The 2016 Monza GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 3 and 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. It was the seventh round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Italian Grand Prix.
Background Ralph Boschung would return to the category after sitting out the previous round in Belgium due to financial difficulties. As well as this, Óscar Tunjo would not return to the category for this round after making his return in Belgium.
Classification Qualifying Charles Leclerc took his third pole of the year and ART Grand Prix's sixth straight of the year, followed by the Arden International duo of Jake Dennis and Jack Aitken.
Driver Team Time Gap 1 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:38.546 – 1 2 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:38.712 +0.166 2 3 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:38.729 +0.183 3 4 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:38.847 +0.301 4 5 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:38.850 +0.304 5 6 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 1:38.872 +0.326 6 7 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:38.878 +0.332 7 8 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:38.879 +0.333 8 9 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:38.885 +0.339 9 10 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:38.945 +0.399 10 11 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:39.045 +0.499 11 12 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:39.084 +0.538 12 13 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:39.255 +0.709 13 14 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:39.268 +0.722 14 15 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:39.286 +0.740 15 16 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:39.377 +0.831 16 17 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:39.430 +0.884 17 18 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:39.439 +0.893 18 19 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.535 +0.989 19 20 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.558 +1.012 20 21 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1:39.869 +1.323 PL 22 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:40.216 +1.670 21 Source:
Notes
1. – Janosz was issued a three-place grid penalty after causing a collision with Arjun Maini. Seeing as how he could not serve his penalty in full, he started the feature race from the pitlane.
Race 1 It was a British lockout with Jake Dennis taking the victory, Jack Aitken achieving second and Jake Hughes third, as well as the fastest lap of the race.
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 22 38:06.844 2 25 2 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 22 +1.987 3 18 3 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 22 +2.532 8 15 (2) 4 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 22 +7.139 1 12 (4) 5 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 22 +7.561 6 10 6 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 22 +8.171 4 8 7 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 22 +8.343 9 6 8 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 22 +16.207 7 4 9 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 22 +16.607 17 2 10 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 22 +17.003 15 1 11 22 Alex Palou Campos Racing 22 +19.202 10 12 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 22 +20.444 11 13 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 22 +22.179 18 14 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 22 +25.076 19 15 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 22 +27.804 20 16 6 Artur Janosz Trident 22 +30.365 22 17 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 22 +32.963 21 18 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 22 +34.813 13 19 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 21 +1 Lap 14 NC 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 18 +4 Laps 5 Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 4 Retired 12 DNS 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 0 Did not start 16 Fastest lap: Jake Hughes (DAMS) – 1:40.706 (on lap 18) Source:
Race 2 Nyck de Vries took his first GP3 victory to put ART Grand Prix beyond reach in the GP3 Teams Championship. Team-mate Albon took second place whilst Antonio Fuoco achieved third in his home race.
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 17 30:24.854 2 15 (2) 2 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 17 +1.741 3 12 3 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 17 +6.382 1 10 4 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 17 +7.139 8 8 5 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 17 +8.331 2 6 6 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 17 +11.991 14 4 7 22 Alex Palou Campos Racing 17 +12.264 11 2 8 6 Artur Janosz Trident 17 +12.504 16 1 9 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 17 +12.504 18 10 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 17 +13.910 3 11 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 17 +14.716 19 12 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 17 +16.886 20 13 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 17 +17.561 13 14 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 17 +20.609 17 15 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 17 +20.958 20 16 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 17 +21.273 10 17 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 17 +22.022 9 18 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 17 +1:03.571 15 19 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 16 +1 Lap 22 Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 18 Retired 5 Ret 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 4 Collision 4 Ret 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 2 Collision 5 Fastest lap: Nyck de Vries (ART Grand Prix) – 1:40.766 (on lap 8) Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Charles Leclerc 177 2 Antonio Fuoco 153 3 Alexander Albon 145 4 Nyck de Vries 104 2 5 Jake Dennis 96
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 465 2 2 Arden International 187 1 3 Trident 165 1 4 Koiranen GP 137 5 DAMS 116
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2016 Italian Grand Prix 2016 Monza GP2 Series round
References
External links Official website of GP3 Series