2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round
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The 2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the seventh round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix.
Location
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course
Permanent racing facility
7.004 km (4.352 mi)
7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Date
22 August 2015
Laps
25
| Round details | |||
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Round 7 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series | |||
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Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 22 August 2015 | ||
| Laps | 25 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | |
| Time | 1:56.278 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | |
| Second |
 Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | |
| Third |
 Artem Markelov | Russian Time | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | |
| Time | 2:00.177 (on lap 20) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 23 August 2015 | ||
| Laps | 18 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | |
| Second |
 Jordan King | Racing Engineering | |
| Third |
Mitch Evans | Russian Time | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | |
| Time | 2:01.151 (on lap 3) | ||
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne |
ART Grand Prix | 1:56.278 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 16 | Oliver Rowland |
MP Motorsport | 1:56.425 | +0.147 | 2 | |
| 3 | 18 | Sergey Sirotkin |
Rapax | 1:56.513 | +0.235 | 3 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jordan King |
Racing Engineering | 1:56.625 | +0.347 | 4 | |
| 5 | 6 |  Nobuharu Matsushita |
ART Grand Prix | 1:56.659 | +0.381 | 5 | |
| 6 | 9 | Mitch Evans |
Russian Time | 1:56.661 | +0.383 | 6 | |
| 7 | 1 | Pierre Gasly |
DAMS | 1:56.701 | +0.423 | 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alexander Rossi |
Racing Engineering | 1:56.845 | +0.567 | 8 | |
| 9 | 2 | Alex Lynn |
DAMS | 1:56.985 | +0.707 | 9 | |
| 10 | 21 | Norman Nato |
Arden International | 1:57.019 | +0.741 | 10 | |
| 11 | 15 |  Rio Haryanto |
Campos Racing | 1:57.143 | +0.865 | 11 | |
| 12 | 11 |  Raffaele Marciello |
Trident | 1:57.218 | +0.940 | 12 | |
| 13 | 19 |  Robert Vișoiu |
Rapax | 1:57.273 | +0.995 | 13 | |
| 14 | 14 | Arthur Pic |
Campos Racing | 1:57.275 | +0.997 | 14 | |
| 15 | 24 | Nick Yelloly |
Hilmer Motorsport | 1:57.328 | +1.050 | 15 | |
| 16 | 3 |  Julián Leal |
Carlin | 1:57.440 | +1.162 | 16 | |
| 17 | 23 | Richie Stanaway |
Status Grand Prix | 1:57.528 | +1.250 | 17 | |
| 18 | 27 |  Sergio Canamasas |
Daiko Team Lazarus | 1:57.560 | +1.282 | 18 | |
| 19 | 26 | Nathanaël Berthon |
Daiko Team Lazarus | 1:57.615 | +1.337 | 19 | |
| 20 | 20 |  André Negrão |
Arden International | 1:57.661 | +1.383 | 20 | |
| 21 | 17 |  Daniël de Jong |
MP Motorsport | 1:57.746 | +1.468 | 21 | |
| 22 | 10 | Artem Markelov |
Russian Time | 1:57.809 | +1.531 | 22 | |
| 23 | 22 |  Marlon Stöckinger |
Status Grand Prix | 1:58.136 | +1.858 | 23 | |
| 24 | 12 |  Gustav Malja |
Trident | 1:58.371 | +2.093 | 24 | |
| 25 | 4 | Sean Gelael |
Carlin | 1:58.402 | +2.124 | 25 | |
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Feature race
The feature race at Spa was marred by a horrific crash involving Daniel de Jong, whose attempted pass Red Bull Junior driver Pierre Gasly at Blanchimont. The Frenchman cut de Jong's line causing them to make contact and de Jong losing his front wing. de Jong went to the tyre barrier at high speed which left him requiring four hours of surgery on his sixth vertebra, per Sky Sports' William Esler.
Sprint race
