2015 Catalunya GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Spain
Grand Prix:	Catalunya
Round No:	2
Season No:	11
Year:	2015
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.892
Course Km:	4.665
Date R1:	9 May
Laps R1:	37
Pole Driver Country:	BEL
Pole Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Pole Team:	ART Grand Prix
Pole Time:	1:29.273
First Driver Country R1:	BEL
First Driver R1:	Stoffel Vandoorne
First Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R1:	NZL
Second Driver R1:	Mitch Evans
Second Team R1:	Russian Time
Third Driver Country R1:	USA
Third Driver R1:	Alexander Rossi
Third Team R1:	Racing Engineering
Fast Driver Country R1:	NZL
Fast Driver R1:	Mitch Evans
Fast Team R1:	Russian Time
Fast Time R1:	1:34.748
Fast Lap R1:	30
Date R2:	10 May
Laps R2:	25
First Driver Country R2:	GBR
First Driver R2:	Alex Lynn
First Team R2:	DAMS
Second Driver Country R2:	BEL
Second Driver R2:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Second Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R2:	FRA
Third Driver R2:	Pierre Gasly
Third Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Driver Country R2:	BEL
Fast Driver R2:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Fast Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Time R2:	1:34.628
Fast Lap R2:	8

The 2015 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 9 and 10, 2015 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. It was the second round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix.

Stoffel Vandoorne took pole position and victory in the feature race, while Alex Lynn took the chequered flag in the sprint race.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:29.273	1
2	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:29.680	2
3	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:30.051	3
4	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:30.106	4
5	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:30.154	5
6	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:30.169	6
7	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:30.191	7
8	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:30.291	8
9	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	1:30.375	9
10	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:30.402	10
11	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:30.411	11
12	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:30.416	12
13	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:30.420	13
14	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:30.649	14
15	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:30.686	15
16	16	Sergio Canamasas	MP Motorsport	1:30.722	16
17	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	1:30.879	17
18	4	Marco Sørensen	Carlin	1:30.891	18
19	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus	1:31.029	19
20	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:31.042	20
21	25	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Hilmer Motorsport	1:31.049	21
22	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:31.390	22
23	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:31.394	23
24	12	René Binder	Trident	1:31.397	24
25	27	Zoël Amberg	Lazarus	1:31.751	25
26	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	No Time Set	26
Source:

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	37	1:00:31.992	1	29
2	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	37	+1.957	4	20
3	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	37	+4.639	5	15
4	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	37	+17.737	8	12
5	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	37	+21.116	2	10
6	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	37	+23.032	7	8
7	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	37	+25.841	3	6
8	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	37	+29.552	12	4
9	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	37	+30.438	11	2
10	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	37	+31.535	13	1
11	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	37	+31.706	14
12	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	37	+32.026	26
13	16	Sergio Canamasas	MP Motorsport	37	+54.487	16
14	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	37	+55.477	15
15	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	37	+56.905	6
16	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	37	+58.303	23
17	27	Zoël Amberg	Lazarus	37	+59.720	25
18	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	37	+1:00.163	17
19	4	Marco Sørensen	Carlin	37	+1:00.694	18
20	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus	37	+1:04.186	19
21	25	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Hilmer Motorsport	37	+1:07.785	21
22	12	René Binder	Trident	37	+1:22.650	24
23	20	André Negrão	Arden International	35	Did not finish	22
Ret	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	14	Did not finish	10
Ret	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	5	Did not finish	9
Ret	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	5	Did not finish	20
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (Russian Time) — 1:34.748 (on lap 30)
Source:

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	25	41:30.935	4	15
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	25	+2.204	8	14
3	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	25	+8.320	2	10
4	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	25	+9.614	6	8
5	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	+11.964	12	6
6	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	25	+13.686	5	4
7	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	25	+23.506	1	2
8	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	25	+25.090	9	1
9	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	25	+32.003	15
10	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	25	+33.552	16
11	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	25	+33.591	14
12	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus	25	+34.276	20
13	27	Zoël Amberg	Lazarus	25	+34.560	17
14	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	25	+38.041	25
15	16	Sergio Canamasas	MP Motorsport	25	+42.181	13
16	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	25	+42.742	24
17	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	25	+43.110	3
18	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	25	+46.006	11
19	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	25	+53.190	10
20	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	25	+53.573	26
21	20	André Negrão	Arden	25	+55.887	23
22	4	Marco Sørensen	Carlin	25	+59.535	19
23	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	25	+1:01.886	18
Ret	25	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Hilmer Motorsport	11	Did not finish	21
Ret	12	René Binder	Trident	0	Did not finish	22
DNS	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	-	Did not start	7
Fastest lap: Stoffel Vandoorne (ART Grand Prix) — 1:34.628 (on lap 8)
Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	86
2	Rio Haryanto	49
3	Alexander Rossi	46
4	Mitch Evans	28
5	Alex Lynn	25

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	93
2	Racing Engineering	58
3	Campos Racing	52
4	DAMS	41
5	Russian Time	34

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2015 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2015 Catalunya GP3 Series round