2016 Yas Marina GP2 Series round

2016 Abu Dhabi GP2 round
Round details
	Round 11 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 GP2 Series ; and; Round 9 of 9 rounds in the ; 2016 GP3 Series
	; Layout of the Yas Marina Circuit
Location	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.554 km (3.451 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	26 November 2016
Laps	31
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:47.476
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly
Second	Nobuharu Matsushita
Third	Artem Markelov
Fastest lap
Driver	Nobuharu Matsushita
Time	1:51.175 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	27 November 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Alex Lynn
Second	Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Third	Sergey Sirotkin
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin
Time	1:52.863 (on lap 14)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	26 November 2016
Laps	18
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Albon
Time	1:55.274
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries
Second	Jake Dennis
Third	Jack Aitken
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Aitken
Time	2:01.350 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	27 November 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Hughes
Second	Jack Aitken
Third	Nirei Fukuzumi
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis
Time	1:59.847 (on lap 5)

The 2016 Abu Dhabi GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 26 and 27 November 2016 at the Yas Marina Circuit in the Abu Dhabi as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the final round of both the 2016 GP2 season and the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Background

In GP2, Carlin announced that Louis Delétraz would be replacing Marvin Kirchhöfer for the final round in Abu Dhabi. As well as Carlin, Arden International also announced that Emil Bernstorff would be replacing Jimmy Eriksson.

Race results

GP2

Qualifying

Pierre Gasly took a crucial pole position which would help his bid to win the 2017 GP2 Series, with closest rival, Antonio Giovinazzi qualifying in sixth place.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:47.476		1
2	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:47.804	+ 0.328 s	2
3	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:47.901	+ 0.425 s	3
4	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:47.997	+ 0.521 s	4
5	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:48.130	+ 0.654 s	5
6	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:48.288	+ 0.812 s	6
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:48.307	+ 0.831 s	7
8	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:48.368	+ 0.892 s	8
9	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:48.524	+ 1.048 s	9
10	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:48.559	+ 1.083 s	10
11	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:48.712	+ 1.236 s	11
12	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:48.830	+ 1.354 s	12
13	12	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	Rapax	1:48.976	+ 1.500 s	13
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:49.075	+ 1.599 s	14
15	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:49.206	+ 1.730 s	15
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:49.779	+ 2.303 s	16
17	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:49.950	+ 2.474 s	17
18	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:50.135	+ 2.659 s	18
19	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:50.233	+ 2.757 s	19
20	19	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	1:50.234	+ 2.758 s	20
21	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:50.276	+ 2.800 s	21
22	25	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	1:50.470	+ 2.994 s	22
Source:^[1]

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	31	59:14.764	1	25 (4)
2	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	31	+6.737	4	18 (2)
3	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	31	+11.309	3	15
4	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	31	+14.111	2	12
5	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	31	+20.172	6	10
6	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	31	+23.686	7	8
7	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	31	+26.630	13	6
8	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	31	+35.974	9	4
9	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	31	+39.007	14	2
10	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	31	+41.589	8	1
11	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	31	+43.486	12
12	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	31	+43.960	16
13	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	31	+46.090	11
14	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	31	+1:04.814	21
15	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	31	+1:26.008	10
16	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	31	+1:27.892	17
17	25	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	31	+1:42.538	22
Ret	19	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	7	Retired	20
Ret	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	6	Retired	19
Ret	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	6	Retired	5
Ret	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	5	Retired	15
Ret	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	3	Retired	18
Fastest lap: Nobuharu Matsushita (ART Grand Prix) – 1:51.175 on lap 28
Source:^[1]

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	22	41:36.580	1	15
2	12	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Rapax	22	+4.945	2	12
3	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	22	+6.607	5	10 (2)
4	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	22	+8.078	7	8
5	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	22	+13.375	3	6
6	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	22	+16.716	4	4
7	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	22	+17.807	6	2
8	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	22	+22.609	15	1
9	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	22	+23.226	8
10	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	22	+28.848	13
11	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	22	+30.312	19
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	22	+33.447	9
13	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	22	+37.784	10
14	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	22	+38.996	20
15	25	Emil Bernstorff	Arden International	22	+45.390	17
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	22	+45.936	12
17	19	Louis Delétraz	Carlin	22	+46.716	18
18	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	22	+50.219	16
19	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	22	+1:08.896	11
20	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	22	+1:10.410	21
21	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	22	+1:27.122	22
Ret	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	0	Retired	14
Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:52.863 on lap 14
Source:^[1]

GP3

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:55.274		1
2	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:55.514	+ 0.240 s	2
3	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:55.604	+ 0.330 s	3
4	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:55.629	+ 0.355 s	4
5	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:55.660	+ 0.386 s	5
6	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:55.678	+ 0.404 s	6
7	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:55.683	+ 0.409 s	7
8	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	1:55.892	+ 0.618 s	8
9	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:55.981	+ 0.707 s	9
10	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:56.094	+ 0.820 s	10
11	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:56.145	+ 0.871 s	11
12	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:56.155	+ 0.880 s	12
13	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:56.155	+ 0.881 s	13
14	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:56.256	+ 0.982 s	14
15	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:56.361	+ 1.087 s	15
16	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:56.563	+ 1.289 s	16
17	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:56.570	+ 1.296 s	17
18	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:56.729	+ 1.455 s	18
19	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:56.732	+ 1.458 s	18
20	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:56.995	+ 1.721 s	22
21	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:57.513	+ 2.239 s	19
-	19	Alessio Lorandi	Jenzer Motorsport	no time		21
Sources:

Race 1

Race 2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2016 Yas Marina – GP2 – Results". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 September 2017.

External links

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