2016 Sepang GP3 Series round

The 2016 Sepang GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. It was the penultimate round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

   2016 Sepang GP3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	19
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:49.861
Podium
First	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:51.934 (on lap 18)
Race 2
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Second	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix
Third	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	1:51.971 (on lap 14)

Background

Alessio Lorandi made his debut for the Jenzer Motorsport outfit.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:49.861		1
2	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:50.030	+0.169	2
3	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:50.192	+0.331	3
4	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:50.218	+0.357	4
EX	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:50.371	+0.510	221
5	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:50.430	+0.569	5
6	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:50.503	+0.642	6
7	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:50.533	+0.672	7
8	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:50.698	+0.837	8
9	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:50.717	+0.856	9
10	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:50.733	+0.872	10
11	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:50.749	+0.888	11
12	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:50.781	+0.920	12
13	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:50.783	+0.922	13
14	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	1:50.831	+0.970	14
15	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	1:51.047	+1.186	15
16	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:51.084	+1.223	16
17	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:51.184	+1.323	17
18	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:51.426	+1.565	18
19	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:51.456	+1.595	19
20	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:51.679	+1.818	20
21	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:51.881	+2.020	21
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Álex Palou was excluded from qualifying after his underfloor was found to be below the required dimensions. He would start the race from the back of the grid.

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	19	35:43.959	2	25 (2)
2	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	19	+6.397	4	18
3	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	19	+7.166	1	15 (4)
4	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+7.746	6	12
5	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	19	+18.680	9	10
6	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	19	+19.544	8	8
7	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	19	+20.373	5	6
8	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	19	+21.961	10	4
9	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	19	+24.393	12	2
10	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	19	+25.325	7	1
11	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	19	+26.005	14
12	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	19	+26.949	15
13	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	19	+28.171	3
14	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	19	+33.273	22
15	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	19	+35.555	18
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	19	+37.268	17
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	19	+48.279	20
Ret	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	11	Retired	13
Ret	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	2	Retired	11
Ret	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1	Retired	21
Ret	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	0	Retired	19
Ret	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	0	Retired	16
Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:51.934 (on lap 18)
Source:[1]

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	14	26:21.781	3	15 (2)
2	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	14	+3.456	2	12
3	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	14	+5.688	7	10
4	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	14	+8.785	9	8
5	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	14	+9.140	6	6
6	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	14	+9.982	13	4
7	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+10.953	5	2
8	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	14	+18.086	8	1
9	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+20.376	11
10	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	14	+22.023	4
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	14	+22.448	12
12	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	14	+23.229	22
13	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	14	+25.567	16
14	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	14	+27.236	15
15	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	14	+27.886	21
16	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	14	+30.008	20
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	14	+30.217	17
18	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	14	+30.606	19
19	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	14	+48.319	14
20	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	14	+1:07.110	10
Ret	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	11	Retired	1
Ret	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	4	Retired	18
Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 1:51.971 (on lap 14)
Source:[1]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 202 1 2 Alexander Albon 173 1 3 Antonio Fuoco 157 1 4 Jake Dennis 121 1 5 Jack Aitken 117

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 539 2 Arden International 240 3 Trident 170 4 Koiranen GP 147 5 DAMS 116

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

See also

• 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
• 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round