| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Round 1 of 11 rounds in the 2014 GP2 Series | |||
 Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit | |||
| Location | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 5 April 2014 | ||
| Laps | 32 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | |
| Time | 1:38.865 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Stoffel Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix | |
| Second |
 Julián Leal | Carlin | |
| Third |
Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Artem Markelov[a] | RT Russian Time | |
| Time | 1:43.604 (on lap 24) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 6 April 2014 | ||
| Laps | 23 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Jolyon Palmer | DAMS | |
| Second |
 Simon Trummer | Rapax | |
| Third |
Julián Leal | Carlin | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alexander Rossi[b] | EQ8 Caterham Racing | |
| Time | 1:45.344 (on lap 4) | ||
The 2014 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 5 and 6 April 2014 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain as part of the GP2 Series. It was the first round of the 2014 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix. The first race, a 32-lap feature event, was won by ART Grand Prix driver Stoffel Vandoorne after starting from second position. Julián Leal finished second for the Carlin team and DAMS driver Jolyon Palmer took third. Palmer won the shorter 23-lap sprint race from Rapax's Simon Trummer in second and Leal third.
Palmer took pole position in the feature race by recording the fastest lap in qualifying, but wheelspin at the start dropped him behind Vandoorne. A lap three crash between Axcil Jefferies and Kimiya Sato saw the safety car deployed for the next three laps and Vandoorne kept the lead at the restart. He retained it until his pit stop on the ninth lap. Nathanaël Berthon took the lead for nine laps before Trummer took over the position until his lap 30 pit stop. Vandoorne regained the lead and maintained it to win the feature race. Felipe Nasr started from pole position in the sprint race but lost it to Trummer due to a slow start. Palmer passed Trummer for the lead on the second lap and held it to win.
Vandoorne's feature race victory was his first in the GP2 Series and on his maiden start and Palmer's sprint race win was the fourth of his career. The result put Palmer in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 38 points, ten in front of second-placed Leal. Vandoorne was in third place, with Trummer fourth and Nasr fifth. DAMS became the leaders of the Teams' Championship by four points over Carlin. ART Grand Prix were a further seven points in third position, while Rapax and Racing Engineering were fourth and fifth, with ten rounds left in the season.
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