2015 Yas Marina GP2 Series round

   2015 Yas Marina GP2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series
Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.554 km (3.451 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	28 November 2015
Laps	31
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	DAMS
Time	1:47.769
Podium
First	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Second	Raffaele Marciello	Trident
Third	Mitch Evans	Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus
Time	1:51.866 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date	29 November 2015
Laps	22
Podium
First	Race cancelled	N/A
Second	Race cancelled	N/A
Third	Race cancelled	N/A
Fastest lap
Driver	Race cancelled	N/A
Time	NC

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.

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.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:47.769		1
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:47.866	+0.097	2
3	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:48.014	+0.245	3
4	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:48.049	+0.280	4
5	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:48.419	+0.650	5
6	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:48.429	+0.660	6
7	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:48.598	+0.829	7
8	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:48.632	+0.863	8
9	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:48.699	+0.930	9
10	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:48.743	+0.974	10
11	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:48.822	+1.053	11
12	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:48.981	+1.212	12
13	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:49.105	+1.336	13
14	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:49.110	+1.341	14
15	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:49,146	+1.377	15
16	3	Dean Stoneman	Carlin	1:49,166	+1.397	16
17	16	Nicholas Latifi	MP Motorsport	1:49.350	+1.581	17
18	23	Oliver Rowland	Status Grand Prix	1:49.374	+1.605	18
19	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	1:49.661	+1.892	19
20	12	Daniël de Jong	Trident	1:49.727	+1.958	20
21	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:49.779	+2.010	21
22	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:49.839	+2.070	22
23	19	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:50.543	+2.774	23
24	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	1:51.604	+3.835	24
Source:[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	31	1:03:32.405	2	25
2	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	31	+9.404	5	18
3	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	31	+10.327	3	15
4	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	31	+12.105	7	12
5	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	31	+22.621	1	10+4
6	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	31	+25.817	8	8
7	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	31	+26.406	6	6
8	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	31	+26.988	4	4
9	20	André Negrão	Arden International	31	+30.412	11	2
10	26	Nathanaël Berthon	Daiko Team Lazarus	31	+36.974	21	1+2
11	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	31	+41.939	9
12	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	31	+43.105	15
13	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	31	+44.058	12
14	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	31	+45.982	19
15	23	Oliver Rowland	Status Grand Prix	31	+54.566	18
16	19	Gustav Malja	Rapax	31	+1:00.592	23
17	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	31	+1:02.596	14
18	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	31	+1:20.398	22
Ret	4	Sean Gelael	Carlin	25	Accident	24
Ret	3	Dean Stoneman	Carlin	23	Engine	16
Ret	12	Daniël de Jong	Trident	14	Engine	20
Ret	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	13	Engine	10
Ret	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	5	Accident	13
Ret	16	Nicholas Latifi	MP Motorsport	5	Accident	17
Source:[3]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Stoffel Vandoorne 341.5 2 Alexander Rossi 181.5 3 Sergey Sirotkin 139 4 Rio Haryanto 138 5 Mitch Evans 135

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 410 2 Racing Engineering 241.5 3 DAMS 220 4 Campos Racing 198 5 Russian Time 183

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

• 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
• 2015 Yas Marina GP3 Series round