The 2016 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Three motor race held on 15 May 2016 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was run as the third round of the 2016 European Formula 3 Championship and was won by Alessio Lorandi, driving for Carlin. Lance Stroll finished second and George Russell third.
| 2016 Pau Grand Prix | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 15 May 2016 | ||
| Official name | LXXV Pau Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Pau, France | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.760 km (1.720 miles) | ||
| Distance | 25 laps, 69.000 km (42.874 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Carlin | ||
| Time | 1:21.586 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 George Russell | HitechGP | |
| Time | 1:10.950 on lap 19 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Carlin | ||
| Second | Prema Powerteam | ||
| Third | HitechGP | ||
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| Pos | No | Driver | Vehicle | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  Alessio Lorandi
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Carlin | 25 | 35min 09.190sec | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 |  Lance Stroll
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Prema Powerteam | 25 | + 0.460 s | 2 | |
| 3 | 12 | George Russell
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HitechGP | 25 | + 2.385 s | 5 | |
| 4 | 6 | Callum Ilott
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Van Amersfoort Racing | 25 | + 2.806 s | 6 | |
| 5 | 7 |  Mikkel Jensen
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Mücke Motorsport | 25 | + 6.393 s | 8 | |
| 6 | 22 |  Joel Eriksson
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Motopark | 25 | + 6.920 s | 11 | |
| 7 | 3 |  Ryan Tveter
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Carlin | 25 | + 12.097 s | 9 | |
| 8 | 10 |  Niko Kari
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Motopark | 25 | + 12.599 s | 14 | |
| 9 | 14 |  Arjun Maini
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ThreeBond with T-Sport | 25 | + 13.179 s | 18 | |
| 10 | 5 |  Pedro Piquet
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Van Amersfoort Racing | 25 | + 22.901 s | 16 | |
| 11 | 24 | Ben Barnicoat
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HitechGP | 25 | + 25.011 s | 7 | |
| 12 | 21 |  Anthoine Hubert
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Van Amersfoort Racing | 25 | + 29.981 s | 10 | |
| 13 | 17 |  Maximilian Günther
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Prema Powerteam | 25 | + 35.100 s | 21 | |
| 14 | 20 | Harrison Newey
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Van Amersfoort Racing | 25 | + 39.856 s | 17 | |
| 15 | 16 |  Ralf Aron
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Prema Powerteam | 25 | + 44.042 s | 13 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Guanyu Zhou
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Motopark | 21 | Retired | 20 | |
| Ret | 11 |  Nikita Mazepin
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HitechGP | 1 | Retired | 15 | |
| Ret | 9 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Motopark | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Nick Cassidy
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Prema Powerteam | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 8 | David Beckmann
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Mücke Motorsport | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 18 | Zhi Cong Li
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Carlin | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
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