2016 Sepang GP2 Series round
The 2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 Series and the eighth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Background
Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his return to GP2 for this round with the Rapax team, whilst Jimmy Eriksson pulled out of the round due to financial setbacks.
In GP3, Alessio Lorandi made his debut for the Jenzer Motorsport outfit.
Report
GP2
Qualifying
Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |  Pierre Gasly
|
Prema Racing | 1:42.181 | 1 | |
| 2 | 20 |  Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Prema Racing | 1:42.263 | +0.082 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello
|
Russian Time | 1:42.526 | +0.345 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 |  Sergey Sirotkin
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:42.528 | +0.347 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 |  Nobuharu Matsushita
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:42.623 | +0.442 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 |  Alex Lynn
|
DAMS | 1:42.775 | +0.594 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | Norman Nato
|
Racing Engineering | 1:42.800 | +0.619 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Jordan King
|
Racing Engineering | 1:42.851 | +0.670 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
|
MP Motorsport | 1:42.902 | +0.721 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 1:42.934 | +0.753 | 10 |
| 11 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto
|
Trident | 1:42.934 | +0.753 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
DAMS | 1:43.130 | +0.949 | 12 |
| 13 | 11 |  Gustav Malja
|
Rapax | 1:43.224 | +1.043 | 13 |
| 14 | 19 |  Marvin Kirchhöfer
|
Carlin | 1:43.290 | +1.109 | 14 |
| 15 | 12 |  Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
Rapax | 1:43.385 | +1.204 | 15 |
| 16 | 7 |  Mitch Evans
|
Campos Racing | 1:43.606 | +1.425 | 16 |
| 17 | 24 |  Nabil Jeffri
|
Arden International | 1:43.761 | +1.580 | 17 |
| 18 | 23 |  Daniël de Jong
|
MP Motorsport | 1:43.965 | +1.784 | 18 |
| 19 | 18 |  Sergio Canamasas
|
Carlin | 1:43.977 | +1.796 | 19 |
| 20 | 8 |  Sean Gelael
|
Campos Racing | 1:44.087 | +1.906 | 20 |
| 21 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand
|
Trident | 1:44.578 | +2.397 | 21 |
| Source:[1] | ||||||
Feature Race
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Prema Racing | 29 | 52:18.049 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin
|
ART Grand Prix | 29 | +5.858 | 4 | 18 (2) |
| 3 | 3 | Norman Nato
|
Racing Engineering | 29 | +8.015 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | Alex Lynn
|
DAMS | 29 | +16.214 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Jordan King
|
Racing Engineering | 29 | +18.742 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello
|
Russian Time | 29 | +20.694 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto
|
Trident | 29 | +24.964 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Mitch Evans
|
Campos Racing | 29 | +28.550 | 16 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | Gustav Malja
|
Rapax | 29 | +28.741 | 13 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas
|
Carlin | 29 | +33.209 | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | Pierre Gasly
|
Prema Racing | 29 | +35.538 | 1 | (4) |
| 12 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
|
MP Motorsport | 29 | +35.550 | 9 | |
| 13 | 12 | Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
Rapax | 29 | +35.703 | 15 | |
| 14 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
DAMS | 29 | +41.169 | 12 | |
| 15 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer
|
Carlin | 29 | +41.288 | 15 | |
| 16 | 8 | Sean Gelael
|
Campos Racing | 29 | +42.969 | 20 | |
| 17 | 23 | Daniël de Jong
|
MP Motorsport | 29 | +47.208 | 18 | |
| 18 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri
|
Arden International | 29 | +1:03.069 | 17 | |
| 19 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand
|
Trident | 29 | +1:06.464 | 21 | |
| Ret | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita
|
ART Grand Prix | 22 | Retired | 5 | |
| DNS | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 0 | Did not start | 10 | |
| Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:45.791 (on lap 10)
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Sprint Race
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto
|
Trident | 22 | 40:22.211 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello
|
Russian Time | 22 | +0.694 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 21 | Pierre Gasly
|
Prema Racing | 22 | +4.786 | 11 | 10 (2) |
| 4 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Prema Racing | 22 | +5.402 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 11 | Gustav Malja
|
Rapax | 22 | +9.693 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Mitch Evans
|
Campos Racing | 22 | +13.333 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita
|
ART Grand Prix | 22 | +13.997 | 20 | 2 |
| 8 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
|
MP Motorsport | 22 | +15.893 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | Johnny Cecotto Jr.
|
Rapax | 22 | +17.623 | 13 | |
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
DAMS | 22 | +24.245 | 14 | |
| 11 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer
|
Carlin | 22 | +25.837 | 15 | |
| 12 | 5 | Alex Lynn
|
DAMS | 22 | +27.198 | 5 | |
| 13 | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 22 | +29.287 | 21 | |
| 14 | 4 | Jordan King
|
Racing Engineering | 22 | +1:12.416 | 4 | |
| 15 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas
|
Carlin | 22 | +1:26.372 | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | Philo Paz Armand
|
Trident | 18 | Retired | 19 | |
| Ret | 24 | Nabil Jeffri
|
Arden International | 18 | Retired | 18 | |
| Ret | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin
|
ART Grand Prix | 13 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Sean Gelael
|
Campos Racing | 7 | Retired | 16 | |
| Ret | 3 | Norman Nato
|
Racing Engineering | 1 | Retired | 6 | |
| Ret | 23 | Daniël de Jong
|
MP Motorsport | 0 | Retired | 17 | |
| Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:45.813 (on lap 18)
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| Source:[1] | |||||||
GP3
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Charles Leclerc
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:49.861 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 |  Alexander Albon
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:50.030 | +0.169 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | Nyck de Vries
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:50.192 | +0.331 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Jack Aitken
|
Arden International | 1:50.218 | +0.357 | 4 |
| EX | 22 | Álex Palou
|
Campos Racing | 1:50.371 | +0.510 | 221 |
| 5 | 2 | Nirei Fukuzumi
|
ART Grand Prix | 1:50.430 | +0.569 | 5 |
| 6 | 20 |  Arjun Maini
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 1:50.503 | +0.642 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Sandy Stuvik
|
Trident | 1:50.533 | +0.672 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | Jake Dennis
|
Arden International | 1:50.698 | +0.837 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Steijn Schothorst
|
Campos Racing | 1:50.717 | +0.856 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | Antonio Fuoco
|
Trident | 1:50.733 | +0.872 | 10 |
| 11 | 18 | Akash Nandy
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 1:50.749 | +0.888 | 11 |
| 12 | 14 | Matt Parry
|
Koiranen GP | 1:50.781 | +0.920 | 12 |
| 13 | 26 |  Santino Ferrucci
|
DAMS | 1:50.783 | +0.922 | 13 |
| 14 | 19 | Alessio Lorandi
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 1:50.831 | +0.970 | 14 |
| 15 | 28 |  Kevin Jörg
|
DAMS | 1:51.047 | +1.186 | 15 |
| 16 | 27 | Jake Hughes
|
DAMS | 1:51.084 | +1.223 | 16 |
| 17 | 7 | Giuliano Alesi
|
Trident | 1:51.184 | +1.323 | 17 |
| 18 | 16 | Matevos Isaakyan
|
Koiranen GP | 1:51.426 | +1.565 | 18 |
| 19 | 10 |  Tatiana Calderón
|
Arden International | 1:51.456 | +1.595 | 19 |
| 20 | 24 | Konstantin Tereshchenko
|
Campos Racing | 1:51.679 | +1.818 | 20 |
| 21 | 6 |  Artur Janosz
|
Trident | 1:51.881 | +2.020 | 21 |
| Source:[2] | ||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Álex Palou was excluded from qualifying after his underfloor was found to be below the required dimensions. He would start the race from the back of the grid.
Race 1
Race 2
References
- ^ a b c "2016 Sepang – GP2 – Results". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b c "GP3 Series 2016 Results – Kuala Lumpur". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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