The 2014 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on August 22 and 23, 2014 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the sixth round of the 2014 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.
Classification Summary Trident completely changed their lineup before the race weekend: Konstantin Tereshchenko replaced Victor Carbone, John Bryant-Meisner replaced Roman de Beer, and Luca Ghiotto replaced Mitchell Gilbert. In addition, Kevin Ceccon replaced Christopher Höher at Jenzer Motorsport.
During a wet qualifying session, Ghiotto secured pole position on his GP3 debut. The race, which was held in wet-to-dry conditions, was delayed after Marvin Kirchhöfer crashed on the formation lap, with some drivers choosing to pit for slick tyres. Emil Bernstorff took the lead from Ghiotto at the start, but pitted at the end of lap one. Mathéo Tuscher, the highest-placed driver on slicks after Patric Niederhauser crashed at turn one, soon made his way up the order and took the lead on lap five, with Dean Stoneman behind. On lap eight, however, he spun at Eau Rouge and could not continue. Stoneman took the lead to win the race, which strangely finished with a red flag, as the officials forgot to wave the chequered flag.
Race two was also held in damp conditions, but saw far less chaos than the previous day. Alex Lynn started from reverse grid pole, and held the lead into turn one, before making a mistake into Les Combes. Richie Stanaway passed him, but Lynn fought back and retook the lead into Rivage. He kept the lead for the rest of the race to take his third win, extending his championship lead to 32 points.
Qualifying Driver Team Time 125 Luca GhiottoTrident2:22.2511211 Emil BernstorffCarlin2:22.584238 Jimmy ErikssonKoiranen GP2:22.6783427 Richie StanawayStatus Grand Prix2:22.8624510 Alex LynnCarlin2:23.0815614 Patrick KujalaMarussia Manor Racing2:23.303672 Marvin KirchhöferART Grand Prix2:23.413785 Patric NiederhauserArden International2:23.4388921 Mathéo TuscherJenzer Motorsport2:23.4819103 Dino ZamparelliART Grand Prix2:23.565101116 Dean StonemanMarussia Manor Racing2:23.58611126 Jann MardenboroughArden International2:23.794121326 Nick YellolyStatus Grand Prix2:23.92013144 Robert VișoiuArden International2:23.996141522 Kevin CecconJenzer Motorsport2:24.05715161 Alex FontanaART Grand Prix2:24.248161717 Sebastian BalthasarHilmer Motorsport2:24.46417189 Santiago UrrutiaKoiranen GP2:24.687181918 Nelson MasonHilmer Motorsport2:24.846192012 Luís Sá SilvaCarlin2:24.862202120 Pål VarhaugJenzer Motorsport2:25.301212228 Alfonso Celis Jr.Status Grand Prix2:25.553222319 Riccardo AgostiniHilmer Motorsport2:25.965232424 John Bryant-MeisnerTrident2:25.969242515 Ryan CullenMarussia Manor Racing2:26.537252624 Carmen JordáKoiranen GPNo time26WD25 Konstantin TereshchenkoTridentWithdrawnWDSource:
Konstantin Tereshchenko was withdrawn from the weekend following a crash in free practice.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points116 Dean StonemanMarussia Manor Racing1228:58.5081125+223 Dino ZamparelliART Grand Prix12 +1.2101018326 Nick YellolyStatus Grand Prix12 +2.923131546 Jann MardenboroughArden International12 +3.8371212520 Pål VarhaugJenzer Motorsport12 +4.938211061 Alex FontanaART Grand Prix12 +5.734168727 Richie StanawayStatus Grand Prix12 +7.01246810 Alex LynnCarlin12 +7.55554911 Emil BernstorffCarlin12 +8.059221019 Riccardo AgostiniHilmer Motorsport12 +9.2372311122 Kevin CecconJenzer Motorsport12 +10.027151228 Alfonso Celis Jr.Status Grand Prix12 +10.54722139 Santiago UrrutiaKoiranen GP12 +11.831181415 Ryan CullenMarussia Manor Racing12 +25.472251518 Nelson MasonHilmer Motorsport12 +35.045191612 Luís Sá SilvaCarlin12 +1:10.70020177 Carmen JordáKoiranen GP12 +1:43.531261825 Luca GhiottoTrident12 +1:45.090141917 Sebastian BalthasarHilmer Motorsport10 +2 lap172024 John Bryant-MeisnerTrident10 +2 lap24Ret21 Mathéo TuscherJenzer Motorsport7Retired9Ret4 Robert VișoiuArden International3Retired14Ret5 Patric NiederhauserArden International0Retired8Ret14 Patrick KujalaMarussia Manor Racing0Retired6Ret8 Jimmy ErikssonKoiranen GP0Retired3DNS2 Marvin KirchhöferART Grand Prix0Did not start7WD23 Konstantin TereshchenkoTrident0WithdrawnWD Fastest lap: Mathéo Tuscher (Jenzer Motorsport) — 2:10.452 (on lap 7)Source:
Mathéo Tuscher set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Dean Stoneman was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Alex Lynn Carlin 13 28:25.130 1 15 2 27 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 13 +2.050 2 12 3 1 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 13 +7.947 3 10+2 4 6 Jann Mardenborough Arden International 13 +13.530 5 8 5 26 Nick Yelloly Status Grand Prix 13 +14.501 6 6 6 11 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 13 +14.758 9 4 7 3 Dino Zamparelli ART Grand Prix 13 +16.745 7 2 8 20 Pål Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 13 +19.075 4 1 9 16 Dean Stoneman Marussia Manor Racing 13 +19.092 8 10 18 Nelson Mason Hilmer Motorsport 13 +20.980 15 11 22 Kevin Ceccon Jenzer Motorsport 13 +22.067 11 12 19 Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 13 +34.829 10 13 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 13 +40.131 14 14 25 Luca Ghiotto Trident 13 +40.616 18 15 28 Alfonso Celis Jr. Status Grand Prix 13 +43.370 12 16 21 Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 13 +46.892 21 17 2 Marvin Kirchhöfer ART Grand Prix 13 +51.011 25 18 9 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 13 +52.123 13 19 8 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 13 +52.777 24 20 4 Robert Vișoiu Arden International 13 +54.430 22 21 14 Patrick Kujala Marussia Manor Racing 13 +54.868 26 22 24 John Bryant-Meisner Trident 13 +58.526 20 Ret 12 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 12 Accident 16 Ret 7 Carmen Jordá Koiranen GP 9 Retired 17 Ret 5 Patric Niederhauser Arden International 4 Accident DNS 17 Sebastian Balthasar Hilmer Motorsport 0 Did not start 29 WD23 Konstantin TereshchenkoTrident0WithdrawnWD Fastest lap: Alex Fontana (ART Grand Prix) — 2:07.448 (on lap 13)Source:
Patric Niederhauser was given a five-place grid penalty converted to a pitlane start for causing a collision in race 1.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Alex Lynn 153 2 Richie Stanaway 121 3 3 Nick Yelloly 95 4 Emil Bernstorff 91 2 5 Jimmy Eriksson 85
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Carlin 248 2 Status Grand Prix 216 3 ART Grand Prix 181 4 Arden International 120 1 5 Marussia Manor Racing 86
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2014 Belgian Grand Prix 2014 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round
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