2016 Monaco GP2 Series round
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The 2016 Monaco GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 27 and 28 May 2016 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco as part of the GP2 Series. It was the fourth round of the 2016 GP2 Series and was run in support of the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix. The first race, a 40-lap feature event, was won by Russian Time driver Artem Markelov after starting from 15th position. Norman Nato finished in second for Racing Engineering and MP Motorsport's Oliver Rowland took third. Nobuharu Matsushita for ART Grand Prix won the following day's 30-lap sprint race from pole position with Carlin's Marvin Kirchhöfer and Markelov's teammate Raffaele Marciello second and third.
Round details | |||
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Round 2 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series | |||
Layout of the Circuit de Monaco | |||
Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
Course |
Street circuit 3.340 km (2.075 mi) | ||
Feature race | |||
Date | 27 May 2016 | ||
Laps | 40 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:19.186 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | |
Second | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | |
Third | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | |
Time | 1:22.017 (on lap 34) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 28 May 2016 | ||
Laps | 30 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | |
Second | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | |
Third | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:21.554 (on lap 28) |
Sergey Sirotkin won the pole position for the feature race by posting the fastest lap in qualifying but a slow start off the grid allowed Nato into the lead. Nato pulled away from the rest of the field and led for the majority of the race until a virtual safety car caught him out in the event's closing laps. Markelov was the main beneficiary of this and he made his mandatory pit stop to change tyres on the penultimate lap and held off Nato to take his maiden GP2 Series win. Matsushita started from pole position in the sprint race and repelled a challenge from the fast-starting Kirchhöfer to his right at the start. In a processional race, Matsushita opened out a 13.6 second lead over Kirchhöfer to win for the second time in GP2.
The results of the round meant Nato took the lead of the Drivers' Championship by one point over feature race winner Markelov. Alex Lynn maintained third place with 41 points with Pierre Gasly and Marciello fourth and fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Russian Time moved from fourth to first and Racing Engineering were eleven points behind but they retained second place. The leaders of the Teams' Championship enterin the event DAMS dropped to third while Prema Racing fell to fourth with eight rounds left in the season.