	+0.345	8
9	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	1:45.767	+0.357	9
10	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:45.816	+0.406	10
11	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	1:45.954	+0.544	11
12	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	1:45.978	+0.568	12
13	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	1:45.989	+0.579	13
14	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:46.053	+0.643	14
15	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	1:46.087	+0.677	15
16	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	1:46.105	+0.695	16
17	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	1:46.108	+0.698	17
18	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	1:46.169	+0.759	18
19	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	1:46.184	+0.774	19
20	22	Michael Herck	DPR	1:46.259	+0.849	20
21	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	1:46.265	+0.855	21
22	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	1:46.315	+0.905	22
23	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	1:46.604	+1.194	23
24	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	1:47.838	+2.428	24
25	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	1:49.642	+4.232	25
26	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	1:49.857	+4.447	26
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	33	1:00:46.668	2	10
2	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	33	+8.361	4	8
3	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	33	+9.150	3	6+1
4	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	33	+13.874	9	5
5	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	33	+16.805	11	4
6	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	33	+41.457	6	3
7	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	33	+42.007	8	2
8	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	33	+42.381	7	1
9	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	33	+51.152	21
10	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	33	+53.240	14
11	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	33	+54.435	10
12	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	33	+59.958	15
13	22	Michael Herck	DPR	33	+1:01.473	20
14	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	33	+1:02.518	16
15	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	33	+1:11.958	17
16	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	33	+1:34.318	23
17	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	33	+1:50.428	24
18	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	33	+1:51.455	26
19	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	32	+1 lap	5
20	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	32	+1 lap	25
Ret	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	16	Retired	22
Ret	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	14	Retired	18
Ret	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	10	Retired	13
Ret	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	0	Retired	1	2
Ret	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	0	Retired	12
Ret	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	0	Retired	19
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Vitaly Petrov	Barwa International Campos Team	20	45:41.349	3	6
2	2	Pastor Maldonado	ART Grand Prix	20	+2.914	2	5
3	16	Davide Valsecchi	Durango	20	+4.339	1	4
4	21	Diego Nunes	Piquet GP	20	+6.357	8	3
5	10	Hamad Al Fardan	GFH Team iSport	20	+21.539	9	2
6	6	Sergio Pérez	Barwa International Campos Team	20	+24.489	22	1
7	8	Kamui Kobayashi	DAMS	20	+24.522	7
8	14	Rodolfo González	Fisichella Motor Sport International	20	+26.108	10
9	19	Álvaro Parente	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	20	+26.956	11	1
10	9	Giedo van der Garde	GFH Team iSport	20	+35.725	14
11	24	Yelmer Buurman	Ocean Racing Technology	20	+37.306	4
12	20	Roldán Rodríguez	Piquet GP	20	+37.683	5
13	27	Davide Rigon	Trident Racing	20	+44.390	25
14	18	Marco Bonanomi	My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara	20	+46.358	21
15	23	Giacomo Ricci	DPR	20	+47.818	16
16	25	Fabrizio Crestani	Ocean Racing Technology	20	+48.476	15
17	4	Edoardo Mortara	Arden International Motorsport	20	+48.640	26
18	11	Javier Villa	Super Nova Racing	20	+1:09.849	19
19	26	Ricardo Teixeira	Trident Racing	20	+1:21.557	17
20	17	Michael Dalle Stelle	Durango	20	+1:56.537	18
Ret	1	Sakon Yamamoto	ART Grand Prix	14	Retired	12
Ret	22	Michael Herck	DPR	9	Retired	13
Ret	3	Luiz Razia	Arden International Motorsport	9	Retired	23
Ret	15	Kevin Chen	Fisichella Motor Sport International	5	Retired	20
Ret	12	James Jakes	Super Nova Racing	4	Retired	6
DSQ	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	DAMS	14	Disqualified	24
Source:^[3]

Jérôme d'Ambrosio was black flagged and disqualified from the race after a pass on Marco Bonanomi under a yellow flag, the belgian overshot turn 9, almost colliding with a group of marshalls attending to Michael Herck's stranded DPR car.^[4]

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	DAMS	70
	2	Barwa International Campos Team	54
	3	ART Grand Prix	41
1	4	Piquet GP	40
1	5	Durango	34

^ Javier Villa set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. James Jakes was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

^ "d'Ambrosio bags pole at Sepang". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Nunes takes first GP2 win at Sepang". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Petrov wins wet Sepang GP2 sprint". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "2009 GP2 Series". Racedepartment.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

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