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| February 05, 2010 |
| GP2 Asia; Turvey Leads iSport International 1-2 in Abu Dhabi |
 | Oliver Turvey led the first-ever 1-2 finish for iSport International GP2 Series competition
(Photo: GP2 Series Media Services) |
Oliver Turvey claimed his first GP2 Asia victory on Friday (February 5), leading from start-to-finish on the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, fending off his iSport International teammate Davide Valsecchi constant attacks all through the animated race.
As the sun set on the United Arab emirates road course and the race started, Turvey took off perfectly passing poleman Charles Pic who was then immediately under the pressure from Valsecchi. The Italian charged past the Arden International man at the end of the long back straight and claimed second before lap two. The top-three were soon joined by Jules Bianchi and Javier Villa. The Spaniard was the first of the leaders to obverse his mandatory pitstop on lap six. Pic pitted two laps later, but as he came back out, he had lost a position to his teammate. Valsecchi and Bianchi stopped the lap after that, and while the Italian came back out in front of Villa, Bianchi found his way in between the two Arden cars.
Comfortably leading, Turvey pitted on lap 10, emerging right in front of Valsecchi. The Italian showed no mercy and immediately attacked his teammate on the outside of turns 11, 12 and 13. The two cars slightly came together, went off the track before rejoining, Valsecchi ahead of Turvey. But the Italian soon after that gave way for the Brit to get back into the lead.
Behind the duo, Villa, Bianchi and Pic joined the action with the first Frenchman sweeping around the outside of the Arden Spaniard in the last corner to claim third. In sixth, a flying Luca Filippi, back from the depth of the starting grid, sent Pic flying across a run-off area following an aggressive move. The poleman dropped to mid-field and was only left with regrets.
The Safety car was briefly deployed, but Turvey kept the lead at the restart and no matter how much pressure Valsecchi put onto him, he held his own till the finish line, 0.6s ahead of the series leader and Bianchi, who scored a podium on his GP2 Asia debut.
Villa passed fourth under the chequered flag. Giacomo Ricci at DPR finished a strong fifth, while American Alexander Rossi, who had started from last on the grid, worked his way back to sixth, while his teammate Filippi came to a halt on the very last lap after he ran out of fuel.
In the last stages of the race, Marcus Ericsson who was running in eighth came together with Michael Herck as the DPR man tried to overtake him, leaving the Super Nova Racing racer with a broken suspension and promoting Ocean Racing Technology’s Max Chilton to eighth and on pole for Saturday’s sprint race.
Following the race, Barwa Addax Team Sergio Perez was found guilty of ignoring the waved yellow flags during the brief deployment of the Safety car. As a consequence, the Mexican was handed a 25-second penalty, which pushed him back to 12th in the race classifications and on Round Four’s starting grid.
GP2 Asia Series
Round #3 - Race Results
February 5, 2010
Yas Marina Circuit - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Diff. | Fast Time| 1. | Oliver Turvey | iSport International | - | 1:52.271 | | 2. | Davide Valsecchi | iSport International | 0.618 | 1:51.882 | | 3. | Jules Bianchi | ART Grand Prix | 2.589 | 1:52.155 | | 4. | Javier Villa | Arden International | 7.372 | 1:52.487 | | 5. | Giacomo Ricci | DPR | 10.559 | 1:52.886 | | 6. | Alexander Rossi | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.Com | 13.718 | 1:53.238 | | 7. | Michael Herck | DPR | 19.800 | 1:52.661 | | 8. | Max Chilton | Ocean Racing Technology | 24.395 | 1:53.879 | | 9. | Josef Kral | Super Nova Racing | 27.457 | 1:53.412 | | 10. | Charles Pic | Arden International | 33.726 | 1:54.374 | | 11. | William Bratt | Scuderia Coloni | 34.300 | 1:54.196 | | 12. | Sergio Perez | Barwa Addax Team | 26.285 | 1:52.306 | | 13. | Vladimir Arabadzhiev | Rapax | 65.390 | 1:51.872 | | 14. | Luca Filippi | MalaysiaQi-Meritus.Com | 1 Lap | 1:52.416 | | 15. | Alberto Valerio | Scuderia Coloni | 1 Lap | 1:52.937 | | 16. | Plamen Kralev | Trident Racing | 1 Lap | 1:56.199 | | 17. | Marcus Ericsson | Super Nova Racing | 3 Laps | 1:53.398 | | NC | Fabio Leimer | Ocean Racing Technology | 6 Laps | 1:53.883 | | NC | Geido Van der Garde | Barwa Addax Team | 8 Laps | 1:54.305 | | NC | Daniel Zampieri | Rapax | 10 Laps | 1:53.237 | | NC | Dani Clos | Trident Racing | 24 Laps | 1:55.324 | | NC | Christian Vietoris | Dams | 26 Laps | 1:55.141 | | NC | Sam Bird | ART Grand Prix | 29 Laps | 1:55.231 | | NC | Edoardo Piscopo | Dams | 33 Laps | No-time | |
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