2016 Silverstone GP2 Series round
Round details | |||
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Round 5 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series | |||
![]() Layout of the Silverstone Circuit | |||
Location | Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi) | ||
GP2 Series | |||
Feature race | |||
Date | 9 July 2016 | ||
Laps | 29 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | ![]() | Racing Engineering | |
Time | 1:38.216 | ||
Podium | |||
First | ![]() | Prema Racing | |
Second | ![]() | Prema Racing | |
Third | ![]() | MP Motorsport | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | Campos Racing | |
Time | 1:43.172 (on lap 24) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 10 July 2016 | ||
Laps | 21 | ||
Podium | |||
First | ![]() | Racing Engineering | |
Second | ![]() | Trident | |
Third | ![]() | MP Motorsport | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | Trident | |
Time | 1:44.199 (on lap 3) |
The 2016 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. It was the fifth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend they supported the 2016 British Grand Prix.
Background
ART Grand Prix's Nobuharu Matsushita returned to the series after serving his one-round ban in Austria.
Report
Qualifying
In a somewhat controversial manner, Norman Nato achieved the fastest time of 1:38.216, thereby achieving his first pole position of the year. He was under investigation for setting his pole lap under red flag conditions. He was deemed by officials to set the lap time under green conditions and his pole time stood. Pierre Gasly achieved second place two-tenths behind Nato and Nicholas Latifi achieved a career-best of third.
- Notes
- 1.^ – Sirotkin was penalised after he failed to stop at the weighbridge and the car was not brought back before the mechanics worked on it, thereby violating the parc ferme ruling. He started from the pitlane.[2]
- 2.^ – Canamasas received a three-place grid penalty after having been deemed to demonstrate unsporting behaviour towards Oliver Rowland after the conclusion of practice.[3]
Feature Race
The preferred tire strategy for the feature race was often to start on the hard compound and then switch to soft later in the race. Prema Racing went against this using the opposite strategy to great effect, with Pierre Gasly taking his maiden GP2 win from teammate Antonio Giovinazzi. Oliver Rowland also went with this strategy, achieving third despite struggling for grip in the dying laps. This result elevates both Prema drivers to first and second in the standings, with Evans maintaining third.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 21 | ![]() | Prema Racing | 29 | 51:39.383 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 20 | ![]() | Prema Racing | 29 | +9.422 | 5 | 18 |
3 | 22 | ![]() | MP Motorsport | 29 | +16.090 1 | 9 | 15 |
4 | 7 | ![]() | Campos Racing | 29 | +21.667 | 6 | 12 (2) |
5 | 15 | ![]() | Trident | 29 | +24.591 | 21 | 10 |
6 | 1 | ![]() | ART Grand Prix | 29 | +25.165 | 11 | 8 |
7 | 3 | ![]() | Racing Engineering | 29 | +25.474 | 1 | 6 (4) |
8 | 4 | ![]() | Racing Engineering | 29 | +25.651 | 7 | 4 |
9 | 9 | ![]() | Russian Time | 29 | +31.757 | 4 | 2 |
10 | 10 | ![]() | Russian Time | 29 | +33.115 | 10 | 1 |
11 | 6 | ![]() | DAMS | 29 | +34.220 | 3 | |
12 | 19 | ![]() | Carlin | 29 | +34.409 | 12 | |
13 | 18 | ![]() | Carlin | 29 | +37.898 | 16 | |
14 | 12 | ![]() | Rapax | 29 | +42.610 | 8 | |
15 | 25 | ![]() | Arden International | 29 | +55.205 | 18 | |
16 | 5 | ![]() | DAMS | 29 | +56.604 | 15 | |
17 | 24 | ![]() | Arden International | 29 | +57.490 | 13 | |
18 | 2 | ![]() | ART Grand Prix | 29 | +1:02.096 | PL | |
19 | 23 | ![]() | MP Motorsport | 29 | +1:23.661 | 17 | |
20 | 14 | ![]() | Trident | 29 | +1:39.764 | 20 | |
21 | 8 | ![]() | Campos Racing | 28 | +1 Lap | 13 | |
22 | 11 | ![]() | Rapax | 28 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
Fastest lap: ![]() | |||||||
Source: |
- Notes
- 1.^ – Rowland was given a five-second time penalty for excessive over-use of track limits.[4]
Sprint Race
The sprint race saw another dominant performance from Jordan King who led from start to finish despite a late charge from Luca Ghiotto. The race was rather calm for the most part until three-laps from the end when the rain started to descend upon the circuit. As the circuit became more and more slippery, the drivers soon found themselves struggling for grip. Norman Nato spun off and several others left the circuit. Rowland passed Matsushita in the final laps to achieve another podium, the only driver to do so throughout the weekend.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 4 | ![]() | Racing Engineering | 21 | 37:35.325 | 1 | 15 |
2 | 15 | ![]() | Trident | 21 | +0.580 | 4 | 12 (2) |
3 | 22 | ![]() | MP Motorsport | 21 | +11.664 | 6 | 10 |
4 | 20 | ![]() | Prema Racing | 21 | +11.786 | 7 | 8 |
5 | 1 | ![]() | ART Grand Prix | 21 | +17.518 | 3 | 6 |
6 | 9 | ![]() | Russian Time | 21 | +20.467 | 9 | 4 |
7 | 21 | ![]() | Prema Racing | 21 | +23.126 | 8 | 2 |
8 | 19 | ![]() | Carlin | 21 | +25.873 | 12 | 1 |
9 | 18 | ![]() | Carlin | 21 | +26.721 | 13 | |
10 | 6 | ![]() | DAMS | 21 | +27.370 | 11 | |
11 | 12 | ![]() | Rapax | 21 | +28.061 | 14 | |
12 | 10 | ![]() | Russian Time | 21 | +28.632 | 10 | |
13 | 7 | ![]() | Campos Racing | 21 | +28.844 | 5 | |
14 | 5 | ![]() | DAMS | 21 | +29.598 | 16 | |
15 | 24 | ![]() | Arden International | 21 | +31.284 | 17 | |
16 | 23 | ![]() | MP Motorsport | 21 | +32.249 | 19 | |
17 | 25 | ![]() | Arden International | 21 | +35.412 | 15 | |
18 | 8 | ![]() | Campos Racing | 21 | +40.058 | 21 | |
19 | 11 | ![]() | Rapax | 21 | +46.964 | 22 | |
20 | 14 | ![]() | Trident | 21 | +1:30.028 | 20 | |
21 | 2 | ![]() | ART Grand Prix | 21 | +1:30.624 | 18 | |
Ret | 3 | ![]() | Racing Engineering | 19 | Spun off | 2 | |
Fastest lap: ![]() | |||||||
Source: |
Standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
- ^ "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Britain". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Round 5 Post Qualifying Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Round 5 Post Free Practice Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Round 5 Post Feature Race Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 9 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
External links
- Official website of GP2 Series
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