2016 Red Bull Ring GP3 Series round

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.

   2016 Red Bull Ring GP3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	2 July 2016
Laps	24
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:19.041
Podium
First	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Second	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Third	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:20.859 (on lap 11)
Race 2
Date	3 July 2016
Laps	17
Podium
First	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP
Second	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Third	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Fastest lap
Driver	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP
Time	1:35.850 (on lap 10)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
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:[3]

Race 1

Pos.	No.	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:[3]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	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:[3]

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