The 2009 GP2 Series season was the forty-third season of the second-tier of

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feeder championship and also fifth season under the

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moniker. The season consisted of twenty races at ten rounds, beginning on 9 May at the

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and finishing on 20 September at the

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. The Algarve circuit hosted its first GP2 weekend, and was the only new circuit on the calendar. The

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also returned as part of its rotation with

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as the home of the

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. The title was won by

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rookie

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at the penultimate round of the championship at

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, the first time the series had been won before the final round. His team

ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. In 2012, it competed in the GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus. The ...

claimed the teams title in the Algarve. Barwa Addax's title contender

Romain Grosjean Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (; born 17 April 1986) is a French and Swiss racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini and serves as a reserve driver in the IndyCar Series for Prema. Grosjean competed under ...

left the series mid-season to join the

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for the remainder of the

season following Nelson Piquet Jr.'s sacking. Champion Hülkenberg, runner-up Petrov and 3rd place

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all drove in the 2010 Formula One season for Williams, Renault and new team

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respectively. 16th place

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took part in the final two races of the 2009 Formula One season for Toyota following

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's injury in the Japanese Grand Prix while 18th place

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joined new Formula One team HRT in 2010.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the

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GP2/08 chassis with

-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated

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s order and with tyres supplied by

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Team changes

* BCN Competición was bought by

Tiago Monteiro Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro (; born 24 July 1976) is a Portuguese professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2006 for the Jordan Grand Prix, Midland and Spyker MF1 teams – all different iterations of the s ...

, who moved the team to Portugal and renamed it

Ocean Racing Technology Ocean Racing Technology (ORT) was a racing team that took part in both the GP2 Main Series and the GP2 Asia Series Championships. The team, owned by Tiago Monteiro and José Guedes, was formed at the end of the 2008 season after being purchased ...

. * Campos Grand Prix became Barwa Addax after it was bought by

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. ; Midseason changes *

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became PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni prior to round seven in

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. They were then forced to miss round eight at

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due to unresolved financial disputes. * Durango missed round nine at

as Stefano Coletti destroyed one of the team's chassis in a crash at Spa. Coletti himself was unfit to drive the original chassis that was formerly driven by Nelson Panciatici. They also missed the final round at the

due to not finding "suitably qualified drivers".

Driver changes

; Changed Teams *

: iSport International →

: Campos Grand Prix → Fat Burner Racing Engineering * Luca Filippi: Trust Team Arden →

Super Nova Racing Super Nova Racing was a British racing team that has competed in International Formula 3000, Formula 3000/GP2 Series, GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. History Super Nova first entered racing in 1991. Super Nova was a new incarnation of the p ...

→ Barwa Addax Team *

Pastor Maldonado Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (; born 9 March 1985) is a Venezuelan former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Maldonado won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix with Williams. After winning the GP2 Series in 2010 with Rapax, Maldona ...

: Minardi Piquet Sports → ART Grand Prix * Diego Nunes:

David Price Racing David Price Racing (commonly referred to as DPR) was a British motor racing team, founded by David Price. The team competed in various forms of motorsport from their foundation in 1976 until 2008. The team was sold in April 2009, but continued ...

→ iSport International *

Álvaro Parente Álvaro Maia Parente (born 4 October 1984) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver. Career Early career After winning the Karting European Junior Championship in 1998, Porto-born Parente made his debut in auto racing in 2001 at ...

→ Ocean Racing Technology *

Roldán Rodríguez Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born 9 November 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish former racing driver, who competed in the GP2 Series from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this he competed in Spanish Formula Three and various Formula 3000 Formula 3000 (F ...

→ Piquet GP * Alberto Valerio:

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→ Piquet GP *

Davide Valsecchi Davide Valsecchi (born 24 January 1987) is an Italian former racing driver and the 2012 GP2 Series season, 2012 GP2 Series champion. Career Formula Renault Valsecchi drove in Renault-based series from 2003 to 2007, rising from Italian Formula Re ...

: Durango → Barwa Addax * Javier Villa : Racing Engineering → Super Nova Racing *

Andreas Zuber Andreas "Andi" Zuber (born 9 October 1983 in Judenburg, Austria) is a former Auto racing, motor racing driver. An Austrian by birth, he is based in Dubai and once raced under a licence issued by the United Arab Emirates. Career Formula König De ...

: Minardi Piquet Sports → Fisichella Motor Sport/ PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni ; Entering/Re-Entering GP2 * Johnny Cecotto Jr.: Formula 3 Euro Series (HBR Motorsport) → David Price Racing *

Dani Clos Daniel Clos Álvarez (born 23 October 1988) is a Spanish former professional racecar driver and YouTuber. In 2012, he was the test driver for the now defunct HRT Formula One team. Career Karting Born in Barcelona, Clos was a fairly successfu ...

: Formula 3 Euro Series (

Prema Powerteam Prema Racing, previously known as Prema Powerteam, is an Italian motorsport team, owned and operated through the ''DC Racing Solutions'' parent company. Founded in 1983, the team is based in Grisignano di Zocco and currently operates out of Ita ...

) → Fat Burner Racing Engineering *

Stefano Coletti Stefano Coletti (born 6 April 1989) is a Monaco, Monégasque former professional Auto racing, racing driver who raced for SMP Racing in the European Le Mans Series. His sister Alexandra Coletti is an alpine skier. He is the first Monégasque drive ...

: Formula 3 Euro Series (Prema Powerteam) → Durango * Giedo van der Garde:

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( P1 Motorsport) → iSport International * Rodolfo González: Formula 3 Euro Series (

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) →

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: Formula 3 Euro Series (ART Grand Prix) → ART Grand Prix *

Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Alberto Gérard "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian- French professional racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Mahindra Racing and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Automobili Lamborghini Squadra ...

: Formula 3 Euro Series ( Signature-Plus) → Telmex Arden International *

Nelson Panciatici Nelson Hugo Douchan Panciatici (born 26 September 1988) is a French professional racing driver. Career Karting Born in Reims, Panciatici started his karting career in 1998 and continued until 2004.Spanish Formula Three Championship The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe ...

(Hache International) → Durango * Franck Perera:

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(

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) → David Price Racing *

Sergio Pérez Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza (; born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from to . Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Red Bull, and won Gr ...

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( T-Sport) → Telmex Arden International * Luiz Razia: Euroseries 3000 (ELK Motorsport) → Fisichella Motor Sport/PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni *

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: Superleague Formula (

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) → Trident Racing * Ricardo Teixeira: British Formula 3 Championship (Ultimate Motorsport) → Trident Racing ; Leaving GP2 * Marko Asmer: Fisichella Motor Sport →

testing * Christian Bakkerud: Super Nova Racing →

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( Futurecom-TME) *

Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi (; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Formula E for Envision. In formula racing, Buemi competed in Formula One from to , and w ...

: Trust Team Arden →

(

Scuderia Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso SpA (; ), commonly known as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, was an Italian Formula One constructor. It was one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerate company Red Bull, the other being Red B ...

) *

Mike Conway Michael Robert Conway (born 19 August 1983) is a British professional racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Motorsport GmbH, Toyota Gazoo Racing. Early caree ...

: Trident Racing →

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(

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is an American automotive racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and Nitrocross. The team is owned by Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis BMW, Infiniti, Volkswagen, Mini (marque), MINI, and Subaru dealer D ...

) *

: Barwa Addax → Formula One ( ING Renault F1 Team) * Carlos Iaconelli: BCN Competición → FIA Formula Two Championship *

Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano (born 4 February 1979) is an Italian former professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Grand Prix, Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 Formula One season, 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. He also ...

: Racing Engineering → Eurocup Renault Mégane V6 Trophy &

(

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) * Miloš Pavlović: BCN Competición → FIA Formula Two Championship *

Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Lalli (; born 15 October 1983) is a Brazilian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing, Senna won the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Rebellion. Born and raised ...

: iSport International →

Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...

(Team Oreca Matmut AIM) *

Andy Soucek Andy Christian Soucek (; born 14 June 1985) is a Spanish- Austrian professional racing driver. Career Soucek was born in Madrid, Spain. His father is an Austrian of Czech descent and his mother is French. He holds dual Austrian and Spanish nati ...

: Super Nova Racing → FIA Formula Two Championship *

Ho-Pin Tung Ho-Pin Tung (; born December 4, 1982) is a Dutch-born racing driver who races with a Chinese license. Career Tung was born in Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands, to Chinese parents with ancestry tracing to Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Tung starte ...

: Trident Racing →

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(

A1 Team China A1 Team China was the People's Republic of China, Chinese team of A1 Grand Prix, a now defunct international racing series. Management The seat holder ''A1 Team China'' is Liu Yu (刘煜). Werner Gillis is the team principal, and technical suppo ...

) &

(

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) * Adrián Vallés: BCN Competición →

(

Epsilon Euskadi EPIC Racing (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing) was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria ( Alava). It was the second major motorsport team from the Basque Country, (Euskadi). Epsilon Euskadi was the bigg ...

) &

(

Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in ...

) ; Midseason changes * Giacomo Ricci was replaced at DPR by Franck Perera after round four. Perera parted company with DPR prior to round nine to return to

. Perera was in turn replaced by

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n driver Johnny Cecotto Jr. for the final two rounds. *

missed round five due to sponsorship problems. Rodolfo González filled in for him at Trident Racing. *

parted company with Durango ahead of round seven and switched to Barwa Addax to replace Formula One-bound

was the driver to replace Valsecchi at Durango.

2009 schedule

The 2009 calendar was announced on 16 December 2008. The final round of the championship was the first GP2 race to take place at the

. Also, the

was moved from

to the

Results

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. ;Feature race points ;Sprint race points Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Drivers' Championship

Notes: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Notes: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

References

External links

GP2 Series official website

GP2 Series official blog
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