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Home Formula 2 Calado finishes GP2 season with victory

Calado finishes GP2 season with victory

by Peter Allen
Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service

Photo: Alastair Staley/GP2 Media Service

James Calado used a rocket start to claim victory in what will probably be his final GP2 Series race in race two in Abu Dhabi.

Starting third, Calado pierced his way past front-row starters Johnny Cecotto and Felipe Nasr to lead into the first corner. He was then gifted a comfortable advantage when Cecotto and Nasr collided at turn one, Nasr later receiving a drive-through penalty as a result.

Dani Clos took up second place ahead of champion Fabio Leimer, but was able to keep pace with Calado for much of the race. A late safety car brought him close but he settled for second as he finished his five-round return with MP Motorsport with a podium.

Leimer maintained the consistent form that won him the title in third. His rival Sam Bird came through to fourth from ninth on the grid to give Russian Time the teams’ title at their first attempt. Carlin led the standings at the start of the race but neither Nasr nor Jolyon Palmer would score points, the latter retiring out of tenth with a puncture.

Calado’s ART team-mate Daniel Abt finished his difficult rookie season with his best result to-date of fifth. Marcus Ericsson was sixth ahead of Simon Trummer and Sergio Canamasas with the top ten completed by Stefano Coletti and Julian Leal.

Race results
Pos. Driver Team Time/Gap
1 James Calado ART Grand Prix 22 laps in 44:04.124
2 Dani Clos MP Motorsport +0.787
3 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering +4.965
4 Sam Bird Russian Time +9.440
5 Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix +9.957
6 Marcus Ericsson DAMS +11.981
7 Simon Trummer Rapax +13.188
8 Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing +16.432
9 Stefano Coletti Rapax +18.117
10 Julian Leal Racing Engineering +18.487
11 Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team +24.753
12 Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team +33.689
13 Nathanael Berthon Trident Racing +34.153
14 Mitch Evans Arden International +34.485
15 Gianmarco Raimondo Trident Racing +36.123
16 Rene Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus +36.884
17 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport +37.471
18 Felipe Nasr Carlin +40.271
19 Vittorio Ghirelli Venezuela GP Lazarus +41.869
20 Stephane Richelmi DAMS +79.122
21 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Hilmer Motorsport +3 laps
Not classified
Jolyon Palmer Carlin +5 laps
Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport +13 laps
Johnny Cecotto Arden International +22 laps
Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing +22 laps
DNS Tom Dillmann Russian Time
Championship standings
Pos. Driver Team Pts.
1 Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 201
2 Sam Bird Russian Time 181
3 James Calado ART Grand Prix 157
4 Felipe Nasr Carlin 154
5 Stefano Coletti Rapax 135
6 Marcus Ericsson DAMS 121
7 Jolyon Palmer Carlin 119
8 Stephane Richelmi DAMS 103
9 Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 92
10 Tom Dillmann Russian Time 92
11 Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 73
12 Julian Leal Racing Engineering 62
13 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 56
14 Mitch Evans Arden International 56
15 Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 47
16 Johnny Cecotto Arden International 41
17 Kevin Ceccon Trident Racing 28
18 Dani Clos MP Motorsport 25
19 Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 22
20 Nathanael Berthon Trident Racing 21
21 Simon Trummer Rapax 20
22 Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix 11
23 Rene Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 11
24 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 3
25 Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 3
26 Conor Daly Hilmer Motorsport 2
27 Vittorio Ghirelli Venezuela GP Lazarus 1
28 Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 0
29 Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 0
30 Gianmarco Raimondo Trident Racing 0
31 Pal Varhaug Hilmer Motorsport 0
32 Sergio Campana Trident Racing 0
33 Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 0
34 Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing 0
35 Ma Qing Hua Caterham Racing 0