Silverstone GP2: Lancaster takes maiden win in sprint race

From fourth on the grid, Lancaster made a phenomenal start as those ahead of him all suffered wheelspin.

Despite a scare when the safety car came out, to allow Daniel Abt's spun ART car to be recovered from the middle of the track at Farm, Lancaster drove a superbly-judged race to win by 6.5s.

It was series newcomer Hilmer Motorsport's second victory of the season.

Rio Haryanto finished second for Addax, well clear of ART's James Calado, who came through from eighth on the grid to finish on the podium. He had to hold off poleman Julian Leal for the majority of the race distance.

Sam Bird passed Russian Time team-mate Tom Dillmann for fifth to aid his championship challenge, while Dillmann did well to hold off a charging Felipe Nasr. Apart from Lancaster, the Brazilian was the star of the race, charging from 25th to seventh.

Marcus Ericsson finished eighth, just holding off Alexander Rossi.

Results - 21 laps:

Pos Driver               Team/Car               Time/Gap
 1. Jon Lancaster        Hilmer                 37m19.528s
 2. Rio Haryanto         Addax                  + 6.513s
 3. James Calado         ART                    + 7.922s
 4. Julian Leal          Racing Engineering     + 8.420s
 5. Sam Bird             Russian Time           + 9.348s
 6. Tom Dillmann         Russian Time           + 14.563s
 7. Felipe Nasr          Carlin                 + 14.671s
 8. Marcus Eriksson      DAMS                   + 15.321s
 9. Alexander Rossi      Caterham               + 15.877s
10. Stefano Coletti      Rapax                  + 18.789s
11. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs  MP                     + 23.855s
12. Kevin Ceccon         Trident                + 32.021s
13. Rene Binder          Lazarus                + 34.933s
14. Mitch Evans          Arden                  + 35.673s
15. Fabio Leimer         Racing Engineering     + 35.861s
16. Simon Trummer        Rapax                  + 37.838s
17. Fabrizio Crestani    Lazarus                + 41.133s
18. Daniel de Jong       MP                     + 51.728s
19. Stephane Richelmi    DAMS                   + 85.181s
20. Sergio Canamasas     Caterham               + 1 lap
21. Jake Rosenzweig      Addax                  + 2 laps

Retirements:

    Jolyon Palmer        Carlin                 8 laps
    Johnny Cecotto Jr    Arden                  5 laps
    Robin Frijns         Hilmer                 2 laps
    Nathanael Berthon    Trident                2 laps
    Daniel Abt           ART                    2 laps