2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2016 Silverstone GP2 round
Round details
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series season and Round 3 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series season
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	9 July 2016
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering
Time	1:38.216
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Second	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Third	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	Pertamina Campos Racing
Time	1:43.172 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date	10 July 2016
Laps	21
Podium
First	Jordan King	Racing Engineering
Second	Luca Ghiotto	Trident
Third	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Luca Ghiotto	Trident
Time	1:44.199 (on lap 3)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	9 July 2016
Laps	20
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:47.348
Podium
First	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Second	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Third	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:52.174 (on lap 3)
Race 2
Date	10 July 2016
Laps	15
Podium
First	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Second	Álex Palou	Campos Racing
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	2:05.175 (on lap 11)

The 2016 Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 9 and 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the fifth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the third round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 British Grand Prix.

Background

ART Grand Prix's Nobuharu Matsushita will return to the series after serving his one-round ban in Austria.

It was announced that Arjun Maini would be replacing Oscar Tunjo at Jenzer Motorsport GP3 team for the Silverstone round.^[1]

Report

GP2 Series

Qualifying

In a somewhat controversial manner, Norman Nato achieved the fastest time of 1:38.216, thereby achieving his first pole position of the year. He was under investigation for setting his pole lap under red flag conditions. He was deemed by officials to set the lap time under green conditions and his pole time stood. Pierre Gasly achieved second place two-tenths behind Nato and Nicholas Latifi achieved a career-best of third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:38.216	1
2	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:38.441	2
3	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:38.797	3
4	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:38.842	4
5	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:38.904	PL ¹
6	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:38.912	5
7	7	Mitch Evans	Pertamina Campos Racing	1:39.084	6
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:39.123	7
9	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	1:39.160	8
10	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:39.192	9
11	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:39.370	10
12	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:39.572	11
13	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:39.668	12
14	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:39.749	16 ²
15	8	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Campos Racing	1:39.750	13
16	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:39.798	14
17	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:39.928	15
18	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:40.459	17
19	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	1:40.838	18
20	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:41.160	19
21	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:41.385	20
-	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	No Time	21
Source:^[2]

Notes: 1.^ – Sirotkin was penalised after he failed to stop at the weighbridge and the car was not brought back before the mechanics worked on it, thereby violating the parc ferme ruling. He will start from the pitlane.^[3]; 2.^ – Canamasas received a three-place grid penalty after having been deemed to demonstrate unsporting behaviour towards Oliver Rowland after the conclusion of practice.^[4]

Feature Race

The preferred tyre strategy for the feature race was often been to start on the hard compound and then to switch the soft later in the race. Prema Racing went against this using the opposite strategy to great effect, with Pierre Gasly taking his maiden GP2 win from team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi. Oliver Rowland also went with this strategy, achieving third despite struggling for grip in the dying laps. This result elevates both Prema drivers to first and second in the standings, with Evans maintaining third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	29	51:39.383	2	25
2	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	29	+9.422	5	18
3	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	29	+16.090 ¹	9	15
4	7	Mitch Evans	Pertamina Campos Racing	29	+21.667	6	12+2
5	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	29	+24.591	21	10
6	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	29	+25.165	11	8
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	29	+25.474	1	6+4
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	29	+25.651	7	4
9	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	29	+31.757	4	2
10	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	29	+33.115	10	1
11	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	+34.220	3
12	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	29	+34.409	12
13	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	29	+37.898	16
14	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	29	+42.610	8
15	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	29	+55.205	18
16	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	29	+56.604	15
17	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	29	+57.490	13
18	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	29	+1:02.096	PL
19	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	29	+1:23.661	17
20	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	29	+1:39.764	20
21	8	Sean Gelael	Pertamina Campos Racing	28	+1 Lap	13
22	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	28	+1 Lap	14
Fastest lap: Mitch Evans (Pertamina Campos Racing) — 1:43.172 (on lap 24)
Source:

Notes: 1.^ – Rowland was given a five-second time penalty for excessive over-use of track limits. ^[5]

Sprint Race

The sprint race saw another dominant performance from Jordan King who led from start to finish despite a late charge from Luca Ghiotto. The race was rather calm for the most part until three-laps from the end when the rain started to descend upon the circuit. As the circuit became more and more slippery, the drivers soon found themselves struggling for grip. Norman Nato spun off and several others left the circuit. Rowland passed Matsushita in the final laps to achieve another podium, the only driver to do so throughout the weekend.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	21	37:35.325	1	15
2	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	21	+0.580	4	12+2
3	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	21	+11.664	6	10
4	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	21	+11.786	7	8
5	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	21	+17.518	3	6
6	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	21	+20.467	9	4
7	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	21	+23.126	8	2
8	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	21	+25.873	12	1
9	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	21	+26.721	13
10	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	21	+27.370	11
11	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	21	+28.061	14
12	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	21	+28.632	10
13	7	Mitch Evans	Pertamina Campos Racing	21	+28.844	5
14	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	21	+29.598	16
15	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	21	+31.284	17
16	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	21	+32.249	19
17	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	21	+35.412	15
18	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	21	+40.058	21
19	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	21	+46.964	22
20	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	21	+1:30.028	20
21	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	21	+1:30.624	18
Ret	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	19	Spun off	2
Fastest lap: Luca Ghiotto (Trident) — 1:44.199 (on lap 3)
Source:

GP3 Series

Qualifying

In changing conditions, Alexander Albon prevailed an achieved his first pole position and the second for ART Grand Prix for the year. Being over seven-tenths faster than nearest competitor Charles Leclerc, it was a dominant display from Albon. Because of Leclerc's grid penalty, Sandy Stuvik will line up second on the grid, thereby making it the first ever all-Thai front row. Debutant Arjun Maini achieved a time of 1:48.393 to put himself third on the grid.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:47.348		1
2	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:48.098	+ 0.750 s	7 ¹
3	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:48.290	+ 0.942 s	2
4	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:48.393	+ 1.045 s	3
5	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:48.539	+ 1.191 s	4
6	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:48.567	+ 1.219 s	5
7	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:48.568	+ 1.220 s	6
8	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:48.658	+ 1.310 s	13 ²
9	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:48.664	+ 1.316 s	8
10	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	1:48.674	+ 1.326 s	9
11	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:48.749	+ 1.401 s	10
12	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:48.758	+ 1.410 s	11
13	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:48.831	+ 1.483 s	12
14	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:48.855	+ 1.507 s	14
15	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:49.053	+ 1.705 s	15
16	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:49.138	+ 1.790 s	16
17	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:49.269	+ 1.921 s	PL ³
18	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:49.358	+ 2.010 s	17
19	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:49.733	+ 2.385 s	18
20	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:49.934	+ 2.586 s	19
21	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:50.005	+ 2.657 s	20
22	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	No Time	-	21
Source:^[6]

Notes: 1.^ – Leclerc was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision at the previous round in Austria.^[7]; 2.^ – Nandy was given a five-place grid penalty for exceeding the pitlane speed limit at the previous round in Austria.^[7]; 3.^ – Ferrucci was handed a five-place grid penalty for impeding and causing a collision during the qualifying session. Seeing as how he could not carry out this penalty in full, he started from the pitlane.^[8]

Race 1

It was a dominant performance from Albon from the start of the race, with him maintaining the lead with a comfortable buffer over the rest of the pack. The race began to settle toward the middle of the race, with Stuvik falling back through the pack and Leclerc started to chase after his teammate. Jake Hughes was on a charge, but after a rear wing failure, he was forced to retire after running as high as fourth. Matt Parry was also on a charge, with him climbing from 12th on the grid, although he found himself hounded by Nyck de Vries who had started from 19th. However, at the front, Albon was victorious from team-mate Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	20	37min 53.666sec	1	25 (5)
2	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	20	+ 1.647 s	7	18
3	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	20	+ 12.239 s	6	15
4	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	20	+ 19.583 s	11	12
5	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	20	+ 25.000 s	19	10
6	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	20	+ 29.094 s	9	8
7	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	20	+ 33.337 s	2	6
8	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+ 34.157 s	3	4
9 ¹	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	20	+ 35.434 s	20	2
10	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	20	+ 36.256 s	15	1
11	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	20	+ 36.476 s	8
12 ²	12	Jake Dennis	Arden International	20	+ 36.696 s	12
13	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	20	+ 36.852 s	14
14	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	20	+ 37.040 s	17
15	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	20	+ 38.077 s	21
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	20	+ 38.851 s	10
17	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	20	+ 39.607 s	18
18	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	20	+ 42.932 s	PL
19	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+ 43.180 s	13
20	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	20	+ 50.729 s	16
21	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	20	+ 51.679 s	4
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	11	Rear Wing	5
Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) — 1:52.174 (on lap 3)
Source:

Notes: 1.^ – Janosz was given a five-second penalty for excessive over-use of track limits.^[9]; 2.^ – Dennis was given a five-second penalty for excessive over-use of track limits.^[9]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	11	27min 55.438sec	6	15
2	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	11	+ 0.459 s	10	12
3	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	11	+ 0.583 s	7	10
4	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	11	+ 3.695 s	18	8
5	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	11	+ 5.060 s	14	6
6	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	11	+ 5.626 s	13	4
7	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	11	+ 6.344 s	11	2
8	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	11	+ 6.370 s	4	1
9	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	11	+ 7.733 s	12	(2)
10	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	11	+ 9.914 s	2
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	11	+ 10.890 s	15
12	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	11	+ 12.091 s	3
13	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	11	+ 24.918 s	20
14	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	11	+ 35.466 s	8
15	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	11	+ 46.637 s	9
16	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	11	+ 50.407 s	5
17	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	11	+ 51.960 s	22
18	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	11	+ 55.404 s	21
19	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	11	+ 1:16.796 s	1
20	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	10	Rear Wing	17
Ret	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	7	Spun off	19
Ret	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	2	Collision damage	16
Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) — 2:05.175 (on lap 11)
Source:

Standings after the round

GP2 Series

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Oliver Rowland	79
2	Antonio Giovinazzi	78
3	Pierre Gasly	74
4	Raffaele Marciello	72
5	Mitch Evans	70

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Racing	152
2	Racing Engineering	129
3	Russian Time	127
4	Pertamina Campos Racing	94
5	ART Grand Prix	86

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

GP3 Series

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Charles Leclerc	86
2	Alexander Albon	84
3	Antonio Fuoco	72
4	Nyck de Vries	42
5	Ralph Boschung	38

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	227
2	Trident	84
3	Koiranen GP	64
4	DAMS	51
5	Arden International	32

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

↑ "Maini in for Tunjo at Jenzer". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Britain". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ "Round 5 Post Qualifying Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ "Round 5 Post Free Practice Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ "Round 5 Post Feature Race Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
↑ "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Britain". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
1 2 "Spielberg Post Race 2 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ "Silverstone Post-Qualifying Penalty". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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