2015 Monza GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Italy
Grand Prix:	Monza
Round No:	8
Season No:	11
Year:	2015
Location:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.600
Course Km:	5.793
Date R1:	5 September
Laps R1:	30
Pole Driver Country:	FRA
Pole Driver:	Pierre Gasly
Pole Team:	DAMS
Pole Time:	1:31.272
First Driver Country R1:	USA
First Driver R1:	Alexander Rossi
First Team R1:	Racing Engineering
Second Driver Country R1:	BEL
Second Driver R1:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	NZL
Third Driver R1:	Mitch Evans
Third Team R1:	Russian Time
Fast Driver Country R1:	VEN
Fast Driver R1:	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Fast Team R1:	Trident
Fast Time R1:	1:33.723
Fast Lap R1:	27
Date R2:	6 September
Laps R2:	21
First Driver Country R2:	NZL
First Driver R2:	Mitch Evans
First Team R2:	Russian Time
Second Driver Country R2:	FRA
Second Driver R2:	Arthur Pic
Second Team R2:	Campos Racing
Third Driver Country R2:	BEL
Third Driver R2:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Third Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R2:	GBR
Fast Driver R2:	Alex Lynn
Fast Team R2:	DAMS
Fast Time R2:	1:32.818
Fast Lap R2:	18

The 2015 Monza GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 5 and 6, 2015 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the eighth round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Italian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:31.272		1
2	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:31.424	+0.152	23
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:31.478	+0.206	2
4	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:31.615	+0.343	3
5	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:31.640	+0.368	4
6	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:31.898	+0.626	5
7	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:31.938	+0.666	6
8	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:31.985	+0.713	7
9	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:32.000	+0.728	24
10	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:32.014	+0.742	8
11	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:32.071	+0.799	9
12	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:32.100	+0.828	10
13	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	1:32.155	+0.883	11
14	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:32.159	+0.887	12
15	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:32.174	+0.902	13
16	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	1:32.176	+0.904	14
17	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:32.283	+1.011	15
18	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:32.386	+1.114	16
19	4	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1:32.398	+1.126	17
20	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	1:32.447	+1.175	18
21	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:32.619	+1.347	22
22	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:32.637	+1.365	19
23	24	Simon Trummer	Hilmer Motorsport	1:32.794	+1.522	20
24	26	Patric Niederhauser	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:32.913	+1.641	21
25	16	Meindert van Buuren	MP Motorsport	1:33.126	+1.854	25
Source:^[1]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	30	49:32.084	8	25
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	30	+1.275	2	18
3	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	30	+15.094	23	15
4	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	30	+17.784	7	12
5	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	30	+18.198	19	10
6	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	30	+18.382	13	8+2
7	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	30	+18.842	6	6
8	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	30	+19.862	15	4
9	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	30	+22.083	11	2
10	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	30	+22.556	18	1
11	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	30	+30.868	24
12	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	30	+32.871	12
13	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	30	+36.041	5
14	20	André Negrão	Arden International	30	+36.166	16
15	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	30	+37.170	9
16	24	Simon Trummer	Hilmer Motorsport	30	+37.541	21
17	26	Patric Niederhauser	Daiko Team Lazarus	30	+45.741	22
18	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	30	+46.250	14
19	4	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	30	+48.908	17
Ret	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	15	Collision damage	4
Ret	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	13	Collision	3
Ret	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	10	Retired	1	4
Ret	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	9	Retired	10
Ret	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	9	Retired	19
Ret	16	Meindert van Buuren	MP Motorsport	2	Accident	25
Source:^[2]

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	21	34:17.890	6	15+2
2	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	21	+0.707	2	12
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	21	+1.066	7	10
4	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	21	+7.623	5	8
5	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	21	+8.871	20	6
6	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	21	+11.895	11	4
7	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	21	+12.150	15	2
8	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	21	+13.241	10	1
9	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	21	+14.352	12
10	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	21	+14.502	21
11	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	21	+15.250	13
12	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	21	+15.672	22
13	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	21	+17.686	18
14	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+18.625	5
15	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	21	+22.464	23
16	24	Simon Trummer	Hilmer Motorsport	21	+23.094	16
17	26	Patric Niederhauser	Daiko Team Lazarus	21	+25.186	17
18	20	André Negrão	Arden International	21	+25.570	14
19	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	21	+26.228	24
20	4	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	21	+35.277	19
Ret	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	6	Retired	9
Ret	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	6	Retired	8
Ret	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1	Retired	1
Ret	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	0	Retired	3
DNS	16	Meindert van Buuren	MP Motorsport	0	Did not start	25
Source:^[3]

See also

• 2015 Italian Grand Prix
• 2015 Monza GP3 Series round

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015 Monza GP2 Qualifying Results. 15 July 2022. Motorsportstats.com.
2. Web site: 2015 Monza GP2 Race 1 Results. 15 July 2022. Motorsportstats.com.
3. Web site: 2015 Monza GP2 Race 2 Results. 15 July 2022. Motorsportstats.com.