The 2016 Red Bull Ring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 2 and 3 July 2016 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It was the second round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.
| Round details | |||
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Round 2 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series | |||
 Layout of the Red Bull Ring | |||
| Location | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.688 mi) | ||
| Race 1 | |||
| Date | 2 July 2016 | ||
| Laps | 24 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Charles Leclerc | ART Grand Prix | |
| Time | 1:19.041 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Charles Leclerc | ART Grand Prix | |
| Second |
 Alexander Albon | ART Grand Prix | |
| Third |
 Nyck de Vries | ART Grand Prix | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Charles Leclerc | ART Grand Prix | |
| Time | 1:20.859 (on lap 11) | ||
| Race 2 | |||
| Date | 3 July 2016 | ||
| Laps | 17 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Ralph Boschung | Koiranen GP | |
| Second |
Alexander Albon | ART Grand Prix | |
| Third |
 Antonio Fuoco | Trident | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Ralph Boschung | Koiranen GP | |
| Time | 1:35.850 (on lap 10) | ||
Background edit
Before the weekend commenced, Mahaveer Raghunathan announced that he would call time on his GP3 campaign to focus on his efforts in Auto GP.[1] In the weekend's only practice session, Giuliano Alesi withdrew from the weekend after an accident which saw him unfit to complete the rest of the weekend.[2]
Classification edit
Qualifying edit
It was a dominant session for the ART Grand Prix outfit with the top-three being Charles Leclerc, Alexander Albon and Nyck de Vries. Leclerc achieved a time of 1:19.071, half a second faster than his nearest competitor, Albon.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 1 | Charles Leclerc
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ART Grand Prix | 1:19.041 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | Alexander Albon
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ART Grand Prix | 1:19.567 | +0.526 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | Nyck de Vries
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ART Grand Prix | 1:19.734 | +0.693 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | Ralph Boschung
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Koiranen GP | 1:19.775 | +0.734 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 |  Nirei Fukuzumi
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ART Grand Prix | 1:19.842 | +0.801 | 5 |
| 6 | 14 |  Matt Parry
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Koiranen GP | 1:19.868 | +0.827 | 6 |
| 7 | 20 |  Óscar Tunjo
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Jenzer Motorsport | 1:19.878 | +0.837 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | Jake Dennis
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Arden International | 1:19.917 | +0.876 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Jake Hughes
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DAMS | 1:19.925 | +0.884 | 9 |
| 10 | 26 |  Santino Ferrucci
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DAMS | 1:19.980 | +0.939 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | Antonio Fuoco
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Trident | 1:20.080 | +1.039 | 11 |
| 12 | 8 | Sandy Stuvik
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Trident | 1:20.102 | +1.061 | 12 |
| 13 | 10 | Tatiana Calderón
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Arden International | 1:20.104 | +1.063 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 |  Artur Janosz
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Trident | 1:20.126 | +1.085 | 14 |
| 15 | 11 | Jack Aitken
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Arden International | 1:20.227 | +1.186 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |  Matevos Isaakyan
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Koiranen GP | 1:20.294 | +1.253 | 16 |
| 17 | 22 |  Álex Palou
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Campos Racing | 1:20.309 | +1.268 | 17 |
| 18 | 23 | Steijn Schothorst
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Campos Racing | 1:20.378 | +1.337 | 18 |
| 19 | 28 | Kevin Jörg
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DAMS | 1:20.429 | +1.388 | 19 |
| 20 | 19 |  Richard Gonda
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Jenzer Motorsport | 1:20.579 | +1.538 | 20 |
| 21 | 18 |  Akash Nandy
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Jenzer Motorsport | 1:20.593 | +1.552 | 21 |
| 22 | 24 | Konstantin Tereshchenko
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Campos Racing | 1:20.651 | +1.610 | 22 |
| Source:[3] | ||||||
Race 1 edit
Race 2 edit
Standings after the round edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Raghunathan calls time on GP3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Alesi ruled out of Red Bull Ring round after practice shunt". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Austria". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
External links edit