2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round
The 2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 27 and 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. It was the eighth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix.
| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 8 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series | |||
 Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 27 August 2016 | ||
| Laps | 25 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |  Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | |
| Time | 1:56.607 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | |
| Second |  Jordan King | Racing Engineering | |
| Third | Alex Lynn | DAMS | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Artem Markelov | Russian Time | |
| Time | 2:01.187 (on lap 24) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 28 August 2016 | ||
| Laps | 18 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | |
| Second |  Gustav Malja | Rapax | |
| Third | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | |
| Time | 2:01.329 (on lap 2) | ||
Background
Sergio Canamasas announced his return to Carlin for the round, replacing René Binder[1]
Report
Qualifying
Antonio Giovinazzi led a Prema Racing 1-2 in qualifying, once again showcasing Prema's run of dominance in GP2 as of late. Gustav Malja proved the surprise candidate for third, albeit half a second adrift of Giovinazzi.
- Notes
- 1.^ – Jeffri was given a grid penalty from the previous round in Hockenheim, after having been deemed to have caused a collision.[3]
Feature Race
Pierre Gasly took another win with a dominant performance and with rival Sergey Sirotkin absent from the podium, he stretched his lead in the standings. Brits Jordan King and Alex Lynn took second and third respectively, comfortably ahead of the Russian Time pair of Raffaele Marciello and Artem Markelov
Sprint Race
Antonio Giovinazzi took the sprint race win to complete a dominant weekend for the Prema Racing outfit. Gustav Malja finished in second to record his best finish in GP2 and Luca Ghiotto achieved third for the Trident team.
Standings after the round
- Teams' Championship standings
| Pos. | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Prema Racing | 273 |
 1 | 2 | Russian Time | 199 |
| 1 | 3 |  Racing Engineering | 180 |
 2 | 4 | ART Grand Prix | 173 |
| | 5 |  MP Motorsport | 110 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.