2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round

2014 Bahrain GP2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 11 rounds in the 2014 GP2 Series season
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	5 April 2014
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Time	1:38.865
Podium
First	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Second	Julián Leal	Carlin
Third	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time
Time	1:43.604 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date	6 April 2014
Laps	23
Podium
First	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS
Second	Simon Trummer	Rapax
Third	Julián Leal	Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing
Time	1:45.344 (on lap 4)

The 2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on April 5 and 6, 2014 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain as part of the GP2 Series. It is the first round of the 2014 season. The race weekend supported the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Jolyon Palmer took pole position in the feature race, but after a poor start, he was beaten to the first corner by Stoffel Vandoorne.^[1] Vandoorne won the race, with Carlin driver Julián Leal finished second and poleman Palmer finished third. Felipe Nasr finished in eighth position, and thus started on pole for the sprint race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	7	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	1:38.865	1
2	10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:38.895	2
3	11	Daniel Abt	Hilmer Motorsport	1:39.073	3
4	8	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:39.081	4
5	18	Rio Haryanto	EQ8 Caterham Racing	1:39.228	5
6	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	1:39.271	6
7	1	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	1:39.274	7
8	3	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:39.301	11¹
9	5	Raffaele Marciello	Racing Engineering	1:39.449	8
10	26	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:39.462	9
11	21	Jon Lancaster	MP Motorsport	1:39.507	10
12	4	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:39.588	12
13	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	1:39.615	13
14	17	André Negrão	Arden International	1:39.647	14
15	19	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing	1:39.651	15
16	27	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	1:39.749	16
17	16	René Binder	Arden International	1:39.788	17
18	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:39.848	18
19	12	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	1:39.881	19
20	24	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:39.928	20
21	15	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:40.059	21
22	20	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:40.060	22
23	9	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	1:40.401	23
24	14	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	1:40.408	24
25	22	Axcil Jefferies	Trident Racing	1:40.619	25
26	2	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time	1:41.172	26
Source:

Notes:

^1 — Felipe Nasr was given a three-place grid penalty for blocking another competitor during qualifying.^[2]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	32	59:57.411	2	25
2	4	Julián Leal	Carlin	32	+1.551	12	18
3	7	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	32	+5.880	1	(15+4+2)
4	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	32	+6.317	6	12
5	26	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	32	+15.100	10	10
6	9	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	32	+21.729	23	8
7	15	Simon Trummer	Rapax	32	+21.979	21	6
8	3	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	32	+24.425	8	4
9	16	René Binder	Arden International	32	+24.861	17	2
10	14	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	32	+26.194	24	1
11	20	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	32	+27.034	22
12	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	32	+31.931	18
13	11	Daniel Abt	Hilmer Motorsport	32	+36.231	22
14	1	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	32	+36.997	7
15	2	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time	32	+41.030	26
16	18	Rio Haryanto	EQ8 Caterham Racing	32	+41.714	5
17	21	Jon Lancaster	MP Motorsport	32	+42.412	11
18	5	Raffaele Marciello	Racing Engineering	32	+46.849	9
19	8	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	32	+49.656	4
20	17	André Negrão	Arden International	32	+1:02.346	14
21	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	32	+1:13.454	13
22	19	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing	32	+1:34.560	15
23	24	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	30	Did not finish	20
Ret	27	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	27	Did not finish	16
Ret	22	Axcil Jefferies	Trident Racing	2	Did not finish	25
Ret	12	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	0	Did not finish	19
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (RT Russian Time) — 1:43.604 (on lap 24)
Source:

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Jolyon Palmer	DAMS	23	41:02.484	6	(15+2)
2	15	Simon Trummer	Rapax	23	+0.809	2	12
3	4	Julián Leal	Carlin	23	+1.430	7	10
4	3	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	23	+8.719	1	8
5	8	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	23	+16.416	19	6
6	14	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Rapax	23	+17.680	10	4
7	1	Mitch Evans	RT Russian Time	23	+18.012	14	2
8	16	René Binder	Arden International	23	+19.791	9	1
9	26	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	23	+19.977	4
10	2	Artem Markelov	RT Russian Time	23	+20.678	15
11	20	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	23	+21.086	11
12	9	Takuya Izawa	ART Grand Prix	23	+21.713	3
13	11	Daniel Abt	Hilmer Motorsport	23	+29.171	13
14	23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident Racing	23	+33.500	21
15	21	Jon Lancaster	MP Motorsport	23	+34.017	17
16	18	Rio Haryanto	EQ8 Caterham Racing	23	+35.778	16
17	24	Nathanaël Berthon	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+38.028	23
18	17	André Negrão	Arden International	23	+38.524	20
19	27	Kimiya Sato	Campos Racing	23	+39.439	24
20	12	Facu Regalia	Hilmer Motorsport	23	+44.065	26
21	22	Axcil Jefferies	Trident Racing	23	+48.583	25
22	10	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	23	+49.324	8
23	6	Stefano Coletti	Racing Engineering	23	+1:20.944	5
24	5	Raffaele Marciello	Racing Engineering	22	+1 lap	18
25	19	Alexander Rossi	EQ8 Caterham Racing	22	+1 lap	22
Ret	25	Conor Daly	Venezuela GP Lazarus	16	Damage	12
Fastest lap: Alexander Rossi (EQ8 Caterham Racing) — 1:45.344 (on lap 4)
Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jolyon Palmer	38
2	Julián Leal	28
3	Stoffel Vandoorne	25
4	Simon Trummer	18
5	Felipe Nasr	12

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	DAMS	44
2	Carlin	40
3	ART Grand Prix	33
4	Rapax	23
5	Racing Engineering	12

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

References

↑ Bradley, Charles (4 April 2014). "Jolyon Palmer beats Vandoorne to first pole of 2014". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
↑ "Felipe Nasr Peanlised". gp2series.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

External links

Official website

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