GP2 run in Spielberg 2014

 GP2 run in Spielberg 2014

Racing data
4th of 11 rounds of the GP2 series 2014
Date:	20.-22. June 2014
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Red Bull Ring
Length:	Main race 173.04 km in 40 laps of 4.326 km Sprint race 121.128 km in 28 laps of 4.326 km
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing
Time:	1: 15.312 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Time:	1: 16.093 min (lap 35)
Podium
First:	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Second:	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Third:	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering
Sprint race
Pole position
Driver:	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing
Fastest lap
Driver:	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering
Time:	1: 16.629 min (lap 22)
Podium
First:	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing
Second:	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering
Third:	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering

The GP2 run in Spielberg 2014 took place from June 20-22 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg and was the fourth run of the 2014 GP2 series .

Reports

background

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

After the Monaco Grand Prix , Jolyon Palmer led the drivers' standings with 46 points ahead of Felipe Nasr and 54 points ahead of Johnny Cecotto Jr. on. DAMS led the team standings with 30 points ahead of Carlin and 64 points ahead of Trident Racing .

At the Spielberg run, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white) and P Zero Soft (yellow), as well as Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

Qualifying

When qualifying began, dark clouds hung over the track and rain was predicted. All drivers drove out of the pit lane early and set their first times. Cecotto drove the best time here. After 15 minutes it started to rain lightly and the times on the second attempt were slower for most of the drivers, so Cecotto kept the lead and secured pole position.

Main race

The front row started badly and Nasr, starting from third, took the lead. In the first laps, Nasr pulled away from Cecotto, who was put under pressure by Coletti and Palmer. On lap five, Coletti and Palmer finally passed Cecotto in a curve. While Nasr opponents were in the pits earlier and were fighting for positions, Nasr waited until ten laps before the end to pit and kept the lead. At the same time, Coletti was overtaken first by Vandoorne and finally by Marciello and dropped back to fourth. Nasr won the race ahead of Vandoorne and Marciello. It was Nasr's first win in a main race in the GP2 series.

Sprint race

Rossi and Evans started badly from the front row and lost both positions. The new leader was Cecotto. As the race continued, the Racing Engineering drivers Coletti and Marciello set fast lap times and placed second and third. The winner of the main race, Nasr, had damaged his front wing at the start and a short time later he received a request from the race management to have it repaired. When he pitted, Nasr ended the race early.

Cecotto won the race ahead of Coletti and Marciello. Coletti received the two points for the fastest lap.

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 Regalia
Rapax	14th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
	15th	Simon Trummer
Arden International	16	René Binder
	17th	André Negrao
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	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing	1: 15.312	01
02	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	1: 15.352	02
03	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1: 15.358	03
04th	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering	1: 15.443	04th
05	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering	1: 15.449	05
06th	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1: 15.481	06th
07th	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1: 15.608	07th
08th	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	1: 15.614	08th
09	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1: 15.644	09
10	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1: 15.664	10
11	André Negrao	Arden International	1: 15.773	11
12	Julian Leal	Carlin	1: 15.784	12
13	Rio Haryanto	Caterham Racing	1: 15.811	13
14th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	1: 15.927	17th
15th	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	1: 15.964	14th
16	Sergio Canamasas	Trident Racing	1: 16.034	15th
17th	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	1: 16.092	16
18th	Artyom Markelov	RT Russian Time	1: 16.136	18th
19th	Daniel Dept.	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 16.246	22nd
20th	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	1: 16.274	19th
21st	René Binder	Arden International	1: 16.331	20th
22nd	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1: 16.334	21st
23	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 16.497	23
24	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1: 16.531	24
25th	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 16.539	25th
26th	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 16.654	26th

Remarks

1. ↑ Quaife-Hobbs was moved three positions back because of leaving the track during his fast lap.
2. ↑ Abt was moved three positions back because of leaving the track during his fast lap.

Main race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	40	52: 32.096	03	1: 16.093 (35th)
02	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	40	+ 3.874	06th	1: 16.829 (37.)
03	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering	40	+ 4.573	05	1: 16.614 (37th)
04th	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering	40	+ 7.210	04th	1: 16.730 (35th)
05	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	40	+ 8.902	02	1: 16.609 (36th)
06th	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing	40	+ 10.319	01	1: 16,473 (37th)
07th	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	40	+ 14.924	08th	1: 16.431 (36th)
08th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	40	+ 20.994	09	1: 17,500 (32nd)
09	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	40	+ 28.182	16	1: 17.382 (24.)
10	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	40	+ 30.170	07th	1: 17.278 (32nd)
11	Rio Haryanto	Caterham Racing	40	+ 31.941	13	1: 16.980 (34th)
12	René Binder	Arden International	40	+ 36.021	20th	1: 17,259 (38th)
13	Julian Leal	Carlin	40	+ 36.210	12	1: 17,224 (38th)
14th	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	40	+ 39.181	10	1: 16.947 (32nd)
15th	Sergio Canamasas	Trident Racing	40	+ 47,308	15th	1: 17.688 (38th)
16	André Negrao	Arden International	40	+ 48.070	11	1: 17,509 (33rd)
17th	Daniel Dept.	Hilmer Motorsport	40	+ 48.758	22nd	1: 17,055 (36th)
18th	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	40	+ 49.656	25th	1: 17.008 (37th)
19th	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	40	+ 56.369	14th	1: 17,498 (37.)
20th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	40	+ 59.859	21st	1: 17.659 (38th)
21st	Simon Trummer	Rapax	40	+1: 03.480	24	1: 17.681 (40th)
22nd	Artyom Markelov	RT Russian Time	40	+1: 09.877	18th	1: 16.861 (33.)
23	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	40	+1: 16.877	26th	1: 18.470 (36th)
24	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	38	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 17,492 (33.)
-	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	09	DNF	23	1: 18.414 (18.)
-	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	00	DNF	19th	-

Sprint race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Johnny cecotto jr.	Trident Racing	28	36: 14.395	03	1: 16.974 (23.)
02	Stefano Coletti	Racing engineering	28	+ 0.742	05	1: 16.629 (22.)
03	Raffaele Marciello	Racing engineering	28	+ 6.813	06th	1: 16.983 ( 09.)
04th	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	28	+ 7.139	02	1: 16.924 (14th)
05	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	28	+ 7.990	01	1: 17.110 (11.)
06th	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	28	+ 8.828	04th	1: 16.691 (11.)
07th	Julian Leal	Carlin	28	+ 9.317	13	1: 16.782 (27.)
08th	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	28	+ 19,410	09	1: 17.250 (27.)
09	Sergio Canamasas	Trident Racing	28	+ 26.716	15th	1: 17.480 ( 09.)
10	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	28	+ 27.062	14th	1: 17.485 (15.)
11	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+ 27.625	18th	1: 17.581 (17.)
12	René Binder	Arden International	28	+ 28.381	12	1: 17.608 (17.)
13	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	28	+ 28.861	10	1: 17.588 (21.)
14th	André Negrao	Arden International	28	+ 30.084	16	1: 17.648 (15.)
15th	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	28	+ 30.446	07th	1: 17.072 (15.)
16	Artyom Markelov	RT Russian Time	28	+ 32.025	22nd	1: 17.076 (24.)
17th	Rio Haryanto	Caterham Racing	28	+ 36.046	11	1: 17.601 (25.)
18th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	28	+ 37.139	24	1: 17.764 (24.)
19th	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	28	+ 37.901	26th	1: 17.588 (23.)
20th	Simon Trummer	Rapax	28	+ 42.508	21st	1: 17.795 (11.)
21st	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	28	+ 43.754	20th	1: 17.813 (28th)
22nd	Tio Ellinas	MP Motorsport	28	+ 45.236	19th	1: 17.941 (17.)
23	Daniel Dept.	Hilmer Motorsport	28	+ 45.606	17th	1: 17.951 (28.)
24	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	28	+ 46.924	25th	1: 17.975 (16.)
25th	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	28	+ 50.361	23	1: 18.053 (16.)
-	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	02	DNF	08th	-

Championship stands after the run

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Jolyon Palmer DAMS 117 02  Felipe Nasr Carlin 84 03  Johnny cecotto jr. Trident Racing 76 04th  Julian Leal Carlin 50 05  Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 43 06th  Stefano Coletti Racing engineering 41 07th  Arthur Pic Campos Racing 41 08th  Mitch Evans RT Russian Time 38 09  Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 32 10  Rio Haryanto EQ8 Caterham Racing 26th 11  Raffaele Marciello Racing engineering 25th 12  Sergio Canamasas Trident Racing 22nd 13  Simon Trummer Rapax 18th 14th  Tom Dillmann Arden International 14th 15th  Takuya Izawa ART Grand Prix 11

Item driver team Points 16  Alexander Rossi EQ8 Caterham Racing 10 17th  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax 10 18th  Tio Ellinas MP Motorsport 7th 19th  René Binder Arden International 3 20th  Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 21st  Artyom Markelov RT Russian Time 0 22nd  Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 0 23  Daniel Dept. Hilmer Motorsport 0 24  Nathanaël Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 25th  Kimiya Sato Campos Racing 0 26th  André Negrao Arden International 0 27  Jon Lancaster MP Motorsport 0 28  Facu Regalia Hilmer Motorsport 0 29  Axcil Jefferies Trident Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  DAMS 149 02  Carlin 134 03  Trident Racing 98 04th  Racing engineering 66 05  ART Grand Prix 54 06th  Campos Racing 41 07th  RT Russian Time 38

Item team Points 08th  EQ8 Caterham Racing 36 09  Rapax 28 10  Arden International 17th 11  MP Motorsport 7th 12  Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 13  Hilmer Motorsport 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “The Insider - Issue 73”. gp2series.com, May 28, 2014, accessed January 23, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: “Cecotto conquers pole at GP2 premiere in Austria”. http://www.motorsport-total.com/ , June 20, 2014, accessed April 11, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: “Brazilian Day in Austria: Nasr wins GP2 race”. http://www.motorsport-total.com/ , June 21, 2014, accessed April 11, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: “Cecotto wins sprint races in Spielberg”. http://www.motorsport-total.com/ , June 22, 2014, accessed May 10, 2016 .