GP2 series 2016

GP2 series 2016

master
Driver:	Pierre Gasly
Team:	Prema Racing
Season dates
Number of races:	22nd
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The 2016 GP2 series was the twelfth season of the GP2 series .

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers used the Dallara GP2 / 11 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
ART Grand Prix	01	Nobuharu Matsushita	1-3, 5-11
		René Binder	4th
	02	Sergei Sirotkin	1-11
Racing engineering	03	Norman Nato	1-11
	04th	Jordan King	1-11
DAMS	05	Alex Lynn	1-11
	06th	Nicholas Latifi	1-11
Pertamina Campos Racing	07th	Mitch Evans	1-11
	08th	Sean Gelael	1-11
Russian time	09	Raffaele Marciello	1-11
	10	Artyom Markelov	1-11
Rapax	11	Gustav Malja	1-11
	12	Arthur Pic	1-9
		Johnny cecotto jr.	10, 11
Trident	14th	Philo Paz Armand	1-11
	15th	Luca Ghiotto	1-11
Status Grand Prix	16/17	NN
		NN
Carlin	18th	Sergio Canamasas	1-6, 8-11
		René Binder	7th
	19th	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1-10
		Louis Delétraz	11
Prema Racing	20th	Antonio Giovinazzi	1-11
	21st	Pierre Gasly	1-11
MP Motorsport	22nd	Oliver Rowland	1-11
	23	Daniël de Jong	1-11
Arden International	24	Nabil Jeffri	1-11
	25th	Jimmy Eriksson	1-10
		Emil Bernstorff	11

Changes in the teams

• The Prema Powerteam took over the starting place from Lazarus .
• Hilmer Motorsport is no longer in the entry list for the 2016 season.

Racing calendar

Eleven race weekends will be held in 2016. All events take place in connection with the Formula 1 Grand Prix races. Compared to the previous year, both race weekends in as-Sachir and the event in Sochi were canceled. The races in Baku are new . The events in Hockenheim and Sepang are back on the racing calendar .

With the exception of the event in Monaco (main race on Fridays and sprint races on Saturday), all main races take place on Saturdays and all sprint races on Sunday.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	May 14th	Barcelona	Norman Nato	Nicholas Latifi	Pierre Gasly
02.	May 15		Alex Lynn	Pierre Gasly	Jordan King
03.	May 27th	Monte Carlo	Artyom Markelov	Norman Nato	Oliver Rowland
04th	28th of May		Nobuharu Matsushita	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Raffaele Marciello
05.	18th of June	Baku	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sergei Sirotkin	Raffaele Marciello
06th	June 19th		Antonio Giovinazzi	Pierre Gasly	Sergei Sirotkin
07th	02nd July	Spielberg	Mitch Evans	Sean Gelael	Raffaele Marciello
08th.	03rd of July		Jordan King	Oliver Rowland	Alex Lynn
09.	0July 9	Silverstone	Pierre Gasly	Antonio Giovinazzi	Oliver Rowland
10.	10th of July		Jordan King	Luca Ghiotto	Oliver Rowland
11.	July 23	Mogyoród	Pierre Gasly	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sergei Sirotkin
12.	24th July		Sergei Sirotkin	Jordan King	Norman Nato
13.	30th July	Hockenheim	Sergei Sirotkin	Luca Ghiotto	Raffaele Marciello
14th	July 31		Alex Lynn	Sergei Sirotkin	Arthur Pic
15th	August 27	Spa Francorchamps	Pierre Gasly	Jordan King	Alex Lynn
16.	August 28th		Antonio Giovinazzi	Gustav Malja	Luca Ghiotto
17th	0September 3	Monza	Antonio Giovinazzi	Raffaele Marciello	Gustav Malja
18th	0September 4th		Norman Nato	Pierre Gasly	Antonio Giovinazzi
19th	0October 1	Sepang	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sergei Sirotkin	Norman Nato
20th	0October 2nd		Luca Ghiotto	Raffaele Marciello	Pierre Gasly
21st	November 26th	Yas Island	Pierre Gasly	Nobuharu Matsushita	Artyom Markelov
22nd	November 27th		Alex Lynn	Johnny cecotto jr.	Sergei Sirotkin

Rating

Point system

In the main race (HAU), the first ten of the race get 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1 point (s). In the sprint race (SPR), the first eight of the race receive 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 or 1 point (s). In addition, the winner of the qualifying, who starts from pole position in the main race, receives four points. The driver who achieves the fastest lap of the first ten classified drivers receives two points.

Driver ranking

Item driver ESP MON AZE AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MAS UAE Points HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR 01  P. Gasly 3 2 15th 13 DNF 2 DNF 7th 1 7th 1 7th DSQ 6th 1 4th 4th 2 11 3 1 9 219 02  A. Giovinazzi 18th DNF 11 18th 1 1 DNF 5 2 4th 2 17th 8th DNF 6th 1 1 3 1 4th 5 6th 211 03  S. Sirotkin DNF 11 DNF DNF 2 3 12 6th 18th 21st 3 1 1 2 9 15th 14th DNF 2 NC 4th 3 159 04th  R. Marciello 8th 5 6th 3 3 11 3 4th 9 6th 4th 8th 3 7th 4th 5 2 14th 6th 2 10 13 159 05  N. NATO 1 16 2 6th DNF DNF 7th 12 7th 22 * 7th 3 DNF 18th DNF 8th 5 1 3 DNF 6th 5 136 06th  A. Lynn 6th 1 4th 5 DNF 9 11 3 16 14th 12 DNF 7th 1 3 10 12 5 4th 12 8th 1 124 07th  J. King 7th 3 DNF 16 12 * 4th 8th 1 8th 1 8th 2 15th 11 2 12 7th 4th 5 14th 13 10 122 08th  L. Ghiotto DNF 12 DNF 14th 9 12 4th 9 5 2 17th DNF 2 4th 7th 3 6th DNF 7th 1 11 19th 111 09  O. Rowland 10 6th 3 7th 4th 15 * 6th 2 3 3 11 6th 5 5 10 6th 9 9 12 8th DNF 11 107 10  A. Markelow 4th 4th 1 8th DNF 5 DNF 11 10 12 9 4th DNF 9 5 21 * 10 10 DNS 13 3 7th 97 11  N. Matsushita 11 8th 8th 1 6th DNF EX EX 6th 5 6th DNF 9 12 11 11 11 6th DNF 7th 2 4th 92 12  M. Evans 12 14th 5 4th 5 DNF 1 8th 4th 13 10 5 DNF 10 16 13 8th DNF 8th 6th 15th 8th 90 13  G. Malja 9 10 14th 12 10 DNF 13 16 22nd 19th 13 14th 6th 8th 8th 2 3 7th 9 5 DNF 14th 53 14th  A. Pic 13 DNF 10 9 DNF 8th 9 18th 14th 11 5 DNF 4th 3 14th 22nd DNF 11 INJ INJ INJ INJ 36 15th  S. Gelael 17th 13 13 DNF 7th DNF 2 DNF 21st 18th 22nd 10 DNF 19 * 18th 18th 20th 16 16 DNF DNF 21st 24 16  N. Latifi 2 7th DNF DNF DNF 13 10 DNF 11 10 16 12 14th 17th 13 9 16 15th 14th 10 9 12 23 17th  M. Kirchhöfer 15th 15th 7th 2 DNF 10 DNF 19th 12 8th 14th 13 10 14th DNF 14th 18th 8th 15th 11     21st 18th  J. Cecotto                                     13 9 7th 2 18th 19th  S. Canamasas 5 9 12 10 DNF 6th DNF 10 13 9 18th 9     12 7th DNF 13 10 15th 12 16 17th 20th  J. Eriksson 16 19th DNF 15th 11 * DNF 5 13 15th 17th 21 * DNF 12 13 15th 20th 15th 18 * DNA DNA     10 21st  D. de Jong 14th 17th 9 11 8th 14th 14th 20th 19th 16 15th 11 DNF 16 17th 16 17th 19th 17th DNF 14th DNF 6th 22nd  N. Jeffri 19th 18th DNF 17th DNF 7th DNF 17th 17th 15th 20th 16 11 DNF 19th 17th 13 12 18th DNF DNF 20th 2 23  R. Binder             16 15th         13 15th                 0 24  P. Armand DNF DNF 16 DNF DNF DNF 15th 14th 20th 20th 19th 15th 16 DNF 20th 19th 19th 17th 19th DNF 16 18th 0 25th  E. Bernstorff                                         17th 15th 0 26th  L. Delétraz                                         DNF 17th 0 Item driver HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR HAU SPR Points ESP MON AZE AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MAS UAE

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ^ RJ O'Connell: Nobuharu Matsushita stays with ART for second GP2 season. paddockscout.com, February 12, 2016, accessed on February 12, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: GP2 comeback: Rene Binder drives for ART in Spielberg. Motorsport-Total.com, June 29, 2016, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Matt Beer: ART Grand Prix picks Sergey Sirotkin for GP2 title defense in 2016. autosport.com, January 15, 2016, accessed on January 15, 2016 (English). 
4. ↑ Gruz David: NATO joins Racing Engineering for second GP2 campaign. paddockscout.com, February 4, 2016, accessed February 4, 2016 . 
5. ^ Matt Beer: Jordan King stays with Racing Engineering for 2016 GP2 season. autosport.com, January 15, 2016, accessed January 15, 2016 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Allen: Lynn joined by Latifi at DAMS in GP2 for 2016. paddockscout.com, December 18, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Allen: Evans confirmed to stay in GP2 with Campos alongside Gelael. paddockscout.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Allen: Marciello joins Markelov at Russian Time for 2016. paddockscout.com, January 18, 2016, accessed on January 18, 2016 (English). 
9. ^ Peter Allen: Gustav Malja signs with Rapax for full-time GP2 switch. paddockscout.com, February 16, 2016, accessed on February 16, 2016 . 
10. ↑ GP2: Campos driver Arthur Pic switches to Rapax for 2016 campaign. autosport.com, January 28, 2016, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Gruz David: Armand signs up with Trident for maiden GP2 campaign. paddockscout.com, February 12, 2016, accessed on February 12, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Ghiotto secures GP2 promotion with Trident. motorsport.com, February 7, 2016, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Canamasas joins Carlin for home GP2 round in Barcelona. motorsport.com, May 12, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 . 
14. ^ Peter Allen: Marvin Kirchhofer to make GP2 step with Carlin. paddockscout.com, March 8, 2016, accessed March 8, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Gruz David Giovinazzi to secure GP2 graduation with Prema. paddockscout.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Peter Allen: Pierre Gasly secures GP2 seat with new team Prema for 2016. paddockscout.com, January 25, 2016, accessed on January 25, 2016 . 
17. ^ Matt Beer: Oliver Rowland moves into GP2 as part of Renault Sport Academy. autosport.com, February 3, 2016, accessed February 3, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Peter Allen: Daniel de Jong to stay in GP2 with MP “for one more year”. paddockscout.com, February 11, 2016, accessed on February 11, 2016 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b} Peter Allen: Eriksson and Jeffri confirmed in Arden GP2 seats. paddockscout.com, April 29, 2016, accessed on May 11, 2016 . 
20. ↑ Marcus Simmons: Top F3 team Prema replaces Lazarus for 2016 GP2 season. autosport.com, October 7, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016 . 
21. ^ Baku and Sepang on GP2 Series' F1-supporting 2016 calendar. autosport.com, March 4, 2016, accessed March 5, 2016 .