The 2009 Turkish GP2 Race was the third race of the
2009 GP2 Series season
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. It was held on June 6 and 7, 2009 at
Istanbul Racing Circuit
Intercity Istanbul Park ( tr, İstanbul Park), also known as the Istanbul Racing Circuit or initially as the Istanbul Otodrom, is a motor sports race track in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by the well-known racetrack ...
in
Tuzla,
Turkey. The race was used as a support race to the
2009 Turkish Grand Prix
The 2009 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2009 Formula 1 ING Turkish Grand Prix) was the seventh motor race of the 2009 Formula One season. It was held on 7 June 2009 at Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Turkey.
Jenson Button led the Drivers' Championship ...
.
The Feature race was won by
Vitaly Petrov after an eventful Race which saw many safety car periods. Championship leader
Romain Grosjean did not finish, like almost half the field.
Lucas di Grassi
Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E World Championship for Mahindra Racing. He became the FIA Formula E Champion in 2016–2017, achieved three overall podium ...
of
Racing Engineering won his first race of the season in Sprint Race after being given pole due to penalties issued after the feature race.
Karun Chandhok set the fastest lap in the Sprint Race, but he was not awarded a point for it. This is because he finished outside the top ten. The point for the fastest lap of the race goes to the driver inside the top ten, who was fastest around the circuit, in this case Vitaly Petrov. This allowed the Russian to increase his lead with an extra point.
Standings after the round
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Teams' Championship standings
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090611192621/http://www.gp2series.com/en/website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2360
* http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75833
* http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75895
* http://gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/news/newsgp2/newsdetail.php?articleid=2381
* http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75911
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