Post-race 2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round



julián leal (pictured @ first pre-season test in abu dhabi) performed in both races , stood ten points behind palmer in drivers championship.


the top 3 drivers of both races appeared on podium collect trophies , participate later in press conference. after feature race, vandoorne said have run longer soft-compound tyres chose enter pit lane ensure remain in lead , felt team made correct decision, wanted safe , keep lead because had made 2 more laps others on soft tyres. leal delighted secure second-place finish , did not believe have finished in position because of started team noted pace strong throughout pre-season testing, it’s great able replicate , here today.” revealed engineer told him push hard 2 laps enabling him gain positions , not attempting attack palmer passed him result of conserving tyre life in event s closing stages. third-place finisher palmer spoke of disappointment because felt team challenge victory praised strategy enabled him move field. admitted work needed done on starts did not change strategy after slow getaway.


when sprint race had finished, palmer stated on podium, yesterday first sixth in 1 lap , sixth first made , absolutely delighted. had done lot of homework on start , tyre degradation , think nailed them both. described race tough , drove more conseratively knowledge acculated previous day s race , made set-up , balance changes. trummer said felt finish in second place , knew beforehand achieve result in sprint race. stated did not defend excessively against palmer on second lap because of fast pace , aware had conserve tyre life, bit wrong because kept strong pace race long. @ end of race thought struggle more didn’t. hard attack him. great race. had great pace , i’m happy p2. third-place finisher leal spoke of unbelievable start of season himself , team focused attention next race of season. said after first corner, maintaining third place , praised trummer performance in spite of not overtaking him in first 3 laps.


following this, first race of season, palmer led drivers championship 38 points, ten ahead of second-placed leal. vandoorne in third on 25 points, trummer further 7 points behind in fourth. nasr rounded out top 5 twelve points. dams assumed lead of teams championship 44 points; carlin close behind in battle first place 40 points. art grand prix in third place on 33 points rapax ten points in arrears in fourth place. racing engineering stood in fifth position on twelve points ten rounds left in season.








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