2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round explained

Country:Belgium
Grand Prix:Spa-Francorchamps
Round No:8
Season No:11
Year:2016
Location:Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:4.352
Course Km:7.004
Date R1:27 August
Laps R1:25
Pole Driver Country:ITA
Pole Driver:Antonio Giovinazzi
Pole Team:Prema Racing
Pole Time:1:56.607
First Driver Country R1:FRA
First Driver R1:Pierre Gasly
First Team R1:Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R1:GBR
Second Driver R1:Jordan King
Second Team R1:Racing Engineering
Third Driver Country R1:GBR
Third Driver R1:Alex Lynn
Third Team R1:DAMS
Fast Driver Country R1:RUS
Fast Driver R1:Artem Markelov
Fast Team R1:Russian Time
Fast Time R1:2:01.187
Fast Lap R1:24
Date R2:28 August
Laps R2:18
First Driver Country R2:ITA
First Driver R2:Antonio Giovinazzi
First Team R2:Prema Racing
Second Driver Country R2:SWE
Second Driver R2:Gustav Malja
Second Team R2:Rapax
Third Driver Country R2:ITA
Third Driver R2:Luca Ghiotto
Third Team R2:Trident
Fast Driver Country R2:ITA
Fast Driver R2:Antonio Giovinazzi
Fast Team R2:Prema Racing
Fast Time R2:2:01.329
Fast Lap R2:2

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 Binder[1]

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.

DriverTeamTimeGap
120 Antonio GiovinazziPrema Racing1:56.607–1
221 Pierre GaslyPrema Racing1:56.768+0.1612
311 Gustav MaljaRapax1:57.124+0.5173
43 Norman NatoRacing Engineering1:57.211+0.6044
54 Jordan KingRacing Engineering1:57.411+0.8045
612 Arthur PicRapax1:57.462+0.8556
79 Raffaele MarcielloRussian Time1:57.512+0.9057
85 Alex LynnDAMS1:57.658+1.0518
91 Nobuharu MatsushitaART Grand Prix1:57.665+1.0589
1019 Marvin KirchhöferCarlin1:57.750+1.14310
116 Nicholas LatifiDAMS1:57.768+1.16111
1210 Artem MarkelovRussian Time1:57.906+1.29912
132 Sergey SirotkinART Grand Prix1:57.927+1.32013
1415 Luca GhiottoTrident1:57.964+1.35714
1522 Oliver RowlandMP Motorsport1:57.987+1.38015
1618 Sergio CanamasasCarlin1:58.165+1.55816
178 Sean GelaelCampos Racing1:58.252+1.64517
1823 Daniel de JongMP Motorsport1:58.342+1.73518
197 Mitch EvansCampos Racing1:58.386+1.77919
2025 Jimmy ErikssonArden International1:58.674+2.06720
2124 Nabil JeffriArden International1:59.292+2.68522
2214 Philo Paz ArmandTrident1:59.577+2.97021
Source:[2]
Notes
  • 1. – Jeffri was given a grid penalty from the previous round in Hockenheim, after having been deemed to have caused a collision.[3]

    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

    DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
    121 Pierre GaslyPrema Racing2553:00.853225
    24 Jordan KingRacing Engineering25+11.262518
    35 Alex LynnDAMS25+15.519815
    49 Raffaele MarcielloRussian Time25+19.163712
    510 Artem MarkelovRussian Time25+20.7231210 (2)
    620 Antonio GiovinazziPrema Racing25+24.61618 (4)
    715 Luca GhiottoTrident25+28.703146
    811 Gustav MaljaRapax25+32.40434
    92 Sergey SirotkinART Grand Prix25+35.778132
    1022 Oliver RowlandMP Motorsport25+36.489151
    111 Nobuharu MatsushitaART Grand Prix25+36.6209
    1218 Sergio CanamasasCarlin25+36.81916
    136 Nicholas LatifiDAMS25+41.90911
    1412 Arthur PicRapax25+46.2976
    1525 Jimmy ErikssonArden International25+47.84220
    167 Mitch EvansCampos Racing25+51.26319
    1723 Daniel de JongMP Motorsport25+59.82118
    188 Sean GelaelCampos Racing25+1:10.12017
    1924 Nabil JeffriArden International25+1:11.91522
    2014 Philo Paz ArmandTrident25+1:35.38021
    Ret3 Norman NatoRacing Engineering18Collision damage4
    Ret19 Marvin KirchhöferCarlin1Collision damage10
    Fastest lap: 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.

    DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
    120 Antonio GiovinazziPrema Racing1836:48.422315 (2)
    211 Gustav MaljaRapax18+2.359112
    315 Luca GhiottoTrident18+3.921210
    421 Pierre GaslyPrema Racing18+4.47988
    59 Raffaele MarcielloRussian Time18+6.63456
    622 Oliver RowlandMP Motorsport18+13.133104
    718 Sergio CanamasasCarlin18+16.274122
    83 Norman NatoRacing Engineering18+17.011211
    96 Nicholas LatifiDAMS18+18.82113
    105 Alex LynnDAMS18+19.0456
    111 Nobuharu MatsushitaART Grand Prix18+20.17011
    124 Jordan KingRacing Engineering18+20.4587
    137 Mitch EvansCampos Racing18+20.71316
    1419 Marvin KirchhöferCarlin18+24.65722
    158 Sean GelaelCampos Racing18+34.20318
    162 Sergey SirotkinART Grand Prix18+35.5579
    1723 Daniël de JongMP Motorsport18+35.98917
    1824 Nabil JeffriArden International18+41.64519
    1914 Philo Paz ArmandTrident18+43.50020
    2025 Jimmy ErikssonArden International18+1:36.96215
    2112 Arthur PicRapax17+1 Lap14
    NC10 Artem MarkelovRussian Time17Collision4
    Fastest lap: Antonio Giovinazzi (Prema Racing) – 2:01.329 (on lap 2)
    Source:
    Notes
  • 1. – 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.[4]

    Standings after the round

    Drivers' Championship standings
    DriverPoints
    11 Pierre Gasly144
    22 Antonio Giovinazzi129
    3 Raffaele Marciello120
    34 Sergey Sirotkin115
    5 Oliver Rowland104
    Teams' Championship standings
    TeamPoints
    1 Prema Racing273
    12 Russian Time199
    13 Racing Engineering180
    24 ART Grand Prix173
    5 MP Motorsport110

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Canamasas makes GP2 return at Spa with Carlin. Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 26 August 2016.
    2. News: GP2 Series 2016 Results - Belgium. 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.
    3. News: 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.
    4. News: 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.

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