Maldonado on top in GP2 race two

21st June 2009

Venezuelan claims second 2009 win

Pastor  Maldonado  has  taken  his  second  victory  of  the  season  this  morning  in  race  two  at Silverstone, leading from lights to flag despite race long pressure and a late safety car period to claim the win ahead of Andreas Zuber and Karun Chandhok.

The victory was set up at the start when poleman Zuber made a good start but Maldonado made a better one, slipping inside and through into Stowe before pulling away to build a strong lead that did not look in doubt after the first few laps. Behind the front pair Lucas di Grassi stalled on the grid, leaving the rest of the field to cycle by as best  as  they  could:  Chandhok  and  Romain  Grosjean  had  the  advantage  of  being  ahead  of  the Brazilian on the grid and slotting in behind the front pair, along with Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Perez, with the rest of the grid unable to challenge them off the line. Unfortunately  the  grid  then  stretched  out  behind  Maldonado,  with  cool  heads  matching  the conditions and not looking to make too many silly moves.

With 3 laps to go Dani Clos, who had earlier had a small coming together with Luiz Razia, lost the rear of his car before stalling after a spin in the middle of a corner, prompting a safety car period which lasted until the final turn of the race. And  so  it  was  that  Maldonado  held  on  for  the  win  from  Zuber,  Chandhok  (who  claimed  Ocean Racing's  first  podium),  Grosjean,  Hülkenberg  and  Perez. 

The  result  means  that  Grosjean  has extended  his  championship  lead over Barwa Addax teammate Vitaly Petrov by 40 points to 33, with the ART pair all equal on 26 points, just two ahead of di Grassi.

Silverstone – Race 2

1. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix
2. Andreas Zuber FMSI
3. Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology
4. Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team
5. Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix
6. Sergio Perez Telmex Arden International
7 Alberto Valerio Piquet GP
8. Michael Herck DPR
9. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP
10. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team
11. Alvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology
12. Jérôme d’Ambrosio DAMS
13. Giedo van der Garde iSport International
14. Davide Valsecchi Durango
15. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing
16. Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing
17. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS
18. Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing
19. Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Eng.
20. Davide Rigon Trident Racing

Fastest lap time: Lucas di Grassi (Fat Burner Racing Engineering) – 1:29.069 on lap 2

Not Classified
Driver/ Team Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Eng. Nelson Panciatici Durango Luiz Razia FMSI Diego Nunes iSport International Giacomo Ricci DPR

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