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.
This was the final round run with the "GP2 Series" name, as the championship was rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship from . 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.
Driver Team Time Gap 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 Source:
Feature Race DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 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 DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 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 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 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
References
External links Official website of GP2 Series