Sprint race 2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round

simon trummer (pictured in 2008) led first lap before being passed palmer. finished second clinch first podium result since 2009 international formula master.

further down field same lap, vandoorne passed teammate izawa impacted rear-end of de jong s car @ turn four, damaging front wing , forcing vandoorne reduce speed. vandoorne forced sand faster markelov before limp pit lane repairs , dropped out of top ten. rossi sustained puncture on third lap , required make unscheduled pit stop soft compound tyres in attempt record race s fastest lap. since no mandatory pit stops had made, palmer still leading though advantage on trummer less second. leal close despite raising concerns on suspected damage car. evans passed de jong eighth place on lap 6 while haryanto fell behind izawa, daly , markelow eleventh lap. race s halfway point, questions raised drivers used tyres hard in stages of event , used compounds economically view late attack. primary action @ point abt , berthon battling 15th place , both drivers caught marciello s lapped car. daly retired on lap 15 after sustaining possible puncture caused driving on turning vane binder s vehicle ahead of him.

the first 3 runners separated less 2 seconds 6 laps left in race. palmer , leal received frequent reminders preserve tyres, while trummer informed on radio have hopes of winning race had attack. quaife-hobbs slowed because tyres had degraded enough enable nasr close him. battle allowed pic, richelmi, evans , binder close causing jostling , minor contact between 6 cars. nasr passed quaife-hobbs @ final corner on 30th lap quaife-hobbs reclaimed fourth place driving first turn. nasr got ahead of quaife-hobbs slipstreaming him driving on outside line heading turn four. on final lap, richelmi overtook pic @ turn 8 fifth place while pic , markelov lost positions evans , binder. trummer unable overhaul palmer kept lead remainder of race clinch victory. trummer finished eight-tenths of second adrift in second , took first podium finish since 2009 international formula master. leal further six-tenths of second in arrears in third, nasr fourth , richelmi fifth. quaife-hobbs, evans , binder rounded out top-eight points scoring positions. pic, markelov, de jong, izawa, abt, cecotto, lancaster, haryanto, berthon, negrão, sato , regalia, vandoorne, coletti, marciello , rossi last of 25 classified finishers. victory palmer s fourth in gp2 series.