2016 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2016 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that was held on 3 and 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the ninth round of the 2016 GP2 Series and the seventh round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Italian Grand Prix.

   2016 Monza GP2 round
Round details
Round 9 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
and
Round 7 of 9 rounds in the
2016 GP3 Series

Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
5.793 km (3.6 mi)
Feature race
Date 3 September 2016
Laps 30
Pole position
Driver Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Time 1:31.199
Podium
First Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Second Raffaele Marciello Russian Time
Third Gustav Malja Rapax
Fastest lap
Driver Luca Ghiotto Trident
Time 1:33.980 (on lap 27)
Sprint race
Date 4 September 2016
Laps 21
Podium
First Norman Nato Racing Engineering
Second Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Third Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver Artem Markelov Russian Time
Time 1:33.727 (on lap 5)
Race 1
Date 3 September 2016
Laps 22
Pole position
Driver Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix
Time 1:38.546
Podium
First Jake Dennis Arden International
Second Jack Aitken Arden International
Third Jake Hughes DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver Jake Hughes DAMS
Time 1:40.706 (on lap 18)
Race 2
Date 4 September 2016
Laps 17
Podium
First Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix
Second Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix
Third Antonio Fuoco Trident
Fastest lap
Driver Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix
Time 1:40.766 (on lap 8)

Background

In GP3, Ralph Boschung would return to the category after sitting out the previous round in Belgium due to financial difficulties. As well as this, Óscar Tunjo would not return to the category for this round after making his return in Belgium.

Report

Qualifying

Pierre Gasly took another pole with team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi in a close second to continue the dominant form of the Prema team. However, due to irregularities in the tyre pressures, Giovinazzi was demoted toward the end of the grid, elevating third place Artem Markelov to the front row. The second row would consist of Arthur Pic and Mitch Evans.

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:31.199 – 1
EX 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:31.253 +0.054 211
2 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:31.548 +0.349 2
3 12 Arthur Pic Rapax 1:31.617 +0.418 3
4 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:31.666 +0.467 4
5 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:31.710 +0.511 5
6 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:31.775 +0.576 6
EX 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:31.795 +0.596 222
7 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:31.816 +0.617 7
8 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:31.846 +0.646 8
9 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:31.855 +0.656 9
10 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:31.864 +0.665 10
11 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:31.986 +0.787 11
12 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:32.037 +0.838 12
13 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:32.172 +0.973 13
14 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:32.192 +0.993 14
15 18 Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:32.196 +0.997 15
16 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 1:32.215 +1.016 16
17 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:32.481 +1.282 17
18 23 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 1:33.071 +1.872 18
19 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:33.269 +2.070 19
20 25 Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:33.929 +2.730 20
Source:[1]
Notes
1.^ – Giovinazzi and Jeffri were excluded from qualifying after being deemed to run illegal tyre pressures during the session.[2]

Feature Race

Antonio Giovinazzi won what was a chaotic race after a mid-race accident shuffled the pack and elevated himself, Raffaele Marciello and Gustav Malja up the pack. On lap 15, an Arthur Pic collided with Sergio Canamasas through the second Lesmo. The pair were racing side-by-side and after barely leaving enough space through the corner, Pic lost control through the corner and counter-steered straight into Canamasas' rear wheel, sending him into a roll. Pic expressed frustration with the incident, although stewards later deemed him to be at fault for the incident - handing him a three-place grid penalty as a consequence. The safety car put Gasly from a comfortable first to fourth and now behind drivers on brand-new tyres. With four laps to go, it was Marciello leading from Giovinazzi and Malja. On the final lap, Giovinazzi benefited from the use of DRS and passed Marciello to take a home victory from Marciello (thereby making it an Italian one-two) and Malja. As well as this, Luca Ghiotto achieved the fastest lap, completing a successful race for the Italians on home soil.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 30 52:28.474 21 25
2 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 30 +1.457 11 18
3 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 30 +1.988 16 15
4 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 30 +2.294 1 12 (4)
5 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 30 +2.809 8 10
6 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 30 +2.823 9 8 (2)
7 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 30 +3.896 5 6
8 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 30 +6.311 4 4
9 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 30 +7.898 10 2
10 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 30 +9.416 2 1
11 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 30 +10.277 12
12 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 30 +11.013 6
13 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 30 +17.807 22
14 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 30 +18.524 7
15 25 Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 30 +18.1091 20
16 6 Nicholas Latifi Carlin 30 +22.201 14
17 23 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 30 +22.555 18
18 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 30 +22.833 13
19 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 30 +23.482 19
Ret 18 Sergio Canamasas Carlin 15 Accident 15
Ret 12 Arthur Pic Rapax 15 Accident 3
DSQ 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 29 Disqualified2 17
Fastest lap: Luca Ghiotto (Trident) – 1:33.980 (on lap 27)
Source:[1]
Notes
1.^ – Eriksson was given a five-second penalty after having been deemed to have forced another driver off the circuit.[3]
2.^ – Gelael was initially given a ten-second stop-go penalty for failing to slow under double-yellow flags, after setting his fastest sector times under the Safety Car period. After crossing the start/finish line more than twice without serving the penalty, he was disqualified from the race.[3]

Sprint Race

Norman Nato took his first win since the opening race of the championship, beating the Prema Racing pair of Gasly and Giovinazzi with a comfortable margin.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 21 33:51.821 4 15
2 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 21 +4.312 5 12
3 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 21 +8.495 8 10
4 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 21 +12.775 2 8
5 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 21 +13.576 12 6
6 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 21 +13.586 11 4
7 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 21 +21.526 6 2
8 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 21 +22.566 17 1
9 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 21 +29.225 9
10 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 21 +32.8131 10 (2)
11 12 Arthur Pic Rapax 21 +34.192 21
12 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 21 +34.194 13
13 18 Sergio Canamasas Carlin 21 +36.845 20
14 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 21 +40.665 7
15 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 21 +41.5031 16
16 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 21 +44.059 22
17 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 21 +48.628 19
18 25 Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 20 +1 Lap 15
19 23 Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 20 +1 Lap 17
Ret 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 6 Retired 14
Ret 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 0 Collision 1
Ret 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 0 Collision 3
Fastest lap: Artem Markelov (Russian Time) – 1:33.727 (on lap 5)
Source:[1]
1.^ – Markelov and Latifi were penalised after it was deemed that neither driver slowed sufficiently for the Virtual Safety Car. They were each given the equivalent of a drive-through-penalty (20 seconds) applied to their race times.[4]

Qualifying

Charles Leclerc took his third pole of the year and ART Grand Prix's sixth straight of the year, followed by the Arden International duo of Jake Dennis and Jack Aitken.

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:38.546 – 1
2 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:38.712 +0.166 2
3 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:38.729 +0.183 3
4 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:38.847 +0.301 4
5 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:38.850 +0.304 5
6 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 1:38.872 +0.326 6
7 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:38.878 +0.332 7
8 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:38.879 +0.333 8
9 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:38.885 +0.339 9
10 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:38.945 +0.399 10
11 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:39.045 +0.499 11
12 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:39.084 +0.538 12
13 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:39.255 +0.709 13
14 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:39.268 +0.722 14
15 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:39.286 +0.740 15
16 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:39.377 +0.831 16
17 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:39.430 +0.884 17
18 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:39.439 +0.893 18
19 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.535 +0.989 19
20 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.558 +1.012 20
21 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1:39.869 +1.323 PL1
22 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:40.216 +1.670 21
Source:[5]
Notes
1.^ – Janosz was issued a three-place grid penalty after causing a collision with Arjun Maini. Seeing as how he could not serve his penalty in full, he started the feature race from the pitlane.[6]

Race 1

It was a British lockout with Jake Dennis taking the victory, Jack Aitken achieving second and Jake Hughes third, as well as the fastest lap of the race.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 22 38:06.844 2 25
2 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 22 +1.987 3 18
3 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 22 +2.532 8 15 (2)
4 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 22 +7.139 1 12 (4)
5 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 22 +7.561 6 10
6 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 22 +8.171 4 8
7 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 22 +8.343 9 6
8 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 22 +16.207 7 4
9 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 22 +16.607 17 2
10 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 22 +17.003 15 1
11 22 Alex Palou Campos Racing 22 +19.202 10
12 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 22 +20.444 11
13 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 22 +22.179 18
14 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 22 +25.076 19
15 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 22 +27.804 20
16 6 Artur Janosz Trident 22 +30.365 22
17 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 22 +32.963 21
18 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 22 +34.813 13
19 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 21 +1 Lap 14
NC 28 Kevin Jorg DAMS 18 +4 Laps 5
Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 4 Retired 12
DNS 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 0 Did not start 16
Fastest lap: Jake Hughes (DAMS) – 1:40.706 (on lap 18)
Source:[5]

Race 2

Nyck de Vries took his first GP3 victory to put ART Grand Prix beyond reach in the GP3 Teams Championship. Team-mate Albon took second place whilst Antonio Fuoco achieved third in his home race.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 17 30:24.854 2 15 (2)
2 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 17 +1.741 3 12
3 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 17 +6.382 1 10
4 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 17 +7.139 8 8
5 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 17 +8.331 2 6
6 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 17 +11.991 14 4
7 22 Alex Palou Campos Racing 17 +12.264 11 2
8 6 Artur Janosz Trident 17 +12.504 16 1
9 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 17 +12.504 18
10 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 17 +13.910 3
11 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 17 +14.716 19
12 28 Kevin Jorg DAMS 17 +16.886 20
13 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 17 +17.561 13
14 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 17 +20.609 17
15 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 17 +20.958 20
16 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 17 +21.273 10
17 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 17 +22.022 9
18 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 17 +1:03.571 15
19 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 16 +1 Lap 22
Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 18 Retired 5
Ret 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 4 Collision 4
Ret 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 2 Collision 5
Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) – 1:40.766 (on lap 8)
Source:[5]

Standings after the round
GP2 Series
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
GP3 Series
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Italy". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. "Giovinazzi, Jeffri Excluded From Qualifying". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. "Round 9 Post Feature Race Penalties". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "Round 9 Post Sprint Race Penalties". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 4 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  5. "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Italy". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. "Monza Post-Qualifying Penalty". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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