2016 Hockenheimring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

The 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 30 and 31 July 2016 at the Hockenheimring in Germany as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the seventh round of the 2016 GP2 Series and the fifth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 German Grand Prix.

   2016 Hockenheimring GP2 round
Round details
Round 7 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
and
Round 5 of 9 rounds in the
2016 GP3 Series

Layout of the Hockenheimring
Location Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Feature race
Date 30 July 2016
Laps 38
Pole position
Driver Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:22.193
Podium
First Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Second Luca Ghiotto Trident
Third Raffaele Marciello Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:25.209 (on lap 31)
Sprint race
Date 31 July 2016
Laps 27
Podium
First Alex Lynn DAMS
Second Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Third Arthur Pic Rapax
Fastest lap
Driver Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Time 1:26.081 (on lap 19)
Race 1
Date 30 July 2016
Laps 24
Pole position
Driver Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix
Time 1:28.431
Podium
First Antonio Fuoco Trident
Second Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix
Third Matt Parry Koiranen GP
Fastest lap
Driver Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix
Time 1:31.703 (on lap 7)
Race 2
Date 31 July 2016
Laps 18
Podium
First Jake Hughes DAMS
Second Jack Aitken Arden International
Third Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver Jake Hughes DAMS
Time 1:31.464 (on lap 5)

Background

René Binder replaced Sergio Canamasas at Carlin GP2 team ahead of this round. This would be the second team Binder has driven for this year after having substituted for Nobuharu Matsushita in Austria for ART Grand Prix.

Report

Qualifying

Sergey Sirotkin secured his third pole position of the year, marginally beating Pierre Gasly by sixteen-thousandths of a second, with Raffaele Marciello achieving third.

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:22.193 – 1
2 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:22.209 +0.016 2
3 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:22.369 +0.176 3
4 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:22.384 +0.191 PL 1
5 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:22.413 +0.220 4
6 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 1:22.422 +0.229 5
7 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:22.489 +0.296 6
8 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:22.524 +0.331 7
9 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:22.548 +0.355 8
10 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:22.796 +0.603 9
11 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:22.805 +0.612 10
12 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:22.812 +0.619 11
13 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 1:23.065 +0.872 12
14 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:23.066 +0.873 13
15 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:23.398 +1.205 14
16 23 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:23.400 +1.207 15
17 18 René Binder Carlin 1:23.465 +1.272 16
18 12 Arthur Pic Rapax 1:23.469 +1.276 17
19 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:23.497 +1.304 18
20 25 Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:23.535 +1.342 19
21 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:23.784 +1.591 20
22 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:28.415 +2.206 21
Source:[1]

Feature Race

Sirotkin took his second victory in succession from Luca Ghiotto and Raffaele Marciello

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 38 1:00:28.437 1 25 (6)
2 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 38 +13.146 13 18
3 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 38 +17.783 3 15
4 12 Arthur Pic Rapax 38 +25.873 17 12
5 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 38 +27.742 4 10
6 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 38 +28.130 12 8
7 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 38 +32.730 5 6
8 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 38 +36.051 PL 4
9 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 38 +38.838 11 2
10 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 38 +43.798 9 1
11 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 38 +46.523 18
12 25 Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 38 +48.067 19
13 18 René Binder Carlin 38 +50.706 16
14 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 38 +52.389 7
15 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 38 +53.034 8
16 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 38 +1:15.773 21
Ret 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 28 Collision damage 6
Ret 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 14 Brakes 14
Ret 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 8 Collision 20
Ret 23 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 8 Collision 15
Ret 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 6 Collision 10
DSQ 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 38 Disqualified 2
Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:31.703 (on lap 31)
Source:[1]

Sprint Race

Alex Lynn took his first victory of the season after starting from the front row. It was also the first victory of the season for the DAMS outfit. Sirotkin finished second after a storming drive from eighth and Arthur Pic achieved third .

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Alex Lynn DAMS 27 43:20.504 2 15
2 2 Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 27 +2.922 8 12
3 12 Arthur Pic Rapax 27 +4.688 5 10
4 15 Luca Ghiotto Trident 27 +6.206 7 8
5 22 Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 27 +8.187 4 6
6 21 Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 27 +8.486 17 4 (2)
7 9 Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 27 +9.259 2 2
8 11 Gustav Malja Rapax 27 +10.292 3 1
9 10 Artem Markelov Russian Time 27 +14.404 PL
10 7 Mitch Evans Campos Racing 27 +15.162 19
11 4 Jordan King Racing Engineering 27 +16.727 15
12 1 Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 27 +21.319 9
13 25 Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 27 +25.154 12
14 19 Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 27 +25.292 10
15 18 René Binder Carlin 27 +25.768 13
16 23 Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 27 +34.778 21
17 6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 27 +41.617 14
18 3 Norman Nato Racing Engineering 26 +1 Lap 18
19 8 Sean Gelael Campos Racing 24 +3 Laps 20
Ret 14 Philo Paz Armand Trident 22 Handling 16
Ret 20 Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 13 Collision 1
Ret 24 Nabil Jeffri Arden International 6 Collision damage 11
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:26.081 (on lap 19)
Source:[1]

Qualifying

Alexander Albon secured his second pole position of the season with a time of 1:28.431 - marginally faster than that of Charles Leclerc, Jake Dennis and Nyck de Vries.

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:28.431 – 1
2 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:28.509 +0.078 5 1
3 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 1:28.518 +0.087 2
4 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1:28.524 +0.093 3
5 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1:28.618 +0.187 4
6 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 1:28.638 +0.207 6
7 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 1:28.662 +0.231 7
8 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 1:28.838 +0.407 8
9 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 1:28.918 +0.487 9
10 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 1:28.935 +0.504 10
11 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 1:28.944 +0.513 11
12 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 1:29.052 +0.621 12
13 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.076 +0.645 13
14 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 1:29.107 +0.676 14
15 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1:29.126 +0.695 15
16 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1:29.301 +0.870 16
17 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 1:29.311 +0.880 17
18 6 Artur Janosz Trident 1:29.383 +0.952 18
19 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 1:29.542 +1.111 19
20 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 1:29.665 +1.234 20
21 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.847 +1.416 21
22 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 1:29.895 +1.464 22
Source:[2]

Race 1

Antonio Fuoco took his second win of the year. de Vries achieved second and Matt Parry in third.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 23 38:25.683 4 25
2 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 23 +5.988 3 18
3 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 23 +6.836 6 15
4 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 23 +7.973 1 12 (4)
5 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 23 +10.519 5 10 (2)
6 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 23 +12.291 6 8
7 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 23 +14.828 13 6
8 27 Jake Hughes Arden International 23 +18.246 12 4
9 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 23 +20.065 16 2
10 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 23 +20.206 22 1
11 6 Artur Janosz Trident 23 +23.964 18
12 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 23 +25.332 2
13 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 23 +25.467 21
14 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 23 +37.076 19
15 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 23 +1:01.860 14
16 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 23 +1:13.841 8
Ret 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 14 Retired 11
Ret 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 4 Retired 9
Ret 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 3 Retired 7
Ret 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 3 Retired 20
Ret 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 2 Retired 17
Ret 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 0 Retired 15
Fastest lap: Charles Leclerc (ART Grand Prix) – 1:31.703 (on lap 7)
Source:[2]

Race 2

Jake Hughes took his first win of the season, with Jack Aitken in second and Charles Leclerc in third. Championship leader Alexander Albon retired after an accident with Ralph Boschung in the opening laps which subsequently promoted Leclerc into the lead of the championship.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Jake Hughes DAMS 18 29:51.410 1 15 (2)
2 11 Jack Aitken Arden International 18 +2.602 3 12
3 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 18 +5.884 4 10
4 26 Santino Ferrucci DAMS 18 +6.835 9 8
5 20 Arjun Maini Jenzer Motorsport 18 +7.718 2 6
6 9 Jake Dennis Arden International 18 +8.935 12 4
7 14 Matt Parry Koiranen GP 18 +14.441 6 2
8 4 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 18 +16.694 12 1
9 10 Tatiana Calderón Arden International 18 +16.940 10
10 28 Kevin Jörg DAMS 18 +17.928 14
11 2 Nirei Fukuzumi ART Grand Prix 18 +18.562 19
12 8 Sandy Stuvik Trident 18 +27.796 17
13 16 Matevos Isaakyan Koiranen GP 18 +28.852 20
14 7 Giuliano Alesi Trident 18 +29.197 22
15 24 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 18 +29.641 21
16 18 Akash Nandy Jenzer Motorsport 18 +29.928 13
17 23 Steijn Schothorst Campos Racing 18 +30.344 18
18 5 Antonio Fuoco Trident 17 +1 Lap 8
19 22 Álex Palou Campos Racing 16 +2 Laps 16
Ret 17 Ralph Boschung Koiranen GP 1 Collision 15
Ret 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1 Collision 5
Ret 6 Artur Janosz Trident 0 Front Wing/Off Course 11
Fastest lap: Jake Hughes (DAMS) – 1:31.464 (on lap 5)
Source:[2]

Standings after the round
GP2 Series
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
GP3 Series
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Germany". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. "GP3 Series 2016 Results - German". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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