The 2016 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. It was the third round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 British Grand Prix.

Background It was announced that Arjun Maini would be replacing Oscar Tunjo at Jenzer Motorsport GP3 team for the Silverstone round.

Classification Qualifying In changing conditions, Alexander Albon prevailed an achieved his first pole position and the second for ART Grand Prix for the year. Being over seven-tenths faster than nearest competitor Charles Leclerc, it was a dominant display from Albon. Because of Leclerc's grid penalty, Sandy Stuvik will line up second on the grid, thereby making it the first ever all-Thai front row. Debutant Arjun Maini achieved a time of 1:48.393 to put himself third on the grid.

Driver Team Time Gap 1 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:47.348 – 1 2 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:48.098 +0.750 7 3 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:48.290 +0.942 2 4 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1:48.393 +1.045 3 5 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:48.539 +1.191 4 6 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:48.567 +1.219 5 7 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:48.568 +1.220 6 8 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:48.658 +1.310 13 9 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:48.664 +1.316 8 10 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:48.674 +1.326 9 11 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:48.749 +1.401 10 12 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:48.758 +1.410 11 13 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:48.831 +1.483 12 14 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:48.855 +1.507 14 15 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:49.053 +1.705 15 16 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:49.138 +1.790 16 17 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:49.269 +1.921 PL 18 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:49.358 +2.010 17 19 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:49.733 +2.385 18 20 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:49.934 +2.586 19 21 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1:50.005 +2.657 20 – 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS no time – 21 Source:

Notes 1. – Leclerc was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision at the previous round in Austria. 2. – Nandy was given a five-place grid penalty for exceeding the pitlane speed limit at the previous round in Austria. 3. – Ferrucci was handed a five-place grid penalty for impeding and causing a collision during the qualifying session. Seeing as how he could not carry out this penalty in full, he started from the pitlane.

Race 1 It was a dominant performance from Albon from the start of the race, with him maintaining the lead with a comfortable buffer over the rest of the pack. The race began to settle toward the middle of the race, with Stuvik falling back through the pack and Leclerc started to chase after his teammate. Jake Hughes was on a charge, but after a rear wing failure, he was forced to retire after running as high as fourth. Matt Parry was also on a charge, with him climbing from 12th on the grid, although he found himself hounded by Nyck de Vries who had started from 19th. However, at the front, Albon was victorious from teammate Leclerc and Antonio Fuoco.

Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 20 37:53.666 1 25 (6) 2 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 20 +1.647 7 18 3 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 20 +12.239 6 15 4 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 20 +19.583 11 12 5 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 20 +25.000 19 10 6 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 20 +29.094 9 8 7 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 20 +33.337 2 6 8 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 20 +34.157 3 4 9 6 Artur Janosz Trident 20 +35.434 20 2 10 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 20 +36.256 15 1 11 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 20 +36.476 8 12 12 Jake Dennis Arden International 20 +36.696 12 13 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 20 +36.852 14 14 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 20 +37.040 17 15 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 20 +38.077 21 16 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 20 +38.851 10 17 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 20 +39.607 18 18 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 20 +42.932 PL 19 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 20 +43.180 13 20 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 20 +50.729 16 21 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 20 +51.679 4 Ret 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 11 Rear Wing 5 Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:52.174 (on lap 3) Source:

Notes 1. – Janosz was given a five-second penalty for excessive over-use of track limits. 2. – Dennis was given a five-second penalty for excessive over-use of track limits.

Race 2

Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 11 27:55.438 6 15 2 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 11 +0.459 10 12 3 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 11 +0.583 7 10 4 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 11 +3.695 18 8 5 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 11 +5.060 14 6 6 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 11 +5.626 13 4 7 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 11 +6.344 11 2 8 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 11 +6.370 4 1 9 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 11 +7.733 12 (2) 10 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 11 +9.914 2 11 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 11 +10.890 15 12 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 11 +12.091 3 13 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 11 +24.918 20 14 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 11 +35.466 8 15 6 Artur Janosz Trident 11 +46.637 9 16 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 11 +50.407 5 17 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 11 +51.960 22 18 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 11 +55.404 21 19 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 11 +1:16.796 1 20 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 10 Rear Wing 17 Ret 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 7 Spun off 19 Ret 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 2 Collision damage 16 Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 2:05.175 (on lap 11) Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 86 2 Alexander Albon 84 3 Antonio Fuoco 72 4 Nyck de Vries 42 1 5 Ralph Boschung 38

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 227 1 2 Trident 84 1 3 Koiranen GP 64 4 DAMS 51 5 Arden International 32

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

See also 2016 British Grand Prix 2016 Silverstone GP2 Series round

References

External links Official website of GP3 Series