06/09/2015
NEWS STORY
Mitch Evans rounded off an incredible weekend after a last lap lunge on Arthur Pic to claim his first win of the season.
Jordan King started from pole but after clashing with Norman Nato, Pic stole the lead with Richie Stanaway and Evans in hot pursuit.
Yesterday's Feature Race winner, Alexander Rossi and Arden driver, Robert Visoiu made contact, causing an early safety car. The latter clipped the back of the American, spinning the Racing Engineering car around and ending both drivers' races.
Sergey Sirotkin lit up the timing screens by making his way past a number of his competitor before passing Rio Haryanto and Raffaele Marciello, three cars wide, in just one move.
With Stoffel Vandoorne and Evans trading fastest laps, the pressure was on Pic to stay calm. But for the Frenchman, the RUSSIAN TIME pilot was just too quick and with DRS, he threw his car in to the inside of turn one and claimed the lead.
At the chequered flag, Evans led the pack making it three-out-of-three podiums, whilst Pic and Vandoorne followed.
Stanaway held on to fourth, ahead of Sirotkin, who started P20, in fifth. Sergio Canamasas crossed the line in sixth with Raffaele Marciello in seventh. Rene Binder, Artem Markelov and Julian Leal complete the top ten.
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1. Mitch Evans RT RUSSIAN TIME
2. Arthur Pic Campos Racing
3. Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix
4. Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix
5. Sergey Sirotkin Rapax
6. Sergio Canamasas Daiko Team Lazarus
7. Raffaele Marciello Trident
8. Rene Binder MP Motorsport
9. Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME
10. Julian Leal Carlin
11. Alex Lynn DAMS
12. Rio Haryanto Campos Racing
13. Pierre Gasly DAMS
14. Johnny Cecotto Trident
15. Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix
16. Simon Trummer Hilmer Motorsport
17. Patric Niederhauser Daiko Team Lazarus
18. André Negrao Arden International
19. Marlon Stockinger Status Grand Prix
20. Jann Mardenborough Carlin
Fastest Lap: Alex Lynn (DAMS) 1:32.818 on lap 18
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Robert Visoiu Rapax
Alexander Rossi Racing Engineering
Jordan King Racing Engineering
Norman Nato Arden International
Standings after Italy (Round 8)
| Pos | Name | Nat | Team | Points |
| 1 | Vandoorne | BEL | ART Grand Prix | 261 |
| 2 | Rossi | USA | Racing Engineering | 153 |
| 3 | Sirotkin | RUS | Rapax | 115 |
| 4 | Haryanto | INA | Campos Racing | 109 |
| 5 | Lynn | GBR | DAMS | 88 |
| 6 | Evans | NZL | Russian Time | 87 |
| 7 | Gasly | FRA | DAMS | 65 |
| 8 | Marciello | ITA | Trident | 60 |
| 9 | Pic | FRA | Campos Racing | 57 |
| 10 | Matsushita | JPN | ART Grand Prix | 48 |
| 11 | Markelov | RUS | Russian Time | 47 |
| 12 | King | GBR | Racing Engineering | 46 |
| 13 | Stanaway | NZL | Status Grand Prix | 42 |
| 14 | Leal | COL | Carlin | 38 |
| 15 | Canamasas | ESP | Hilmer Motorsport | 27 |
| 16 | Berthon | FRA | Daiko Team Lazarus | 24 |
| 17 | Visoiu | ROU | Rapax | 20 |
| 18 | Nato | FRA | Arden International | 20 |
| 19 | Yelloly | GBR | Hilmer Motorsport | 19 |
| 20 | Rowland | GBR | MP Motorsport | 3 |
| 21 | Negrao | BRA | Arden International | 3 |
| 22 | Binder | AUT | Trident | 2 |
| 23 | De Jong | NED | MP Motorsport | 1 |
| 24 | Malja | SWE | Trident | 1 |
Team standings after Italy (Round 8)
| Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | ART Grand Prix | 309 |
| 2 | Racing Engineering | 199 |
| 3 | Campos Racing | 166 |
| 4 | DAMS | 153 |
| 5 | Rapax | 135 |
| 6 | Russian Time | 134 |
| 7 | Trident | 61 |
| 8 | Status Grand Prix | 42 |
| 9 | Carlin | 38 |
| 10 | MP Motorsport | 29 |
| 11 | Daiko Team Lazarus | 28 |
| 12 | Arden International | 23 |
| 13 | Hilmer motorsport | 19 |