2016 Sepang GP2 Series round

The 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

   2016 Sepang GP2 round

Round details
Round 10 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series
Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	29
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:42.181
Podium
First	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Second	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Third	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:45.791 (on lap 10)
Sprint race
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Luca Ghiotto	Trident
Second	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time
Third	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:45.813 (on lap 18)

Background

Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his return to GP2 for this round with the Rapax team, whilst Jimmy Eriksson pulled out of the round due to financial setbacks.

Report

Qualifying

Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:42.181		1
2	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:42.263	+0.082	2
3	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:42.526	+0.345	3
4	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:42.528	+0.347	4
5	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:42.623	+0.442	5
6	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:42.775	+0.594	6
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:42.800	+0.619	7
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:42.851	+0.670	8
9	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:42.902	+0.721	9
10	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:42.934	+0.753	10
11	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:42.934	+0.753	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:43.130	+0.949	12
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:43.224	+1.043	13
14	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:43.290	+1.109	14
15	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	1:43.385	+1.204	15
16	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:43.606	+1.425	16
17	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:43.761	+1.580	17
18	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:43.965	+1.784	18
19	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:43.977	+1.796	19
20	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:44.087	+1.906	20
21	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:44.578	+2.397	21
Source:[1]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	29	52:18.049	2	25
2	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	29	+5.858	4	18 (2)
3	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	29	+8.015	7	15
4	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	29	+16.214	6	12
5	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	29	+18.742	8	10
6	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	29	+20.694	3	8
7	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	29	+24.964	11	6
8	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	29	+28.550	16	4
9	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	29	+28.741	13	2
10	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	29	+33.209	19	1
11	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	29	+35.538	1	(4)
12	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	29	+35.550	9
13	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	29	+35.703	15
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	29	+41.169	12
15	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	29	+41.288	15
16	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	29	+42.969	20
17	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	29	+47.208	18
18	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	29	+1:03.069	17
19	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	29	+1:06.464	21
Ret	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	Retired	5
DNS	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	0	Did not start	10
Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:45.791 (on lap 10)
Source:[1]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	22	40:22.211	2	15
2	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	22	+0.694	3	12
3	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	22	+4.786	11	10 (2)
4	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	22	+5.402	8	8
5	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	22	+9.693	9	6
6	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	22	+13.333	1	4
7	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	+13.997	20	2
8	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	22	+15.893	12	1
9	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	22	+17.623	13
10	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	22	+24.245	14
11	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	22	+25.837	15
12	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	22	+27.198	5
13	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	22	+29.287	21
14	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	22	+1:12.416	4
15	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	22	+1:26.372	10
Ret	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	18	Retired	19
Ret	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	18	Retired	18
Ret	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	13	Retired	7
Ret	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	7	Retired	16
Ret	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1	Retired	6
Ret	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	0	Retired	17
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:45.813 (on lap 18)
Source:[1]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Antonio Giovinazzi 197 1 2 Pierre Gasly 188 3 Raffaele Marciello 158 4 Sergey Sirotkin 135 5 Jordan King 122

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 385 1 2 Racing Engineering 244 1 3 Russian Time 240 4 ART Grand Prix 199 5 DAMS 126

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

See also

• 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
• 2016 Sepang GP3 Series round