Gutierrez takes hard-earned win

Gutierrez started from pole but quickly found himself engaged in a six-way fight with Nico Muller, Robert Wickens, Roberto Merhi, Rio Haryanto and Renger van der Zande.

The group spent the majority of the race covered by just over two seconds and positions changed frequently, with Muller, Wickens and Haryanto all enjoying stints in the lead, and Gutierrez falling as far back as fifth.

The six contenders became five when van der Zande's Mucke entry slowed and forced the Dutchman into the pits, continuing his immensely unlucky season.

Shortly afterward, Gutierrez made what would prove to be the decisive move of the race when he darted out of Wicken's slipstream to pass the Canadian into the first corner three laps from the end. With a clear track ahead the ART driver managed to open a gap of a second to secure the victory, leaving Wickens and Haryanto to complete the podium.

Muller was fourth, with Mirko Bortolotti, Merhi, Josef Newgarden and Nigel Melker rounding out the points, although the result could change depending upon the outcome of an investigation into an incident involving Wickens and Muller when the pair were scrapping over the lead in the early stages of the race.

Pos  Driver                Team          Time/Gap
 1.  Esteban Gutierrez     ART         28m26.731s
 2.  Robert Wickens        Status        + 0.995s
 3.  Rio Haryanto          Manor         + 2.104s
 4.  Nico Muller           Jenzer        + 2.656s
 5.  Mirko Bortolotti      Addax         + 3.693s
 6.  Roberto Merhi         Atech CRS     + 4.539s
 7.  Josef Newgarden       Carlin        + 4.886s
 8.  Nigel Melker          RSC Mucke     + 6.923s
 9.  Daniel Morad          Status       + 10.148s
10.  Tobias Hegewald       RSC Mucke    + 10.889s
11.  Miki Monras           MW Arden     + 10.952s
12.  Oliver Oakes          Atech CRS    + 12.102s
13.  James Jakes           Manor        + 13.372s
14.  Pal Varhaug           Jenzer       + 13.461s
15.  Michael Christensen   MW Arden     + 15.945s
16.  Stefano Coletti       Tech 1       + 20.674s
17.  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs   Manor        + 21.286s
18.  Pablo Sanchez Lopez   Addax        + 21.426s
19.  Ivan Lukashevich      Status       + 21.938s
20.  Lucas Foresti         Carlin       + 24.541s
21.  Doru Sechelariu       Tech 1       + 24.949s
22.  Daniel Juncadella     Tech 1       + 25.544s
23.  Vittorio Ghirelli     Atech CRS    + 48.201s
24.  Pedro Nunes           ART        + 1m04.316s

Retirements:

     Felipe Guimaraes      Addax      12 laps
     Renger van der Zande  RSC Mucke  10 laps
     Simon Trummer         Jenzer     6 laps
     Leonardo Cordeiro     MW Arden   4 laps
     Dean Smith            Carlin     1 lap
     Alexander Rossi       ART        0 laps