2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 Series round

The 2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 2 and 3 July 2016 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. It was the fourth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.

Austria    2016 Red Bull Ring GP2 round
Round details
Round 4 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Location Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
4.326 km (2.688 mi)
Feature race
Date 2 July 2016
Laps 40
Pole position
Driver Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:13.663
Podium
First New Zealand Mitch Evans Campos Racing
Second Indonesia Sean Gelael Campos Racing
Third Italy Raffaele Marciello Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Mitch Evans Campos Racing
Time 1:15.534 (on lap 38)
Sprint race
Date 3 July 2016
Laps 28
Podium
First United Kingdom Jordan King Racing Engineering
Second United Kingdom Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport
Third United Kingdom Alex Lynn DAMS
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jordan King Racing Engineering
Time 1:25.150 (on lap 27)

Background

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Following the Baku round, Nobuharu Matsushita was suspended from competing in the Austrian GP2 round due to erratic driving that caused several collisions during the restarts.[1] On 28 June, ART Grand Prix announced René Binder as Matsushita's replacement.[2]

Report

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Qualifying

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Arden International GP2 driver, Jimmy Eriksson will carry through a three-place grid penalty from the previous round after GP2 stewards deemed him to be at fault in the collision between himself and Jordan King.

Sergey Sirotkin achieved the fastest time of 1:13.663, thereby achieving his second pole position of the year. Antonio Giovinazzi narrowly missed out by six-thousandths of a second and Pierre Gasly occupied third. The session however, ended under yellow flags after Jimmy Eriksson's car stopped at turn seven.

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 2   Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:13.663 1
2 20   Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:13.669 2
3 21   Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:13.803 3
4 15   Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:14.091 4
5 10   Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:14.099 5
6 9   Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:14.184 6
7 22   Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:14.316 7
8 5   Alex Lynn DAMS 1:14.387 8
9 3   Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:14.456 9
10 7   Mitch Evans Pertamina Campos Racing 1:14.574 10
11 24   Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:14.626 14 1
12 19   Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:14.647 11
13 12   Arthur Pic Rapax 1:14.688 12
14 4   Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:14.815 13
15 18   Sergio Canamasas Carlin 1:14.832 17 2
16 1   René Binder ART Grand Prix 1:14.886 15
17 6   Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:14.958 20 3
18 11   Gustav Malja Rapax 1:15.020 16
19 8   Sean Gelael Pertamina Campos Racing 1:15.112 18
20 23   Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:15.307 19
21 25   Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:15.531 PL 4
22 14   Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:15.675 21
Source:[3]
Notes
1.^ – Jeffri received a three-place grid penalty after having failed to slow down under yellow flag conditions.[4]
2.^ – Canamasas received a three-place grid penalty after having been deemed to impede a fellow driver.[4]
3.^ – Latifi received a three-place grid penalty after having been deemed to impede a fellow driver.[4]
4.^ – Eriksson received a three-place grid penalty adhered from the previous round in Baku. Arden subsequently elected to start him from the pitlane.[5]

Feature Race

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The Feature Race for GP2 was delayed by 15 minutes due to incidents that occurred in the preceding Formula One qualifying session. The race saw changing conditions that effected the outcome of the race. While the bottom of the circuit would be dry, heavy rainfall would be at the top. Gasly spun from the lead which triggered a safety car and a flurry of pitstops. On lap 28, Marvin Kirchhöfer also spun, which triggered another safety car. Upon exiting the pitlane shortly thereafter, Artem Markelov hit the wall on pit exit, prompting a red flag due to damage to the track. After a lengthy delay, the race was restarted behind the safety car with the Campos pair of Mitch Evans and Sean Gelael leading and Philo Paz Armand, who incurred a penalty after overtaking the safety car. Raffaele Marciello began to charge through the field on fresh super soft tyres, but as the pace in the compound started to fade away, Evans took control and won his first race of the season.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7   Mitch Evans Campos Racing 40 1:18:32.399 10 25 (2)
2 8   Sean Gelael Campos Racing 40 +4.600 18 18
3 9   Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 40 +10.789 6 15
4 15   Luca Ghiotto Trident 40 +12.363 4 12
5 25   Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 40 +12.691 PL 10
6 22   Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 40 +15.557 7 8
7 3   Norman Nato Racing Engineering 40 +16.559 9 6
8 4   Jordan King Racing Engineering 40 +22.762 13 4
9 12   Arthur Pic Rapax 40 +24.738 12 2
10 6   Nicholas Latifi DAMS 40 +25.629 20 1
11 5   Alex Lynn DAMS 40 +27.000 8
12 1 2   Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 40 +29.708 1 (4)
13 2 11   Gustav Malja Rapax 40 +30.258 16
14 23   Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 39 +1 Lap 19
15 14   Philo Paz Armand Trident 39 +1 Lap 21
16 1   René Binder ART Grand Prix 38 +2 Laps 15
Ret 20   Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 29 Ignition 2
Ret 10   Artem Markelov Russian Time 28 Accident 5
Ret 19   Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 26 Spun off 11
Ret 21   Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 17 Spun off 3
Ret 24   Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1 Collision damage 14
Ret 18   Sergio Canamasas Carlin 0 Collision 17
Fastest lap:   Mitch Evans (Campos Racing) – 1:15.534 (on lap 38)
Source:[3]
Notes
1.^ – Sirotkin was given a ten-second time penalty for failing to re-establish his original starting position before the safety car line and of failing to re-enter the pitlane.[6]
2.^ – Malja was given a ten-second time penalty for passing several cars as well as the safety car between turns seven and eight during the safety car period without permission from the Race Director.[6]

Sprint Race

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The Sprint Race was held under atrocious conditions, with rain affecting the entire race. This would catch out drivers throughout the race and would lead to two safety cars. The first of which came as a result of Sean Gelael retiring after being hit by Arthur Pic on lap three. The second safety car came after Nicholas Latifi spun on the exit of turn one on lap ten. By this stage, the circuit was beginning to dry and some drivers elected to pit for dry tyres in an attempt to take advantage of the changing conditions. However, the track had not dried out sufficiently by this stage and so saw most of the competitors struggling for grip for the first few laps into the stint. As well as this, the restart was prompt and the group that had pitted for dry tyres were left far behind the leading pack by the time of the restart. In the end, Racing Engineering's Jordan King completed a dominant performance and earned his first GP2 win and Racing Engineering's second of the season.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4   Jordan King Racing Engineering 28 44:34.966 1 15 (2)
2 22   Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 28 +6.019 3 12
3 5   Alex Lynn DAMS 28 +7.702 11 10
4 9   Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 28 +10.234 6 8
5 20   Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 28 +10.417 17 6
6 2   Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 28 +11.821 12 4
7 21   Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 28 +12.594 20 2
8 7   Mitch Evans Campos Racing 28 +12.881 8 1
9 15   Luca Ghiotto Trident 28 +15.878 5
10 18   Sergio Canamasas Carlin 28 +35.019 22
11 10   Artem Markelov Russian Time 28 +57.740 18
12 3   Norman Nato Racing Engineering 28 +1:00.076 2
13 25   Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 28 +1:00.107 4
14 14   Philo Paz Armand Trident 28 +1:16.880 15
15 1   René Binder ART Grand Prix 28 +1:17.325 16
16 11   Gustav Malja Rapax 27 +1 Lap 13
17 24   Nabil Jeffri Arden International 27 +1 Lap 21
18 12   Arthur Pic Rapax 27 +1 Lap 9
19 19   Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 27 +1 Lap 19
20 23   Daniel de Jong MP Motorsport 27 +1 Lap 14
Ret 6   Nicholas Latifi DAMS 20 Spun off 10
Ret 8   Sean Gelael Campos Racing 3 Collision damage 7
Fastest lap:   Jordan King (Racing Engineering) – 1:25.150 (on lap 27)
Source:[3]

Standings after the round

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MATSUSHITA SUSPENDED FOR NEXT EVENT". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Binder to substitute for banned Matsushita at Spielberg". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Austria". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Round 4 Post Qualifying Penalties". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Round 3 Post Sprint Race Penalty". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Round 4 Post Feature Race Penalties". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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Previous round:
2016 Baku GP2 Series round
GP2 Series
2016 season
Next round:
2016 Silverstone GP2 Series round
Previous round:
2015 Red Bull Ring GP2 Series round
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2017 Spielberg Formula 2 round