2015 Sochi GP2 Series round

2015 Sochi GP2 round
Round details
	Round 9 of 11 rounds in the ; 2015 GP2 Series
	; Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Location	Sochi Autodrom; Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course	Semi-permanent racing facility ; 5.853 km (3.637 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	10 October 2015
Laps	15
Pole position
Driver	Alex Lynn
Time	2:01.840
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi
Second	Pierre Gasly
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne
Fastest lap
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne
Time	1:47.195 (on lap 15)
Sprint race
Date	11 October 2015
Laps	21
Podium
First	Richie Stanaway
Second	Rio Haryanto
Third	Raffaele Marciello
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:47.368 (on lap 16)

The 2015 Sochi GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on October 10 and 11, 2015 at Sochi Autodrom, Russia. It was the ninth round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Russian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	2:01.840		1
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	2:01.878	+0.038	2
3	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	2:02.141	+0.301	3
4	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	2:02.385	+0.545	4
5	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	2:02.450	+0.610	5
6	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	2:02.690	+0.850	6
7	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	2:02.709	+0.869	7
8	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	2:02.998	+1.158	8
9	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	2:03.133	+1.293	9
10	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	2:03.223	+1.383	10
11	20	André Negrão	Arden International	2:03.382	+1.542	11
12	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	2:03.519	+1.679	12
13	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	2:03.523	+1.683	13
14	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	2:03.622	+1.782	19¹
15	16	Nicholas Latifi	MP Motorsport	2:03.731	+1.891	14
16	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	2:03.751	+1.911	15
17	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	2:04.004	+2.164	16
18	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	2:04.072	+2.232	17
19	3	Dean Stoneman	Carlin	2:04.093	+2.253	18
20	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	2:04.658	+2.818	20
21	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	2:04.994	+3.154	21
22	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	2:04.998	+3.158	22
23	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	2:05.784	+3.944	24²
24	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	2:08.361	+6.521	23
Source:^[1]

^1 – Jordan King was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Norman Nato at the previous round in Monza sprint race.
^2 – Robert Vișoiu was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Alexander Rossi at the previous round in Monza sprint race.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	15	58:33.520	3	12.5
2	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	15	+3.101	4	9
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	15	+4.279	2	7.5+1
4	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	15	+8.474	10	6
5	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	15	+11.884	13	5
6	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	15	+12.695	7	4
7	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	15	+14.506	8	3
8	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	15	+15.698	5	2
9	3	Dean Stoneman	Carlin	15	+20.660	18	1
10	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	15	+23.457	12	0.5
11	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	15	+26.819	17
12	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	15	+27.140	9
13	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	15	+30.727	6
14	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	15	+32.828	20
15	20	André Negrão	Arden International	15	+37.369	11
16	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	15	+39.930	21
17	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	15	+42.614	24
18	16	Nicholas Latifi	MP Motorsport	15	+44.888	14
19	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	15	+59.064	23
Ret	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	10	Accident	1	4
Ret	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	0	Accident	22
Ret	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	0	Accident	15
Ret	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	0	Accident	19
Ret	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	0	Accident	16
Source:^[2]

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	21	40:30.089	2	15
2	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	21	+0.579	4	12
3	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	21	+1.293	3	10
4	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	21	+2.045	6	8
5	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	21	+2.459	7	6+2
6	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	21	+4.498	8	4
7	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	21	+4.780	10	2
8	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	21	+5.390	11	1
9	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	21	+5.796	12
10	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	21	+6.923	20
11	20	André Negrão	Arden International	21	+7.696	15
12	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+7.825	23
13	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	21	+10.187³	1
14	16	Nicholas Latifi	MP Motorsport	21	+11.954	18
15	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	21	+12.218	PL³
16	3	Dean Stoneman	Carlin	21	+13.749	9
17	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	21	+15.927⁴	21
18	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	21	+17.343	17
19	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	21	+19.467	14
20	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	21	+21.278⁴	5
21	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	20	+1 lap	19
22	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	19	Accident	13
Ret	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	0	Accident	16
Ret	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	0	Accident	22
Source:^[3]

^3 – Jordan King was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Marlon Stöckinger feature race. As he will not be able to take it in full since he did not finish race, King started the race from the pit.
^4 – Arthur Pic, Sergio Canamasas and Sergey Sirotkin received a five-second time penalty for passing during the safety car.

^ The feature race was scheduled to be run over 30 laps. A crash in the first lap brought out a red flag and the race was suspended. The race distance was subsequently adjusted to 15 laps.

^ "2015 Sochi GP2 Qualifying Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "2015 Sochi GP2 Race 1 Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "2015 Sochi GP2 Race 2 Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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Round details
Round 9 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series
Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Location	Sochi Autodrom Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course	Semi-permanent racing facility 5.853 km (3.637 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	10 October 2015
Laps	15^[a]
Pole position
Driver	Alex Lynn	DAMS
Time	2:01.840
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering
Second	Pierre Gasly	DAMS
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:47.195 (on lap 15)
Sprint race
Date	11 October 2015
Laps	21
Podium
First	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix
Second	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing
Third	Raffaele Marciello	Trident
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly	DAMS
Time	1:47.368 (on lap 16)