The 2014 Sochi GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on October 11 and 12, 2014 at Sochi Autodrom, Russia. It was the eighth round of the 2014 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2014 Russian Grand Prix.
Dean Stoneman won the feature race from pole position.
Classification Summary
Marussia Manor Racing pulled out of the series before the race weekend due to 'commercial reasons'. Dean Stoneman moved to Koiranen GP, replacing Carmen Jordá, and Patrick Kujala moved to Trident in place of John Bryant-Meisner; Ryan Cullen did not compete. Luca Ghiotto also did not return, leaving Trident with just two cars. At Hilmer Motorsport, Nikolay Martsenko returned for the first race since round two, replacing Sebastian Balthasar.
Stoneman took his maiden pole position in qualifying, almost half a second ahead of Alex Fontana. He had a good start and led every lap to win the race, on the same weekend that he was forced to switch teams. Maximum points raised him from sixth to third in the overall standings. The rest of the podium was a 2-3 for ART Grand Prix with Marvin Kirchhöfer and Fontana, who managed to hold off Jimmy Eriksson.
Patric Niederhauser started on pole for race two. The race was red-flagged on the opening lap due to a collision that took out four cars; Stoneman was involved but managed to continue. Niederhauser led at the restart from Jann Mardenborough, Kirchhöfer and Stoneman. A late safety car to recover the car of Nikolay Martsenko resulted in a two-lap sprint to the finish. Kirchhöfer and Stoneman both passed Mardenborough, but despite them pulling alongside Niederhauser multiple times, the German driver held on to take the win. A second podium for Stoneman meant that Alex Lynn did not secure the championship, going into the final round with a gap of 47 points with 48 available.
Qualifying Pos No Driver Team Time Grid17 Dean StonemanKoiranen GP1:51.715121 Alex FontanaART Grand Prix1:52.204232 Marvin KirchhöferART Grand Prix1:52.208343 Dino ZamparelliART Grand Prix1:52.288458 Jimmy ErikssonKoiranen GP1:52.3885627 Richie StanawayStatus Grand Prix1:52.476722 Kevin CecconJenzer Motorsport1:52.4996810 Alex LynnCarlin1:52.506795 Patric NiederhauserArden International1:52.52781011 Emil BernstorffCarlin1:52.53791126 Nick YellolyStatus Grand Prix1:52.60710126 Jann MardenboroughArden International1:52.906111321 Mathéo TuscherJenzer Motorsport1:52.98112144 Robert VișoiuArden International1:53.019131519 Riccardo AgostiniHilmer Motorsport1:53.151141625 Mitchell GilbertTrident1:53.190151720 Pål VarhaugJenzer Motorsport1:53.193161824 Patrick KujalaTrident1:53.386171928 Alfonso Celis Jr.Status Grand Prix1:53.693182012 Luís Sá SilvaCarlin1:53.74219219 Santiago UrrutiaKoiranen GP1:53.744202218 Nelson MasonHilmer Motorsport1:54.191212317 Nikolay MartsenkoHilmer Motorsport1:54.70022Source:
Richie Stanaway was required to start from the pitlane for failing to weigh his car during qualifying.
Feature Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points17 Dean StonemanKoiranen GP1528:45.648125+4+222 Marvin KirchhöferART Grand Prix15 +1.81231831 Alex FontanaART Grand Prix15 +4.97821548 Jimmy ErikssonKoiranen GP15 +8.862512522 Kevin CecconJenzer Motorsport15 +13.23561066 Jann MardenboroughArden International15 +13.683118710 Alex LynnCarlin15 +14.7407685 Patric NiederhauserArden International15 +15.05684926 Nick YellolyStatus Grand Prix15 +16.2431021020 Pål VarhaugJenzer Motorsport15 +21.9851611119 Riccardo AgostiniHilmer Motorsport15 +22.859141227 Richie StanawayStatus Grand Prix15 +24.904231324 Patrick KujalaTrident15 +28.00517149 Santiago UrrutiaKoiranen GP15 +34.045201518 Nelson MasonHilmer Motorsport15 +39.097211628 Alfonso Celis Jr.Status Grand Prix15 +39.852181712 Luís Sá SilvaCarlin15 +42.00219183 Dino ZamparelliART Grand Prix15 +46.83441917 Nikolay MartsenkoHilmer Motorsport15 +52.299222025 Mitchell GilbertTrident15 +1:46.26415Ret21 Mathéo TuscherJenzer Motorsport4Retired12Ret4 Robert VișoiuArden International1Retired13Ret11 Emil BernstorffCarlin1Retired9 Fastest lap: Dean Stoneman (Koiranen GP) — 1:53.889 (on lap 14)Source:
Sprint Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points15 Patric NiederhauserArden International1554:22.34211527 Dean StonemanKoiranen GP15 +0.36881232 Marvin KirchhöferART Grand Prix15 +0.683710+246 Jann MardenboroughArden International15 +1.14438510 Alex LynnCarlin15 +1.41626626 Nick YellolyStatus Grand Prix15 +1.86994728 Alfonso Celis Jr.Status Grand Prix15 +2.330162811 Emil BernstorffCarlin15 +3.003221924 Patrick KujalaTrident15 +3.54013104 Robert VișoiuArden International15 +3.977231121 Mathéo TuscherJenzer Motorsport15 +4.68121129 Santiago UrrutiaKoiranen GP15 +6.10314133 Dino ZamparelliART Grand Prix15 +7.844181425 Mitchell GilbertTrident15 +8.135201512 Luís Sá SilvaCarlin15 +8.55517168 Jimmy ErikssonKoiranen GP15 +9.1535Ret22 Kevin CecconJenzer Motorsport9Retired4Ret17 Nikolay MartsenkoHilmer Motorsport9Retired19Ret19 Riccardo AgostiniHilmer Motorsport0Retired11Ret1 Alex FontanaART Grand Prix0Retired6Ret20 Pål VarhaugJenzer Motorsport0Retired10Ret27 Richie StanawayStatus Grand Prix0Retired12DNS18 Nelson MasonHilmer Motorsport0Did not start15 Fastest lap: Jimmy Eriksson (Koiranen GP) — 1:53.864 (on lap 8)Source:
Jimmy Eriksson set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Marvin Kirchhöfer was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Alex Lynn 185 6 2 Dean Stoneman 138 2 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer 137 1 4 Jimmy Eriksson 127 3 5 Richie Stanaway 123
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Carlin 303 2 ART Grand Prix 273 3 Status Grand Prix 233 2 4 Koiranen GP 170 1 5 Arden International 155
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2014 Russian Grand Prix 2014 Sochi GP2 Series round
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