2016 Monza GP3 Series round

Italy Monza 7 9 Monza_track_map.svg Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza 2016 Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.6 5.793 3 September 3 September 22 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:38.546 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International GBR Jack Aitken Arden International GBR Jake Hughes DAMS GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 1:40.706 18 4 September 17 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:40.766 8 The 2016 Monza GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 3 and 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. It was the seventh round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Italian Grand Prix. Background Ralph Boschung would return to the category after sitting out the previous round in Belgium due to financial difficulties. As well as this, Óscar Tunjo would not return to the category for this round after making his return in Belgium. Classification Qualifying Charles Leclerc took his third pole of the year and ART Grand Prix's sixth straight of the year, followed by the Arden International duo of Jake Dennis and Jack Aitken. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 1 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:38.546 – 1 2 9 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International 1:38.712 +0.166 2 3 11 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 1:38.729 +0.183 3 4 3 THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:38.847 +0.301 4 5 27 GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 1:38.850 +0.304 5 6 28 CHE Kevin Jörg DAMS 1:38.872 +0.326 6 7 2 JPN Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:38.878 +0.332 7 8 5 ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:38.879 +0.333 8 9 4 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:38.885 +0.339 9 10 17 CHE Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:38.945 +0.399 10 11 22 ESP Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:39.045 +0.499 11 12 8 THA Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:39.084 +0.538 12 13 16 RUS Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:39.255 +0.709 13 14 26 USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:39.268 +0.722 14 15 10 COL Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:39.286 +0.740 15 16 7 FRA Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:39.377 +0.831 16 17 14 GBR Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:39.430 +0.884 17 18 23 NED Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:39.439 +0.893 18 19 20 IND Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.535 +0.989 19 20 18 MYS Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.558 +1.012 20 21 6 POL Artur Janosz Trident 1:39.869 +1.323 PL2 1 22 24 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:40.216 +1.670 21 Source:GP3 Series 2016 Results - Italy http://www.gp3series.com/Results/?seasonid=173&raceid=982 GP3 Series GP3 Motorsport Limited 3 September 2016 Notes 1.2 – Janosz was issued a three-place grid penalty after causing a collision with Arjun Maini. Seeing as how he could not serve his penalty in full, he started the feature race from the pitlane.Monza Post-Qualifying Penalty http://www.gp3series.com/News/2016/09_September/Monza-Post-Qualifying-Penalty/ GP3 Series GP3 Motorsport Limited 2 September 2016 3 September 2016 Race 1 It was a British lockout with Jake Dennis taking the victory, Jack Aitken achieving second and Jake Hughes third, as well as the fastest lap of the race. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International 22 38:06.844 2 25 2 11 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 22 +1.987 3 18 3 27 GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 22 +2.532 8 15 (2) 4 1 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 22 +7.139 1 12 (4) 5 2 JPN Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 22 +7.561 6 10 6 3 THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 22 +8.171 4 8 7 4 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 22 +8.343 9 6 8 5 ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident 22 +16.207 7 4 9 14 GBR Matt Parry Koiranen GP 22 +16.607 17 2 10 10 COL Tatiana Calderón Arden International 22 +17.003 15 1 11 22 ESP Alex Palou Campos Racing 22 +19.202 10 12 8 THA Sandy Stuvik Trident 22 +20.444 11 13 23 NED Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 22 +22.179 18 14 20 IND Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 22 +25.076 19 15 18 MYS Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 22 +27.804 20 16 6 POL Artur Janosz Trident 22 +30.365 22 17 24 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 22 +32.963 21 18 17 CHE Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 22 +34.813 13 19 26 USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS 21 +1 Lap 14 NC 28 CHE Kevin Jörg DAMS 18 +4 Laps 5 Ret 16 RUS Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 4 Retired 12 DNS 7 FRA Giuliano Alesi Trident 0 Did not start 16 Fastest lap: GBR Jake Hughes (DAMS) – 1:40.706 (on lap 18) Source: Race 2 Nyck de Vries took his first GP3 victory to put ART Grand Prix beyond reach in the GP3 Teams Championship. Team-mate Albon took second place whilst Antonio Fuoco achieved third in his home race. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 NED Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 17 30:24.854 2 15 (2) 2 3 THA Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 17 +1.741 3 12 3 5 ITA Antonio Fuoco Trident 17 +6.382 1 10 4 9 GBR Jake Dennis Arden International 17 +7.139 8 8 5 11 GBR Jack Aitken Arden International 17 +8.331 2 6 6 20 IND Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 17 +11.991 14 4 7 22 ESP Alex Palou Campos Racing 17 +12.264 11 2 8 6 POL Artur Janosz Trident 17 +12.504 16 1 9 17 CHE Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 17 +12.504 18 10 27 GBR Jake Hughes DAMS 17 +13.910 3 11 26 USA Santino Ferrucci DAMS 17 +14.716 19 12 28 CHE Kevin Jörg DAMS 17 +16.886 20 13 23 NED Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 17 +17.561 13 14 24 RUS Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 17 +20.609 17 15 8 THA Sandy Stuvik Trident 17 +20.958 20 16 10 COL Tatiana Calderón Arden International 17 +21.273 10 17 14 GBR Matt Parry Koiranen GP 17 +22.022 9 18 18 MYS Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 17 +1:03.571 15 19 7 FRA Giuliano Alesi Trident 16 +1 Lap 22 Ret 16 RUS Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 18 Retired 5 Ret 2 JPN Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 4 Collision 4 Ret 1 MON Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 2 Collision 5 Fastest lap: NED Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) – 1:40.766 (on lap 8) Source: Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 MON Charles Leclerc 177 10px 2 ITA Antonio Fuoco 153 10px 3 THA Alexander Albon 145 10px 4 NED Nyck de Vries 104 10px 2 5 GBR Jake Dennis 96 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 FRA ART Grand Prix 465 10px 2 2 GBR Arden International 187 10px 1 3 ITA Trident 165 10px 1 4 FIN Koiranen GP 137 10px 5 FRA DAMS 116 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2016 Italian Grand Prix 2016 Monza GP2 Series round References External links Official website of GP3 Series Monza GP3 round 2016 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round 2016 Sepang GP3 Series round 2015 Monza GP3 Series round 2017 Monza GP3 Series round GP3 GP3 Monza