2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

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Round details
Round 8 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Feature race
Date 27 August 2016
Laps 25
Pole position
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Time 1:56.607
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering
Third Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time
Time 2:01.187 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date 28 August 2016
Laps 18
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax
Third Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Time 2:01.329 (on lap 2)

The 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 27 and 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. It was the eighth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix.

Contents

Background

Sergio Canamasas announced his return to Carlin for the round, replacing René Binder [1]

Report

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.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
120 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:56.6071
221 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:56.768+0.1612
311 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 1:57.124+0.5173
43 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:57.211+0.6044
54 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:57.411+0.8045
612 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 1:57.462+0.8556
79 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:57.512+0.9057
85 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 1:57.658+1.0518
91 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:57.665+1.0589
1019 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:57.750+1.14310
116 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:57.768+1.16111
1210 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:57.906+1.29912
132 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:57.927+1.32013
1415 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:57.964+1.35714
1522 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:57.987+1.38015
1618 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:58.165+1.55816
178 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:58.252+1.64517
1823 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1:58.342+1.73518
197 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:58.386+1.77919
2025 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:58.674+2.06720
2124 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:59.292+2.68522 1
2214 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:59.577+2.97021
Source: [2]
Notes
1. ^ – Jeffri was given a grid penalty from the previous round in Hockenheim, after having been deemed to have caused a collision. [3]

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 took second and third respectively, comfortably ahead of the Russian Time pair of Raffaele Marciello and Artem Markelov

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
121 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 2553:00.853225
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 25+11.262518
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 25+15.519815
49 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 25+19.163712
510 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 25+20.7231210 (2)
620 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 25+24.61618 (4)
715 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 25+28.703146
811 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 25+32.40434
92 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 25+35.778132
1022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 25+36.489151
111 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 25+36.6209
1218 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Canamasas Carlin 25+36.81916
136 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 25+41.90911
1412 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 25+46.2976
1525 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 25+47.84220
167 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 25+51.26319
1723 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 25+59.82118
188 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 25+1:10.12017
1924 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 25+1:11.91522
2014 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 25+1:35.38021
Ret3 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 18Collision damage4
Ret19 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1Collision damage10
Fastest lap: Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov (Russian Time) – 2:01.187 (on lap 24)
Source: [2]

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.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
120 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1836:48.422315 (2)
211 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 18+2.359112
315 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 18+3.921210
421 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 18+4.47988
59 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 18+6.63456
622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 18+13.133104
718 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Canamasas Carlin 18+16.274122
83 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 18+17.011211
96 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 18+18.82113
105 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 18+19.045 1 6
111 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 18+20.17011
124 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 18+20.458 2 7
137 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 18+20.71316
1419 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 18+24.65722
158 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 18+34.20318
162 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 18+35.557 3 9
1723 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 18+35.989 4 17
1824 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 18+41.645 5 19
1914 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 18+43.50020
2025 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 18+1:36.962 6 15
2112 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 17+1 Lap 7 14
NC10 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 17Collision4
Fastest lap: Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi (Prema Racing) – 2:01.329 (on lap 2)
Source: [2]
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. [4]

Standings after the round

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