2009 Monza GP2 Series round
The 2009 Italian GP2 Round was the ninth race of the 2009 GP2 Series season. It was held on September 12 and 13, 2009 at Circuit Monza at Monza, Italy. The race was used as a support race to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix. Both Racing Engineering drivers were given 10 place grid penalties after causing avoidable accidents in Spa. The race also saw the return of PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni after their court order was dropped. Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his debut for DPR.
| Round details | |||
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Round 9 of 10 rounds in the 2009 GP2 Series | |||
 Circuit de Monza | |||
| Location |
Circuit Monza Monza, Italy | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.6 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 12 September 2009 | ||
| Laps | 32 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | |
| Time | 1:30.007 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Giedo van der Garde | iSport International | |
| Second |
Vitaly Petrov | Barwa Addax Team | |
| Third |
 Lucas di Grassi | F. B. Racing Engineering | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Edoardo Mortara | Arden International | |
| Time | 1:43.283 (on lap 28) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 13 September 2009 | ||
| Laps | 21 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Luiz Razia | Scuderia Coloni | |
| Second |
Lucas di Grassi | F. B. Racing Engineering | |
| Third |
 Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Luiz Razia | Scuderia Coloni | |
| Time | 1:32.553 (on lap 10) | ||
The Feature Race was action packed, with a very wet track and terrible conditions, the race started behind the safety car. Giedo van der Garde got his and iSport International their first feature win of the season. He passed long time leader Vitaly Petrov for the lead two laps from the end. The Sprint Race was less thrilling, but crashes were still common, as on the first lap Dani Clos flipped his car after being hit side on. Luiz Razia won his first ever GP2 Race and PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni's first win in only their second round. The Round was lucky for Razia as Álvaro Parente was penalised after the race, putting him down to eleventh and moving Razia up to 8th, to claim his first GP2 points finish and first pole. After starting from a lucky pole, Razia never looked challenged and finished ahead of the good starting Lucas di Grassi and new champion Nico Hülkenberg. Hülkenberg became 2009 GP2 Series season champion after Vitaly Petrov did not score enough points to keep his championship challenge alive.
Standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
| Previous round: 2009 Belgian GP2 round |
GP2 Series 2009 season |
Next round: 2009 Portuguese GP2 round |
| Previous round: 2008 Italian GP2 round |
Italian GP2 round | Next round: 2010 Italian GP2 round |