2015 Monza GP2 Series round

The 2015 Monza GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 5 and 6, 2015 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the eighth round of the 2015 GP2 Series. The race supported the 2015 Italian Grand Prix.

   2015 Monza GP2 round

Round details
Round 8 of 11 rounds in the 2015 GP2 Series
Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	5 September 2015
Laps	30
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	DAMS
Time	1:31.272
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering
Second	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Third	Mitch Evans	Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident
Time	1:33.723 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date	6 September 2015
Laps	21
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	Russian Time
Second	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alex Lynn	DAMS
Time	1:32.818 (on lap 18)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	1:31.272		1
2	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	1:31.424	+0.152	23
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	1:31.478	+0.206	2
4	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:31.615	+0.343	3
5	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	1:31.640	+0.368	4
6	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	1:31.898	+0.626	5
7	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	1:31.938	+0.666	6
8	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	1:31.985	+0.713	7
9	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:32.000	+0.728	24
10	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	1:32.014	+0.742	8
11	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	1:32.071	+0.799	9
12	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:32.100	+0.828	10
13	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	1:32.155	+0.883	11
14	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	1:32.159	+0.887	12
15	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	1:32.174	+0.902	13
16	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	1:32.176	+0.904	14
17	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:32.283	+1.011	15
18	20	André Negrão	Arden International	1:32.386	+1.114	16
19	4	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	1:32.398	+1.126	17
20	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	1:32.447	+1.175	18
21	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	1:32.619	+1.347	22
22	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:32.637	+1.365	19
23	24	Simon Trummer	Hilmer Motorsport	1:32.794	+1.522	20
24	26	Patric Niederhauser	Daiko Team Lazarus	1:32.913	+1.641	21
25	16	Meindert van Buuren	MP Motorsport	1:33.126	+1.854	25
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Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	30	49:32.084	8	25
2	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	30	+1.275	2	18
3	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	30	+15.094	23	15
4	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	30	+17.784	7	12
5	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	30	+18.198	19	10
6	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	30	+18.382	13	8+2
7	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	30	+18.842	6	6
8	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	30	+19.862	15	4
9	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	30	+22.083	11	2
10	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	30	+22.556	18	1
11	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	30	+30.868	24
12	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	30	+32.871	12
13	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	30	+36.041	5
14	20	André Negrão	Arden International	30	+36.166	16
15	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	30	+37.170	9
16	24	Simon Trummer	Hilmer Motorsport	30	+37.541	21
17	26	Patric Niederhauser	Daiko Team Lazarus	30	+45.741	22
18	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	30	+46.250	14
19	4	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	30	+48.908	17
Ret	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	15	Collision damage	4
Ret	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	13	Collision	3
Ret	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	10	Retired	1	4
Ret	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	9	Retired	10
Ret	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	9	Retired	19
Ret	16	Meindert van Buuren	MP Motorsport	2	Accident	25
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Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Mitch Evans	Russian Time	21	34:17.890	6	15+2
2	14	Arthur Pic	Campos Racing	21	+0.707	2	12
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	ART Grand Prix	21	+1.066	7	10
4	23	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	21	+7.623	5	8
5	18	Sergey Sirotkin	Rapax	21	+8.871	20	6
6	27	Sergio Canamasas	Daiko Team Lazarus	21	+11.895	11	4
7	11	Raffaele Marciello	Trident	21	+12.150	15	2
8	17	René Binder	MP Motorsport	21	+13.241	10	1
9	3	Julián Leal	Carlin	21	+14.352	12
10	2	Alex Lynn	DAMS	21	+14.502	21
11	15	Rio Haryanto	Campos Racing	21	+15.250	13
12	1	Pierre Gasly	DAMS	21	+15.672	22
13	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Trident	21	+17.686	18
14	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+18.625	5
15	6	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	21	+22.464	23
16	24	Simon Trummer	Hilmer Motorsport	21	+23.094	16
17	26	Patric Niederhauser	Daiko Team Lazarus	21	+25.186	17
18	20	André Negrão	Arden International	21	+25.570	14
19	22	Marlon Stöckinger	Status Grand Prix	21	+26.228	24
20	4	Jann Mardenborough	Carlin	21	+35.277	19
Ret	19	Robert Vișoiu	Rapax	6	Retired	9
Ret	8	Alexander Rossi	Racing Engineering	6	Retired	8
Ret	7	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1	Retired	1
Ret	21	Norman Nato	Arden International	0	Retired	3
DNS	16	Meindert van Buuren	MP Motorsport	0	Did not start	25
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See also

• 2015 Italian Grand Prix
• 2015 Monza GP3 Series round