From Live Comment by GP2 Series
Plenty happened during the first lap of the race as Grosjean's bad start profited Bruno Senna and Lucas di Grassi. Andreas Zuber was third and Romain Grosjean, 4th.
When Zuber went a little wide, seconds later, Giorgio Pantano and Grosjean passed him right before Pantano was passed by Grosjean who began fighting hard with di Grassi.
Meanwhile, Michael Herck was stalled on the grid and Alvaro Parente spun at turn 8. After Bruno Senna was passed by di Grassi and Grosjean when he went too wide, Sebastien Buemi was hit by Pastor Maldonado.
On lap 7, Roldan Rodriguez and Mike Conway had already pitted and most of the drivers were going too in the couple following laps, including Kobayashi, Valles, Zuber, d'Ambrosio, Buurman and Maldonado.
A beautiful move saw Karun Chandhok passed Luca Filippi, in front. Di Grassi was still leading ahead of Grosjean and Pantano, hardly endling Senna behind him.
Couple of minutes passed, Filippi pitted and Pantano realised one of the best looking overtaking of the year so far, on Grosjean.
Pantano was then so fast on the track that he set the fastest time. After that, he was all over di Grassi... which he finally overtook, despite a couple raindrops on the track.
Maldonado crashed in turn 7 and almost took Petrov down with him. Podium was, then, Pantano, di Grassi and Grosjean. It was before the Frenchman had problems with his tires and battled with Chandhok to keep his position!
During that time, Senna and Buemi were battling their proper position, not far from Grosjean, who, ultimaly, was passed by Buemi and Senna, in order.
In the last corner, finally, Grosjean was able to take his position back from Senna, but not from Buemi, that finished 4th.
Race #1 - Results:
Pos Driver Team Gap Laps BestTime Pits PitLap
1G. PantanoRacing Eng.-3601'31"994116
2L. Di GrassiCampos00'04"0603601'32"720117
3K. ChandhokiSport00'10"2803601'32"573118
4S. BuemiArden00'15"1143601'32"169111
5R. GrosjeanART00'18"8423601'32"673115
6B. SennaiSport00'18"9883601'32"578117
7A. ZuberPiquet Sports00'20"2053601'32"51017
8L. FilippiART00'23"3113601'32"939110
9J. D'AmbrosioDAMS-3601'32"8240-
10V. PetrovCampos00'35"4313601'32"787118
11R. RodriguezFMS00'36"8863601'33"56916
12A. SoucekSuper Nova00'40"9113601'33"300112
13J. VillaRacing Eng.00'50"7123601'32"474119
14M. ConwayTrident00'53"1473601'33"38416
15Y. BuurmanArden00'53"3843601'33"59319
16A. ParenteSuper Nova00'56"4973601'33"053113
17D. NunesDPR00'59"6543601'33"172113
18H. TungTrident01'01"0023601'33"144114
19D. ValsecchiDurango01'01"2633601'33"162113
20M. AsmerFMS01'04"6673601'33"223119
21A. ValerioDurango01'07"7673601'33"181112
22A. VallesFMS01'16"8763601'33"61917
23M. HerckDPR-3501'33"317114
Retirements:
24P. MaldonadoPiquet Sports-3001'33"29519
25K. KobayashiDAMS-2001'32"13417
26C. IaconelliBCN Comp.-0-0-
Fastest lap time: Giorgio Pantano (Racing Engineering): 1:31.995 on lap 27
Plenty happened during the first lap of the race as Grosjean's bad start profited Bruno Senna and Lucas di Grassi. Andreas Zuber was third and Romain Grosjean, 4th.
When Zuber went a little wide, seconds later, Giorgio Pantano and Grosjean passed him right before Pantano was passed by Grosjean who began fighting hard with di Grassi.
Meanwhile, Michael Herck was stalled on the grid and Alvaro Parente spun at turn 8. After Bruno Senna was passed by di Grassi and Grosjean when he went too wide, Sebastien Buemi was hit by Pastor Maldonado.
On lap 7, Roldan Rodriguez and Mike Conway had already pitted and most of the drivers were going too in the couple following laps, including Kobayashi, Valles, Zuber, d'Ambrosio, Buurman and Maldonado.
A beautiful move saw Karun Chandhok passed Luca Filippi, in front. Di Grassi was still leading ahead of Grosjean and Pantano, hardly endling Senna behind him.
Couple of minutes passed, Filippi pitted and Pantano realised one of the best looking overtaking of the year so far, on Grosjean.
Pantano was then so fast on the track that he set the fastest time. After that, he was all over di Grassi... which he finally overtook, despite a couple raindrops on the track.
Maldonado crashed in turn 7 and almost took Petrov down with him. Podium was, then, Pantano, di Grassi and Grosjean. It was before the Frenchman had problems with his tires and battled with Chandhok to keep his position!
During that time, Senna and Buemi were battling their proper position, not far from Grosjean, who, ultimaly, was passed by Buemi and Senna, in order.
In the last corner, finally, Grosjean was able to take his position back from Senna, but not from Buemi, that finished 4th.
Race #1 - Results:
Pos Driver Team Gap Laps BestTime Pits PitLap
1G. PantanoRacing Eng.-3601'31"994116
2L. Di GrassiCampos00'04"0603601'32"720117
3K. ChandhokiSport00'10"2803601'32"573118
4S. BuemiArden00'15"1143601'32"169111
5R. GrosjeanART00'18"8423601'32"673115
6B. SennaiSport00'18"9883601'32"578117
7A. ZuberPiquet Sports00'20"2053601'32"51017
8L. FilippiART00'23"3113601'32"939110
9J. D'AmbrosioDAMS-3601'32"8240-
10V. PetrovCampos00'35"4313601'32"787118
11R. RodriguezFMS00'36"8863601'33"56916
12A. SoucekSuper Nova00'40"9113601'33"300112
13J. VillaRacing Eng.00'50"7123601'32"474119
14M. ConwayTrident00'53"1473601'33"38416
15Y. BuurmanArden00'53"3843601'33"59319
16A. ParenteSuper Nova00'56"4973601'33"053113
17D. NunesDPR00'59"6543601'33"172113
18H. TungTrident01'01"0023601'33"144114
19D. ValsecchiDurango01'01"2633601'33"162113
20M. AsmerFMS01'04"6673601'33"223119
21A. ValerioDurango01'07"7673601'33"181112
22A. VallesFMS01'16"8763601'33"61917
23M. HerckDPR-3501'33"317114
Retirements:
24P. MaldonadoPiquet Sports-3001'33"29519
25K. KobayashiDAMS-2001'32"13417
26C. IaconelliBCN Comp.-0-0-
Fastest lap time: Giorgio Pantano (Racing Engineering): 1:31.995 on lap 27