2016 Hockenheimring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
| Round details | |||
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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) | ||
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.
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[]
GP2 Series[]
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
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ART Grand Prix | 1:22.193 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | Pierre Gasly
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Prema Racing | 1:22.209 | +0.016 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello
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Russian Time | 1:22.369 | +0.176 | 3 |
| 4 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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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
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Racing Engineering | 1:22.548 | +0.355 | 8 |
| 10 | 19 |  Marvin Kirchhöfer
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Carlin | 1:22.796 | +0.603 | 9 |
| 11 | 10 | Artem Markelov
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Russian Time | 1:22.805 | +0.612 | 10 |
| 12 | 1 |  Nobuharu Matsushita
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ART Grand Prix | 1:22.812 | +0.619 | 11 |
| 13 | 11 |  Gustav Malja
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Rapax | 1:23.065 | +0.872 | 12 |
| 14 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto
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Trident | 1:23.066 | +0.873 | 13 |
| 15 | 7 |  Mitch Evans
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Campos Racing | 1:23.398 | +1.205 | 14 |
| 16 | 23 | Daniël de Jong
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MP Motorsport | 1:23.400 | +1.207 | 15 |
| 17 | 18 |  René Binder
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Carlin | 1:23.465 | +1.272 | 16 |
| 18 | 12 | Arthur Pic
|
Rapax | 1:23.469 | +1.276 | 17 |
| 19 | 24 |  Nabil Jeffri
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Arden International | 1:23.497 | +1.304 | 18 |
| 20 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson
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Arden International | 1:23.535 | +1.342 | 19 |
| 21 | 8 |  Sean Gelael
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Campos Racing | 1:23.784 | +1.591 | 20 |
| 22 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand
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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
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Trident | 38 | +13.146 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello
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Russian Time | 38 | +17.783 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 12 | Arthur Pic
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Rapax | 38 | +25.873 | 17 | 12 |
| 5 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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MP Motorsport | 38 | +27.742 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Gustav Malja
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Rapax | 38 | +28.130 | 12 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Alex Lynn
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DAMS | 38 | +32.730 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Prema Racing | 38 | +36.051 | PL | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita
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ART Grand Prix | 38 | +38.838 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer
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Carlin | 38 | +43.798 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri
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Arden International | 38 | +46.523 | 18 | |
| 12 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson
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Arden International | 38 | +48.067 | 19 | |
| 13 | 18 | René Binder
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Carlin | 38 | +50.706 | 16 | |
| 14 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
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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
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Campos Racing | 8 | Collision | 20 | |
| Ret | 23 | Daniël de Jong
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MP Motorsport | 8 | Collision | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | Artem Markelov
|
Russian Time | 6 | Collision | 10 | |
| DSQ | 21 | Pierre Gasly
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Prema Racing | 38 | Disqualified | 2 | |
| Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:31.703 (on lap 31)
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| 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
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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
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Russian Time | 27 | +9.259 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Gustav Malja
|
Rapax | 27 | +10.292 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Artem Markelov
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Russian Time | 27 | +14.404 | PL | |
| 10 | 7 | Mitch Evans
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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
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DAMS | 27 | +41.617 | 14 | |
| 18 | 3 | Norman Nato
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Racing Engineering | 26 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 19 | 8 | Sean Gelael
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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)
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| Source:[1] | |||||||
GP3 Series[]
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
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Campos Racing | 1:28.838 | +0.407 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Steijn Schothorst
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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)
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| 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)
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| Source:[2] | |||||||
Standings after the round[]
- GP2 Series
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- GP3 Series
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- ^ a b c "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Germany". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "GP3 Series 2016 Results - German". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2016 in German motorsport
- July 2016 sports events in Germany
- 2016 GP2 Series rounds