2014 Catalunya GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Spain
Grand Prix:	Catalunya
Round No:	2
Season No:	12
Year:	2014
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.892
Course Km:	4.665
Date R1:	10 May
Laps R1:	37
Pole Driver Country:	MCO
Pole Driver:	Stéphane Richelmi
Pole Team:	DAMS
Pole Time:	1:29.293
First Driver Country R1:	VEN
First Driver R1:	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
First Team R1:	Trident
Second Driver Country R1:	GBR
Second Driver R1:	Jolyon Palmer
Second Team R1:	DAMS
Third Driver Country R1:	BRA
Third Driver R1:	Felipe Nasr
Third Team R1:	Carlin
Fast Driver Country R1:	NZL
Fast Driver R1:	Mitch Evans
Fast Team R1:	RT Russian Time
Fast Time R1:	1:34.141
Fast Lap R1:	31
Date R2:	11 May
Laps R2:	26
First Driver Country R2:	BRA
First Driver R2:	Felipe Nasr
First Team R2:	Carlin
Second Driver Country R2:	GBR
Second Driver R2:	Jolyon Palmer
Second Team R2:	DAMS
Third Driver Country R2:	FRA
Third Driver R2:	Tom Dillmann
Third Team R2:	Arden International
Fast Driver Country R2:	NED
Fast Driver R2:	Daniël de Jong
Fast Team R2:	MP Motorsport
Fast Time R2:	1:34.261
Fast Lap R2:	6

The 2014 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on May 10 and 11, 2014 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain as part of the GP2 Series. It was the second round of the 2014 season. The race weekend supported the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix.

Stéphane Richelmi took pole position in the feature race, but Johnny Cecotto Jr. took the victory, ahead of DAMS' Jolyon Palmer and Carlin driver Felipe Nasr finished third. Tom Dillmann finished in eighth position, and thus started on pole for the sprint race. Nasr took his first GP2 Series win in the sprint race, ahead of Palmer and Dillmann.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time
1	8	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:29.293	1
2	7	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	1:29.421	2
3	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	1:29.514	3
4	5	Raffaele Marciello	Racing Engineering	1:29.650	4
5	3	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:29.698	5
6	1	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	1:29.703	6
7	4	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:29.841	7
8	19	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing	1:29.893	8
9	21	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	1:29.902	9
10	10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:29.963	10
11	18	Rio Haryanto	EQ8 Caterham Racing	1:29.983	11
12	17	Tom Dillmann	Arden International	1:30.289	12
13	26	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:30.300	13
14	11	Daniel Abt	Hilmer Motorsport	1:30.412	14
15	24	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:30.470	15
16	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	1:30:496	16
17	27	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	1:30.510	17
18	16	René Binder	Arden International	1:30.553	18
19	20	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:30.617	19
20	22	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	1:30.773	20
21	12	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	1:30.790	21
22	14	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	1:30:887	22
23	9	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	1:30.903	23
24	15	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:30.923	24
25	2	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time	1:31.336	25
26	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:31.558	26
Source: Qual.

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	36	1:00:28.853	16	25
2	7	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	36	+3.409	2	18
3	3	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	36	+3.750	5	15
4	4	Julián Leal	Carlin	36	+6.128	7	14
5	18	Rio Haryanto	EQ8 Caterham Racing	36	+15.895	11	10
6	26	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	36	+16.842	13	8
7	21	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	36	+18.407	9	6
8	17	Tom Dillmann	Arden International	36	+20.556	12	4
9	14	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	36	+21.265	22	2
10	8	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	36	+21.460	1	5
11	2	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time	36	+22.233	25
12	15	Simon Trummer	Rapax	36	+22.804	24
13	10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	36	+23.397	10
14	1	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	36	+23.630	6
15	16	René Binder	Arden International	36	+17.682	18
16	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	36	+21.847	3
17	22	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	36	+42.769	20
18	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+25.145	26
19	27	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	36	+48.653	17
20	9	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	36	+52.965	23
Ret	20	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26	Did not finish	19
Ret	19	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing	18	Did not finish	8
Ret	24	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	4	Did not finish	15
Ret	11	Daniel Abt	Hilmer Motorsport	1	Did not finish	14
Ret	5	Raffaele Marciello	Racing Engineering	0	Did not finish	4
Ret	12	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	0	Did not finish	21
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (Arden International) — 1:34.341 (on lap 31)
Source: Feat.

Notes:

— René Binder and Conor Daly finished the race in seventh and seventeenth place respectively, but had twenty seconds added to their race time in lieu of failure to slow down under yellow flags during the event.^[2]
— Stefano Coletti finished the race in twelfth place, but had twenty seconds added to his race time because he went off track under double yellow flags, compromising the marshal's safety.^[2]

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	26	42:01.901	6	15
2	7	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	26	+7.635	7	14
3	17	Tom Dillmann	Arden International	26	+13.814	1	10
4	26	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	26	+14.172	3	8
5	4	Julián Leal	Carlin	26	+14.732	5	6
6	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	26	+18.842	8	4
7	8	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	26	+19.236	10	2
8	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	26	+22.293	16	1
9	14	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	26	+30.744	9
10	10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	26	+31.379	13
11	21	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	26	+31.839	2
12	11	Daniel Abt	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+32.142	24
13	9	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	26	+33.3131	20
14	19	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing	26	+34.189	22
15	27	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	36	+37.025	19
16	5	Raffaele Marciello	Racing Engineering	26	+38.689	25
17	12	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+39.975	26
18	22	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	26	+44.122	17
19	20	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26	+74.656	21
20	1	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	24	Did not finish	14
Ret	16	René Binder	Arden International	2	Did not finish	18
Ret	24	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	Did not finish	8
Ret	2	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time	2	Did not finish	11
Ret	15	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1	Did not finish	12
Ret	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1	Did not finish	18
Ret	18	Rio Haryanto	EQ8 Caterham Racing	0	Did not finish	4
Fastest lap: Daniël de Jong (MP Motorsport) — 1:34.261 (on lap 6)
Source: Sprint