2016 GP3 Series season

The 2016 GP3 Series season is the seventh season of the 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 are using until the next cycle begins in 2019.

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. 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.

Teams are allowed to run four cars to compensate for the drop in the number of entries. The starting grid for any individual race meeting may contain a possible maximum of 28 cars across seven teams.

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

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.

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Bold – Pole (Race 1 only)
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

Only three best-finishing cars are allowed to score points in the championship.

Bold – Pole (Race 1 only)
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

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