2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round

2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 round
Round details
	Round 6 of 9 rounds in the ; 2016 GP3 Series
	; Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Date	27 August 2016
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	27 August 2016
Laps	17
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc
Time	2:04.896
Podium
First	Charles Leclerc
Second	Jake Dennis
Third	Nyck de Vries
Fastest lap
Driver	Charles Leclerc
Time	2:09.918 (on lap 5)
Race 2
Date	28 August 2016
Laps	13
Podium
First	Jack Aitken
Second	Antonio Fuoco
Third	Santino Ferrucci
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Aitken
Time	2:09.435 (on lap 8)

The 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 27 and 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. It was the sixth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix.

Background

Óscar Tunjo will taking the third entry at Jenzer Motorsport to return to the category.^[1] Another driver change for this weekend was in the Koiranen GP camp where Red Bull junior driver Niko Kari would be replacing Ralph Boschung.^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Charles Leclerc took his first pole position since the Red Bull Ring round with a time over three-tenths faster than his nearest rival, Hughes. Nyck de Vries took third with a time just under half a second slower than Leclerc.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	2:04.896	–	1
2	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	2:05.259	+0.363	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	2:05.393	+0.497	3
4	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	2:05.448	+0.552	4
5	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	2:05.612	+0.716	5
6	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	2:05.653	+0.765	6
7	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	2:05.661	+0.862	7
8	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	2:05.758	+0.862	8
9	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	2:05.852	+0.956	9
10	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	2:05.880	+0.984	10
11	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	2:06.012	+1.116	11
12	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	2:06.145	+1.249	12
13	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	2:06.179	+1.283	13
14	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	2:06.185	+1.289	14
15	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	2:06.201	+1.305	15
16	19	Óscar Tunjo	Jenzer Motorsport	2:06.282	+1.386	16
17	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	2:06.421	+1.525	17
18	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	2:06.531	+1.635	18
19	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	2:06.740	+1.844	19
20	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	2:06.769	+1.873	20
21	17	Niko Kari	Koiranen GP	2:06.772	+1.876	21
22	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	2:06.900	+2.004	22
23	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	2:07.086	+2.190	23
Source:^[3]

Race 1

Charles Leclerc took another win to inch further ahead in the championship, finishing 2.3 seconds ahead of Jake Dennis and 15.4 seconds ahead of teammate, Nyck de Vries.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	17	40:06.695	1	25 (6)
2	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	17	+2.305	13	18
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	17	+15.402	3	15
4	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	17	+19.427	4	12
5	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	17	+19.837	14	10
6	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	17	+21.419	15	8
7	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	17	+24.337	9	6
8	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	17	+28.856	12	4
9	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	17	+30.076	17	2
10	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	17	+31.045	19	1
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	17	+39.185	5
12	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	17	+42.364	18
13	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	17	+48.122	10
14	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	17	+51.141¹	22
15	19	Óscar Tunjo	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+1:09.185²	16
16	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+1:15.690	23
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	17	+1:22.750³	20
Ret	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	13	Retired	8
Ret	17	Niko Kari	Koiranen GP	4	Retired	21
Ret	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	11
Ret	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	0	Retired	6
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	0	Retired	2
Ret	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Retired	7
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc (ART Grand Prix) – 2:09.918 (on lap 5)
Source:^[3]

Notes: 1.^ – Calderón was given a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Niko Kari.^[4]; 2.^ – Tunjo was given a 10-second penalty for a dangerous re-entry onto the circuit, causing a collision with Konstantin Tereshchenko.^[4]; 3.^ – Tereshchenko was given a 10-second penalty for forcing Tunjo off of the circuit.^[4]

Race 2

Jack Aitken took his first GP3 win in a tight battle between himself and Antonio Fuoco. Haas F1 development driver, Santino Ferrucci achieved his first podium, 5.8 seconds adrift of the leader.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	13	31:56.599	4	15 (2)
2	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	13	+1.769	5	12
3	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	13	+5.820	2	10
4	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	13	+7.207	1	8
5	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	13	+7.708	7	6
6	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	13	+8.436	8	4
7	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	13	+9.345	3	2
8	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	13	+9.851	6	1
9	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	13	+11.614	12
10	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	13	+12.363	9
11	22	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	13	+14.531	13
12	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	13	+15.919	10
13	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+16.579	16
14	17	Niko Kari	Koiranen GP	13	+17.591	19
15	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	13	+23.275	20
16	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	13	+25.372¹	23
17	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	12	+1 Lap	18
Ret	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	8	Collision	11
Ret	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	5	Collision	21
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	5	Collision	22
Ret	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	2	Puncture	17
Ret	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1	Accident	14
Fastest lap: Jack Aitken (Arden International) – 2:09.435 (on lap 8)
Source:^[3]

Notes: 1.^ – Maini was given a ten-second penalty after causing a collision with Alexander Albon.^[5]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Charles Leclerc	161
2	2	Antonio Fuoco	139
1	3	Alexander Albon	125
2	4	Nyck de Vries	81
1	5	Matt Parry	70

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	ART Grand Prix	401
	2	Trident	150
	3	Koiranen GP	135
1	4	Arden International	129
1	5	DAMS	99

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

References

^ "Tunjo in, Boschung out for Spa GP3 round". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ "Red Bull junior Kari handed GP3 debut at Spa". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Belgium". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 1 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 2 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

External links

Official website of GP3 Series

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[Tunjo-1] "Tunjo in, Boschung out for Spa GP3 round". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[Kari-2] "Red Bull junior Kari handed GP3 debut at Spa". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

[GP3_Belgian_Results-3] "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Belgium". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

[GP3_FR_Penalties-4] "Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 1 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[GP3_SR_Penalties-5] "Spa-Francorchamps Post Race 2 Penalties". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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