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The 2016 GP2 Series season will be the twelfth season of the GP2 Series, a motor racing feeder series that will be run in support of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship. It will be the final season for the Dallara GP2/11 chassis package that debuted in 2011. It will be also the final season for the current Mecachrome 4.0 Litre V8 normally-aspirated engine package that debuted in 2005 before the introduction of the new GP2 Series Mecachrome V6 twin-turbocharged engine formula in 2017.

ART Grand Prix will be the defending teams' champions after securing the title–their fourth in the championship–at the series' second visit to the Bahrain International Circuit in 2015.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
ART Grand Prix	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	1
ART Grand Prix	2	Sergey Sirotkin	1
Racing Engineering	3	Norman Nato	1
Racing Engineering	4	Jordan King	1
DAMS	5	Alex Lynn	1
DAMS	6	Nicholas Latifi	1
Pertamina Campos Racing	7	Mitch Evans	1
Pertamina Campos Racing	8	Sean Gelael	1
Russian Time	9	Raffaele Marciello	1
Russian Time	10	Artem Markelov	1
Rapax	11	Gustav Malja	1
Rapax	12	Arthur Pic	1
Trident	14	Philo Paz Armand	1
Trident	15	Luca Ghiotto	1
Status Grand Prix	16	TBA	TBA
Status Grand Prix	17	TBA	TBA
Carlin	18	Sergio Canamasas	1
Carlin	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1
Prema Racing	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	1
Prema Racing	21	Pierre Gasly	1
MP Motorsport	22	Oliver Rowland	1
MP Motorsport	23	Daniël de Jong	1
Arden International	24	Nabil Jeffri	1
Arden International	25	Jimmy Eriksson	1

Driver changes

Changing teams

Sergio Canamasas, who raced for MP Motorsport, Hilmer Motorsport and Daiko Team Lazarus in 2015, will drive for Carlin.
Mitch Evans and Sean Gelael, who drove for Russian Time and Carlin respectively in 2015, will move to Campos Racing.
Pierre Gasly, who spent the 2015 season with DAMS, will move to newcomers Prema Racing.
Nicholas Latifi, who took part in three rounds of the 2015 season with MP Motorsport, will race full time with DAMS.
Gustav Malja, who raced for Trident and Rapax in 2015, will switch from Formula Renault 3.5 Series to race full time with Rapax.
Raffaele Marciello, who raced for Trident in 2015, will switch to Russian Time.
Norman Nato, who raced for Arden International in 2015, will switch to Racing Engineering.
Arthur Pic, who raced for Campos in 2014 and 2015, will switch to Rapax.
Oliver Rowland, who previously raced part-time for MP Motorsport and Status Grand Prix, will contest the full season with MP Motorsport, with backing from Renault.
Sergey Sirotkin, who finished third in 2015, moved from Rapax to defending champions ART Grand Prix.

Entering GP2

2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series competitor Philo Paz Armand will join the series with Trident.
GP3 Series race winner Jimmy Eriksson will make his series début with Arden International.
2015 GP3 runner-up Luca Ghiotto will graduate to the series with Trident.
2015 European Formula 3 runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi will make his début in the series with Prema Racing.
Nabil Jeffri will join the series with Arden International.
Marvin Kirchhöfer, who placed third in the 2014 and 2015 GP3 Series will join the series with Carlin.

Leaving GP2

Nathanaël Berthon left Lazarus and the series to join the FIA World Endurance Championship with G-Drive Racing.
Rene Binder left MP Motorsport.
Rio Haryanto left Campos Racing and the series to join Formula One team Manor Racing.
André Negrão and Dean Stoneman left Arden and Carlin and the series to join the Indy Lights with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Andretti Autosport.
Richie Stanaway and Marco Sørensen, who raced for Status Grand Prix and Carlin, will join the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing.
2015 season champion Stoffel Vandoorne will leave the series as the reigning champion is not permitted to continue competing in the series. He will be joining the Super Formula with Docomo Team Dandelion Racing.

Team changes

Lazarus will leave the series at the end of the 2015 season, with their place taken by Prema Racing.
Hilmer Motorsport left the series at the end of the 2015 season. As no replacement team could be found, the grid was left at twenty-four cars.

Calendar

On 4 March 2016, the full calendar was revealed with eleven rounds taking place.

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	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Monaco	27 May	Monaco Grand Prix
2	Sprint	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Monaco	28 May	Monaco Grand Prix
3	Feature	Baku City Circuit, Baku	Azerbaijan	18 June	European Grand Prix
3	Sprint	Baku City Circuit, Baku	Azerbaijan	19 June	European Grand Prix
4	Feature	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	2 July	Austrian Grand Prix
4	Sprint	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	3 July	Austrian Grand Prix
5	Feature	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	9 July	British Grand Prix
5	Sprint	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	10 July	British Grand Prix
6	Feature	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	23 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
6	Sprint	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	24 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
7	Feature	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	30 July	German Grand Prix
7	Sprint	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	31 July	German Grand Prix
8	Feature	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	27 August	Belgian Grand Prix
8	Sprint	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	28 August	Belgian Grand Prix
9	Feature	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	3 September	Italian Grand Prix
9	Sprint	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	4 September	Italian Grand Prix
10	Feature	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	Malaysia	1 October	Malaysian Grand Prix
10	Sprint	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	Malaysia	2 October	Malaysian Grand Prix
11	Feature	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	26 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
11	Sprint	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	27 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Calendar changes

The series returned to the Hockenheimring in support of the German Grand Prix, and the Sepang International Circuit.
- With the return to Germany, the second Bahrain round—which had filled in as a replacement event in 2015—was removed from the calendar.
The rounds at the Bahrain International Circuit and the Sochi Autodrom were discontinued after the Bahrain and Russian Grands Prix were brought forward to the start of the Formula One season.
The series will make its début at the Baku City Circuit in support of the returning European Grand Prix.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	F	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Pierre Gasly	Pierre Gasly	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	Report
1	S	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya					Report
2	F	Circuit de Monaco					Report
2	S	Circuit de Monaco					Report
3	F	Baku City Circuit					Report
3	S	Baku City Circuit					Report
4	F	Red Bull Ring					Report
4	S	Red Bull Ring					Report
5	F	Silverstone Circuit					Report
5	S	Silverstone Circuit					Report
6	F	Hockenheimring					Report
6	S	Hockenheimring					Report
7	F	Hungaroring					Report
7	S	Hungaroring					Report
8	F	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps					Report
8	S	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps					Report
9	F	Autodromo Nazionale Monza					Report
9	S	Autodromo Nazionale Monza					Report
10	F	Sepang International Circuit					Report
10	S	Sepang International Circuit					Report
11	F	Yas Marina Circuit					Report
11	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	MON	BAK	AUT	GBR	HUN	HOC	BEL	ITA	SEP	ABU	Points
1	Norman Nato	1											25
2	Pierre Gasly	3											21
3	Nicholas Latifi	2											18
4	Artem Markelov	4											12
5	Alex Lynn	5											10
6	Sergio Canamasas	6											8
7	Jordan King	7											6
8	Raffaele Marciello	8											4
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	9											2
10	Gustav Malja	10											1
11	Oliver Rowland	11											0
12	Nobuharu Matsushita	12											0
13	Mitch Evans	13											0
14	Arthur Pic	14											0
15	Daniël de Jong	15											0
16	Marvin Kirchhöfer	16											0
17	Jimmy Eriksson	17											0
18	Sean Gelael	18											0
19	Nabil Jeffri	19											0
	Philo Paz Armand	Ret											0
	Sergey Sirotkin	Ret											0
	Luca Ghiotto	Ret											0
Pos.	Driver	ESP	MON	BAK	AUT	GBR	HUN	HOC	BEL	ITA	SEP	ABU	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	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

Pos.	Team	No.	ESP	MON	BAK	AUT	GBR	HUN	HOC	BEL	ITA	SEP	ABU	Points
1	Racing Engineering	3	1											31
1	Racing Engineering	4	7											31
2	DAMS	5	5											28
2	DAMS	6	2											28
3	Prema Racing	20	9											23
3	Prema Racing	21	3											23
4	Russian Time	9	8											16
4	Russian Time	10	4											16
5	Carlin	18	6											8
5	Carlin	19	16											8
6	Rapax	11	10											1
6	Rapax	12	14											1
7	MP Motorsport	22	11											0
7	MP Motorsport	23	15											0
8	ART Grand Prix	1	12											0
8	ART Grand Prix	2	Ret											0
9	Pertamina Campos Racing	7	13											0
9	Pertamina Campos Racing	8	18											0
10	Arden International	24	19											0
10	Arden International	25	17											0
11	Trident	14	Ret											0
11	Trident	15	Ret											0
Pos.	Team	No.	ESP	MON	BAK	AUT	GBR	HUN	HOC	BEL	ITA	SEP	ABU	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	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.

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