on the first of his two home GP2 Main Series races at the Italian venue.

After taking off from 12th, Valsecchi quickly climbed up to reach the tail of his team-mate, who was running in 4th. His recovery was stopped by a race control decision, as he was penalized with a drive-through becausewith a chicane cut. Following from the penalty, Valsecchi fell well behind the order, and climbed back again to 9th.

"I'm quite disappointed" said Davide "because it's  an unexpected penalty. I cut the chicane due to an incident, and didn't improve my position. I just wonder why they threw me a drive through. It feels bad because today I could have fought for a podium spot, before trying my luck tomorrow. Now I have nothing, despite the fact that I didn't make a mistake."