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Lap 15 - Current order: GAS GIO SIR KIN JEF PIC LAT MAK LYN GHI KIR JON CAN MAC ROW #GP2
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Pada lap ke-18 terjadi persaingan sengit antara duo pebalap Prema Racing, yakni Giovinazzi dan Pierre Gasly.
Lap 19 - Giovinazzi tries a move on Gasly at Turn 1, but the Frenchman defends well and keeps his position #GP2
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Lap 21 - Giovinazzi is into the lead as Gasly cracks under pressure and goes a bit too wide into turn 1 #GP2
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Setelah mencoba beberapa kali, pebalap asal Italia ini berhasil meraih posisi terdepan saat memasuki lap ke-21. Posisi tersebut dia pertahankan hingga memasuki garis finis.
Celebration time in Baku for the Sprint Race! Congratulations @anto_giovinazzi @PierreGASLY @sirotkin_sergey #GP2 pic.twitter.com/YPOk7SFdfd
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Baca Juga:
Finis di urutan kedua adalah Gasly. Sirotkin dan Jordan King (Racing Engineering), masing-masing finis di urutan ketiga dan keempat.
Kemenangan Giovinazzi melanjutkan catatan positif pada balapan pertama (feature race) yang berlangsung Sabtu (18/6/2016). Pada balapan tersebut dia juga finis di posisi pertama.
Berikut hasil balapan kedua (sprint race) GP2 Eropa.
1. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA PREMA Racing 21 laps
2. Pierre Gasly FRA PREMA Racing +1.7s
3. Sergey Sirotkin RUS ART Grand Prix +4.1s
4. Jordan King GBR Racing Engineering +5.6s
5. Artem Markelov RUS RUSSIAN TIME +14.8
6. Sergio Canamasas ESP Carlin +16.1s
7. Nabil Jeffri MAL Arden International 17.6
8. Arthur Pic FRA Rapax +18.2
9. Alex Lynn GBR DAMS +19.8s
10. Marvin Kirchhofer GER Carlin +22.7s
11. Raffaele Marciello ITA RUSSIAN TIME +23.6s
12. Luca Ghiotto ITA Trident +26.4s
13. Nicholas Latifi CAN DAMS +28.8s
14. Daniel de Jong NED MP Motorsport +52.8s
Not Classified
15. Oliver Rowland GBR MP Motorsport +1 lap
16. Nobuharu Matsushita JPN ART Grand Prix 13 laps completed
17. Mitch Evans NZL Jagonya Ayam Campos 12 laps completed
18. Sean Gelael INA Jagonya Ayam Campos 11 laps completed
19. Gustav Malja SWE Rapax 11 laps completed
20. Philo Paz Armand INA Trident 9 laps completed
21. Norman Nato FRA Racing Engineering 9 laps completed
22. Jimmy Eriksson SWE Arden International 7 laps completed