Sam Bird kept the pressure on Series leader Fabio Leimer scoring another win in sprint race at the Marina Bay circuit. The Briton headed Marcus Ericsson and Leimer.
Bird, who took 8th position on Saturday’s feature race, inherited pole position for race 2. The Brit was able to control the rest of the pack, Ericsson in tow. Behind the pair, Leimer was able to move up to third ahead of a slow-starting Tom Dillmann.
Sam Bird (Photo: GP2series.com)
That was the final top 3 order for the race 2, with Stéphane Richelmi in fourth position ahead of Jon Lancaster.
Leimer still holds on to the lead of the standings with 179 points to 172 points for Bird, while Nasr’s challenging race brought him no points and left him on 148, ahead of Coletti on 135 and Calado on 134 points.
RUSSIAN TIME extend their lead in the teams’ standings over Carlin by 264 points to 247, ahead of Racing Engineering on 241 and DAMS on 205. The final round of the season will take place in Abu Dhabi in the first week of November.
Race results -Singapore (GP2)
1 – Sam Bird – Russian Time – 20 laps 40’36″444
2 – Marcus Ericsson – Dams – 5″787
3 – Fabio Leimer – Racing Engineering – 7″745
4 – Stephane Richelmi – Dams – 9″311
5 – Jon Lancaster – Hilmer – 17″885
6 – Johnny Cecotto – Arden – 34″140
7 – Daniel De Jong – MP Motorsport – 56″282
8 – Adrian Quaife Hobbs – Hilmer – 57″159
9 – Rene Binder – Lazarus – 1’07″397
10 – Nathanael Berthon – Trident – 1’07″997
11 – Rio Haryanto – Addax – 1’08″302
12 – Julian Leal – Racing Engineering – 1’09″052
13 – Simon Trummer – Rapax – 1’09″248
14 – Tom Dillmann – Russian Time – 1’11″366
15 – Mitch Evans – Arden – 1’15″458
16 – Felipe Nasr – Carlin – 1’15″990
17 – Jolyon Palmer – Carlin – 1’16″415
18 – Jake Rosenzweig – Addax – 1’22″004
19 – James Calado – ART – 1’28″898
20 – Vittorio Ghirelli – Lazarus – 1’37″714
21 – Dani Clos – MP Motorsport – 1’49″482
22 – Gianmarco Raimondo – Trident – 2’02″960
23 – Alexander Rossi – Caterham – 1 lap
24 – Stefano Coletti – Rapax – 1 lap
Fastest lap of the race: 1’37″368 (Jolyon Palmer)
Retirements
Lap 9 – Daniel Abt
Lap 2 – Sergio Canamasas
Championship standings
1.Leimer 179; 2.Bird 172; 3.Nasr 148; 4.Coletti 135; 5.Calado 134; 6.Richelmi 103; 7.Ericsson 102; 8.Palmer 99; 9.Dillmann 92; 10.Lancaster 73.