ART Grand Prix's Nobuharu Matsushita returned to the series after serving his one-round ban in Austria.

Prema Racing went against this using the opposite strategy to great effect, with Pierre Gasly taking his maiden GP2 win from teammate Antonio Giovinazzi.

The sprint race saw another dominant performance from Jordan King who led from start to finish despite a late charge from Luca Ghiotto.

The race was rather calm for the most part until three-laps from the end when the rain started to descend upon the circuit.

Rowland passed Matsushita in the final laps to achieve another podium, the only driver to do so throughout the weekend.