Parente wins GP2 debut

Alvaro Parente

Alvaro Parente won season opener GP2 race Saturday at Barcelona, winning the feature race for Super Nova on his GP2 debut.

The Renault World Series champion led from start to finish, taking control after poleman Pastor Maldonado stalled at the start.

Bruno Senna hounded Parente for most of the race but Parente just never made a mistake and clung on by half a second despite Senna trying everything he could to get by. Andy Zuber was third.

Results

Pos

Driver Team Gap
1. Alvaro Parente Super Nova 1:01:09.902
2. Bruno Senna iSport Ã-0.579
3. Andi Zuber Piquet Sports Ã-1.511
4. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering Ã-3.768
5. Romain Grosjean ART Ã-8.155
6. Vitaly Petrov Campos Ã-19.729
7. Sebastien Buemi Arden Ã-27.326
8. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS Ã-27.945
9. Karun Chandhok iSport Ã-30.394
10. Davide Valsecchi Durango Ã-34.573
11. Luca Filippi ART Ã-34.816
12. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports Ã-38.600
13. Alberto Valerio Durango Ã-42.489
14. Javier Villa Racing Engineering Ã-43.200
15. Diego Nunes DPR Ã-1:09.867
16. Giacomo Ricci DPR Ã-1:10.152
17. Paolo Nocera BCN Ã-1:08.749
18. Adrian Valles FMS Ã-1:08.778
Not classified
Driver Team Laps
Christian Bakkerud Super Nova 20 laps
Yelmer Buurman Arden 18 laps
Ben Hanley Campos 15 laps
Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS 15 laps
Roldan Rodriguez FMS 4 laps
Ho-Pin Tung Trident 1 lap
Mike Conway Trident 0 laps
Milos Pavlovic BCN 0 laps