United Kingdom    2016 Silverstone GP2 round
Round details
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course Permanent racing facility
5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Feature race
Date 9 July 2016
Laps 29
Pole position
Driver France Norman Nato Racing Engineering
Time 1:38.216
Podium
First France Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Second Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing
Third United Kingdom Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mitch Evans Campos Racing
Time 1:43.172 (on lap 24)
Sprint race
Date 10 July 2016
Laps 21
Podium
First United Kingdom Jordan King Racing Engineering
Second Italy Luca Ghiotto Trident
Third United Kingdom Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Luca Ghiotto 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 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.

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 3 France Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:38.216 1
2 21 France Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:38.441 2
3 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:38.797 3
4 9 Italy Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:38.842 4
5 2 Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:38.904 PL 1
6 20 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:38.912 5
7 7 New Zealand Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:39.084 6
8 4 United Kingdom Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:39.123 7
9 12 France Arthur Pic Rapax 1:39.160 8
10 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:39.192 9
11 10 Russia Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:39.370 10
12 1 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:39.572 11
13 19 Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:39.668 12
14 18 Spain Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:39.749 16 2
15 8 Indonesia Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:39.750 13
16 11 Sweden Gustav Malja Rapax 1:39.798 14
17 5 United Kingdom Alex Lynn DAMS 1:39.928 15
18 23 Netherlands Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:40.459 17
19 25 Sweden Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:40.838 18
20 24 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:41.160 19
21 14 Indonesia Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:41.385 20
– 15 Italy Luca Ghiotto Trident no time 21
Source:[1]
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 tyre strategy for the feature race was often to start on the hard compound and then to 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
1 21 France Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 29 51:39.383 2 25
2 20 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 29 +9.422 5 18
3 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 29 +16.090 1 9 15
4 7 New Zealand Mitch Evans Campos Racing 29 +21.667 6 12 (2)
5 15 Italy Luca Ghiotto Trident 29 +24.591 21 10
6 1 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 29 +25.165 11 8
7 3 France Norman Nato Racing Engineering 29 +25.474 1 6 (4)
8 4 United Kingdom Jordan King Racing Engineering 29 +25.651 7 4
9 9 Italy Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 29 +31.757 4 2
10 10 Russia Artem Markelov Russian Time 29 +33.115 10 1
11 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi DAMS 29 +34.220 3
12 19 Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 29 +34.409 12
13 18 Spain Sergio Canamasas Carlin 29 +37.898 16
14 12 France Arthur Pic Rapax 29 +42.610 8
15 25 Sweden Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 29 +55.205 18
16 5 United Kingdom Alex Lynn DAMS 29 +56.604 15
17 24 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Arden International 29 +57.490 13
18 2 Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 29 +1:02.096 PL
19 23 Netherlands Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 29 +1:23.661 17
20 14 Indonesia Philo Paz Armand Trident 29 +1:39.764 20
21 8 Indonesia Sean Gelael Campos Racing 28 +1 Lap 13
22 11 Sweden Gustav Malja Rapax 28 +1 Lap 14
Fastest lap: New Zealand Mitch Evans (Campos Racing) – 1:43.172 (on lap 24)
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
1 4 United Kingdom Jordan King Racing Engineering 21 37:35.325 1 15
2 15 Italy Luca Ghiotto Trident 21 +0.580 4 12 (2)
3 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 21 +11.664 6 10
4 20 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 21 +11.786 7 8
5 1 Japan Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 21 +17.518 3 6
6 9 Italy Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 21 +20.467 9 4
7 21 France Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 21 +23.126 8 2
8 19 Germany Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 21 +25.873 12 1
9 18 Spain Sergio Canamasas Carlin 21 +26.721 13
10 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi DAMS 21 +27.370 11
11 12 France Arthur Pic Rapax 21 +28.061 14
12 10 Russia Artem Markelov Russian Time 21 +28.632 10
13 7 New Zealand Mitch Evans Campos Racing 21 +28.844 5
14 5 United Kingdom Alex Lynn DAMS 21 +29.598 16
15 24 Malaysia Nabil Jeffri Arden International 21 +31.284 17
16 23 Netherlands Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 21 +32.249 19
17 25 Sweden Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 21 +35.412 15
18 8 Indonesia Sean Gelael Campos Racing 21 +40.058 21
19 11 Sweden Gustav Malja Rapax 21 +46.964 22
20 14 Indonesia Philo Paz Armand Trident 21 +1:30.028 20
21 2 Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 21 +1:30.624 18
Ret 3 France Norman Nato Racing Engineering 19 Spun off 2
Fastest lap: Italy Luca Ghiotto (Trident) – 1:44.199 (on lap 3)
Source:

Standings after the round

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Britain". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
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