2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2016 Sepang GP2 round
Round details
	Round 10 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 GP2 Series ; and; Round 8 of 9 rounds in the ; 2016 GP3 Series
	; Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:42.181
Podium
First	Antonio Giovinazzi
Second	Sergey Sirotkin
Third	Norman Nato
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin
Time	1:45.791 (on lap 10)
Sprint race
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Luca Ghiotto
Second	Raffaele Marciello
Third	Pierre Gasly
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:45.813 (on lap 18)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	19
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc
Time	1:49.861
Podium
First	Alexander Albon
Second	Jake Dennis
Third	Charles Leclerc
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon
Time	1:51.934 (on lap 18)
Race 2
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Dennis
Second	Nirei Fukuzumi
Third	Jack Aitken
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis
Time	1:51.971 (on lap 14)

The 2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 Series and the eighth round of the 2016 GP3 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.

In GP3, Alessio Lorandi made his debut for the Jenzer Motorsport outfit.

Report[]

GP2[]

Qualifying[]

Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:42.181		1
2	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:42.263	+0.082	2
3	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:42.526	+0.345	3
4	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:42.528	+0.347	4
5	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:42.623	+0.442	5
6	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:42.775	+0.594	6
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:42.800	+0.619	7
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:42.851	+0.670	8
9	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:42.902	+0.721	9
10	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:42.934	+0.753	10
11	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:42.934	+0.753	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:43.130	+0.949	12
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:43.224	+1.043	13
14	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:43.290	+1.109	14
15	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	1:43.385	+1.204	15
16	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:43.606	+1.425	16
17	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:43.761	+1.580	17
18	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:43.965	+1.784	18
19	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:43.977	+1.796	19
20	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:44.087	+1.906	20
21	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:44.578	+2.397	21
Source:^[1]

Feature Race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	29	52:18.049	2	25
2	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	29	+5.858	4	18 (2)
3	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	29	+8.015	7	15
4	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	29	+16.214	6	12
5	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	29	+18.742	8	10
6	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	29	+20.694	3	8
7	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	29	+24.964	11	6
8	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	29	+28.550	16	4
9	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	29	+28.741	13	2
10	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	29	+33.209	19	1
11	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	29	+35.538	1	(4)
12	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	29	+35.550	9
13	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	29	+35.703	15
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	+41.169	12
15	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	29	+41.288	15
16	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	29	+42.969	20
17	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	29	+47.208	18
18	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	29	+1:03.069	17
19	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	29	+1:06.464	21
Ret	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	Retired	5
DNS	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	0	Did not start	10
Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:45.791 (on lap 10)
Source:^[1]

Sprint Race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	22	40:22.211	2	15
2	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	22	+0.694	3	12
3	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	22	+4.786	11	10 (2)
4	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	22	+5.402	8	8
5	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	22	+9.693	9	6
6	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	22	+13.333	1	4
7	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	+13.997	20	2
8	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	22	+15.893	12	1
9	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	22	+17.623	13
10	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	22	+24.245	14
11	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	22	+25.837	15
12	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	22	+27.198	5
13	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	22	+29.287	21
14	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	22	+1:12.416	4
15	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	22	+1:26.372	10
Ret	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	18	Retired	19
Ret	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	18	Retired	18
Ret	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	13	Retired	7
Ret	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	7	Retired	16
Ret	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1	Retired	6
Ret	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	0	Retired	17
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:45.813 (on lap 18)
Source:^[1]

GP3[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:49.861		1
2	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:50.030	+0.169	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:50.192	+0.331	3
4	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:50.218	+0.357	4
EX	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:50.371	+0.510	22¹
5	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:50.430	+0.569	5
6	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:50.503	+0.642	6
7	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:50.533	+0.672	7
8	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:50.698	+0.837	8
9	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:50.717	+0.856	9
10	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:50.733	+0.872	10
11	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:50.749	+0.888	11
12	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:50.781	+0.920	12
13	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:50.783	+0.922	13
14	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	1:50.831	+0.970	14
15	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	1:51.047	+1.186	15
16	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:51.084	+1.223	16
17	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:51.184	+1.323	17
18	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:51.426	+1.565	18
19	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:51.456	+1.595	19
20	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:51.679	+1.818	20
21	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:51.881	+2.020	21
Source:^[2]

Notes

^1 – Álex Palou was excluded from qualifying after his underfloor was found to be below the required dimensions. He would start the race from the back of the grid.

Race 1[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	19	35:43.959	2	25 (2)
2	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	19	+6.397	4	18
3	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	19	+7.166	1	15 (4)
4	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+7.746	6	12
5	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	19	+18.680	9	10
6	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	19	+19.544	8	8
7	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	19	+20.373	5	6
8	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	19	+21.961	10	4
9	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	19	+24.393	12	2
10	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	19	+25.325	7	1
11	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+26.005	14
12	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	19	+26.949	15
13	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	19	+28.171	3
14	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	19	+33.273	22
15	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	19	+35.555	18
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	19	+37.268	17
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	19	+48.279	20
Ret	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	11	Retired	13
Ret	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	2	Retired	11
Ret	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1	Retired	21
Ret	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	0	Retired	19
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	0	Retired	16
Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:51.934 (on lap 18)
Source:^[2]

Race 2[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	14	26:21.781	3	15 (2)
2	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	14	+3.456	2	12
3	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	14	+5.688	7	10
4	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	14	+8.785	9	8
5	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	14	+9.140	6	6
6	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	14	+9.982	13	4
7	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+10.953	5	2
8	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	14	+18.086	8	1
9	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+20.376	11
10	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	14	+22.023	4
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	14	+22.448	12
12	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	14	+23.229	22
13	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	14	+25.567	16
14	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	14	+27.236	15
15	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	14	+27.886	21
16	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	14	+30.008	20
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	14	+30.217	17
18	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+30.606	19
19	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	14	+48.319	14
20	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	14	+1:07.110	10
Ret	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	11	Retired	1
Ret	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	4	Retired	18
Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 1:51.971 (on lap 14)
Source:^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "2016 Sepang – GP2 – Results". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GP3 Series 2016 Results – Kuala Lumpur". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

External links[]

Previous round: 2016 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds	GP2 Series 2016 season	Next round: 2016 Yas Marina GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
Previous round: 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round	Sepang GP2 and GP3 round	Next round: None

[GP2_Results-1] "2016 Sepang – GP2 – Results". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

[GP3_Result-2] "GP3 Series 2016 Results – Kuala Lumpur". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

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v t List of GP2 Series rounds
2005	SMR ESP MON EUR FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL BHR
2006	VAL SMR EUR ESP MON GBR FRA GER HUN TUR ITA
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2008	ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA
2009	ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA POR
2010	ESP MON TUR EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU
2011	TUR ESP MON EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU (NC)
2012	MAL BHR1 BHR2 ESP MON EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN
2013	MAL BHR ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN ABU
2014	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL RUS
2015	BHR1 ESP MON AUT GBR HUN
2016	ESP MON AZE AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MAL ABU

v t List of GP3 Rounds
2010	CAT IST VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ
2011	IST CAT VAL SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ
2012	CAT MON VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ
2013	CAT VAL SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC
2014	CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA SOC
2015	CAT RBR SIL HUN
2016	CAT RBR SIL HUN HOC SPA MNZ SEP YMC
2017	CAT RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ JER YMC
2018	CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC

Round details
Round 10 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series and Round 8 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:42.181
Podium
First	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Second	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Third	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:45.791 (on lap 10)
Sprint race
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Luca Ghiotto	Trident
Second	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time
Third	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:45.813 (on lap 18)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	19
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:49.861
Podium
First	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:51.934 (on lap 18)
Race 2
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Second	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix
Third	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	1:51.971 (on lap 14)