Turkey - Race results (1)

Romain Grosjean started from pole position and led every lap of the opening GP2 Europe main series feature race at Istanbul Park, Turkey, at one point opening up a 5s lead over second place.

But Sam Bird fought back from a poor start and slow pit stop to close right up and apply pressure on the leader at the end, while Jules Bianchi also had a dreadful pit stop and fought back hard to take third place by the chequered flag.

A full race report is also available.

Race result

1. Romain Grosjean DAMS 57m09.999s
2. Sam Bird iSport + 0.332s
3. Jules Bianchi ART + 35.856s
4. Giedo van der Garde Addax + 45.933s
5. Stefano Coletti Trident + 52.280s
6. Luiz Razia AirAsia + 52.866s
7. Charles Pic Addax + 1m03.117s
8. Dani Clos Racing Engineering + 1m11.822s
9. Marcus Ericsson iSport + 1m12.913s
10. Davide Rigon Coloni + 1m15.636s
11. Christian Vietoris Racing Engineering + 1m20.559s
12. Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova + 1m26.007s
13. Josef Kral Arden + 1m31.885s
14. Michael Herck Coloni + 1m43.492s
15. Kevin Mirocha Ocean + 1 lap
16. Davide Valsecchi AirAsia + 1 lap
17. Jolyon Palmer Arden + 1 lap
18. Pal Varhaug DAMS + 1 lap
19. Julian Leal Rapax + 1 lap

Retirements

Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident 16 lapsLuca Filippi Super Nova 15 lapsJohnny Cecotto Ocean 14 lapsEsteban Gutierrez ART 0 lapsMax Chilton Carlin 0 lapsFabio Leimer Rapax 0 laps