2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round
Round details
Round 8 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series season and Round 6 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series season
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	27 August 2016
Laps	25
Pole position
Driver	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Time	1:56.607
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Second	Jordan King	Racing Engineering
Third	Alex Lynn	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Artem Markelov	Russian Time
Time	2:01.187 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date	28 August 2016
Laps	18
Podium
First	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Second	Gustav Malja	Rapax
Third	Luca Ghiotto	Trident
Fastest lap
Driver	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Time	2:01.329 (on lap 2)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	27 August 2016
Laps	17
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	2:04.896
Podium
First	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Third	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	2:09.918 (on lap 5)
Race 2
Date	28 August 2016
Laps	13
Podium
First	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Second	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Third	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Time	2:09.435 (on lap 8)

The 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 27 and 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the Belgium as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the eighth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the sixth round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix.

Background

In GP2, Sergio Canamasas announced his return to Carlin for the round, replacing Rene Binder^[1]

Meanwhile, in GP3, Óscar Tunjo will taking the third entry at Jenzer Motorsport to return to the category.^[2] Another driver change for this weekend was in the Koiranen GP camp where Red Bull junior driver Niko Kari would be replacing Ralph Boschung.^[3]

Report

GP2

Qualifying

Antonio Giovinazzi led a Prema Racing 1-2 in qualifying, once again showcasing Prema's run of dominance in GP2 as of late. Gustav Malja proved the surprise candidate for third, albeit half a second adrift of Giovinazzi.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:56.607		1
2	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:56.768	+ 0.161 s	2
3	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:57.124	+ 0.517 s	3
4	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:57.211	+ 0.604 s	4
5	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:57.411	+ 0.804 s	5
6	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	1:57.462	+ 0.855 s	6
7	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:57.512	+ 0.905 s	7
8	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:57.658	+ 1.051 s	8
9	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:57.665	+ 1.058 s	9
10	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:57.750	+ 1.143 s	10
11	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:57.768	+ 1.161 s	11
12	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:57.906	+ 1.299 s	12
13	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:57.927	+ 1.320 s	13
14	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:57.964	+ 1.357 s	14
15	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:57.987	+ 1.380 s	15
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:58.165	+ 1.558 s	16
17	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:58.252	+ 1.645 s	17
18	23	Daniel de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:58.342	+ 1.735 s	18
19	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:58.386	+ 1.779 s	19
20	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	1:58.674	+ 2.067 s	20
21	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:59.292	+ 2.685 s	22 ¹
22	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:59.577	+ 2.970 s	21
Source:^[4]

Notes: 1.^ – Jeffri was given a grid penalty from the previous round in Hockenheim, after having been deemed to have caused a collision.^[5]

Feature Race

Pierre Gasly took another win with a dominant performance and with rival Sergey Sirotkin absent from the podium, he stretched his lead in the standings. Brits Jordan King and Alex Lynn tookk second and third respectively, comfortably ahead of the Russian Time pair of Raffaele Marciello and Artem Markelov

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	25	53min 00.853sec	2	25
2	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	25	+ 11.262 s	5	18
3	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	25	+ 15.519 s	8	15
4	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	25	+ 19.163 s	7	12
5	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	25	+ 20.723 s	12	10 (2)
6	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	25	+ 24.616 s	1	8 (3)
7	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	25	+ 28.703 s	14	6
8	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	25	+ 32.404 s	3	4
9	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	25	+ 35.778 s	13	2
10	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	25	+ 36.489 s	15	1
11	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	25	+ 36.620 s	9
12	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	25	+ 36.819 s	16
13	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	25	+ 41.909 s	11
14	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	25	+ 46.297 s	6
15	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	25	+ 47.842 s	20
16	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	25	+ 51.263 s	19
17	23	Daniel de Jong	MP Motorsport	25	+ 59.821 s	18
18	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	25	+ 1:10.120 s	17
19	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	25	+ 1:11.915 s	22
20	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	25	+ 1:35.380 s	21
Ret	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	18	Collision damage	4
Ret	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1	Collision damage	10
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) — 2:01.187 (on lap 24)
Source:

Sprint Race

Antonio Giovinazzi took the sprint race win to complete a dominant weekend for the Prema Racing outfit. Gustav Malja finished in second to record his best finish in GP2 and Luca Ghiotto achieved third for the Trident team.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	18	36min 48.422sec	3	15 (2)
2	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	18	+ 2.359 s	1	12
3	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	18	+ 3.921 s	2	10
4	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	18	+ 4.479 s	8	8
5	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	18	+ 6.634 s	5	6
6	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	18	+ 13.133 s	10	4
7	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	18	+ 16.274 s	12	2
8	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	18	+ 17.011 s	21	1
9	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	18	+ 18.821 s	13
10	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	18	+ 9.045 s ¹	6
11	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	18	+ 20.170 s	11
12	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	18	+ 10.458 s ²	7
13	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	18	+ 20.713 s	16
14	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	18	+ 24.657 s	22
15	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	18	+ 34.203 s	18
16	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	18	+ 15.557 s ³	9
17	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	18	+ 25.989 s ⁴	17
18	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	18	+ 31.645 s ⁵	19
19	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	18	+ 43.500 s	20
20	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	18	+ 1:26.962 s ⁶	15
21	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	17	+ 1 Lap ⁷	14
NC	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	17	Collision	4
Fastest lap: Antonio Giovinazzi (Prema Racing) — 2:01.329 (on lap 2)
Source:

Notes: 1.^ – Lynn, King, Pic, de Jong, Jeffri, Erikkson and Sirotkin were all given ten-second penalties after being found guilty of using their DRS on lap one.^[6]

GP3

Qualifying

Charles Leclerc took his first pole position since the Red Bull Ring round with a time over three-tenths faster than his nearest rival, Hughes. Nyck de Vries took third with a time just under half a second slower than Leclerc.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	2:04.896		1
2	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	2:05.259	+ 0.363 s	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	2:05.393	+ 0.497 s	3
4	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	2:05.448	+ 0.552 s	4
5	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	2:05.612	+ 0.716 s	5
6	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	2:05.653	+ 0.765 s	6
7	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	2:05.661	+ 0.862 s	7
8	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	2:05.758	+ 0.862 s	8
9	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	2:05.852	+ 0.956 s	9
10	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	2:05.880	+ 0.984 s	10
11	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	2:06.012	+ 1.116 s	11
12	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	2:06.145	+ 1.249 s	12
13	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	2:06.179	+ 1.283 s	13
14	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	2:06.185	+ 1.289 s	14
15	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	2:06.201	+ 1.305 s	15
16	19	Óscar Tunjo	Jenzer Motorsport	2:06.282	+ 1.386 s	16
17	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	2:06.421	+ 1.525 s	17
18	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	2:06.531	+ 1.635 s	18
19	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	2:06.740	+ 1.844 s	19
20	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	2:06.769	+ 1.873 s	20
21	17	Niko Kari	Koiranen GP	2:06.772	+ 1.876 s	21
22	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	2:06.900	+ 2.004 s	22
23	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	2:07.086	+ 2.190 s	23
Source:^[7]

Race 1

Charles Leclerc took another win to inch further ahead in the championship, finishing 2.3 seconds ahead of Jake Dennis and 15.4 seconds ahead of teammate, Nyck de Vries.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	17	40min 06.695sec	1	25 (5)
2	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	17	+ 2.305 s	13	18
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	17	+ 15.402 s	3	15
4	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	17	+ 19.427 s	4	12
5	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	17	+ 19.837 s	14	10
6	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	17	+ 21.419 s	15	8
7	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	17	+ 24.337 s	9	6
8	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	17	+ 28.856 s	12	4
9	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	17	+ 30.076 s	17	2
10	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	17	+ 31.045 s	19	1
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	17	+ 39.185 s	5
12	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	17	+ 42.364 s	18
13	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	17	+ 48.122 s	10
14	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	17	+ 41.141 s ¹	22
15	19	Óscar Tunjo	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+ 59.185 s ²	16
16	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+ 1:15.690 s	23
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	17	+ 1:12.750 s ³	20
Ret	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	13	Retired	8
Ret	17	Niko Kari	Koiranen GP	4	Retired	21
Ret	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	11
Ret	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	0	Retired	6
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	0	Retired	2
Ret	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	7
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc (ART Grand Prix) — 2:09.918 (on lap 5)
Source:

Notes: 1.^ – Calderón was given a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Niko Kari.^[8]; 2.^ – Tunjo was given a 10-second penalty for a dangerous re-entry onto the circuit, causing a collision with Konstantin Tereshchenko.^[8]; 3.^ – Tereshchenko was given a 10-second penalty for forcing Tunjo off of the circuit.^[8]

Race 2

Jack Aitken took his first GP3 win in a tight battle between himself and Antonio Fuoco. Haas F1 development driver, Santino Ferrucci achieved his first podium, 5.8 seconds adrift of the leader.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	13	31min 56.599sec	4	15 (2)
2	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	13	+ 1.769 s	5	12
3	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	13	+ 5.820 s	2	10
4	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	13	+ 7.207 s	1	8
5	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	13	+ 7.708 s	7	6
6	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	13	+ 8.436 s	8	4
7	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	13	+ 9.345 s	3	2
8	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	13	+ 9.851 s	6	1
9	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	13	+ 11.614 s	12
10	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	13	+ 12.363 s	9
11	22	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	13	+ 14.531 s	13
12	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	13	+ 15.919 s	10
13	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+ 16.579 s	16
14	17	Niko Kari	Koiranen GP	13	+ 17.591 s	19
15	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	13	+ 23.275 s	20
16	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+ 15.372 s ¹	23
NC	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	12	+ 1 Lap	18
Ret	28	Kevin Jorg	DAMS	8	Retired	11
Ret	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	5	Collision	21
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	5	Collision	22
Ret	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	2	Puncture	17
Ret	10	Tatiana Calderon	Arden International	1	Accident	14
Fastest lap: Jack Aitken (Arden International) — 2:09.435 (on lap 8)
Source:

Notes: 1.^ – Maini was given a ten-second penalty after causing a collision with Alexander Albon.^[9]

Standings after the round

GP2 Series

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Pierre Gasly	146
2	Antonio Giovinazzi	129
3	Raffaele Marciello	120
4	Sergey Sirotkin	115
5	Oliver Rowland	104

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Racing	275
2	Russian Time	197
3	Racing Engineering	180
4	ART Grand Prix	173
5	MP Motorsport	110

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

GP3 Series

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Charles Leclerc	161
2	Antonio Fuoco	139
3	Alexander Albon	125
4	Nyck de Vries	81
5	Matt Parry	70

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	401
2	Trident	150
3	Koiranen GP	135
4	Arden International	129
5	DAMS	99

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

↑ "Canamasas makes GP2 return at Spa with Carlin". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
↑ "Tunjo in, Boschung out for Spa GP3 round". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
↑ "Red Bull junior Kari handed GP3 debut at Spa". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
↑ "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Belgium". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
↑ "Hockenheim Post Sprint Race Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
↑ "Drivers Penalised After Sprint Race in Spa". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Belgium". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
1 2 3 "Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 1 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ "Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 2 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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