GP2 round in Barcelona 2014

 GP2 round in Barcelona 2014

Racing data
2nd of 11 rounds of the GP2 series 2014
Date:	9-11 May 2014
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	Main race 167.58 km in 36 laps of 4.655 km Sprint race 121.03 km in 26 laps of 4.655 km
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS
Time:	1: 29.293 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Julian Leal	Carlin
Time:	1: 35.164 min (lap 9)
Podium
First:	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing
Second:	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Third:	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Sprint race
Pole position
Driver:	Tom Dillmann	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Time:	1: 34.583 min (lap 6)
Podium
First:	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Second:	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Third:	Tom Dillmann	Arden International

The GP2 round in Barcelona 2014 took place from May 9th to 11th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the second round of the 2014 GP2 series .

Reports

background

The event took place in the framework of the Spanish Grand Prix .

After the run in as-Sachir , Jolyon Palmer led the drivers' standings with ten points ahead of Julian Leal and 13 points ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne . DAMS led the team standings with four points ahead of Carlin and eleven points ahead of the ART Grand Prix .

There were three changes to the starters for this run from the previous run: Tom Dillmann replaces André Negrão , Tio Ellinas took over the cockpit from Jon Lancaster and Sergio Canamasas took over for Axcil Jefferies . For Ellinas it was the debut in the GP2 series, he previously drove in the GP3 series, in which he was fourth overall. Dillmann and Canamasas returned after a race break.

During the race in Barcelona, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (orange) and P Zero Soft (yellow) as well as Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

Qualifying

Stéphane Richelmi secured pole position in front of his team-mate Jolyon Palmer . Stefano Coletti drove the third fastest lap .

Main race

The start of the race was canceled after one of the drivers stalled the engine. When starting the second warm-up lap, three other drivers stopped. Richelmi, Takuya Izawa , Stoffel Vandoorne and Facu Regalia were the drivers who stalled the engine and were then pushed into the pit lane from where they started the race. In the pit lane, these drivers switched to the hard tire compound. The race distance has been shortened by one lap due to the additional introductory lap.

After the second start there was a collision between Coletti and Mitch Evans in the first corner , in which Evans damaged the front wing and came to the pits. On the first lap there was another collision at Turn 10. Involved were Daniel Abt , Raffaele Marciello and regalia, which meant the end of the race for all three. The safety car was sent out so that the vehicles could be safely recovered. When this was called in again, there were no changes in position.

After the pit stop window opened after the sixth lap, Palmer and Nasr made their pit stops early to switch to the harder of the two available tire compounds. The drivers who started with these tires stayed outside much longer.

Johnny cecotto jr. led the race for a long time, while Palmer and Nasr were the leading drivers who had already stopped.

When Cecotto came to his stop ten laps before the end, he was just ahead of Nasr and behind Palmer. With the fresher tires, he quickly pulled Nasr away and soon overtook Palmer and won the race. The points for the fastest lap went to Leal. Richelmi, who subsequently moved up into the top 10, drove a faster lap time than Leal, but since he had started from the pit lane, he was not entitled to points for the fastest lap.

Following the race, four drivers were penalized: Conor Daly and René Binder had not reduced their speed enough under yellow flags and were given an addition of 20 seconds to their final result. Coletti received the same penalty for slipping off the track under yellow flags. Daniël de Jong was put back ten positions for the following sprint race because he was sent out of the pit lane with an unsecured tire. Since he could only have been moved six positions, De Jong had to start the sprint race from the pit lane.

Sprint race

Felipe Nasr and Rio Haryanto started well and made up several positions. Nasr placed himself in second position behind Dillmann. Behind it, there was a contact between Haryanto and Palmer that meant the end for Haryanto. Palmer continued his race and together with Nasr put pressure on the leader Dillmann, whom Nasr passed in the third corner. In midfield there was contact between Artjom Markelow and Simon Trummer when Trummer slipped into the gravel and was then hit by Conor Daly , who could no longer brake. While the race for Trummer and Daly ended in the gravel, Markelow made it into the pit lane. But his race was over there too. Following the race, Markelow was held responsible for this accident and was punished with a five position back in the following race.

A little later, Palmer passed Dillmann and drove close behind Nasr. Dillmann then had to tear down the two men in front.

At the end of the race several drivers had problems with their tires. Evans kept falling from sixth position until he finally finished the race in the pit lane with two laps to go. Palmer in second position also had problems and had to be pulled down by Nasr on the final laps after he had a hard brake in the first corner.

Thus Nasr won for the first time in his 50th GP2 race ahead of Palmer and Dillmann. Behind them were Arthur Pic , Julian Leal , Cecotto, Richelmi and Coletti. The points for the fastest lap went to Palmer.

Registration list

All teams and drivers use the Dallara GP2 / 11 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .

team	Automobile #	driver
RT Russian Time	01	Mitch Evans
	02	Artyom Markelov
Carlin	03	Felipe Nasr
	04th	Julian Leal
Racing engineering	05	Raffaele Marciello
	06th	Stefano Coletti
DAMS	07th	Jolyon Palmer
	08th	Stéphane Richelmi
ART Grand Prix	09	Takuya Izawa
	10	Stoffel Vandoorne
Hilmer Motorsport	11	Daniel Dept.
	12	Facu regalía
Rapax	14th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
	15th	Simon Trummer
Arden International	16	René Binder
	17th	Tom Dillmann
EQ8 Caterham Racing	18th	Rio Haryanto
	19th	Alexander Rossi
MP Motorsport	20th	Daniël de Jong
	21st	Tio Ellinas
Trident Racing	22nd	Sergio Canamasas
	23	Johnny cecotto jr.
Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	Nathanaël Berthon
	25th	Conor Daly
Campos Racing	26th	Arthur Pic
	27	Kimiya Sato

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	begin
01	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1: 29.293	01
02	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	1: 29.421	02
03	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering	1: 29.514	03
04th	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering	1: 29.650	04th
05	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1: 29.698	05
06th	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	1: 29.703	06th
07th	Julian Leal	Carlin	1: 29.841	07th
08th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1: 29.893	08th
09	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	1: 29.902	09
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1: 29.963	10
11	Rio Haryanto	Caterham Racing	1: 29.983	11
12	Tom Dillmann	Arden International	1: 30.289	12
13	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1: 30,300	13
14th	Daniel Dept.	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 30.412	14th
15th	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 30.470	15th
16	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing	1: 30.496	16
17th	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	1: 30.510	17th
18th	René Binder	Arden International	1: 30.553	18th
19th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1: 30.617	19th
20th	Sergio Canamasas	Trident Racing	1: 30.737	20th
21st	Facu regalía	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 30.790	21st
22nd	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	1: 30.884	22nd
23	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	1: 30.903	23
24	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1: 30.923	24
25th	Artyom Markelov	RT Russian Time	1: 31.336	25th
26th	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 31.558	26th

Main race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing	36	1: 00: 28.853	16	1: 35.696 (29.)
02	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	36	+ 3.409	02	1: 35.293 ( 05.)
03	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	36	+ 3.750	05	1: 35.284 ( 08.)
04th	Julian Leal	Carlin	36	+ 6.128	07th	1: 35.164 ( 09.)
05	Rio Haryanto	Caterham Racing	36	+ 15.895	11	1: 36.323 (10.)
06th	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	36	+ 16.842	13	1: 36,570 ( 09.)
07th	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	36	+ 18.407	09	1: 36.378 (11th)
08th	Tom Dillmann	Arden International	36	+ 20.565	12	1: 35.945 (27.)
09	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	36	+ 21.265	22nd	1: 36.337 (13th)
10	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	36	+ 21,460	01	1: 34.568 (31st)
11	Artyom Markelov	RT Russian Time	36	+ 22.233	25th	1: 35.671 (30.)
12	Simon Trummer	Rapax	36	+ 22.804	24	1: 34.652 (27.)
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	36	+ 23.397	10	1: 35.308 (29.)
14th	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	36	+ 23.630	06th	1: 34.141 (31st)
15th	René Binder	Arden International	36	+ 37.682	18th	1: 37.166 (19.)
16	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering	36	+ 41.847	03	1: 35,560 (10.)
17th	Sergio Canamasas	Trident Racing	36	+ 42.769	20th	1: 37.579 (12.)
18th	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+ 45.415	26th	1: 35.562 (30.)
19th	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	36	+ 48.653	17th	1: 37,173 (32nd)
20th	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	36	+ 52.965	23	1: 36.131 (31st)
-	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26th	DNF	19th	1: 37.974 (23.)
-	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	18th	DNF	08th	1: 35.675 (11.)
-	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	04th	DNF	15th	1: 58.609 ( 03.)
-	Daniel Dept.	Hilmer Motorsport	01	DNF	14th	2: 58.190 ( 01st)
-	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering	00	DNF	04th	-
-	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	00	DNF	21st	-

Remarks

1. ↑ After the race, Binder was punished for ignoring the yellow flags with an addition of 20 seconds to the final result.
2. ↑ After the race, Coletti was penalized with an addition of 20 seconds to the final result because he slipped off the track under yellow flags.
3. ↑ After the race, Daly was punished for ignoring the yellow flags with an addition of 20 seconds to the final result.

Sprint race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	26th	42: 01.901	06th	1: 34.899 (6.)
02	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	26th	+ 7.635	07th	1: 34.583 (6.)
03	Tom Dillmann	Arden International	26th	+ 13.814	01	1: 35.391 (6.)
04th	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	26th	+ 14.172	03	1: 35.475 (3rd)
05	Julian Leal	Carlin	26th	+ 14.732	05	1: 35.728 (6.)
06th	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing	26th	+ 18.842	08th	1: 35.589 (2.)
07th	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	26th	+ 19.236	10	1: 35.685 (2.)
08th	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering	26th	+ 22.993	16	1: 35.750 (4th)
09	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	26th	+ 30.744	09	1: 35.882 (2.)
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	26th	+ 31.379	13	1: 35.684 (5.)
11	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	26th	+ 31.839	02	1: 35,250 (4.)
12	Daniel Dept.	Hilmer Motorsport	26th	+ 32.142	23	1: 35.630 (5.)
13	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	26th	+ 33.313	20th	1: 35.578 (5.)
14th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	26th	+ 34.189	21st	1: 35.936 (4.)
15th	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	26th	+ 37.025	19th	1: 35.985 (5.)
16	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering	26th	+ 38.689	24	1: 35.698 (6.)
17th	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	26th	+ 39.975	25th	1: 36.021 (6.)
18th	Sergio Canamasas	Trident Racing	26th	+ 44.122	17th	1: 35.721 (4th)
19th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26th	+1: 14.656	box	1: 34.261 (6.)
20th	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	24	DNF	14th	1: 35.789 (3rd)
-	René Binder	Arden International	02	DNF	15th	n / A
-	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	02	DNF	22nd	1: 39.328 (2.)
-	Artyom Markelov	RT Russian Time	02	DNF	11	n / A
-	Simon Trummer	Rapax	01	DNF	12	1: 49.350 (1st)
-	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	01	DNF	18th	1: 49.714 (1st)
-	Rio Haryanto	Caterham Racing	00	DNF	04th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Since De Jong had lost a wheel in the main race after a pit stop, he was moved ten positions back. Since he could only have been moved six positions, De Jong had to start the sprint race from the pit lane.

Championship stands after the run

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Jolyon Palmer DAMS 70 02  Julian Leal Carlin 48 03  Felipe Nasr Carlin 42 04th  Johnny cecotto jr. Trident Racing 29 05  Arthur Pic Campos Racing 26th 06th  Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 25th 07th  Simon Trummer Rapax 18th 08th  Tom Dillmann Arden International 14th 09  Stefano Coletti Racing engineering 13 10  Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 13 11  Rio Haryanto EQ8 Caterham Racing 10 12  Takuya Izawa ART Grand Prix 8th 13  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax 7th 14th  Tio Ellinas MP Motorsport 6th 15th  René Binder Arden International 3

Item driver team Points 16  Mitch Evans RT Russian Time 2 17th  Artyom Markelov RT Russian Time 0 18th  Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 0 19th  Daniel Dept. Hilmer Motorsport 0 20th  Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 21st  Alexander Rossi EQ8 Caterham Racing 0 22nd  Jon Lancaster MP Motorsport 0 23  Kimiya Sato Campos Racing 0 24  Raffaele Marciello Racing engineering 0 25th  Sergio Canamasas Trident Racing 0 26th  Facu Regalia Hilmer Motorsport 0 27  Nathanaël Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 28  André Negrao Arden International 0 29  Axcil Jefferies Trident Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Carlin 90 02  DAMS 83 03  ART Grand Prix 33 04th  Trident Racing 29 05  Campos Racing 26th 06th  Rapax 25th 07th  Arden International 17th

Item team Points 08th  Racing engineering 13 09  EQ8 Caterham Racing 10 10  MP Motorsport 6th 11  RT Russian Time 2 12  Hilmer Motorsport 0 13  Venezuela GP Lazarus 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “The Insider - Issue 71”. gp2series.com, April 9, 2014, accessed May 7, 2014 . 
2. ↑ “Barcelona Post Feature Race Penalties”. gp2series.com, May 10, 2014, accessed May 12, 2014 . 
3. ↑ “Artem Markelov Penalized”. gp2series.com, May 11, 2014, accessed May 12, 2014 .