2016 Spa Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

Background

In GP2, Sergio Canamasas announced his return to Carlin for the round, replacing Rene Binder

Meanwhile, in GP3, Óscar Tunjo will taking the third entry at Jenzer Motorsport to return to the category. Another driver change for this weekend was in the Koiranen GP camp where Red Bull junior driver Niko Kari would be replacing Ralph Boschung.

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.

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 tookk 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.

Notes

1.^ – Lynn, King, Pic, de Jong, Jeffri, Erikkson and Sirotkin were all given ten-second penalties after being found guilty of using their DRS on lap one.

Qualifying

Charles Leclerc took his first pole position since the Red Bull Ring round with a time over three-tenths faster than his nearest rival, Hughes. Nyck de Vries took third with a time just under half a second slower than Leclerc.

Race 1

Charles Leclerc took another win to inch further ahead in the championship, finishing 2.3 seconds ahead of Jake Dennis and 15.4 seconds ahead of teammate, Nyck de Vries.

Notes

1.^ – Calderón was given a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Niko Kari. 2.^ – Tunjo was given a 10-second penalty for a dangerous re-entry onto the circuit, causing a collision with Konstantin Tereshchenko. 3.^ – Tereshchenko was given a 10-second penalty for forcing Tunjo off of the circuit.

Race 2

Jack Aitken took his first GP3 win in a tight battle between himself and Antonio Fuoco. Haas F1 development driver, Santino Ferrucci achieved his first podium, 5.8 seconds adrift of the leader.

Notes

1.^ – Maini was given a ten-second penalty after causing a collision with Alexander Albon.

Standings after the round

GP2 Series

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

GP3 Series

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