2016 Yas Marina GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2016 Yas Marina GP2 round
Round details
	Round 11 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 GP2 Series ; and; Round 9 of 9 rounds in the ; 2016 GP3 Series
	; Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.554 km (3.451 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	26 November 2016
Laps	31
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:47.476
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly
Second	Nobuharu Matsushita
Third	Artem Markelov
Fastest lap
Driver	Nobuharu Matsushita
Time	1:51.175 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	27 November 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Alex Lynn
Second	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Third	Sergey Sirotkin
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin
Time	1:52.863 (on lap 14)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	26 November 2016
Laps	18
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Albon
Time	1:55.274
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries
Second	Jake Dennis
Third	Jack Aitken
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Aitken
Time	2:01.350 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	27 November 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Hughes
Second	Jack Aitken
Third	Nirei Fukuzumi
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis
Time	1:59.847 (on lap 5)

The 2016 Yas Marina GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 26 and 27 November 2016 at the Yas Marina Circuit in the United Arab Emirates as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the final round of both the 2016 GP2 Series and the 2016 GP3 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 2017. 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.

Background[]

In GP2, 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.

Race results[]

GP2[]

Qualifying[]

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.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:47.476		1
2	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:47.804	+0.328	2
3	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:47.901	+0.425	3
4	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:47.997	+0.521	4
5	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:48.130	+0.654	5
6	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:48.288	+0.812	6
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:48.307	+0.831	7
8	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:48.368	+0.892	8
9	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:48.524	+1.048	9
10	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:48.559	+1.083	10
11	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:48.712	+1.236	11
12	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:48.830	+1.354	12
13	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	1:48.976	+1.500	13
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:49.075	+1.599	14
15	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:49.206	+1.730	15
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:49.779	+2.303	16
17	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:49.950	+2.474	17
18	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:50.135	+2.659	18
19	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:50.233	+2.757	19
20	19	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:50.234	+2.758	20
21	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:50.276	+2.800	21
22	25	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1:50.470	+2.994	22
Source:^[1]

Feature Race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	31	59:14.764	1	25 (4)
2	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	31	+6.737	4	18 (2)
3	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	31	+11.309	3	15
4	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	31	+14.111	2	12
5	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	31	+20.172	6	10
6	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	31	+23.686	7	8
7	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	31	+26.630	13	6
8	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	31	+35.974	9	4
9	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	31	+39.007	14	2
10	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	31	+41.589	8	1
11	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	31	+43.486	12
12	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	31	+43.960	16
13	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	31	+46.090	11
14	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	31	+1:04.814	21
15	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	31	+1:26.008	10
16	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	31	+1:27.892	17
17	25	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	31	+1:42.538	22
Ret	19	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	7	Retired	20
Ret	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	6	Retired	19
Ret	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	6	Retired	5
Ret	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	5	Retired	15
Ret	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	3	Retired	18
Fastest lap: Nobuharu Matsushita (ART Grand Prix) – 1:51.175 (on lap 28)
Source:^[1]

Sprint Race[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	22	41:36.580	1	15
2	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	22	+4.945	2	12
3	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	22	+6.607	5	10 (2)
4	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	+8.078	7	8
5	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	22	+13.375	3	6
6	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	22	+16.716	4	4
7	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	22	+17.807	6	2
8	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	22	+22.609	15	1
9	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	22	+23.226	8
10	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	22	+28.848	13
11	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	22	+30.312	19
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	22	+33.447	9
13	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	22	+37.784	10
14	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	22	+38.996	20
15	25	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	22	+45.390	17
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	22	+45.936	12
17	19	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	22	+46.716	18
18	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	22	+50.219	16
19	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	22	+1:08.896	11
20	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	22	+1:10.410	21
21	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	22	+1:27.122	22
Ret	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	0	Retired	14
Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:52.863 (on lap 14)
Source:^[1]

GP3[]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:55.274		1
2	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:55.514	+0.240	2
3	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:55.604	+0.330	3
4	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:55.629	+0.355	4
5	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:55.660	+0.386	5
6	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:55.678	+0.404	6
7	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:55.683	+0.409	7
8	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	1:55.892	+0.618	8
9	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:55.981	+0.707	9
10	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:56.094	+0.820	10
11	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:56.145	+0.871	11
12	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:56.155	+0.880	12
13	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:56.155	+0.881	13
14	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:56.256	+0.982	14
15	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:56.361	+1.087	15
16	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:56.563	+1.289	16
17	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:56.570	+1.296	17
18	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:56.729	+1.455	18
19	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:56.732	+1.458	19
20	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:56.995	+1.721	22
21	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:57.513	+2.239	20
–	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	no time		21
Source:^[2]

Race 1[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	18	38:06.651	4	25
2	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	18	+1.012	2	18
3	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	18	+3.881	3	15 (2)
4	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	18	+9.601	8	12
5	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	18	+10.618	10	10
6	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	18	+14.369	9	8
7	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	18	+15.225	22	6
8	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	18	+17.292	16	4
9	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	18	+18.990	6	2
10	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	18	+20.776	13	1
11	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	18	+23.009	15
12	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+26.262	21
13	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+26.335	19
14	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+27.325	7
15	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	18	+32.912	17
16	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	18	+54.535	11
Ret	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	13	Retired	5
Ret	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	12	Retired	20
Ret	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	10	Retired	1	(4)
Ret	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	6	Retired	18
Ret	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	3	Retired	14
Ret	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	2	Retired	12
Fastest lap: Jack Aitken (Arden International) – 2:01.350 (on lap 2)
Source:^[2]

Race 2[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	14	30:21.199	2	15
2	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	14	+2.825	6	12
3	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	14	+7.191	4	10
4	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	14	+7.471	7	8 (2)
5	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	14	+8.747	10	6
6	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	14	+8.774	1	4
7	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	14	+9.158	3	2
8	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	14	+12.846	5	1
9	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	14	+14.035	17
10	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	14	+15.909	11
11	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	14	+17.639	8
12	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	14	+19.946	21
13	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+20.467	13
14	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+20.925	14
15	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	14	+21.153	9
16	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	14	+23.085	18
17	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	14	+23.266	16
18	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	14	+24.506	15
19	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	14	+35.455	22
20	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+1:04.408	12
Ret	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	0	Retired	20
Ret	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	0	Retired	19
Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 1:59.847 (on lap 5)
Source:^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "2016 Yas Marina – GP2 – Results". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GP3 Series 2016 Results – Yas Marina". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

External links[]

Previous round: 2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds	GP2 Series 2016 season	Next round: 2017 Bahrain FIA Formula 2 round
Previous round:	Abu Dhabi GP2 and GP3 round	Next round: 2017 Yas Marina FIA Formula 2 round

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

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

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Round details
Round 11 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series and Round 9 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.554 km (3.451 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	26 November 2016
Laps	31
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:47.476
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Second	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix
Third	Artem Markelov	Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:51.175 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	27 November 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Alex Lynn	DAMS
Second	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax
Third	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:52.863 (on lap 14)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	26 November 2016
Laps	18
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:55.274
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Third	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Time	2:01.350 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	27 November 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Hughes	DAMS
Second	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Third	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	1:59.847 (on lap 5)