2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round

Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 6 9 Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2016 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium Permanent racing facility 4.352 7.004 27 August 27 August 17 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 2:04.896 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix GBR Jake Dennis Arden International NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 2:09.918 5 28 August 13 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 2:09.435 8 The 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 27 and 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. It was the sixth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix. Background Óscar Tunjo will take the third entry at Jenzer Motorsport to return to the category.Tunjo in, Boschung out for Spa GP3 round http://www.motorsport.com/gp3/news/tunjo-in-boschung-out-for-spa-gp3-round-809703/ Motorsport.com 26 August 2016 Another driver change for this weekend was in the Koiranen GP camp, where Red Bull junior driver Niko Kari would be replacing Ralph Boschung.Red Bull junior Kari handed GP3 debut at Spa http://www.motorsport.com/gp3/news/red-bull-junior-kari-handed-gp3-debut-at-spa-809900/ Motorsport.com 26 August 2016 27 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160827204406/http://www.motorsport.com/gp3/news/red-bull-junior-kari-handed-gp3-debut-at-spa-809900/ dead Classification 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, just under half a second slower than Leclerc. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 1 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 2:04.896 – 1 2 27 GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 2:05.259 +0.363 2 3 4 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 2:05.393 +0.497 3 4 5 ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident 2:05.448 +0.552 4 5 28 CHE Kevin Jörg DAMS 2:05.612 +0.716 5 6 14 GBR Matt Parry Koiranen GP 2:05.653 +0.765 6 7 20 IND Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 2:05.661 +0.862 7 8 8 THA Sandy Stuvik Trident 2:05.758 +0.862 8 9 26 USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS 2:05.852 +0.956 9 10 22 ESP Álex Palou Campos Racing 2:05.880 +0.984 10 11 2 JPN Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 2:06.012 +1.116 11 12 16 RUS Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 2:06.145 +1.249 12 13 9 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International 2:06.179 +1.283 13 14 11 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 2:06.185 +1.289 14 15 23 NED Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 2:06.201 +1.305 15 16 19 COL Óscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 2:06.282 +1.386 16 17 3 THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 2:06.421 +1.525 17 18 6 POL Artur Janosz Trident 2:06.531 +1.635 18 19 7 FRA Giuliano Alesi Trident 2:06.740 +1.844 19 20 24 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 2:06.769 +1.873 20 21 17 FIN Niko Kari Koiranen GP 2:06.772 +1.876 21 22 10 COL Tatiana Calderón Arden International 2:06.900 +2.004 22 23 18 MYS Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 2:07.086 +2.190 23 Source:GP3 Series 2016 Results - Belgium http://www.gp3series.com/Results/?seasonid=173&raceid=981 GP3 Series GP3 Motorsport Limited 27 August 2016 Race 1 Charles Leclerc took another win to inch further in the championship, finishing 2.3 seconds ahead of Jake Dennis and 15.4 seconds ahead of teammate Nyck de Vries. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 17 40:06.695 1 25 (6) 2 9 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International 17 +2.305 13 18 3 4 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 17 +15.402 3 15 4 5 ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident 17 +19.427 4 12 5 11 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 17 +19.837 14 10 6 23 NED Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 17 +21.419 15 8 7 26 USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS 17 +24.337 9 6 8 16 RUS Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 17 +28.856 12 4 9 3 THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 17 +30.076 17 2 10 7 FRA Giuliano Alesi Trident 17 +31.045 19 1 11 28 CHE Kevin Jörg DAMS 17 +39.185 5 12 6 POL Artur Janosz Trident 17 +42.364 18 13 22 ESP Álex Palou Campos Racing 17 +48.122 10 14 10 COL Tatiana Calderón Arden International 17 +51.1412 1 22 15 19 COL Óscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 17 +1:09.1853 2 16 16 18 MYS Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 17 +1:15.690 23 17 24 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 17 +1:22.7504 3 20 Ret 8 THA Sandy Stuvik Trident 13 Retired 8 Ret 17 FIN Niko Kari Koiranen GP 4 Retired 21 Ret 2 JPN Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1 Retired 11 Ret 14 GBR Matt Parry Koiranen GP 0 Retired 6 Ret 27 GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 0 Retired 2 Ret 20 IND Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 0 Retired 7 Fastest lap: MON Charles Leclerc (ART Grand Prix) – 2:09.918 (on lap 5) Source: Notes 1.2 – Calderón was given a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Niko Kari.Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 1 Penalties http://www.gp3series.com/News/2016/08_August/Spa-Francorchamps-Post-Race-1-Penalties/ GP3 Series GP3 Motorsport Limited 27 August 2016 31 August 2016 2.3 – Tunjo was given a 10-second penalty for a dangerous re-entry onto the circuit, causing a collision with Konstantin Tereshchenko. 3.4 – Tereshchenko was given a 10-second penalty for forcing Tunjo off the circuit. 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. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 13 31:56.599 4 15 (2) 2 5 ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident 13 +1.769 5 12 3 26 USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS 13 +5.820 2 10 4 16 RUS Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 13 +7.207 1 8 5 9 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International 13 +7.708 7 6 6 1 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 13 +8.436 8 4 7 23 NED Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 13 +9.345 3 2 8 4 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 13 +9.851 6 1 9 6 POL Artur Janosz Trident 13 +11.614 12 10 3 THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 13 +12.363 9 11 22 ESP Alex Palou Campos Racing 13 +14.531 13 12 7 FRA Giuliano Alesi Trident 13 +15.919 10 13 18 MYS Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 13 +16.579 16 14 17 FIN Niko Kari Koiranen GP 13 +17.591 19 15 2 JPN Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 13 +23.275 20 16 20 IND Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 13 +25.3725 1 23 17 8 THA Sandy Stuvik Trident 12 +1 Lap 18 Ret 28 CHE Kevin Jörg DAMS 8 Collision 11 Ret 14 GBR Matt Parry Koiranen GP 5 Collision 21 Ret 27 GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 5 Collision 22 Ret 24 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 2 Puncture 17 Ret 10 COL Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1 Accident 14 Fastest lap: GBR Jack Aitken (Arden International) – 2:09.435 (on lap 8) Source: Notes 1.5 – Maini was given a ten-second penalty after causing a collision with Alexander Albon.Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 2 Penalties http://www.gp3series.com/News/2016/08_August/Spa-Francorchamps-Post-Race-2-Penalties1/ GP3 Series GP3 Motorsport Limited 28 August 2016 1 September 2016 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 MON Charles Leclerc 161 10px 2 2 ITA Antonio Fuoco 139 10px 1 3 THA Alexander Albon 125 10px 2 4 NED Nyck de Vries 81 10px 1 5 GBR Matt Parry 70 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 FRA ART Grand Prix 401 10px 2 ITA Trident 150 10px 3 FIN Koiranen GP 135 10px 1 4 GBR Arden International 129 10px 1 5 FRA DAMS 99 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2016 Belgian Grand Prix 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round References External links Official website of GP3 Series Spa-Francorchamps GP3 round 2016 2016 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round 2016 Monza GP3 Series round 2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round 2017 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round 2016 2016 GP3 Category:August 2016 sports events in Europe Spa-Francorchamps