2015 Silverstone GP2 Series round

   2015 Silverstone GP2 round

Round details
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	4 July 2015
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax
Time	1:39.949
Podium
First	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax
Second	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax
Time	1:42.734 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	5 July 2015
Laps	21
Podium
First	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing
Second	Raffaele Marciello	Trident
Third	Pierre Gasly	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing
Time	1:42.636 (on lap 2)

The 2015 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 4 and 5 July 2015 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Britain. It was the fifth round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2015 British Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Sergey Sirotkin achieved his maiden pole with a time of 1:39.949, followed by Stoffel Vandoorne and Richie Stanaway.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:39.949		1
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:40.134	+ 0.185 s	2
3	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:40.378	+ 0.429 s	3
4	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:40.419	+ 0.470 s	4
5	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:40.434	+ 0.485 s	5
6	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:40.498	+ 0.549 s	6
7	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:40.520	+ 0.571 s	7
8	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:40.533	+ 0.584 s	8
9	16	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:40.537	+ 0.588 s	9
10	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:40.547	+ 0.598 s	10
11	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	1:40.697	+ 0.748 s	11
12	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:40.708	+ 0.759 s	12
13	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:40.765	+ 0.816 s	13
14	27	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela Team Lazarus	1:40.789	+ 0.840 s	14
15	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:40.793	+ 0.844 s	15
16	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:41.039	+ 1.090 s	16
17	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela Team Lazarus	1:41.046	+ 1.097 s	17
18	4	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Carlin	1:41.064	+ 1.115 s	18
19	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	1:41.118	+ 1.169 s	22
20	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:41.252	+ 1.303 s	19
21	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:41.275	+ 1.326 s	20
22	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:41.542	+ 1.593 s	21
23	12	René Binder	Trident	1:41.762	+ 1.813 s	23
24	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:41.802	+ 1.853 s	24
25	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:41.805	+ 1.856 s	25
-	25	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	No Time	-	26
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Notes

1.^ – Vișoiu received a three-place grid penalty after he was deemed to have impeded a competitor during the qualifying session.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	29	53min 13.597sec	1	31 (25+4+2)
2	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	29	+ 5.989 s	4	18
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	29	+ 13.566 s	2	15
4	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	29	+ 16.729 s	6	12
5	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	29	+ 20.546 s	12	10
6	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	29	+ 23.550 s	8	8
7	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	29	+ 23.879 s	11	6
8	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	29	+ 25.437 s	15	4
9	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	29	+ 28.753 s	10	2
10	16	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	29	+ 25.161 s	9	1
11	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	29	+ 30.373 s	21
12	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	29	+ 36.922 s	22
13	4	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Carlin	29	+ 37.436 s	18
14	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	29	+ 22.922 s	5
15	27	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela Team Lazarus	29	+ 44.277 s	14
16	25	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	29	+ 49.850 s	26
17	12	René Binder	Trident	29	+ 53.663 s	23
18	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	29	+ 57.444 s	19
19	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	29	+ 1:00.867 s	24
20	20	André Negrão	Arden International	29	+ 1:04.399 s	16
21	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	29	+ 1:26.692 s	25
22	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	28	Collision	13
Ret	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	22	Suspension	3
Ret	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	9	Retired	20
Ret	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	6	Retired	7
Ret	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela Team Lazarus	0	Accident	17
Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (Rapax) — 1:42.734 (on lap 28)
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Notes

1.^ – Rowland was given a 5-second penalty after having breached track limits several times during the race.

2.^ – Pic was given a 20-second penalty after being deemed to have collided with Jordan King on the final turn of the race.

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	21	36min 27.949sec	1	17 (15+2)
2	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	21	+ 1.925 s	3	12
3	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	21	+ 4.993 s	5	10
4	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	21	+ 12.589 s	7	8
5	24	Nick Yelloly	Hilmer Motorsport	21	+ 13.236 s	2	6
6	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	21	+ 15.539 s	4	4
7	16	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	21	+ 15.845 s	10	2
8	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	21	+ 16.305 s	8	1
9	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	21	+ 17.325 s	6
10	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	21	+ 17.500 s	22
11	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	21	+ 25.119 s	12
12	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	21	+ 25.694 s	9
13	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	21	+ 32.529 s	23
14	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+ 33.454 s	21
15	20	André Negrão	Arden International	21	+ 33.699 s	20
16	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	21	+ 34.227 s	14
17	25	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	21	+ 36.112 s	16
18	12	René Binder	Trident	21	+ 37.145 s	17
19	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	21	+ 43.172 s	25
20	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	21	+ 45.224 s	24
21	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela Team Lazarus	21	+ 45.653 s	26
22	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	21	+ 58.353 s	19
23	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	21	+ 1:03.892 s	18
24	27	Sergio Canamasas	Venezuela Team Lazarus	21	+ 1:20.858 s	15
25	4	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Carlin	21	+ 1:28.853 s	13
26	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	20	Retired	11
Fastest lap: Rio Haryanto (Campos Racing) — 1:42.636 (on lap 2)
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See also

• 2015 British Grand Prix
• 2015 Silverstone GP3 Series round

External links

• Official website of GP2 Series