The 2016 Red Bull Ring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 2 and 3 July 2016 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It was the second round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.

Background Before the weekend commenced, Mahaveer Raghunathan announced that he would call time on his GP3 campaign to focus on his efforts in Auto GP. In the weekend's only practice session, Giuliano Alesi withdrew from the weekend after an accident which saw him unfit to complete the rest of the weekend.

Classification Qualifying It was a dominant session for the ART Grand Prix outfit with the top-three being Charles Leclerc, Alexander Albon and Nyck de Vries. Leclerc achieved a time of 1:19.071, half a second faster than his nearest competitor, Albon.

Driver Team Time Gap 1 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:19.041 1 2 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:19.567 +0.526 2 3 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:19.734 +0.693 3 4 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:19.775 +0.734 4 5 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:19.842 +0.801 5 6 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:19.868 +0.827 6 7 20 Óscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 1:19.878 +0.837 7 8 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:19.917 +0.876 8 9 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:19.925 +0.884 9 10 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:19.980 +0.939 10 11 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:20.080 +1.039 11 12 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:20.102 +1.061 12 13 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:20.104 +1.063 13 14 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1:20.126 +1.085 14 15 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:20.227 +1.186 15 16 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:20.294 +1.253 16 17 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:20.309 +1.268 17 18 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:20.378 +1.337 18 19 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 1:20.429 +1.388 19 20 19 Richard Gonda Jenzer Motorsport 1:20.579 +1.538 20 21 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:20.593 +1.552 21 22 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:20.651 +1.610 22 Source:

Race 1

Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 24 35:01.756 1 25 (6) 2 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 24 +2.292 2 18 3 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 24 +8.949 3 15 4 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 24 +11.840 4 12 5 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 24 +13.131 11 10 6 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 24 +15.494 6 8 7 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 24 +16.694 5 6 8 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 24 +18.500 9 4 9 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 24 +19.129 15 2 10 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 24 +20.726 12 1 11 6 Artur Janosz Trident 24 +43.114 14 12 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 24 +45.524 21 13 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 19 +45.621 8 14 20 Óscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 24 +46.119 7 15 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 24 +46.534 10 16 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 24 +47.672 17 17 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 24 +54.379 13 18 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 23 +1 Lap 22 19 19 Richard Gonda Jenzer Motorsport 23 +1 Lap 20 20 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 23 +1 Lap 18 Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 4 Retired 16 Ret 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 3 Retired 8 Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc (ART Grand Prix) – 1:20.859 (on lap 27) Source:

Race 2

Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 17 33:57.642 5 15 (2) 2 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 17 +0.841 7 12 3 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 17 +1.784 4 10 4 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 17 +2.276 6 8 5 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 17 +2.440 9 6 6 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 17 +3.103 1 4 7 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 17 +3.486 3 2 8 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 17 +4.802 10 1 9 6 Artur Janosz Trident 17 +5.038 11 10 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 17 +6.017 15 11 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 17 +6.169 16 12 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 17 +7.080 20 13 20 Óscar Tunjo Jenzer Motorsport 17 +7.349 14 14 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 17 +9.539 13 Ret 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 14 Retired 22 Ret 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 13 Retired 17 Ret 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 13 Retired 8 Ret 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 10 Retired 12 Ret 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 9 Retired 18 Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Trident 8 Retired 21 Ret 19 Richard Gonda Jenzer Motorsport 5 Retired 19 Ret 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1 Retired 7 Fastest lap: Ralph Boschung (Koiranen GP) – 1:35.850 (on lap 10) Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 58 2 Alexander Albon 53 1 3 Antonio Fuoco 42 5 4 Nyck de Vries 31 2 5 Jake Hughes 31

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 161 4 2 Koiranen GP 44 3 Trident 44 2 4 DAMS 43 5 Arden International 22

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

See also 2016 Austrian Grand Prix 2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 Series round

References

External links Official website of GP3 Series