GP2: Vandoorne takes pole on home turf

21/08/2015
NEWS STORY

Championship leader, Stoffel Vandoorne flew to pole position in today's qualifying in Belgium. The ART pilot took to the circuit whilst the remaining field watched on from the pits as he set a blistering lap of 1:56.278 on home soil.

Series returnee, Oliver Rowland, made a late jump to join the Belgian on the front row just a tenth away from the top spot.

Sergey Sirotkin and Jordan King line up for tomorrow's Feature Race in third and fourth whilst Nobuharu Matsushita and Mitch Evans lock out the third row of the grid.

Pierre Gasly and Alexander Rossi set times fit for seventh and eighth, respectively, as Alex Lynn and Norman Nato round out the top ten.

Haryanto, Marciello, Visoiu, Pic, Yelloly, Leal, Stanaway, Canamasas, Berthon, Negrao, De Jong, Markelov, Stockinger, Malja and Gelael complete the results.

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Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:56.278 134.745 mph
2 Rowland MP Motorsport 1:56.425 0.147
3 Sirotkin Rapax 1:56.513 0.235
4 King Racing Engineering 1:56.625 0.347
5 Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:56.659 0.381
6 Evans Russian Time 1:56.661 0.383
7 Gasly DAMS 1:56.701 0.423
8 Rossi Racing Engineering 1:56.845 0.567
9 Lynn DAMS 1:56.985 0.707
10 Nato Arden International 1:57.019 0.741
11 Haryanto Campos Racing 1:57.143 0.865
12 Marciello Trident 1:57.218 0.940
13 Visolu Rapax 1:57.273 0.995
14 Pic Campos Racing 1:57.275 0.997
15 Yelloly Hilmer Motorsport 1:57.328 1.050
16 Leal Carlin 1:57.440 1.162
17 Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:57.528 1.250
18 Canamasas Daiko Team Lazarus 1:57.560 1.282
19 Berthon Daiko Team Lazarus 1:57.615 1.337
20 Negrao Arden International 1:57.661 1.383
21 De Jong MP Motorsport 1:57.746 1.468
22 Markelov Russian Time 1:57.809 1.531
23 Stockinger Status Grand Prix 1:58.136 1.858
24 Malja Trident 1:58.371 2.093
25 Gelael Carlin 1:58.402 2.124

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