# 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round

The 2016 Sepang GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 1 and 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. It was the tenth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

## Background

Johnny Cecotto Jr. made his return to GP2 for this round with the Rapax team, whilst Jimmy Eriksson pulled out of the round due to financial setbacks.

## Report
### Qualifying

Pierre Gasly took another pole with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi in second making it another Prema Racing one-two for qualifying.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 1:42.181 | | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 1:42.263 | +0.082 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 1:42.526 | +0.345 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 1:42.528 | +0.347 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1:42.623 | +0.442 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:42.775 | +0.594 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 1:42.800 | +0.619 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:42.851 | +0.670 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 1:42.902 | +0.721 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:42.934 | +0.753 | 10 |
| 11 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1:42.934 | +0.753 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 1:43.130 | +0.949 | 12 |
| 13 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 1:43.224 | +1.043 | 13 |
| 14 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 1:43.290 | +1.109 | 14 |
| 15 | 12 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Rapax | 1:43.385 | +1.204 | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 1:43.606 | +1.425 | 16 |
| 17 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 1:43.761 | +1.580 | 17 |
| 18 | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:43.965 | +1.784 | 18 |
| 19 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas | Carlin | 1:43.977 | +1.796 | 19 |
| 20 | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 1:44.087 | +1.906 | 20 |
| 21 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 1:44.578 | +2.397 | 21 |
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### Feature Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 29 | 52:18.049 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 29 | +5.858 | 4 | 18 (2) |
| 3 | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 29 | +8.015 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 29 | +16.214 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 29 | +18.742 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 29 | +20.694 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 29 | +24.964 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 29 | +28.550 | 16 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 29 | +28.741 | 13 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas | Carlin | 29 | +33.209 | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 29 | +35.538 | 1 | (4) |
| 12 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 29 | +35.550 | 9 | |
| 13 | 12 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Rapax | 29 | +35.703 | 15 | |
| 14 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 29 | +41.169 | 12 | |
| 15 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 29 | +41.288 | 15 | |
| 16 | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 29 | +42.969 | 20 | |
| 17 | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 29 | +47.208 | 18 | |
| 18 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 29 | +1:03.069 | 17 | |
| 19 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 29 | +1:06.464 | 21 | |
| Ret | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 22 | Retired | 5 | |
| DNS | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 0 | Did not start | 10 | |
| Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:45.791 (on lap 10) ||||||||
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### Sprint Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 22 | 40:22.211 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 22 | +0.694 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 22 | +4.786 | 11 | 10 (2) |
| 4 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 22 | +5.402 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 22 | +9.693 | 9 | 6 |
| 6 | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 22 | +13.333 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 22 | +13.997 | 20 | 2 |
| 8 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 22 | +15.893 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | Johnny Cecotto Jr. | Rapax | 22 | +17.623 | 13 | |
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 22 | +24.245 | 14 | |
| 11 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 22 | +25.837 | 15 | |
| 12 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 22 | +27.198 | 5 | |
| 13 | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 22 | +29.287 | 21 | |
| 14 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 22 | +1:12.416 | 4 | |
| 15 | 18 | Sergio Canamasas | Carlin | 22 | +1:26.372 | 10 | |
| Ret | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 18 | Retired | 19 | |
| Ret | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 18 | Retired | 18 | |
| Ret | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 13 | Retired | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 7 | Retired | 16 | |
| Ret | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 1 | Retired | 6 | |
| Ret | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 0 | Retired | 17 | |
| Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:45.813 (on lap 18) ||||||||
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## Standings after the round

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Antonio Giovinazzi | 197 |
| 1 | 2 | Pierre Gasly | 188 |
| | 3 | Raffaele Marciello | 158 |
| | 4 | Sergey Sirotkin | 135 |
| | 5 | Jordan King | 122 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Prema Racing | 385 |
| 1 | 2 | Racing Engineering | 244 |
| 1 | 3 | Russian Time | 240 |
| | 4 | ART Grand Prix | 199 |
| | 5 | DAMS | 126 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.