GP2 – Nato opens his account in Barcelona

The first race of the 2 GP2016 Series took on French accents this Saturday afternoon in Barcelona, ​​Catalonia. Author of pole position yesterday in qualifying, Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) did not miss his start to come ahead of his compatriot Norman Nato (Racing Engineering) at the first turn.

The two Frenchmen, followed by the Russian Sergey Sirotkin, resident of the French team ART Grand Prix, dominated the opening event of the season for a long time, without the hierarchy being modified, including after the deployment of the virtual safety car then the safety car at the start of the event following the exit of the track by Luca Ghiotto (Trident).

But Sirtokin's loss of control when entering turn 2 while trying to put pressure on Nato will restart the race by causing the second safety car to enter the track. After passing through the stands, Norman Nato will succeed in an attack on the leader Gasly when braking at turn 10 to take control of the race and fly to victory.

Behind, Gasly will not be able to resist the assaults of Nicholas latifi (DAMS) who finished second in front of the poleman who however saved third place under safety car regime. The top 5 is completed by Artem Markelov (Russian Time) and Alex Lynn (DAMS), who started with a different strategy on soft tires.

The classification given by the GP2 Series shows Raffaele Marciello (Russian Time) eighth and therefore in a position to start the sprint race tomorrow in pole position, despite a collision with Antonio Giovinazzi (Prema Racing) having sent the first city into the gravel trap in limit switch.

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