| Country: | Austria |
| Grand Prix: | Red Bull Ring |
| Round No: | 4 |
| Season No: | 11 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 2.688 |
| Course Km: | 4.326 |
| Date R1: | 2 July |
| Laps R1: | 40 |
| Pole Driver Country: | RUS |
| Pole Driver: | Sergey Sirotkin |
| Pole Team: | ART Grand Prix |
| Pole Time: | 1:13.663 |
| First Driver Country R1: | NZL |
| First Driver R1: | Mitch Evans |
| First Team R1: | Campos Racing |
| Second Driver Country R1: | INA |
| Second Driver R1: | Sean Gelael |
| Second Team R1: | Campos Racing |
| Third Driver Country R1: | ITA |
| Third Driver R1: | Raffaele Marciello |
| Third Team R1: | Russian Time |
| Fast Driver Country R1: | NZL |
| Fast Driver R1: | Mitch Evans |
| Fast Team R1: | Campos Racing |
| Fast Time R1: | 1:15.534 |
| Fast Lap R1: | 38 |
| Date R2: | 3 July |
| Laps R2: | 28 |
| First Driver Country R2: | GBR |
| First Driver R2: | Jordan King |
| First Team R2: | Racing Engineering |
| Second Driver Country R2: | GBR |
| Second Driver R2: | Oliver Rowland |
| Second Team R2: | MP Motorsport |
| Third Driver Country R2: | GBR |
| Third Driver R2: | Alex Lynn |
| Third Team R2: | DAMS |
| Fast Driver Country R2: | GBR |
| Fast Driver R2: | Jordan King |
| Fast Team R2: | Racing Engineering |
| Fast Time R2: | 1:25.150 |
| Fast Lap R2: | 27 |
The 2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 2 and 3 July 2016 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It was the fourth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.
Following the Baku round, Nobuharu Matsushita was suspended from competing in the Austrian GP2 round due to erratic driving that caused several collisions during the restarts.[1] On 28 June, ART Grand Prix announced René Binder as Matsushita's replacement.[2]
Arden International GP2 driver, Jimmy Eriksson will carry through a three-place grid penalty from the previous round after GP2 stewards deemed him to be at fault in the collision between himself and Jordan King.
Sergey Sirotkin achieved the fastest time of 1:13.663, thereby achieving his second pole position of the year. Antonio Giovinazzi narrowly missed out by six-thousandths of a second and Pierre Gasly occupied third. The session however, ended under yellow flags after Jimmy Eriksson's car stopped at turn seven.
| Driver | Team | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 1:13.663 | 1 | |
| 2 | 20 |  Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 1:13.669 | 2 | |
| 3 | 21 |  Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 1:13.803 | 3 | |
| 4 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1:14.091 | 4 | |
| 5 | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:14.099 | 5 | |
| 6 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 1:14.184 | 6 | |
| 7 | 22 |  Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 1:14.316 | 7 | |
| 8 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:14.387 | 8 | |
| 9 | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 1:14.456 | 9 | |
| 10 | 7 |  Mitch Evans | Pertamina Campos Racing | 1:14.574 | 10 | |
| 11 | 24 |  Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 1:14.626 | 14 | |
| 12 | 19 |  Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 1:14.647 | 11 | |
| 13 | 12 | Arthur Pic | Rapax | 1:14.688 | 12 | |
| 14 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:14.815 | 13 | |
| 15 | 18 |  Sergio Canamasas | Carlin | 1:14.832 | 17 | |
| 16 | 1 |  René Binder | ART Grand Prix | 1:14.886 | 15 | |
| 17 | 6 |  Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 1:14.958 | 20 | |
| 18 | 11 |  Gustav Malja | Rapax | 1:15.020 | 16 | |
| 19 | 8 | Sean Gelael | Pertamina Campos Racing | 1:15.112 | 18 | |
| 20 | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:15.307 | 19 | |
| 21 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson | Arden International | 1:15.531 | PL | |
| 22 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 1:15.675 | 21 | |
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The Feature Race for GP2 was delayed by 15 minutes due to incidents that occurred in the preceding Formula One qualifying session. The race saw changing conditions that effected the outcome of the race. While the bottom of the circuit would be dry, heavy rainfall would be at the top. Gasly spun from the lead which triggered a safety car and a flurry of pitstops. On lap 28, Marvin Kirchhöfer also spun, which triggered another safety car. Upon exiting the pitlane shortly thereafter, Artem Markelov hit the wall on pit exit, prompting a red flag due to damage to the track. After a lengthy delay, the race was restarted behind the safety car with the Campos pair of Mitch Evans and Sean Gelael leading and Philo Paz Armand, who incurred a penalty after overtaking the safety car. Raffaele Marciello began to charge through the field on fresh super soft tyres, but as the pace in the compound started to fade away, Evans took control and won his first race of the season.
The Sprint Race was held under atrocious conditions, with rain affecting the entire race. This would catch out drivers throughout the race and would lead to two safety cars. The first of which came as a result of Sean Gelael retiring after being hit by Arthur Pic on lap three. The second safety car came after Nicholas Latifi spun on the exit of turn one on lap ten. By this stage, the circuit was beginning to dry and some drivers elected to pit for dry tyres in an attempt to take advantage of the changing conditions. However, the track had not dried out sufficiently by this stage and so saw most of the competitors struggling for grip for the first few laps into the stint. As well as this, the restart was prompt and the group that had pitted for dry tyres were left far behind the leading pack by the time of the restart. In the end, Racing Engineering's Jordan King completed a dominant performance and earned his first GP2 win and Racing Engineering's second of the season.
| Pos | Driver | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Raffaele Marciello | 66 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mitch Evans | 56 | |
| 1 | 3 | Norman Nato | 55 | |
| 3 | 4 | Artem Markelov | 54 | |
| 2 | 5 | Oliver Rowland | 54 |
| Pos | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Time | 120 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Racing Engineering | 100 | |
| 1 | 3 | Prema Racing | 99 | |
| 3 | 4 | Campos Racing | 80 | |
| 5 | DAMS | 72 |