The 2015 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 4 and 5 July 2015 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Britain. It was the fifth round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2015 British Grand Prix.
| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series | |||
 Layout of the Silverstone Circuit | |||
| Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 4 July 2015 | ||
| Laps | 29 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | |
| Time | 1:39.949 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | |
| Second |
 Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | |
| Third |
 Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | |
| Time | 1:42.734 (on lap 28) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 5 July 2015 | ||
| Laps | 21 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | |
| Second |
 Raffaele Marciello | Trident | |
| Third |
 Pierre Gasly | DAMS | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | |
| Time | 1:42.636 (on lap 2) | ||
Classification
editQualifying
editSergey Sirotkin achieved his maiden pole with a time of 1:39.949, followed by Stoffel Vandoorne and Richie Stanaway.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Sergey Sirotkin
|
Rapax | 1:39.949 | 1 | |
| 2 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:40.134 | + 0.185 s | 2 |
| 3 | 23 |  Richie Stanaway
|
Status Grand Prix | 1:40.378 | + 0.429 s | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | Alexander Rossi
|
Racing Engineering | 1:40.419 | + 0.470 s | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Arthur Pic
|
Campos Racing | 1:40.434 | + 0.485 s | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | Pierre Gasly
|
DAMS | 1:40.498 | + 0.549 s | 6 |
| 7 | 6 |  Nobuharu Matsushita
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:40.520 | + 0.571 s | 7 |
| 8 | 11 | Raffaele Marciello
|
Trident | 1:40.533 | + 0.584 s | 8 |
| 9 | 16 |  Oliver Rowland
|
MP Motorsport | 1:40.537 | + 0.588 s | 9 |
| 10 | 3 |  Julián Leal
|
Carlin | 1:40.547 | + 0.598 s | 10 |
| 11 | 24 | Nick Yelloly
|
Hilmer Motorsport | 1:40.697 | + 0.748 s | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | Alex Lynn
|
DAMS | 1:40.708 | + 0.759 s | 12 |
| 13 | 7 | Jordan King
|
Racing Engineering | 1:40.765 | + 0.816 s | 13 |
| 14 | 27 |  Sergio Canamasas
|
Venezuela Team Lazarus | 1:40.789 | + 0.840 s | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Rio Haryanto
|
Campos Racing | 1:40.793 | + 0.844 s | 15 |
| 16 | 20 |  André Negrão
|
Arden International | 1:41.039 | + 1.090 s | 16 |
| 17 | 26 | Nathanaël Berthon
|
Venezuela Team Lazarus | 1:41.046 | + 1.097 s | 17 |
| 18 | 4 |  Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
Carlin | 1:41.064 | + 1.115 s | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |  Robert Vișoiu
|
Rapax | 1:41.118 | + 1.169 s | 22 1 |
| 20 | 21 | Norman Nato
|
Arden International | 1:41.252 | + 1.303 s | 19 |
| 21 | 9 | Mitch Evans
|
Russian Time | 1:41.275 | + 1.326 s | 20 |
| 22 | 17 |  Daniël de Jong
|
MP Motorsport | 1:41.542 | + 1.593 s | 21 |
| 23 | 12 |  René Binder
|
Trident | 1:41.762 | + 1.813 s | 23 |
| 24 | 22 |  Marlon Stöckinger
|
Status Grand Prix | 1:41.802 | + 1.853 s | 24 |
| 25 | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 1:41.805 | + 1.856 s | 25 |
| - | 25 | Jon Lancaster
|
Hilmer Motorsport | No Time | - | 26 |
| Source:[1] | ||||||
- Notes
- 1.^ – Vișoiu received a three-place grid penalty after he was deemed to have impeded a competitor during the qualifying session.[2]
Feature Race
edit| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Sergey Sirotkin
|
Rapax | 29 | 53min 13.597sec | 1 | 31 (25+4+2) |
| 2 | 8 | Alexander Rossi
|
Racing Engineering | 29 | + 5.989 s | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
|
ART Grand Prix | 29 | + 13.566 s | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | Pierre Gasly
|
DAMS | 29 | + 16.729 s | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Alex Lynn
|
DAMS | 29 | + 20.546 s | 12 | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Raffaele Marciello
|
Trident | 29 | + 23.550 s | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 24 | Nick Yelloly
|
Hilmer Motorsport | 29 | + 23.879 s | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 15 | Rio Haryanto
|
Campos Racing | 29 | + 25.437 s | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Julián Leal
|
Carlin | 29 | + 28.753 s | 10 | 2 |
| 10 1 | 16 | Oliver Rowland
|
MP Motorsport | 29 | + 25.161 s | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Daniël de Jong
|
MP Motorsport | 29 | + 30.373 s | 21 | |
| 12 | 19 | Robert Vișoiu
|
Rapax | 29 | + 36.922 s | 22 | |
| 13 | 4 | Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
Carlin | 29 | + 37.436 s | 18 | |
| 14 2 | 14 | Arthur Pic
|
Campos Racing | 29 | + 22.922 s | 5 | |
| 15 | 27 | Sergio Canamasas
|
Venezuela Team Lazarus | 29 | + 44.277 s | 14 | |
| 16 | 25 | Jon Lancaster
|
Hilmer Motorsport | 29 | + 49.850 s | 26 | |
| 17 | 12 | René Binder
|
Trident | 29 | + 53.663 s | 23 | |
| 18 | 21 | Norman Nato
|
Arden International | 29 | + 57.444 s | 19 | |
| 19 | 22 | Marlon Stöckinger
|
Status Grand Prix | 29 | + 1:00.867 s | 24 | |
| 20 | 20 | André Negrão
|
Arden International | 29 | + 1:04.399 s | 16 | |
| 21 | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 29 | + 1:26.692 s | 25 | |
| 22 | 7 | Jordan King
|
Racing Engineering | 28 | Collision | 13 | |
| Ret | 23 | Richie Stanaway
|
Status Grand Prix | 22 | Suspension | 3 | |
| Ret | 9 | Mitch Evans
|
Russian Time | 9 | Retired | 20 | |
| Ret | 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita
|
ART Grand Prix | 6 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | 26 | Nathanaël Berthon
|
Venezuela Team Lazarus | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
| Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (Rapax) — 1:42.734 (on lap 28) | |||||||
| Source:[1] | |||||||
- Notes
- 1.^ – Rowland was given a 5-second penalty after having breached track limits several times during the race.[3]
- 2.^ – Pic was given a 20-second penalty after being deemed to have collided with Jordan King on the final turn of the race.[3]
Sprint Race
edit| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Rio Haryanto
|
Campos Racing | 21 | 36min 27.949sec | 1 | 17 (15+2) |
| 2 | 11 | Raffaele Marciello
|
Trident | 21 | + 1.925 s | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | Pierre Gasly
|
DAMS | 21 | + 4.993 s | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | Alexander Rossi
|
Racing Engineering | 21 | + 12.589 s | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | 24 | Nick Yelloly
|
Hilmer Motorsport | 21 | + 13.236 s | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | Alex Lynn
|
DAMS | 21 | + 15.539 s | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 16 | Oliver Rowland
|
MP Motorsport | 21 | + 15.845 s | 10 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | Sergey Sirotkin
|
Rapax | 21 | + 16.305 s | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
|
ART Grand Prix | 21 | + 17.325 s | 6 | |
| 10 | 7 | Jordan King
|
Racing Engineering | 21 | + 17.500 s | 22 | |
| 11 | 19 | Robert Vișoiu
|
Rapax | 21 | + 25.119 s | 12 | |
| 12 | 3 | Julián Leal
|
Carlin | 21 | + 25.694 s | 9 | |
| 13 | 23 | Richie Stanaway
|
Status Grand Prix | 21 | + 32.529 s | 23 | |
| 14 | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 21 | + 33.454 s | 21 | |
| 15 | 20 | André Negrão
|
Arden International | 21 | + 33.699 s | 20 | |
| 16 | 14 | Arthur Pic
|
Campos Racing | 21 | + 34.227 s | 14 | |
| 17 | 25 | Jon Lancaster
|
Hilmer Motorsport | 21 | + 36.112 s | 16 | |
| 18 | 12 | René Binder
|
Trident | 21 | + 37.145 s | 17 | |
| 19 | 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita
|
ART Grand Prix | 21 | + 43.172 s | 25 | |
| 20 | 9 | Mitch Evans
|
Russian Time | 21 | + 45.224 s | 24 | |
| 21 | 26 | Nathanaël Berthon
|
Venezuela Team Lazarus | 21 | + 45.653 s | 26 | |
| 22 | 22 | Marlon Stöckinger
|
Status Grand Prix | 21 | + 58.353 s | 19 | |
| 23 | 21 | Norman Nato
|
Arden International | 21 | + 1:03.892 s | 18 | |
| 24 | 27 | Sergio Canamasas
|
Venezuela Team Lazarus | 21 | + 1:20.858 s | 15 | |
| 25 | 4 | Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
Carlin | 21 | + 1:28.853 s | 13 | |
| 26 | 17 | Daniël de Jong
|
MP Motorsport | 20 | Retired | 11 | |
| Fastest lap: Rio Haryanto (Campos Racing) — 1:42.636 (on lap 2) | |||||||
| Source:[1] | |||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "GP2 Series 2015 Results - Britain". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Visiou Penalised After Qualifying". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Feature Race Penalties For Pic, Rowland". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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