2015 Bahrain GP2 Series round

2015 Bahrain GP2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 11 rounds in the 2015 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	18 April 2015
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:39.237
Podium
First	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Second	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing
Third	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:44.617 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date	19 April 2015
Laps	23
Podium
First	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing
Second	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Third	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus
Fastest lap
Driver	Raffaele Marciello	Trident
Time	1:44.715 (on lap 23)

The 2015 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on April 18 and 19, 2015 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain as part of the GP2 Series. It is the first round of the 2015 season. The race weekend supported the 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Stoffel Vandoorne took pole position and victory in the feature race while Rio Haryanto took the chequered flag in the sprint race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:39.237	1
2	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:39.545	2
3	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:39.599	3
4	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:39.630	4
5	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:39.645	5
6	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:39.770	6
7	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:39.857	7
8	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:39.872	8
9	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:39.877	9
10	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:39.887	9
11	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:39.955	10
12	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:39.961	12
13	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:39.999	13
14	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	1:40.128	14
15	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:40.251	15
16	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:40.353	16
17	16	Sergio Canamasas	MP Motorsport	1:40.434	17
18	4	Marco Sørensen	Carlin	1:40.444	18
19	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:40.634	19
20	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:40.653	20
21	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus	1:40.654	21
22	12	René Binder	Trident	1:40.773	22
23	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:40.995	23
24	27	Zoël Amberg	Lazarus	1:41.690	24
Source: Source

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	32	1:01:23.306	1	(25+4+2)
2	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	32	+5.056	12	18
3	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	32	+5.497	8	15
4	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	32	+12.322	6	12
5	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	32	+20.048	14	10
6	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	32	+25.543	13	8
7	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus	32	+27.729	21	6
8	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	32	+28.463	16	4
9	20	André Negrão	Arden International	32	+29.502	19	2
10	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	32	+29.664	2	1
11	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	32	+36.875	23
12	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	32	+38.516	10
13	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	32	+41.021	11
14	16	Sergio Canamasas	MP Motorsport	32	+41.391	17
15	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	32	+43.375	15
16	27	Zoël Amberg	Lazarus	32	+44.062	24
17	12	René Binder	Trident	32	+44.682	22
18	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	32	+48.421	20
19	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	32	+1:05.572	3
Ret	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	5	Did not finish	5
Ret	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	4	Did not finish	9
Ret	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	4	Did not finish	7
Ret	4	Marco Sørensen	Carlin	4	Did not finish	18
Ret	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	4	Did not finish	4
Fastest lap: Stoffel Vandoorne (ART Grand Prix) — 1:44.617 (on lap 24)
Source: Source

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	23	41:35.490	7	15
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	23	+3.004	8	12
3	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Lazarus	23	+5.639	2	10
4	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	23	+6.258	6	8
5	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	23	+13.945	1	6
6	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	23	+15.923	10	4
7	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	23	+19.794	4	2
8	20	André Negrão	Arden International	23	+20.159	9	1
9	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	23	+21.101	5
10	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	23	+25.690	24
11	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	23	+32.040	15
12	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	23	+33.200	13
13	17	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	23	+34.335	18
14	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	23	+34.361	12
15	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	23	+35.050	19
16	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	23	+39.501	22
17	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	23	+39.536	3
18	27	Zoël Amberg	Lazarus	23	+41.084	16
19	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	23	+43.390	11
20	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	23	+47.545	20
21	4	Marco Sørensen	Carlin	23	+49.715	23
22	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	23	+56.504	21
Ret	16	Sergio Canamasas	MP Motorsport	4	Did not finish	14
Ret	12	René Binder	Trident	2	Did not finish	17
Fastest lap: Raffaele Marciello (Trident) — 1:44.715 (on lap 23)
Source: Source

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	43
2	Rio Haryanto	33
3	Alexander Rossi	23
4	Nathanaël Berthon	16
5	Jordan King	12

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	50
2	Racing Engineering	35
3	Campos Racing	33
4	Lazarus	16
5	Rapax	12

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

References

External links

Official website

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