2016 Sepang GP2 Series round

June 2024 September 2017 Malaysia Sepang 10 11 Sepang.svg Layout of the Sepang International Circuit 2016 Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Permanent racing facility 3.444 5.543 1 October 29 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:42.181 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:45.791 10 2 October 22 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:45.813 18 The 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 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. Report Qualifying Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 21 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:42.181 1 2 20 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:42.263 +0.082 2 3 9 ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:42.526 +0.345 3 4 2 RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:42.528 +0.347 4 5 1 JPN Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:42.623 +0.442 5 6 5 GBR Alex Lynn DAMS 1:42.775 +0.594 6 7 3 FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:42.800 +0.619 7 8 4 GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:42.851 +0.670 8 9 22 GBR Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:42.902 +0.721 9 10 10 RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:42.934 +0.753 10 11 15 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:42.934 +0.753 11 12 6 CAN Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:43.130 +0.949 12 13 11 SWE Gustav Malja Rapax 1:43.224 +1.043 13 14 19 DEU Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:43.290 +1.109 14 15 12 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 1:43.385 +1.204 15 16 7 NZL Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:43.606 +1.425 16 17 24 MYS Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:43.761 +1.580 17 18 23 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:43.965 +1.784 18 19 18 ESP Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:43.977 +1.796 19 20 8 INA Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:44.087 +1.906 20 21 14 INA Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:44.578 +2.397 21 Source:https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/results/2016/sepang-89826/ 2016 Sepang – GP2 – Results Motorsport.com 6 September 2017 Feature Race Pos. PositionNo. Car numberDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 20 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 29 52:18.049 2 25 2 2 RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 29 +5.858 4 18 (2) 3 3 FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering 29 +8.015 7 15 4 5 GBR Alex Lynn DAMS 29 +16.214 6 12 5 4 GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering 29 +18.742 8 10 6 9 ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 29 +20.694 3 8 7 15 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident 29 +24.964 11 6 8 7 NZL Mitch Evans Campos Racing 29 +28.550 16 49 11 SWE Gustav Malja Rapax 29 +28.741 13 2 10 18 ESP Sergio Canamasas Carlin 29 +33.209 19 1 11 21 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 29 +35.538 1 (4) 12 22 GBR Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 29 +35.550 9 13 12 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 29 +35.703 15 14 6 CAN Nicholas Latifi DAMS 29 +41.169 12 15 19 DEU Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 29 +41.288 15 16 8 INA Sean Gelael Campos Racing 29 +42.969 20 17 23 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 29 +47.208 18 18 24 MYS Nabil Jeffri Arden International 29 +1:03.069 17 19 14 INA Philo Paz Armand Trident 29 +1:06.464 21 Ret 1 JPN Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 22 Retired 5 DNS 10 RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 0 Did not start 10 Fastest lap: RUS Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:45.791 (on lap 10) Source: Sprint Race Pos. PositionNo. Car numberDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 15 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident 22 40:22.211 2 15 2 9 ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 22 +0.694 3 12 3 21 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 22 +4.786 11 10 (2) 4 20 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 22 +5.402 8 8 5 11 SWE Gustav Malja Rapax 22 +9.693 9 6 6 7 NZL Mitch Evans Campos Racing 22 +13.333 1 4 7 1 JPN Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 22 +13.997 20 2 8 22 GBR Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 22 +15.893 12 1 9 12 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 22 +17.623 13 10 6 CAN Nicholas Latifi DAMS 22 +24.245 14 11 19 DEU Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 22 +25.837 15 12 5 GBR Alex Lynn DAMS 22 +27.198 5 13 10 RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 22 +29.287 21 14 4 GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering 22 +1:12.416 4 15 18 ESP Sergio Canamasas Carlin 22 +1:26.372 10 Ret 14 INA Philo Paz Armand Trident 18 Retired 19 Ret 24 MYS Nabil Jeffri Arden International 18 Retired 18 Ret 2 RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 13 Retired 7 Ret 8 INA Sean Gelael Campos Racing 7 Retired 16 Ret 3 FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1 Retired 6 Ret 23 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 0 Retired 17 Fastest lap: FRA Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:45.813 (on lap 18) Source: Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 1 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi 197 10px 1 2 FRA Pierre Gasly 188 10px 3 ITA Raffaele Marciello 158 10px 4 RUS Sergey Sirotkin 135 10px 5 GBR Jordan King 122 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 ITA Prema Racing 385 10px 1 2 ESP Racing Engineering 244 10px 1 3 RUS Russian Time 240 10px 4 FRA ART Grand Prix 199 10px 5 FRA DAMS 126 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 Sepang GP3 Series round References External links Official website of GP2 Series Sepang GP2 round 2016 2016 Monza GP2 Series round 2016 Yas Marina GP2 Series round 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round None GP2 Category:October 2016 sports events in Asia Category:2016 GP2 Series rounds