Pastor Maldonado and Marcus Ericsson are the winners of both rounds of GP2 in Valencia. Maldonado pulls away in front of provisional classification.

After he started from 2nd position behind poleman Sergio Perez, Maldonado overtook the mexican driver at the first corner, while a multi cars pile-up occurred in the back of the field. Safety car in. At the restart, Jules Bianchi took the lead ahead of Maldonado.

The Venezuelan driver put pressure on the Frenchman, who finally made a mistake in the very first lap. Maldonado took another win in front of Bianchi and Sam Bird.

Michael Herck took 8th position in the first round, which allow him to start from pole position for race 2. But Ericsson was able to take the lead ahead of Belgian driver, just before another accident involved five cars, including Jules Bianchi.

In lap 2, Joseph Kral hit Rodolfo Gonzales’ car from behind, and was launched into the air, as did Mark Webber in Formula race few hours later. Kral escaped safe from his huge crash.

Marcus Ericsson kept the lead until the finish, and took win ahead of Giedo Van der Garde and Michael Herck. Maldonado secured 4th position, and pulled away in front of provisional classification.


Race 1 classification:
1 - Pastor Maldonado - Rapax - 30 laps
2 - Jules Bianchi - ART + 8"2
3 - Sam Bird - ART + 16"0
4 - Giedo Van der Garde - Addax + 16"7
5 - Dani Clos - Racing Engineering + 38"9
etc.


Race 2 classification:
1 - Marcus Ericsson - Super Nova - 20 laps
2 - Giedo Van der Garde - Addax + 1"0
3 - Michael Herck - DPR + 3"7
4 - Pastor Maldonado - Rapax +- 4"7
5 - Charles Pic - Arden + 8"6
etc.


Championship:

1. Maldonado 42 points, 2. Clos et Van der Garde 27, 4. Razia 20, 5. Perez et Bianchi 19, 7. Bird 17, 8. Pic 15, etc.