2016 Yas Marina GP2 Series round

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.

   2016 Yas Marina GP2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 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)

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

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.

Classification

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
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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:

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:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	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

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	430
	2	Racing Engineering	258
	3	Russian Time	256
	4	ART Grand Prix	251
	5	DAMS	147

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

See also

• 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
• 2016 Yas Marina GP3 Series round

External links

• Official website of GP2 Series