2014 Sochi GP3 Series round

The 2014 Sochi GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on October 11 and 12, 2014 at Sochi Autodrom, Russia. It was the eighth round of the 2014 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2014 Russian Grand Prix.

   2014 Sochi GP3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 9 rounds in the 2014 GP3 Series
Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Location	Sochi Autodrom Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course	Semi-permanent racing facility 5.853 km (3.637 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	11 October 2014
Laps	15
Pole position
Driver	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP
Time	1:51.715
Podium
First	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP
Second	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix
Third	Alex Fontana	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP
Time	1:53.889 (on lap 14)
Race 2
Date	12 October 2014
Laps	15
Podium
First	Patric Niederhauser	Arden International
Second	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP
Third	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP
Time	1:53.864 (on lap 8)

Dean Stoneman won the feature race from pole position.^[1]

Classification

Summary

Santiago Urrutia

Marussia Manor Racing pulled out of the series before the race weekend due to 'commercial reasons'.^[2] Dean Stoneman moved to Koiranen GP, replacing Carmen Jordá, and Patrick Kujala moved to Trident in place of John Bryant-Meisner; Ryan Cullen did not compete.^[3] Luca Ghiotto also did not return, leaving Trident with just two cars. At Hilmer Motorsport, Nikolay Martsenko returned for the first race since round two, replacing Sebastian Balthasar.

Stoneman took his maiden pole position in qualifying, almost half a second ahead of Alex Fontana.^[4] He had a good start and led every lap to win the race, on the same weekend that he was forced to switch teams.^[5] Maximum points raised him from sixth to third in the overall standings.^[6] The rest of the podium was a 2-3 for ART Grand Prix with Marvin Kirchhöfer and Fontana, who managed to hold off Jimmy Eriksson.^[7]

Patric Niederhauser started on pole for race two. The race was red-flagged on the opening lap due to a collision that took out four cars; Stoneman was involved but managed to continue.^[8] Niederhauser led at the restart from Jann Mardenborough, Kirchhöfer and Stoneman. A late safety car to recover the car of Nikolay Martsenko resulted in a two-lap sprint to the finish. Kirchhöfer and Stoneman both passed Mardenborough, but despite them pulling alongside Niederhauser multiple times, the German driver held on to take the win.^[9] A second podium for Stoneman meant that Alex Lynn did not secure the championship, going into the final round with a gap of 47 points with 48 available.^[10]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	7	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP	1:51.715	1
2	1	Alex Fontana	ART Grand Prix	1:52.204	2
3	2	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	1:52.208	3
4	3	Dino Zamparelli	ART Grand Prix	1:52.288	4
5	8	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	1:52.388	5
6	27	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:52.476	PL1
7	22	Kevin Ceccon	Jenzer Motorsport	1:52.499	6
8	10	Alex Lynn	Carlin	1:52.506	7
9	5	Patric Niederhauser	Arden International	1:52.527	8
10	11	Emil Bernstorff	Carlin	1:52.537	9
11	26	Nick Yelloly	Status Grand Prix	1:52.607	10
12	6	Jann Mardenborough	Arden International	1:52.906	11
13	21	Mathéo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	1:52.981	12
14	4	Robert Vișoiu	Arden International	1:53.019	13
15	19	Riccardo Agostini	Hilmer Motorsport	1:53.151	14
16	25	Mitchell Gilbert	Trident	1:53.190	15
17	20	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	1:53.193	16
18	24	Patrick Kujala	Trident	1:53.386	17
19	28	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Status Grand Prix	1:53.693	18
20	12	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	1:53.742	19
21	9	Santiago Urrutia	Koiranen GP	1:53.744	20
22	18	Nelson Mason	Hilmer Motorsport	1:54.191	21
23	17	Nikolay Martsenko	Hilmer Motorsport	1:54.700	22
Source:[11]

• ^1 Richie Stanaway was required to start from the pitlane for failing to weigh his car during qualifying.^[12]

Feature Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP	15	28:45.648	1	25+4+2
2	2	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	15	+1.812	3	18
3	1	Alex Fontana	ART Grand Prix	15	+4.978	2	15
4	8	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	15	+8.862	5	12
5	22	Kevin Ceccon	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+13.235	6	10
6	6	Jann Mardenborough	Arden International	15	+13.683	11	8
7	10	Alex Lynn	Carlin	15	+14.740	7	6
8	5	Patric Niederhauser	Arden International	15	+15.056	8	4
9	26	Nick Yelloly	Status Grand Prix	15	+16.243	10	2
10	20	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+21.985	16	1
11	19	Riccardo Agostini	Hilmer Motorsport	15	+22.859	14
12	27	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	15	+24.904	23
13	24	Patrick Kujala	Trident	15	+28.005	17
14	9	Santiago Urrutia	Koiranen GP	15	+34.045	20
15	18	Nelson Mason	Hilmer Motorsport	15	+39.097	21
16	28	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Status Grand Prix	15	+39.852	18
17	12	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	15	+42.002	19
18	3	Dino Zamparelli	ART Grand Prix	15	+46.834	4
19	17	Nikolay Martsenko	Hilmer Motorsport	15	+52.299	22
20	25	Mitchell Gilbert	Trident	15	+1:46.264	15
Ret	21	Mathéo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	4	Retired	12
Ret	4	Robert Vișoiu	Arden International	1	Retired	13
Ret	11	Emil Bernstorff	Carlin	1	Retired	9
Fastest lap: Dean Stoneman (Koiranen GP) — 1:53.889 (on lap 14)
Source:[13]

Sprint Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Patric Niederhauser	Arden International	15	54:22.342	1	15
2	7	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP	15	+0.368	8	12
3	2	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	15	+0.683	7	10+2
4	6	Jann Mardenborough	Arden International	15	+1.144	3	8
5	10	Alex Lynn	Carlin	15	+1.416	2	6
6	26	Nick Yelloly	Status Grand Prix	15	+1.869	9	4
7	28	Alfonso Celis Jr.	Status Grand Prix	15	+2.330	16	2
8	11	Emil Bernstorff	Carlin	15	+3.003	22	1
9	24	Patrick Kujala	Trident	15	+3.540	13
10	4	Robert Vișoiu	Arden International	15	+3.977	23
11	21	Mathéo Tuscher	Jenzer Motorsport	15	+4.681	21
12	9	Santiago Urrutia	Koiranen GP	15	+6.103	14
13	3	Dino Zamparelli	ART Grand Prix	15	+7.844	18
14	25	Mitchell Gilbert	Trident	15	+8.135	20
15	12	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	15	+8.555	17
16	8	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	15	+9.153	5
Ret	22	Kevin Ceccon	Jenzer Motorsport	9	Retired	4
Ret	17	Nikolay Martsenko	Hilmer Motorsport	9	Retired	19
Ret	19	Riccardo Agostini	Hilmer Motorsport	0	Retired	11
Ret	1	Alex Fontana	ART Grand Prix	0	Retired	6
Ret	20	Pål Varhaug	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	10
Ret	27	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	12
DNS	18	Nelson Mason	Hilmer Motorsport	0	Did not start	15
Fastest lap: Jimmy Eriksson (Koiranen GP) — 1:53.864 (on lap 8)1
Source:[14]

• ^1 Jimmy Eriksson set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Marvin Kirchhöfer was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Alex Lynn 185 6 2 Dean Stoneman 138 2 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer 137 1 4 Jimmy Eriksson 127 3 5 Richie Stanaway 123

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Carlin 303 2 ART Grand Prix 273 3 Status Grand Prix 233 2 4 Koiranen GP 170 1 5 Arden International 155

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

See also

• 2014 Russian Grand Prix
• 2014 Sochi GP2 Series round