The 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Background Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his return to GP2 for this round with the Rapax team, whilst Jimmy Eriksson pulled out of the round due to financial setbacks.
Report Qualifying Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.
Driver Team Time Gap 1 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:42.181 1 2 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:42.263 +0.082 2 3 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:42.526 +0.345 3 4 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:42.528 +0.347 4 5 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:42.623 +0.442 5 6 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:42.775 +0.594 6 7 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:42.800 +0.619 7 8 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:42.851 +0.670 8 9 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:42.902 +0.721 9 10 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:42.934 +0.753 10 11 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:42.934 +0.753 11 12 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:43.130 +0.949 12 13 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 1:43.224 +1.043 13 14 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:43.290 +1.109 14 15 12 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 1:43.385 +1.204 15 16 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:43.606 +1.425 16 17 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:43.761 +1.580 17 18 23 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:43.965 +1.784 18 19 18 Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:43.977 +1.796 19 20 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:44.087 +1.906 20 21 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:44.578 +2.397 21 Source:
Feature Race DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 29 52:18.049 2 25 2 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 29 +5.858 4 18 (2) 3 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 29 +8.015 7 15 4 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 29 +16.214 6 12 5 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 29 +18.742 8 10 6 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 29 +20.694 3 8 7 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 29 +24.964 11 6 8 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 29 +28.550 16 49 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 29 +28.741 13 2 10 18 Sergio Canamasas Carlin 29 +33.209 19 1 11 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 29 +35.538 1 (4) 12 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 29 +35.550 9 13 12 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 29 +35.703 15 14 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 29 +41.169 12 15 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 29 +41.288 15 16 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 29 +42.969 20 17 23 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 29 +47.208 18 18 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 29 +1:03.069 17 19 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 29 +1:06.464 21 Ret 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 22 Retired 5 DNS 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 0 Did not start 10 Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:45.791 (on lap 10) Source:
Sprint Race DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 22 40:22.211 2 15 2 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 22 +0.694 3 12 3 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 22 +4.786 11 10 (2) 4 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 22 +5.402 8 8 5 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 22 +9.693 9 6 6 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 22 +13.333 1 4 7 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 22 +13.997 20 2 8 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 22 +15.893 12 1 9 12 Johnny Cecotto Jr. Rapax 22 +17.623 13 10 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 22 +24.245 14 11 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 22 +25.837 15 12 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 22 +27.198 5 13 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 22 +29.287 21 14 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 22 +1:12.416 4 15 18 Sergio Canamasas Carlin 22 +1:26.372 10 Ret 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 18 Retired 19 Ret 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 18 Retired 18 Ret 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 13 Retired 7 Ret 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 7 Retired 16 Ret 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1 Retired 6 Ret 23 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 0 Retired 17 Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:45.813 (on lap 18) Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Antonio Giovinazzi 197 1 2 Pierre Gasly 188 3 Raffaele Marciello 158 4 Sergey Sirotkin 135 5 Jordan King 122
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 385 1 2 Racing Engineering 244 1 3 Russian Time 240 4 ART Grand Prix 199 5 DAMS 126
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 Sepang GP3 Series round
References
External links Official website of GP2 Series