Pada lap ke-28, Evans naik ke posisi kelima dengan melewati Nobuharu Matsushita (ART Grand Prix).
Lap 28: Evans makes a superb pass for P5 getting through on Matsushita #GP2
— GP2 Series Official (@GP2_Official) July 9, 2016
Evans belum berhenti. Dia lalu melewati Luca Ghiotto (Trident Racing) untuk mendapatkan tempat keempt.
Giovinazzi menempel ketat Rowland. Dia akhirnya berhasil melewati Rowland pada lap terakhir untuk mendapatkan tempat kedua.
Lap 29: Giovinazzi passes Rowland for second around the outside on the last lap #GP2
— GP2 Series Official (@GP2_Official) July 9, 2016
Gasly bertahan di depan hingga finis, diikuti rekan satu timnya, Giovinazzi. Rowland menyusul finis ketiga.
Bagi Gasly, ini merupakan kemenangan pertamanya di GP2 Series.
Chequered Flag! @PierreGASLY wins his first @GP2_Official race! #GP2
— GP2 Series Official (@GP2_Official) July 9, 2016
Congratulations @PierreGASLY for his maiden #GP2 win! @PREMAPowerteam pic.twitter.com/bZaW6Y8pOE
— GP2 Series Official (@GP2_Official) July 9, 2016
Evans mempertahankan tradisi poin untuk Pertamina Campos Racing dengan finis di urutan keempat dan meraih 12 poin.
Para pebalap akan kembali bersaing pada balapan kedua (sprint race), Minggu (10/7/2016), mulai pukul 09.25 waktu setempat (15.25 WIB).
Berikut hasil balapan pertama (feature race) GP2 Series Inggris.
1. Pierre Gasly FRA PREMA Racing 29 laps
2. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA PREMA Racing 9.4s
3. Oliver Rowland GBR MP Motorsport +11.0s
4. Mitch Evans NZL Jagonya Ayam Campos +21.6
5. Luca Ghiotto ITA Trident +24.5s
6. Rene Binder AUT ART Grand Prix +25.1s
7. Norman Nato FRA Racing Engineering +25.4s.
8. Jordan King GBR Racing Engineering +25.6s
9. Raffaele Marciello ITA RUSSIAN TIME +31.7s
10. Artem Markelov RUS RUSSIAN TIME +33.1s
11. Nicholas Latifi CAN DAMS +34.2s
12. Marvin Kirchhofer GER Carlin +34.4s
13. Sergio Canamasas ESP Carlin +37.8s
14. Arthur Pic FRA Rapax +42.6s
15. Jimmy Eriksson SWE Arden International +55.2s
16. Alex Lynn GBR DAMS +56.6s
17. Nabil Jeffri MAL Arden International +57.4s
18. Sergey Sirotkin RUS ART Grand Prix +1m 02.0s
19. Daniel de Jong NED MP Motorsport +1m 23.6s
20. Philo Paz Armand INA Trident +1m 39.9s
21. Sean Gelael INA Jagonya Ayam Campos +1 lap
22. Gustav Malja SWE Rapax +1 lap