2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

The 2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix.

   2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round

Round details
Round 7 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	22 August 2015
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:56.278
Podium
First	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Second	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing
Third	Artem Markelov	Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix
Time	2:00.177 (on lap 20)
Sprint race
Date	23 August 2015
Laps	18
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering
Second	Jordan King	Racing Engineering
Third	Mitch Evans	Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Time	2:01.151 (on lap 3)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:56.278		1
2	16	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:56.425	+0.147	2
3	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:56.513	+0.235	3
4	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:56.625	+0.347	4
5	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:56.659	+0.381	5
6	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:56.661	+0.383	6
7	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:56.701	+0.423	7
8	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:56.845	+0.567	8
9	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:56.985	+0.707	9
10	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:57.019	+0.741	10
11	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:57.143	+0.865	11
12	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:57.218	+0.940	12
13	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	1:57.273	+0.995	13
14	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:57.275	+0.997	14
15	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	1:57.328	+1.050	15
16	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:57.440	+1.162	16
17	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:57.528	+1.250	17
18	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:57.560	+1.282	18
19	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:57.615	+1.337	19
20	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:57.661	+1.383	20
21	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:57.746	+1.468	21
22	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:57.809	+1.531	22
23	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:58.136	+1.858	23
24	12	Gustav Malja	Trident	1:58.371	+2.093	24
25	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	1:58.402	+2.124	25
Source:[1]

Feature race

The feature race at Spa was marred by a horrific crash involving Daniel de Jong, whose attempted pass Red Bull Junior driver Pierre Gasly at Blanchimont. The Frenchman cut de Jong's line causing them to make contact and de Jong losing his front wing. de Jong went to the tyre barrier at high speed which left him requiring four hours of surgery on his sixth vertebra, per Sky Sports' William Esler.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	25	1:22.18.099	1	25+4
2	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	25	+9.979	14	18
3	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	+12.856	22	15
4	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	25	+13.106	16	12
5	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	25	+12.264	6	10+2
6	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	25	+19.527	8	8
7	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	25	+23.723	19	6
8	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	25	+29.267	4	4
9	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	25	+34.144	3	2
10	12	Gustav Malja	Trident	25	+35.169	24	1
11	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	25	+35.610	9
12	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	25	+35.797	18
13	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	25	+41.571	11
14	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	25	+46.546	12
15	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	25	+51.632	13
16	20	André Negrão	Arden International	25	+1:03.453	20
17	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	25	+1:04.859	23
18	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	25	+1:13.894	17
19	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	25	+1:15.857	7
20	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	25	+1:20.840	25
NC	16	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	18	+7 laps	2
Ret	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	11	Retired	15
Ret	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	10	Retired	5
Ret	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	4	Accident	21
Ret	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	0	Retired	10
Source:[2]

Sprint race

The podium ceremony

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	18	38:26.855	3	15
2	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	18	+1.507	1	12
3	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	18	+3.225	4	10
4	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	18	+4.462	8	8+2
5	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	18	+11.642	6	6
6	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	18	+13.573	9	4
7	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	18	+13.770	2	2
8	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	18	+14.383	11	1
9	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	18	+15.147	12
10	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	18	+18.340	13
11	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	18	+18.954	5
12	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	18	+20.281	14
13	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	18	+25.418	18
14	20	André Negrão	Arden International	18	+25.548	16
15	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	18	+25.864	23
16	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	18	+27.269	15
17	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	18	+27.986	22
18	12	Gustav Malja	Trident	18	+29.040	10
19	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	18	+34.546	17
20	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	18	+36.590	25
21	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	18	+41.816	20
Ret	16	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	15	Retired	21
Ret	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	12	Retired	7
Ret	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	8	Retired	19
DNS	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	0	Did not start/Injured	24
Source:[3]

See also

• 2015 Belgian Grand Prix
• 2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round