Nurburgring GP2: Jon Lancaster resists James Calado for second win
Jon Lancaster scored a second successive GP2 sprint race victory at the Nurburgring on Sunday morning, holding off the challenge of fellow Brit James Calado
Lancaster charged into the lead from the start, controlling a lock-up into the first corner and then extending a 3.2-second lead before the safety car was required to recover Stephane Richelmi's stranded car.
At the restart Lancaster's Hilmer car pulled away again, while poleman Tom Dillmann held up a big queue of cars as he was forced to start on older tyres than many of those around him.
ART driver Calado took a couple of laps to pass Dillmann, doing so with a brave lunge at Turn 4, with Racing Engineering's Fabio Leimer also passing him also on the exit.
Robin Frijns passed Felipe Nasr for seventh, but his move on Sam Bird a lap later ended in a spin at Turn 4.
With Dillmann dropping out with a transmission issue, it was Ericsson's turn to struggle on older tyres with a queue of cars behind him.
Nasr passed Bird at Turn 4 on lap 20, and eased past Ercisson a lap later for fourth. He chased down Leimer, but failed to get the last place on the podium by 1.7s.
Johnny Cecotto clashed with Bird at Turn 4, but came through to finish fifth, ahead of Alexander Rossi, Mitch Evans and Bird.
Results - 24 laps:
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Jon Lancaster Hilmer 42m37.655s
2. James Calado ART +1.528s
3. Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering +25.797s
4. Felipe Nasr Carlin +27.527s
5. Johnny Cecotto Arden +32.336s
6. Alexander Rossi Caterham +34.479s
7. Mitch Evans Arden +34.751s
8. Sam Bird Russian Time +36.635s
9. Simon Trummer Rapax +40.088s
10. Rene Binder Lazarus +40.237s
11. Jolyon Palmer Carlin +41.402s
12. Julian Leal Racing Engineering +42.434s
13. Marcus Ericsson DAMS +43.482s
14. Rio Haryanto Addax +43.806s
15. Nathanael Berthon Trident +43.979s
16. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP +53.763s
17. Sergio Canamasas Caterham +54.039s
18. Jake Rosenzweig Addax +59.684s
19. Daniel Abt ART +1m01.093s
20. Stefano Coletti Rapax +1m09.152s
21. Fabrizio Crestani Lazarus +1 lap
Retirements:
Tom Dillmann Russian Time 14 laps
Robin Frijns Hilmer 10 laps
Daniel de Jong MP 2 laps
Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1 lap
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