2016 Monza GP3 Series round

The 2016 Monza GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 3 and 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. It was the seventh round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Italian Grand Prix.

   2016 Monza GP3 round

Round details
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)
Date	3 September 2016
GP3 Series
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

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.

Classification

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:[1]

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.^[2]

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 Jörg	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:[1]

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 Jörg	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:[1]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 177 2 Antonio Fuoco 153 3 Alexander Albon 145 4 Nyck de Vries 104 2 5 Jake Dennis 96

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 465 2 2 Arden International 187 1 3 Trident 165 1 4 Koiranen GP 137 5 DAMS 116

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

See also

• 2016 Italian Grand Prix
• 2016 Monza GP2 Series round