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2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round
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.
| Round details | |
|---|---|
| Round 7 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series | |
| Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium | |
| Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | |
| 22 August 2015 | |
| 25 | |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix |
| 1:56.278 | |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix |
| Arthur Pic | Campos Racing |
| Artem Markelov | Russian Time |
| Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix |
| 2:00.177 (on lap 20) | |
| 23 August 2015 | |
| 18 | |
| Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering |
| Jordan King | Racing Engineering |
| Mitch Evans | Russian Time |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix |
| 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.
| .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.278 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 1:56.425 | +0.147 | 2 | |
| 18 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 1:56.513 | +0.235 | 3 | |
| 7 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:56.625 | +0.347 | 4 | |
| 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.659 | +0.381 | 5 | |
| 9 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 1:56.661 | +0.383 | 6 | |
| 1 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1:56.701 | +0.423 | 7 | |
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 1:56.845 | +0.567 | 8 | |
| 2 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:56.985 | +0.707 | 9 | |
| 21 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 1:57.019 | +0.741 | 10 | |
| 15 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 1:57.143 | +0.865 | 11 | |
| 11 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 1:57.218 | +0.940 | 12 | |
| 19 | Robert Vișoiu | Rapax | 1:57.273 | +0.995 | 13 | |
| 14 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 1:57.275 | +0.997 | 14 | |
| 24 | Nick Yelloly | Hilmer Motorsport | 1:57.328 | +1.050 | 15 | |
| 3 | Julián Leal | Carlin | 1:57.440 | +1.162 | 16 | |
| 23 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 1:57.528 | +1.250 | 17 | |
| 27 | Sergio Canamasas | Daiko Team Lazarus | 1:57.560 | +1.282 | 18 | |
| 26 | Nathanaël Berthon | Daiko Team Lazarus | 1:57.615 | +1.337 | 19 | |
| 20 | André Negrão | Arden International | 1:57.661 | +1.383 | 20 | |
| 17 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:57.746 | +1.468 | 21 | |
| 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:57.809 | +1.531 | 22 | |
| 22 | Marlon Stöckinger | Status Grand Prix | 1:58.136 | +1.858 | 23 | |
| 12 | Gustav Malja | Trident | 1:58.371 | +2.093 | 24 | |
| 4 | Sean Gelael | Carlin | 1:58.402 | +2.124 | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 25 | 1:22.18.099 | 1 | 25+4 | |
| 14 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 25 | +9.979 | 14 | 18 | |
| 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 25 | +12.856 | 22 | 15 | |
| 3 | Julián Leal | Carlin | 25 | +13.106 | 16 | 12 | |
| 9 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 25 | +12.264 | 6 | 10+2 | |
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 25 | +19.527 | 8 | 8 | |
| 26 | Nathanaël Berthon | Daiko Team Lazarus | 25 | +23.723 | 19 | 6 | |
| 7 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 25 | +29.267 | 4 | 4 | |
| 18 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 25 | +34.144 | 3 | 2 | |
| 12 | Gustav Malja | Trident | 25 | +35.169 | 24 | 1 | |
| 2 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 25 | +35.610 | 9 | ||
| 27 | Sergio Canamasas | Daiko Team Lazarus | 25 | +35.797 | 18 | ||
| 15 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 25 | +41.571 | 11 | ||
| 11 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 25 | +46.546 | 12 | ||
| 19 | Robert Vișoiu | Rapax | 25 | +51.632 | 13 | ||
| 20 | André Negrão | Arden International | 25 | +1:03.453 | 20 | ||
| 22 | Marlon Stöckinger | Status Grand Prix | 25 | +1:04.859 | 23 | ||
| 23 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 25 | +1:13.894 | 17 | ||
| 1 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 25 | +1:15.857 | 7 | ||
| 4 | Sean Gelael | Carlin | 25 | +1:20.840 | 25 | ||
| 16 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 18 | +7 laps | 2 | ||
| 24 | Nick Yelloly | Hilmer Motorsport | 11 | Retired | 15 | ||
| 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 10 | Retired | 5 | ||
| 17 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 4 | Accident | 21 | ||
| 21 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 0 | Retired | 10 |
The podium ceremony
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 18 | 38:26.855 | 3 | 15 | |
| 7 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 18 | +1.507 | 1 | 12 | |
| 9 | Mitch Evans | Russian Time | 18 | +3.225 | 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 18 | +4.462 | 8 | 8+2 | |
| 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 18 | +11.642 | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 18 | +13.573 | 9 | 4 | |
| 26 | Nathanaël Berthon | Daiko Team Lazarus | 18 | +13.770 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 18 | +14.383 | 11 | 1 | |
| 27 | Sergio Canamasas | Daiko Team Lazarus | 18 | +15.147 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 18 | +18.340 | 13 | ||
| 3 | Julián Leal | Carlin | 18 | +18.954 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 18 | +20.281 | 14 | ||
| 23 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | 18 | +25.418 | 18 | ||
| 20 | André Negrão | Arden International | 18 | +25.548 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 18 | +25.864 | 23 | ||
| 19 | Robert Vișoiu | Rapax | 18 | +27.269 | 15 | ||
| 24 | Nick Yelloly | Hilmer Motorsport | 18 | +27.986 | 22 | ||
| 12 | Gustav Malja | Trident | 18 | +29.040 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Marlon Stöckinger | Status Grand Prix | 18 | +34.546 | 17 | ||
| 21 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 18 | +36.590 | 25 | ||
| 4 | Sean Gelael | Carlin | 18 | +41.816 | 20 | ||
| 16 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 15 | Retired | 21 | ||
| 14 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 12 | Retired | 7 | ||
| 1 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 8 | Retired | 19 | ||
| 17 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 0 | Did not start/Injured | 24 |
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