2016 Silverstone GP2 Series round

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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg    2016 Silverstone GP2 round
Round details
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
Silverstone Circuit vector map.png
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course Permanent racing facility
5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Feature race
Date 9 July 2016
Laps 29
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering
Time 1:38.216
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Second Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing
Time 1:43.172 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date 10 July 2016
Laps 21
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering
Second Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident
Time 1:44.199 (on lap 3)

The 2016 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend they supported the 2016 British Grand Prix.

Contents

Background

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

Report

Qualifying

In a somewhat controversial manner, Norman Nato achieved the fastest time of 1:38.216, thereby achieving his first pole position of the year. He was under investigation for setting his pole lap under red flag conditions. He was deemed by officials to set the lap time under green conditions and his pole time stood. Pierre Gasly achieved second place two-tenths behind Nato and Nicholas Latifi achieved a career-best of third.

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGrid
13 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:38.2161
221 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:38.4412
36 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:38.7973
49 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:38.8424
52 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:38.904PL 1
620 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:38.9125
77 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:39.0846
84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:39.1237
912 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 1:39.1608
1022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:39.1929
1110 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:39.37010
121 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:39.57211
1319 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:39.66812
1418 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:39.74916 2
158 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:39.75013
1611 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 1:39.79814
175 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 1:39.92815
1823 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:40.45917
1925 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:40.83818
2024 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:41.16019
2114 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:41.38520
15 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident no time21
Source: [1]
Notes
1. ^ – Sirotkin was penalised after he failed to stop at the weighbridge and the car was not brought back before the mechanics worked on it, thereby violating the parc ferme ruling. He started from the pitlane. [2]
2. ^ – Canamasas received a three-place grid penalty after having been deemed to demonstrate unsporting behaviour towards Oliver Rowland after the conclusion of practice. [3]

Feature Race

The preferred tire strategy for the feature race was often to start on the hard compound and then switch to soft later in the race. Prema Racing went against this using the opposite strategy to great effect, with Pierre Gasly taking his maiden GP2 win from teammate Antonio Giovinazzi. Oliver Rowland also went with this strategy, achieving third despite struggling for grip in the dying laps. This result elevates both Prema drivers to first and second in the standings, with Evans maintaining third.

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
121 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 2951:39.383225
220 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 29+9.422518
322 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 29+16.090 1 915
47 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 29+21.667612 (2)
515 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 29+24.5912110
61 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 29+25.165118
73 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 29+25.47416 (4)
84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 29+25.65174
99 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 29+31.75742
1010 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 29+33.115101
116 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 29+34.2203
1219 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 29+34.40912
1318 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Canamasas Carlin 29+37.89816
1412 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 29+42.6108
1525 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 29+55.20518
165 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 29+56.60415
1724 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 29+57.49013
182 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 29+1:02.096PL
1923 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 29+1:23.66117
2014 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 29+1:39.76420
218 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 28+1 Lap13
2211 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 28+1 Lap14
Fastest lap: Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans (Campos Racing) – 1:43.172 (on lap 24)
Source:
Notes
1. ^ – Rowland was given a five-second time penalty for excessive over-use of track limits. [4]

Sprint Race

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. As the circuit became more and more slippery, the drivers soon found themselves struggling for grip. Norman Nato spun off and several others left the circuit. Rowland passed Matsushita in the final laps to achieve another podium, the only driver to do so throughout the weekend.

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 2137:35.325115
215 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 21+0.580412 (2)
322 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 21+11.664610
420 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 21+11.78678
51 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 21+17.51836
69 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 21+20.46794
721 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 21+23.12682
819 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 21+25.873121
918 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Canamasas Carlin 21+26.72113
106 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 21+27.37011
1112 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 21+28.06114
1210 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 21+28.63210
137 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 21+28.8445
145 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 21+29.59816
1524 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 21+31.28417
1623 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 21+32.24919
1725 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 21+35.41215
188 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 21+40.05821
1911 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 21+46.96422
2014 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 21+1:30.02820
212 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 21+1:30.62418
Ret3 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 19Spun off2
Fastest lap: Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto (Trident) – 1:44.199 (on lap 3)
Source:

Standings after the round

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