Country: | United Arab Emirates |
Grand Prix: | Yas Marina |
Round No: | 11 |
Season No: | 11 |
Year: | 2016 |
Location: | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 3.451 |
Course Km: | 5.554 |
Date R1: | 26 November |
Laps R1: | 31 |
Pole Driver Country: | FRA |
Pole Driver: | Pierre Gasly |
Pole Team: | Prema Racing |
Pole Time: | 1:47.476 |
First Driver Country R1: | FRA |
First Driver R1: | Pierre Gasly |
First Team R1: | Prema Racing |
Second Driver Country R1: | JPN |
Second Driver R1: | Nobuharu Matsushita |
Second Team R1: | ART Grand Prix |
Third Driver Country R1: | RUS |
Third Driver R1: | Artem Markelov |
Third Team R1: | Russian Time |
Fast Driver Country R1: | JPN |
Fast Driver R1: | Nobuharu Matsushita |
Fast Team R1: | ART Grand Prix |
Fast Time R1: | 1:51.175 |
Fast Lap R1: | 28 |
Date R2: | 27 November |
Laps R2: | 22 |
First Driver Country R2: | GBR |
First Driver R2: | Alex Lynn |
First Team R2: | DAMS |
Second Driver Country R2: | VEN |
Second Driver R2: | Johnny Cecotto Jr. |
Second Team R2: | Rapax |
Third Driver Country R2: | RUS |
Third Driver R2: | Sergey Sirotkin |
Third Team R2: | ART Grand Prix |
Fast Driver Country R2: | RUS |
Fast Driver R2: | Sergey Sirotkin |
Fast Team R2: | ART Grand Prix |
Fast Time R2: | 1:52.863 |
Fast Lap R2: | 14 |
The 2016 Yas Marina GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 26 and 27 November 2016 at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates. It was the final round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
This was the final round run with the "GP2 Series" name, as the championship was rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship from . It was also originally planned to be the final race for the Dallara GP2/11 chassis that was first introduced in 2011 and the Mecachrome 4.0 litre V8 normally-aspirated engine package that had been used since the inaugural season of the series in 2005, before a new chassis and engine package was introduced for 2017, but both the current chassis and engine package had their services extended for one more season.
Carlin announced that Louis Delétraz would be replacing Marvin Kirchhöfer for the final round in Abu Dhabi. As well as Carlin, Arden International also announced that Emil Bernstorff would be replacing Jimmy Eriksson.
Pierre Gasly took a crucial pole position which would help his bid to win the 2016 GP2 Series, with closest rival, Antonio Giovinazzi qualifying in sixth place.
Driver | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Pierre Gasly | 219 |
1 | 2 | Antonio Giovinazzi | 211 |
1 | 3 | Sergey Sirotkin | 159 |
1 | 4 | Raffaele Marciello | 159 |
1 | 5 | Norman Nato | 136 |
Team | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Prema Racing | 430 | |
2 | Racing Engineering | 258 | |
3 | Russian Time | 256 | |
4 | ART Grand Prix | 251 | |
5 | DAMS | 147 | |