2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2016 Sepang GP2 round
Round details
Round 10 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series season and Round 8 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series season
Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	31
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:42.181
Podium
First	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Second	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Third	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:45.791 (on lap 10)
Sprint race
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	22
Podium
First	Luca Ghiotto	Trident
Second	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time
Third	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	1 October 2016
Laps	19
Pole position
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:49.861
Podium
First	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:51.934 (on lap 18)
Race 2
Date	2 October 2016
Laps	14
Podium
First	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Second	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix
Third	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	1:51.971 (on lap 14)

The 2016 Sepang GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in the Malaysia as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the eighth round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Background

Johnny Cecotto, Jr. made his return to GP2 for this round with the Rapax team, whilst Jimmy Eriksson pulled out of the round due to financial setbacks.

In GP3, Alessio Lorandi made his debut for the Jenzer Motorsport outfit.

Pierre Gasly took another pole with team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:42.181		1
2	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:42.263	+ 0.082 s	2
3	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:42.526	+ 0.345 s	3
4	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:42.528	+ 0.347 s	4
5	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:42.623	+ 0.442 s	5
6	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:42.775	+ 0.594 s	6
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:42.800	+ 0.619 s	7
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:42.851	+ 0.670 s	8
9	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:42.902	+ 0.721 s	9
10	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:42.934	+ 0.753 s	10
11	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:42.934	+ 0.753 s	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:43.130	+ 0.949 s	12
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:43.224	+ 1.043 s	11
14	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:43.290	+ 1.109 s	14
15	12	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	Rapax	1:43.385	+ 1.204 s	15
16	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:43.606	+ 1.425 s	16
17	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:43.761	+ 1.580 s	17
18	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:43.965	+ 1.784 s	18
19	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:43.977	+ 1.796 s	19
20	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:44.087	+ 1.906 s	20
21	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:44.578	+ 2.397 s	19
Source:^[1]

↑ "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Malaysia". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

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List of GP2 Series rounds

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2007	BHR ESP MON FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL VAL

2008	ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA

2009	ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN VAL BEL ITA POR

2010	ESP MON TUR VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU

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2012	MAL BHR1 BHR2 ESP MON VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN

2013	MAL BHR ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN ABU

2014	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

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2016	ESP MON AZE AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MAL ABU

List of GP3 Rounds

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2011	TUR ESP VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA

2012	ESP MON VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA

2013	ESP VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU

2014	ESP AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

2015	ESP AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

2016	ESP AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MYS ABU

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