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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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