2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

Motor race in Belgium September 2017 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 8 11 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 25 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:56.607 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering GBR Alex Lynn DAMS RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 2:01.187 24 28 August 18 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing SWE Gustav Malja Rapax ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 2:01.329 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. Background Sergio Canamasas announced his return to Carlin for the round, replacing René BinderCanamasas makes GP2 return at Spa with Carlin http://www.motorsport.com/gp2/news/canamasas-makes-gp2-return-at-spa-with-carlin-809598/ Motorsport.com Motorsport.com 26 August 2016 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. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 20 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:56.607 – 1 2 21 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:56.768 +0.161 2 3 11 SWE Gustav Malja Rapax 1:57.124 +0.517 3 4 3 FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:57.211 +0.604 4 5 4 GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:57.411 +0.804 5 6 12 FRA Arthur Pic Rapax 1:57.462 +0.855 6 7 9 ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:57.512 +0.905 7 8 5 GBR Alex Lynn DAMS 1:57.658 +1.051 8 9 1 JPN Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:57.665 +1.058 9 10 19 DEU Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:57.750 +1.143 10 11 6 CAN Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:57.768 +1.161 11 12 10 RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:57.906 +1.299 12 13 2 RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:57.927 +1.320 13 14 15 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:57.964 +1.357 14 15 22 GBR Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:57.987 +1.380 15 16 18 ESP Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:58.165 +1.558 16 17 8 INA Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:58.252 +1.645 17 18 23 NED Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1:58.342 +1.735 18 19 7 NZL Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:58.386 +1.779 19 20 25 SWE Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:58.674 +2.067 20 21 24 MYS Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:59.292 +2.685 221 1 22 14 INA Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:59.577 +2.970 21 Source:GP2 Series 2016 Results - Belgium http://www.gp2series.com/Results/?seasonid=173&raceid=968 https://web.archive.org/web/20160829110417/http://www.gp2series.com/Results/?raceid=968&seasonid=173 GP2 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 29 August 2016 27 August 2016 live dmy-all Notes 1.1 – Jeffri was given a grid penalty from the previous round in Hockenheim, after having been deemed to have caused a collision.Hockenheim Post Sprint Race Penalty http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2016/07_July/Hockenheim-Post-Sprint-Race-penalty/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160801173527/http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2016/07_July/Hockenheim-Post-Sprint-Race-penalty/ GP2 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 31 July 2016 1 August 2016 27 August 2016 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. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 25 53:00.853 2 25 2 4 GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering 25 +11.262 5 18 3 5 GBR Alex Lynn DAMS 25 +15.519 8 15 4 9 ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 25 +19.163 7 12 5 10 RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 25 +20.723 12 10 (2) 6 20 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 25 +24.616 1 8 (4) 7 15 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident 25 +28.703 14 6 8 11 SWE Gustav Malja Rapax 25 +32.404 3 4 9 2 RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 25 +35.778 13 2 10 22 GBR Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 25 +36.489 15 1 11 1 JPN Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 25 +36.620 9 12 18 ESP Sergio Canamasas Carlin 25 +36.819 16 13 6 CAN Nicholas Latifi DAMS 25 +41.909 11 14 12 FRA Arthur Pic Rapax 25 +46.297 6 15 25 SWE Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 25 +47.842 20 16 7 NZL Mitch Evans Campos Racing 25 +51.263 19 17 23 NED Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 25 +59.821 18 18 8 INA Sean Gelael Campos Racing 25 +1:10.120 17 19 24 MYS Nabil Jeffri Arden International 25 +1:11.915 22 20 14 INA Philo Paz Armand Trident 25 +1:35.380 21 Ret 3 FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering 18 Collision damage 4 Ret 19 DEU Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1 Collision damage 10 Fastest lap: RUS Artem Markelov (Russian Time) – 2:01.187 (on lap 24) Source: 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. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 18 36:48.422 3 15 (2) 2 11 SWE Gustav Malja Rapax 18 +2.359 1 12 3 15 ITA Luca Ghiotto Trident 18 +3.921 2 10 4 21 FRA Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 18 +4.479 8 8 5 9 ITA Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 18 +6.634 5 6 6 22 GBR Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 18 +13.133 10 4 7 18 ESP Sergio Canamasas Carlin 18 +16.274 12 2 8 3 FRA Norman Nato Racing Engineering 18 +17.011 21 1 9 6 CAN Nicholas Latifi DAMS 18 +18.821 13 10 5 GBR Alex Lynn DAMS 18 +19.0456 1 6 11 1 JPN Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 18 +20.170 11 12 4 GBR Jordan King Racing Engineering 18 +20.4586 2 7 13 7 NZL Mitch Evans Campos Racing 18 +20.713 16 14 19 DEU Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 18 +24.657 22 15 8 INA Sean Gelael Campos Racing 18 +34.203 18 16 2 RUS Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 18 +35.5576 3 9 17 23 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 18 +35.9896 4 17 18 24 MYS Nabil Jeffri Arden International 18 +41.6456 5 19 19 14 INA Philo Paz Armand Trident 18 +43.500 20 20 25 SWE Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 18 +1:36.9626 6 15 21 12 FRA Arthur Pic Rapax 17 +1 Lap6 7 14 NC 10 RUS Artem Markelov Russian Time 17 Collision 4 Fastest lap: ITA Antonio Giovinazzi (Prema Racing) – 2:01.329 (on lap 2) Source: Notes 1.6 – 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.Drivers Penalised After Sprint Race in Spa http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2016/08_August/Drivers-penalised-after-Sprint-Race-in-Spa-/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160829121538/http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2016/08_August/Drivers-penalised-after-Sprint-Race-in-Spa-/ GP2 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 28 August 2016 29 August 2016 1 September 2016 Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 1 FRA Pierre Gasly 144 10px 2 2 ITA Antonio Giovinazzi 129 10px 3 ITA Raffaele Marciello 120 10px 3 4 RUS Sergey Sirotkin 115 10px 5 GBR Oliver Rowland 104 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 ITA Prema Racing 273 10px 1 2 RUS Russian Time 199 10px 1 3 ESP Racing Engineering 180 10px 2 4 FRA ART Grand Prix 173 10px 5 NED MP Motorsport 110 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2016 Belgian Grand Prix 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round References External links Official website of GP2 Series Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round 2016 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round 2016 Monza GP2 Series round 2015 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round 2017 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round 2016 2016 GP2 Category:August 2016 sports events in Europe Spa-Francorchamps