2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

   2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round
Round details
Round 7 of 11 rounds in the
2015 GP2 Series

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature race
Date 22 August 2015
Laps 25
Pole position
Driver Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix
Time 1:56.278
Podium
First Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix
Second Arthur Pic Campos Racing
Third Artem Markelov Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix
Time 2:00.177 (on lap 20)
Sprint race
Date 23 August 2015
Laps 18
Podium
First Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering
Second Jordan King Racing Engineering
Third Mitch Evans Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix
Time 2:01.151 (on lap 3)

The 2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 5 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:56.278 1
2 16 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:56.425 +0.147 2
3 18 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:56.513 +0.235 3
4 7 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:56.625 +0.347 4
5 6 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:56.659 +0.381 5
6 9 Mitch Evans Russian Time 1:56.661 +0.383 6
7 1 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1:56.701 +0.423 7
8 8 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 1:56.845 +0.567 8
9 2 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:56.985 +0.707 9
10 21 Norman Nato Arden International 1:57.019 +0.741 10
11 15 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 1:57.143 +0.865 11
12 11 Raffaele Marciello Trident 1:57.218 +0.940 12
13 19 Robert Vișoiu Rapax 1:57.273 +0.995 13
14 14 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:57.275 +0.997 14
15 24 Nick Yelloly Hilmer Motorsport 1:57.328 +1.050 15
16 3 Julián Leal Carlin 1:57.440 +1.162 16
17 23 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:57.528 +1.250 17
18 27 Sergio Canamasas Daiko Team Lazarus 1:57.560 +1.282 18
19 26 Nathanaël Berthon Daiko Team Lazarus 1:57.615 +1.337 19
20 20 André Negrão Arden International 1:57.661 +1.383 20
21 17 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:57.746 +1.468 21
22 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:57.809 +1.531 22
23 22 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 1:58.136 +1.858 23
24 12 Gustav Malja Trident 1:58.371 +2.093 24
25 4 Sean Gelael Carlin 1:58.402 +2.124 25
Source:[1]

Feature race

The feature race at Spa was marred by a horrific crash involving Daniel de Jong, whose attempted pass Red Bull Junior driver Pierre Gasly at Blanchimont. The Frenchman cut de Jong's line causing them to make contact and de Jong losing his front wing. de Jong went to the tyre barrier at high speed which left him requiring four hours of surgery on his sixth vertebra, per Sky Sports' William Esler.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 25 1:22.18.099 1 25+4
2 14 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 25 +9.979 14 18
3 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 25 +12.856 22 15
4 3 Julián Leal Carlin 25 +13.106 16 12
5 9 Mitch Evans Russian Time 25 +12.264 6 10+2
6 8 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 25 +19.527 8 8
7 26 Nathanaël Berthon Daiko Team Lazarus 25 +23.723 19 6
8 7 Jordan King Racing Engineering 25 +29.267 4 4
9 18 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 25 +34.144 3 2
10 12 Gustav Malja Trident 25 +35.169 24 1
11 2 Alex Lynn DAMS 25 +35.610 9
12 27 Sergio Canamasas Daiko Team Lazarus 25 +35.797 18
13 15 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 25 +41.571 11
14 11 Raffaele Marciello Trident 25 +46.546 12
15 19 Robert Vișoiu Rapax 25 +51.632 13
16 20 André Negrão Arden International 25 +1:03.453 20
17 22 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 25 +1:04.859 23
18 23 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 25 +1:13.894 17
19 1 Pierre Gasly DAMS 25 +1:15.857 7
20 4 Sean Gelael Carlin 25 +1:20.840 25
NC 16 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 18 +7 laps 2
Ret 24 Nick Yelloly Hilmer Motorsport 11 Retired 15
Ret 6 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 10 Retired 5
Ret 17 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 4 Accident 21
Ret 21 Norman Nato Arden International 0 Retired 10
Source:[2]

Sprint race

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering 18 38:26.855 3 15
2 7 Jordan King Racing Engineering 18 +1.507 1 12
3 9 Mitch Evans Russian Time 18 +3.225 4 10
4 5 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 18 +4.462 8 8+2
5 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 18 +11.642 6 6
6 18 Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 18 +13.573 9 4
7 26 Nathanaël Berthon Daiko Team Lazarus 18 +13.770 2 2
8 2 Alex Lynn DAMS 18 +14.383 11 1
9 27 Sergio Canamasas Daiko Team Lazarus 18 +15.147 12
10 15 Rio Haryanto Campos Racing 18 +18.340 13
11 3 Julián Leal Carlin 18 +18.954 5
12 11 Raffaele Marciello Trident 18 +20.281 14
13 23 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 18 +25.418 18
14 20 André Negrão Arden International 18 +25.548 16
15 6 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 18 +25.864 23
16 19 Robert Vișoiu Rapax 18 +27.269 15
17 24 Nick Yelloly Hilmer Motorsport 18 +27.986 22
18 12 Gustav Malja Trident 18 +29.040 10
19 22 Marlon Stöckinger Status Grand Prix 18 +34.546 17
20 21 Norman Nato Arden International 18 +36.590 25
21 4 Sean Gelael Carlin 18 +41.816 20
Ret 16 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 15 Retired 21
Ret 14 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 12 Retired 7
Ret 1 Pierre Gasly DAMS 8 Retired 19
DNS 17 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 0 Did not start 24
Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Qualifying Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Race 1 Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Race 2 Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.