2016 GP3 Series

2016 GP3 Series season
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Parent series: Formula One GP2 Series

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ART Grand Prix will start the season as the defending teams' champions.

The 2016 GP3 Series season is the seventh season of the GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series GP2. In keeping with the series' philosophy of updating its technical regulations every three years, the Dallara GP3/13 chassis introduced in the 2013 season was discontinued and Dallara supplied all teams with a new model known as the GP3/16, which will be used until the next cycle begins in 2019.^[1]

ART Grand Prix started the season as the defending teams' champions.

Teams and drivers

Teams are allowed to run four cars to compensate for the drop in the number of entries.^[2] The starting grid for any individual race meeting may contain a possible maximum of 28 cars across seven teams.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
ART Grand Prix^[3]	1	Charles Leclerc^[4]	1
	2	Nirei Fukuzumi^[5]	1
	3	Alexander Albon^[6]	1
	4	Nyck de Vries^[7]	1
Trident^[3]	5	Antonio Fuoco^[8]	1
	6	Artur Janosz^[8]	1
	7	Giuliano Alesi^[8]	1
	8	Sandy Stuvik^[8]	1
Arden International^[3]	9	Jake Dennis^[9]	1
	10	Tatiana Calderón^[10]	1
	11	Jack Aitken^[11]	1
Koiranen GP^[3]	14	Matt Parry^[12]	1
	15	Mahaveer Raghunathan^[13]	1
	16	Matevos Isaakyan^[14]	1
	17	Ralph Boschung^[15]	1
Jenzer Motorsport^[3]	18	Akash Nandy^[16]	1
	19	Richard Gonda^[17]	1
	20	Óscar Tunjo^[18]	1
Campos Racing^[3]	22	Álex Palou^[19]	1
	23	Steijn Schothorst^[20]	1
	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko^[20]	1
DAMS^[3]	26	Santino Ferrucci^[21]	1
	27	Jake Hughes^[21]	1
	28	Kevin Jörg^[21]	1

Driver changes

Entering GP3

Alexander Albon, who finished seventh in the 2015 European Formula 3 season, will enter the series, with ART Grand Prix.^[6]
Giuliano Alesi, son of former Formula One driver Jean Alesi, will join the series from French F4 with Trident, with backing from Scuderia Ferrari.^[8]
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps runner-up Jake Hughes, 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC runner-up Kevin Jörg and European Formula 3 driver Santino Ferrucci will join the series with newcomers DAMS.
Jake Dennis, who finished third in the 2015 European Formula 3 season, will enter the series with Arden International.^[9]
Matevos Isaakyan, who contested the last two rounds of the 2015 season for Koiranen GP, will enter the series fulltime with the team.^[14]
2015 Euroformula Open runner-up Konstantin Tereshchenko and 2015 Renault Sport Trophy runner-up Steijn Schothorst will join the series with Campos Racing.^[20]
2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Alps champion Jack Aitken will join the series with Arden.
2015 European Formula 3 entrant and 2015–16 MRF Challenge runner-up Tatiana Calderón will enter the series with Arden International.^[10]
Nirei Fukuzumi, who finished fourth in Japanese F3 in 2015, will step up to the series with ART Grand Prix.^[5]
European Formula 3 driver Mahaveer Raghunathan will join the series with Koiranen.
2015 European Formula 3 rookie champion Charles Leclerc, who finished fourth, will step up to the series with ART, with backing from Scuderia Ferrari.^[4]
2015 MotorSport Vision Formula Three Cup and Asian Le Mans Series runner-up Akash Nandy will enter the series with Jenzer Motorsport.^[16]
McLaren junior driver Nyck de Vries, who finished third in the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, will join the series with ART Grand Prix.^[7]

Changing Teams

Antonio Fuoco and Sandy Stuvik, who raced with Carlin and Status Grand Prix in 2015 respectively, will switch to Trident.^[8]
Ralph Boschung, who raced with Jenzer in 2015, will switch to Koiranen.
Óscar Tunjo, who won one race with Trident in 2015, will switch to Jenzer.^[18]

Leaving GP3

2015 runner-up Luca Ghiotto will leave the series to compete in GP2 with Trident.
Aleksander Bosak, who competed for Arden International in the 2015 season, will switch to Formula V8 3.5 with Pons Racing.^[22]
Jann Mardenborough, who finished ninth for Carlin in 2015, will leave the series to compete in both Super GT and All-Japan F3.^[23]
Seb Morris, who raced with Status Grand Prix in the 2015 season, will leave the series to race in British GT with Team Parker Racing.^[24]
2015 season champion Esteban Ocon will leave the series as the reigning champion is not permitted to continue competing in the series. He will be joining the DTM with Mercedes-Benz.^[25]
Marvin Kirchhöfer will leave the series to join GP2 with Carlin.^[26]

Team changes

After having competed in the series since its inaugural season, Carlin and Status Grand Prix will leave the championship.
DAMS, which operates across multiple single-seater championships, left Formula Renault 3.5 Series to join the GP3 series.^[3]
Virtuosi Racing were scheduled to enter, but were removed from the entry list before the season.^[3]

Calendar

On 4 March 2016, the full calendar was revealed with nine rounds taking place.^[27]

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date	Supporting
1	Feature	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	14 May	Spanish Grand Prix
1	Sprint	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	15 May	Spanish Grand Prix
2	Feature	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	2 July	Austrian Grand Prix
2	Sprint	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	3 July	Austrian Grand Prix
3	Feature	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	9 July	British Grand Prix
3	Sprint	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	10 July	British Grand Prix
4	Feature	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	23 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
4	Sprint	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	24 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
5	Feature	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	30 July	German Grand Prix
5	Sprint	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	31 July	German Grand Prix
6	Feature	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	27 August	Belgian Grand Prix
6	Sprint	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	28 August	Belgian Grand Prix
7	Feature	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	3 September	Italian Grand Prix
7	Sprint	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	4 September	Italian Grand Prix
8	Feature	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	Malaysia	1 October	Malaysian Grand Prix
8	Sprint	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	Malaysia	2 October	Malaysian Grand Prix
9	Feature	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	26 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
9	Sprint	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	27 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Calendar changes

The series will return to the Hockenheimring in support of the German Grand Prix, and will make its début at the Sepang International Circuit.
The rounds at the Sochi Autodrom and the Bahrain International Circuit were discontinued for the 2016 season.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	F	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Jake Hughes	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	Report
1	S	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya		Óscar Tunjo	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	Report
2	F	Red Bull Ring					Report
2	S	Red Bull Ring					Report
3	F	Silverstone Circuit					Report
3	S	Silverstone Circuit					Report
4	F	Hockenheimring					Report
4	S	Hockenheimring					Report
5	F	Hungaroring					Report
5	S	Hungaroring					Report
6	F	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps					Report
6	S	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps					Report
7	F	Autodromo Nazionale Monza					Report
7	S	Autodromo Nazionale Monza					Report
8	F	Sepang International Circuit					Report
8	S	Sepang International Circuit					Report
9	F	Yas Marina Circuit					Report
9	S	Yas Marina Circuit					Report

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	4	2

Sprint race points

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	ESP		AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	MYS	ABU	Points
1	Charles Leclerc	1	9									27
2	Alexander Albon	6	1									23
3	Jake Hughes	2	8									23
4	Antonio Fuoco	4	3									22
5	Óscar Tunjo	8	2									18
6	Nirei Fukuzumi	3	13									15
7	Jake Dennis	7	4									14
8	Kevin Jörg	5	7									12
9	Nyck de Vries	9	5									8
10	Matevos Isaakyan	11	6									4
11	Ralph Boschung	10	10									1
12	Santino Ferrucci	15	11									0
13	Artur Janosz	16	12									0
14	Matt Parry	12	20									0
15	Richard Gonda	13	17									0
16	Tatiana Calderón	14	18									0
17	Álex Palou	19	14									0
18	Sandy Stuvik	18	15									0
19	Giuliano Alesi	22	16									0
20	Konstantin Tereshchenko	17	21									0
21	Jack Aitken	20	19									0
22	Akash Nandy	21	23									0
23	Steijn Schothorst	Ret	22									0
24	Mahaveer Raghunathan	23	24									0
Pos.	Driver	ESP		AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	MYS	ABU	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.^[28]

Pos.	Team	ESP		AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	MYS	ABU	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	1	1									71
		3	5
		6	9
2	DAMS	2	7									35
		5	8
		15	11
3	Trident	4	3									22
		16	12
		18	15
4	Jenzer Motorsport	8	2									18
		13	17
		21	23
5	Arden International	7	4									14
		14	18
		20	19
6	Koiranen GP	10	6									5
		11	10
		12	20
7	Campos Racing	17	14									0
		19	21
		Ret	22
Pos.	Team	ESP		AUT	GBR	HUN	GER	BEL	ITA	MYS	ABU	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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External links

Official website

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2016 GP3 Series

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Teams and drivers

Driver changes

Team changes

Calendar

Calendar changes

Results and standings

Season summary

Scoring system

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

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