2014 Catalunya GP2 Series round

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.

   2014 Catalunya GP2 round

Round details
Round 2 of 12 rounds in the 2014 GP2 Series
Layout of the Circuit de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.665 km (2.892 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	10 May 2014
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS
Time	1:29.293
Podium
First	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident
Second	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Third	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time
Time	1:34.141 (on lap 31)
Sprint race
Date	11 May 2014
Laps	26
Podium
First	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Second	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Third	Tom Dillmann	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport
Time	1:34.261 (on lap 6)

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
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

Pos.	No.	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 (12+2)
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 (1+4)
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	+17.6821	18
16	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	36	+21.8472	3
17	22	Sergio Canamasas	Trident	36	+42.769	20
18	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+25.1451	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:

• ^1  — 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]
• ^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

Jolyon Palmer

Pos.	No.	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 (12+2)
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	213
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	2	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

Notes:

• ^3  — Daniël de Jong started the race from the pit lane after his car was released in an unsafe condition in the feature race.^[2]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jolyon Palmer 70 2 Julián Leal 48 2 3 Felipe Nasr 42 9 4 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 29 9 5 Arthur Pic 26 Source:[3]

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 1 Carlin 90 1 2 DAMS 83 3 ART Grand Prix 33 5 4 Trident 29 1 5 Campos Racing 26 Source:[3]

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

See also

• 2014 Spanish Grand Prix
• 2014 Catalunya GP3 Series round