The 2015 Yas Marina GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on November 28 and 29, 2015 at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. It was the last race of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Report Sprint race The race started in sunny conditions. Stoffel Vandoorne and René Binder stopped at the starting grid when the lights went out. Front row starters Alex Lynn and Rio Haryanto did enough to hold their spots in turn one. They were followed by Jordan King and Alexander Rossi but behind them Raffaele Marciello and Pierre Gasly touched, at the second corner causing Gasly to spin and Norman Nato unable to avoid him collecting Sean Gelael, Daniël de Jong, Nicholas Latifi and Artem Markelov, while Arthur Pic tried to avoid melee and hit Sergey Sirotkin. The race was stopped with a red flag immediately as the marshals tried to remove the four cars embedded in the techpro barrier.
Under the supervision of Formula One race director Charlie Whiting the cars were removed and repairs began taking place. Whiting however, who was taking photos of the damage at the scene, ultimately made the decision to cancel the race after just one lap, with the F1 drivers' parade less than half an hour away.
Classification Qualifying DriverTeamTimeGap11 Pierre GaslyDAMS1:47.769125 Stoffel VandoorneART Grand Prix1:47.866 +0.097239 Mitch EvansRussian Time1:48.014 +0.245342 Alex LynnDAMS1:48.049 +0.2804511 Raffaele MarcielloTrident1:48.419 +0.6505615 Rio HaryantoCampos Racing1:48.429 +0.660678 Alexander RossiRacing Engineering1:48.598 +0.829787 Jordan KingRacing Engineering1:48.632 +0.863896 Nobuharu MatsushitaART Grand Prix1:48.699 +0.93091010 Artem MarkelovRussian Time1:48.743 +0.974101120 André NegrãoArden International1:48.822 +1.053111218 Sergey SirotkinRapax1:48.981 +1.212121321 Norman NatoArden International1:49.105 +1.336131414 Arthur PicCampos Racing1:49.110 +1.341141527 Sergio CanamasasDaiko Team Lazarus1:49,146 +1.37715163 Dean StonemanCarlin1:49,166 +1.397161716 Nicholas LatifiMP Motorsport1:49.350 +1.581171823 Oliver RowlandStatus Grand Prix1:49.374 +1.605181917 René BinderMP Motorsport1:49.661 +1.892192012 Daniël de JongTrident1:49.727 +1.958202126 Nathanaël BerthonDaiko Team Lazarus1:49.779 +2.010212222 Marlon StöckingerStatus Grand Prix1:49.839 +2.070222319 Gustav MaljaRapax1:50.543 +2.77423244 Sean GelaelCarlin1:51.604 +3.83524Source:
Feature race DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints15 Stoffel VandoorneART Grand Prix311:03:32.405225211 Raffaele MarcielloTrident31 +9.40451839 Mitch EvansRussian Time31 +10.32731548 Alexander RossiRacing Engineering31 +12.10571251 Pierre GaslyDAMS31 +22.621110+467 Jordan KingRacing Engineering31 +25.81788715 Rio HaryantoCampos Racing31 +26.4066682 Alex LynnDAMS31 +26.98844920 André NegrãoArden International31 +30.4121121026 Nathanaël BerthonDaiko Team Lazarus31 +36.974211+2116 Nobuharu MatsushitaART Grand Prix31 +41.93991227 Sergio CanamasasDaiko Team Lazarus31 +43.105151318 Sergey SirotkinRapax31 +44.058121417 René BinderMP Motorsport31 +45.982191523 Oliver RowlandStatus Grand Prix31 +54.566181619 Gustav MaljaRapax31 +1:00.592231714 Arthur PicCampos Racing31 +1:02.596141822 Marlon StöckingerStatus Grand Prix31 +1:20.39822Ret4 Sean GelaelCarlin25Accident 24Ret3 Dean StonemanCarlin23Engine 16Ret12 Daniël de JongTrident14Engine20Ret10 Artem MarkelovRussian Time13Engine 10Ret21 Norman NatoArden International5Accident 13Ret16 Nicholas LatifiMP Motorsport5Accident17Source:
Final championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints1 Stoffel Vandoorne341.52 Alexander Rossi181.53 Sergey Sirotkin1394 Rio Haryanto1385 Mitch Evans135
Teams' Championship standings PosTeamPoints1 ART Grand Prix4102 Racing Engineering241.53 DAMS2204 Campos Racing1985 Russian Time183
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
See also 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2015 Yas Marina GP3 Series round
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