Silverstone GP2: Arthur Pic penalised for hitting Jordan King
Arthur Pic has lost his sixth-place finish in the GP2 feature race at Silverstone as a punishment for clashing with Jordan King
The Campos Racing driver hit the rear of King's Racing Engineering car at the final corner of the race, tipping it into a spin.
While Pic survived the clash and crossed the line sixth, King could not get going again so did not complete the final lap.
As a result, stewards have hit Pic with a 20-second time penalty, issued in lieu of a drive-through penalty - relegating him to 14th place.
"I was struggling to get onto the power and he just knocked into the back of me and spun me round," King told AUTOSPORT.
"I don't think he did it maliciously, he just misjudged it and overlooked it.
"I'm still starting [Sunday's sprint race] near the back, so the penalty has not made much difference to me."
As a result of Pic's penalty, Raffaele Marciello moves up to sixth and Nick Yelloly seventh.
It would also have handed GP2 debutant Oliver Rowland eighth and reversed grid pole, had the MP Motorsport driver not earned his own penalty.
This was a five-second time penalty for exceeding the track limits at Copse Corner.
Rio Haryanto takes eighth place as a result, ahead of Julian Leal and Rowland.
REVISED RESULTS - 29 LAPS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Gap |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax | 53m13.597s |
2 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering | 5.989s |
3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | 13.566s |
4 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 16.729s |
5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 20.546s |
6 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident | 23.550s |
7 | Nick Yelloly | Hilmer Motorsport | 23.879s |
8 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing | 25.437s |
9 | Julian Leal | Carlin | 28.753s |
10 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 30.161s |
11 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport | 30.373s |
12 | Robert Visoiu | Rapax | 36.922s |
13 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Carlin | 37.436s |
14 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing | 42.922s |
15 | Sergio Canamasas | Daiko Team Lazarus | 44.277s |
16 | Jon Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport | 49.850s |
17 | Rene Binder | Trident | 53.663s |
18 | Norman Nato | Arden International | 57.444s |
19 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix | 1m00.867s |
20 | Andre Negrao | Arden International | 1m04.399s |
21 | Artem Markelov | RUSSIAN TIME | 1m26.692s |
22 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1 Lap |
- | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Mitch Evans | RUSSIAN TIME | Retirement |
- | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | Retirement |
- | Nathanael Berthon | Daiko Team Lazarus | Retirement |
SPRINT RACE STARTING GRID:
Pos | Driver | Team |
---|---|---|
1 | Rio Haryanto | Campos Racing |
2 | Nick Yelloly | Hilmer Motorsport |
3 | Raffaele Marciello | Trident |
4 | Alex Lynn | DAMS |
5 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS |
6 | Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix |
7 | Alexander Rossi | Racing Engineering |
8 | Sergey Sirotkin | Rapax |
9 | Julian Leal | Carlin |
10 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport |
11 | Daniel de Jong | MP Motorsport |
12 | Robert Visoiu | Rapax |
13 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Carlin |
14 | Arthur Pic | Campos Racing |
15 | Sergio Canamasas | Daiko Team Lazarus |
16 | Jon Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport |
17 | Rene Binder | Trident |
18 | Norman Nato | Arden International |
19 | Marlon Stockinger | Status Grand Prix |
20 | Andre Negrao | Arden International |
21 | Artem Markelov | RUSSIAN TIME |
22 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering |
23 | Richie Stanaway | Status Grand Prix |
24 | Mitch Evans | RUSSIAN TIME |
25 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix |
26 | Nathanael Berthon | Daiko Team Lazarus |
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