The 2016 Sepang GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. It was the penultimate round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Background Alessio Lorandi made his debut for the Jenzer Motorsport outfit.

Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 1 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:49.861 1 2 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:50.030 +0.169 2 3 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:50.192 +0.331 3 4 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:50.218 +0.357 4 EX 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:50.371 +0.510 22 5 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:50.430 +0.569 5 6 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1:50.503 +0.642 6 7 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:50.533 +0.672 7 8 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:50.698 +0.837 8 9 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:50.717 +0.856 9 10 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:50.733 +0.872 10 11 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:50.749 +0.888 11 12 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:50.781 +0.920 12 13 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:50.783 +0.922 13 14 19 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 1:50.831 +0.970 14 15 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 1:51.047 +1.186 15 16 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:51.084 +1.223 16 17 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:51.184 +1.323 17 18 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:51.426 +1.565 18 19 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:51.456 +1.595 19 20 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:51.679 +1.818 20 21 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1:51.881 +2.020 21 Source:

Notes – Álex Palou was excluded from qualifying after his underfloor was found to be below the required dimensions. He would start the race from the back of the grid.

Race 1 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 19 35:43.959 2 25 (2) 2 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 19 +6.397 4 18 3 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 19 +7.166 1 15 (4) 4 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 19 +7.746 6 12 5 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 19 +18.680 9 10 6 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 19 +19.544 8 8 7 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 19 +20.373 5 6 8 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 19 +21.961 10 4 9 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 19 +24.393 12 2 10 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 19 +25.325 7 1 11 19 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 19 +26.005 14 12 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 19 +26.949 15 13 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 19 +28.171 3 14 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 19 +33.273 22 15 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 19 +35.555 18 16 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 19 +37.268 17 17 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 19 +48.279 20 Ret 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 11 Retired 13 Ret 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 2 Retired 11 Ret 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1 Retired 21 Ret 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 0 Retired 19 Ret 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 0 Retired 16 Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:51.934 (on lap 18) Source:

Race 2 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 14 26:21.781 3 15 (2) 2 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 14 +3.456 2 12 3 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 14 +5.688 7 10 4 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 14 +8.785 9 8 5 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 14 +9.140 6 6 6 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 14 +9.982 13 4 7 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 14 +10.953 5 2 8 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 14 +18.086 8 1 9 19 Alessio Lorandi Jenzer Motorsport 14 +20.376 11 10 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 14 +22.023 4 11 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 14 +22.448 12 12 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 14 +23.229 22 13 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 14 +25.567 16 14 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 14 +27.236 15 15 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 14 +27.886 21 16 6 Artur Janosz Trident 14 +30.008 20 17 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 14 +30.217 17 18 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 14 +30.606 19 19 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 14 +48.319 14 20 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 14 +1:07.110 10 Ret 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 11 Retired 1 Ret 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 4 Retired 18 Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 1:51.971 (on lap 14) Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 202 1 2 Alexander Albon 173 1 3 Antonio Fuoco 157 1 4 Jake Dennis 121 1 5 Jack Aitken 117

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 539 2 Arden International 240 3 Trident 170 4 Koiranen GP 147 5 DAMS 116

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

See also 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round

References

External links Official website of GP3 Series