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The 2016 GP3 Series was the seventh season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also seventh season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series that runs in support of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and sister series GP2. In keeping with the series' philosophy of updating its technical regulations every three years, the Dallara GP3/13 chassis introduced in the 2013 season was discontinued and Dallara supplied all teams with a new model known as the GP3/16, which will be used until 2018.^[1]

Charles Leclerc (pictured in 2019), the series champion.

ART Grand Prix started the season as the defending teams' champions.

Mecachrome took over as official engine supplier of the series from 2016 onwards, replacing AER after three years but the 3.4-litre V6 naturally-aspirated would remain.

ART Grand Prix started the season as the defending teams' champions, and successfully defended their title, securing the championship after the first race at Monza.^[2] Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc, who drove for ART Grand Prix, won the drivers' title after the first race in the final round in Abu Dhabi.^[3]

The most races were won by runner-up Alexander Albon, who scored 4 race wins, he lost the title by 25 points to his ART Grand Prix teammate Charles Leclerc who took 3 feature race wins; Antonio Fuoco took 2 race wins, Jake Dennis and Nyck de Vries also took 2 podiums each on the top step. Jake Hughes took 2 sprint race wins; he won in Hockenheim and Yas Marina. Jack Aitken, Matthew Parry, and Ralph Boschung each took 1 race win during the season.

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

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Pos.	Driver	CAT		RBR		SIL		HUN		HOC		SPA		MNZ		SEP		YMC		Points
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
1	Charles Leclerc	1	9	1	Ret	2	3	6	3	5	3	1	6	4	Ret	3	5	Ret	9	202
2	Alexander Albon	6	1	2	2	1	14	7	1	4	Ret	9	10	6	2	1	8	Ret	Ret	177
3	Antonio Fuoco	4	3	5	3	3	1	2	10	1	18†	4	2	8	3	8	Ret	16	17	157
4	Jake Dennis	7	4	Ret	Ret	12	9	3	7	12	6	2	5	1	4	6	1	2	4	149
5	Jack Aitken	20	19	9	5	13	6	9	6	6	2	5	1	2	5	2	3	3	2	148
6	Nyck de Vries	9	5	3	4	5	8	20	13	2	8	3	8	7	1	13	6	1	11	133
7	Nirei Fukuzumi	3	13	7	Ret	11	7	4	4	Ret	11	Ret	15	5	Ret	7	2	5	3	91
8	Jake Hughes	2	8	8	6	Ret	17	23	19	8	1	Ret	Ret	3	10	Ret	12	7	1	90
9	Matt Parry	12	20	6	7	4	16	1	5	3	7	Ret	Ret	9	17	9	4	Ret	12	82
10	Arjun Maini					8	19	8	2	7	5	Ret	16	14	6	4	7	14	14	50
11	Ralph Boschung	10	10	4	1	6	12	5	22	15	Ret			18	9					48
12	Santino Ferrucci	15	11	15	10	18	4	15	11	9	4	7	3	19†	11	Ret	Ret	9	15	36
13	Steijn Schothorst	Ret	22	20	12	14	5	22	20	Ret	17	6	7	13	13	5	10	6	7	36
14	Kevin Jörg	5	7	13	14	15	11	10	9	14	10	11	Ret	NC	12	12	11	4	8	26
15	Álex Palou	19	14	16	11	10	2	11	14	16	19†	13	11	11	7	14	19	10	5	22
16	Óscar Tunjo	8	2	14	13							15	DNS							18
17	Matevos Isaakyan	11	6	Ret	Ret	21	18	12	8	Ret	13	8	4	Ret	Ret	15	14	Ret	16	17
18	Sandy Stuvik	18	15	10	8	7	10	18	18	Ret	12	Ret	17†	12	15	10	20	15	18	9
19	Konstantin Tereshchenko	17	21	18	Ret	20	13	16	17	Ret	15	17	Ret	17	14	17	17	8	6	8
20	Artur Janosz	16	12	11	9	9	15	14	12	11	Ret	12	9	16	8	Ret	16	Ret	19	3
21	Tatiana Calderón	14	18	17	Ret	17	20	21	21	10	9	14	Ret	10	16	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	2
22	Giuliano Alesi	22	16	DNS	DNS	16	Ret	19	16	Ret	14	10	12	DNS	19	16	13	11	10	1
23	Alessio Lorandi															11	9	12	20	0
24	Akash Nandy	21	23	12	Ret	19	21	17	Ret	13	16	16	13	15	18	Ret	18	13	13	0
25	Richard Gonda	13	17	19	Ret			13	15											0
26	Niko Kari											Ret	14							0
27	Mahaveer Raghunathan	23	24																	0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Points
Pos.	Driver	CAT		RBR		SIL		HUN		HOC		SPA		MNZ		SEP		YMC		Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position point(s)
Italics	Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.^[34]

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Notes:

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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[34] Alexander Albon set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jake Dennis was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

[35] Nyck de Vries set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jake Dennis was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

[36] Antonio Fuoco set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Jake Dennis was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

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Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
ART Grand Prix^[5]	1	Charles Leclerc^[6]	All
	2	Nirei Fukuzumi^[7]	All
	3	Alexander Albon^[8]	All
	4	Nyck de Vries^[9]	All
Trident^[5]	5	Antonio Fuoco^[10]	All
	6	Artur Janosz^[10]	All
	7	Giuliano Alesi^[10]	All
	8	Sandy Stuvik^[10]	All
Arden International^[5]	9	Jake Dennis^[11]	All
	10	Tatiana Calderón^[12]	All
	11	Jack Aitken^[13]	All
Koiranen GP^[5]	14	Matt Parry^[14]	All
	15	Mahaveer Raghunathan^[15]	1
	16	Matevos Isaakyan^[16]	All
	17	Ralph Boschung^[17]	1–5, 7
	17	Niko Kari^[18]	6
Jenzer Motorsport^[5]	18	Akash Nandy^[19]	All
	19	Richard Gonda^[20]	1–2, 4
		Óscar Tunjo^[21]	6
		Alessio Lorandi^[22]	8–9
	20	Óscar Tunjo ^[21]	1–2
	20	Arjun Maini^[23]	3–9
Campos Racing^[5]	22	Álex Palou^[24]	All
	23	Steijn Schothorst^[25]	All
	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko^[25]	All
DAMS^[5]	26	Santino Ferrucci^[26]	All
	27	Jake Hughes^[26]	All
	28	Kevin Jörg^[26]	All

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	14 May	Spanish Grand Prix
1	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	15 May	Spanish Grand Prix
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	2 July	Austrian Grand Prix
2	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	3 July	Austrian Grand Prix
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	9 July	British Grand Prix
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	10 July	British Grand Prix
4	R1	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	23 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
4	R2	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	24 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
5	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	30 July	German Grand Prix
5	R2	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	31 July	German Grand Prix
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	27 August	Belgian Grand Prix
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	28 August	Belgian Grand Prix
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	3 September	Italian Grand Prix
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	4 September	Italian Grand Prix
8	R1	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	Malaysia	1 October	Malaysian Grand Prix
8	R2	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	Malaysia	2 October	Malaysian Grand Prix
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	26 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
9	R2	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	27 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2

2016_GP3_Series

2016 GP3 Series

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

Team changes

Calendar

Calendar changes

Results

Season summary

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

Footnotes

References

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Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap^[33]	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Jake Hughes	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	Report
1	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya		Óscar Tunjo	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	Report
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	Report
2	R2	Red Bull Ring		Ralph Boschung	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	Report
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	Alexander Albon	Alexander Albon	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	Report
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit		Alexander Albon^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	Report
4	R1	Hungaroring	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	Report
4	R2	Hungaroring		Alexander Albon	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	Report
5	R1	Hockenheimring	Alexander Albon	Charles Leclerc	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	Report
5	R2	Hockenheimring		Jake Hughes	Jake Hughes	DAMS	Report
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	Report
6	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Arden International	Report
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Charles Leclerc	Jake Hughes	Jake Dennis	Arden International	Report
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza		Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	Report
8	R1	Sepang International Circuit	Charles Leclerc	Alexander Albon	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	Report
8	R2	Sepang International Circuit		Antonio Fuoco^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Jake Dennis	Arden International	Report
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Alexander Albon	Jack Aitken	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	Report
9	R2	Yas Marina Circuit		Jake Dennis	Jake Hughes	DAMS	Report