23/08/2015
NEWS STORY
After rocketing past his team-mate Jordan King on the first lap, Alexander Rossi led the team to a 1-2 in Spa-Francorchamps.
Yesterday's madness meant that King was to start on reverse grid pole position, but it was championship leader, Stoffel Vandoorne, who made the most of the start, promoting himself to fifth.
With the tyres beginning to struggle, a train formed behind Julian Leal which Vandoorne and Mitch Evans were quick to clear.
As Vandoorne and Evans caught the leaders, the virtual safety car was deployed halting their advances. Arthur Pic spun into the gravel and beached his Campos car.
At the restart, a rare mistake from Vandoorne caused him to lose time to the leaders and drop back into the clutches of Evans.
After managing the pace, Rossi held off King to win his first race of the season. Evans swooped past Vandoorne with DRS on the final lap, claiming the final podium position.
Team-mate Artem Markelov finished in fifth after a late pass on Sergey Sirotkin. Nathaniel Berthon dropped to seventh despite racing amongst the top three, with Alex Lynn close behind. Sergio Canamasas and Rio Haryanto complete the top ten.
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1. Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering
2. Jordan King Racing Engineering
3. Mitch Evans RUSSIAN TIME
4. Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix
5. Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME
6. Sergey Sirotkin Rapax
7. Nathanaël Berthon Daiko Team Lazarus
8. Alex Lynn DAMS
9. Sergio Canamasas Daiko Team Lazarus
10. Rio Haryanto Campos Racing
11. Julian Leal Carlin
12. Raffaele Marciello Trident
13. Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix
14. André Negrao Arden International
15. Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix
16. Robert Visoiu Rapax
17. Nick Yelloly Hilmer Motorsport
18. Gustav Malja Trident
19. Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix
20. Norman Nato Arden International
21. Sean Gelael Carlin
Fastest Lap: Vandoorne (ART Grand Prix) 2:01.151 (Lap 3)
Not Classified
Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport
Arthur Pic Campos Racing
Pierre Gasly DAMS
Standings after Belgium (Round 7)
| Pos | Name | Nat | Team | Points |
| 1 | Vandoorne | BEL | ART Grand Prix | 233 |
| 2 | Rossi | USA | Racing Engineering | 128 |
| 3 | Haryanto | INA | Campos Racing | 109 |
| 4 | Sirotkin | RUS | Rapax | 109 |
| 5 | Lynn | GBR | DAMS | 86 |
| 6 | Gasly | FRA | DAMS | 61 |
| 7 | Marciello | ITA | Trident | 58 |
| 8 | Evans | NZL | Russian Time | 57 |
| 9 | Matsushita | JPN | ART Grand Prix | 48 |
| 10 | King | GBR | Racing Engineering | 42 |
| 11 | Pic | FRA | Campos Racing | 39 |
| 12 | Leal | COL | Carlin | 38 |
| 13 | Markelov | RUS | Russian Time | 37 |
| 14 | Berthon | FRA | Daiko Team Lazarus | 24 |
| 15 | Canamasas | ESP | Hilmer Motorsport | 23 |
| 16 | Stanaway | NZL | Status Grand Prix | 22 |
| 17 | Yelloly | GBR | Hilmer Motorsport | 19 |
| 18 | Visoiu | ROU | Rapax | 18 |
| 19 | Nato | FRA | Arden International | 10 |
| 20 | Rowland | GBR | MP Motorsport | 3 |
| 21 | Negrao | BRA | Arden International | 3 |
| 22 | De Jong | NED | MP Motorsport | 1 |
| 23 | Malja | SWE | Trident | 1 |
Team standings after Belgium (Round 7)
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | ART Grand Prix | 281 |
| 2 | Racing Engineering | 170 |
| 3 | Campos Racing | 148 |
| 4 | DAMS | 147 |
| 5 | Rapax | 127 |
| 6 | Russian Time | 94 |
| 7 | Trident | 59 |
| 8 | Carlin | 38 |
| 9 | MP Motorsport | 27 |
| 10 | Daiko Team Lazarus | 24 |
| 11 | Status Grand Prix | 22 |
| 12 | Hilmer motorsport | 19 |
| 13 | Arden International | 13 |