2016 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2016 Hungaroring GP2 round
Round details
	Round 6 of 11 rounds in the ; 2016 GP2 Series ; and; Round 4 of 9 rounds in the ; 2016 GP3 Series
	; Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	23 July 2016
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:25.612
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly
Second	Antonio Giovinazzi
Third	Sergey Sirotkin
Fastest lap
Driver	Nobuharu Matsushita
Time	1:29.959 (on lap 36)
Sprint race
Date	24 July 2016
Laps	28
Podium
First	Sergey Sirotkin
Second	Jordan King
Third	Norman Nato
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly
Time	1:29.184 (on lap 27)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	23 July 2016
Laps	22
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries
Time	1:32.979
Podium
First	Matt Parry
Second	Antonio Fuoco
Third	Jake Dennis
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis
Time	1:36.407 (on lap 21)
Race 2
Date	24 July 2016
Laps	15
Podium
First	Alexander Albon
Second	Arjun Maini
Third	Charles Leclerc
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon
Time	1:35.140 (on lap 16)

The 2016 Hungaroring GP2 and GP3 Series rounds were a pair of motor races that were held on 23 and 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Hungary as part of the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. It was the sixth round of the 2016 GP2 season and the fourth round of the 2016 GP3 season. The race weekend supported the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Background[]

Richard Gonda returned to the GP3 grid after missing the third round at Silverstone.

Report[]

GP2 Series[]

Qualifying[]

Pierre Gasly secured his second pole position of the year in dominant fashion. With a time of 1:25.612, Gasly was over half a second faster than nearest competitor, Sergey Sirotkin. Prema Racing team-mate, Antonio Giovinazzi achieved third with a time eight-tenths adrift of Gasly's time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:25.612	1
2	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:26.182	2
3	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:26.438	3
4	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:26.483	4
5	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:26.521	5
6	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:26.557	6
7	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	1:26.633	7
8	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:26.657	8
9	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:26.667	9
10	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:26.696	10
11	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:26.795	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:26.819	12
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:26.911	13
14	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:26.966	14
15	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:27.068	15
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:27.078	16
17	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:27.176	17
18	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:27.207	18
19	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:27.246	19
20	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	1:27.908	20
21	14	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:28.119	21
22	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:28.415	22
Source:^[1]

Feature Race[]

Gasly took his second win of the season from Sergey Sirotkin and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	36	55:29.672	1	25 (4)
2	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	36	+1.365	3	18
3	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	36	+2.835	2	15
4	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	36	+7.616	8	12
5	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	36	+9.908	7	10
6	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	36	+12.861	4	8 (2)
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	36	+17.713	5	6
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	36	+21.906	9	4
9	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	29	+22.101	15	2
10	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	36	+23.980	14	1
11	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	36	+29.377	17
12	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	36	+34.050	11
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	36	+34.197	13
14	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	36	+36.420	10
15	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	36	+38.526	18
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	36	+42.371	12
17	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	36	+51.757	6
18	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	36	+1:03.546	16
19	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	36	+1:25.151	22
20	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	36	+1:28.055	21
21	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	35	+1 Lap	20
22	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	35	+1 Lap	19
Fastest lap: Nobuharu Matsushita (ART Grand Prix) – 1:29.959 (on lap 36)
Source:^[1]

Sprint Race[]

Sirotkin controlled the race to take his first win of the season from the Racing Engineering pair of Jordan King and Norman Nato.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	28	44:47.059	6	15
2	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	28	+4.953	1	12
3	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	28	+7.506	2	10
4	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	28	+8.988	9	8
5	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	28	+14.146	10	6
6	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	28	+15.283	11	4
7	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	28	+16.662	8	2 (2)
8	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	28	+20.939	5	1
9	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	28	+25.985	18
10	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	28	+30.884	22
11	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	28	+32.518	15
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+35.100	16
13	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	28	+36.913	14
14	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	28	+39.660	13
15	14	Philo Paz Armand	Jenzer Motorsport	28	+46.412	19
16	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	28	+1:00.825	20
17	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	27	Engine	7
Ret	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	14	Gearbox	21
Ret	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	3
Ret	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	0	Collision	17
Ret	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	0	Collision	4
Ret	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	0	Collision	12
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:29.184 (on lap 27)
Source:^[1]

GP3 Series[]

Qualifying[]

Nyck de Vries secured his first pole position of the season with a time of 1:32.979 - nearly half a second faster than that of second-placed driver, Matt Parry. Antonio Fuoco achieved third place, only marginally less than half a second off the pace of de Vries.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:32.979	–	1
2	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:33.464	+0.485	2
3	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:33.478	+0.499	3
4	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:33.548	+0.569	4
5	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:33.660	+0.681	5
6	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:33.672	+0.693	6
7	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:33.682	+0.703	7
8	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:33.866	+0.887	8
9	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:33.874	+0.895	9
10	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	1:33.892	+0.913	10
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	1:33.974	+0.995	11
12	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:34.017	+1.038	12
13	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:34.053	+1.074	13
14	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:34.056	+1.077	14
15	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.114	+1.135	15
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:34.177	+1.198	16
17	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:34.225	+1.246	17
18	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:34.233	+1.254	18
19	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:34.322	+1.343	19
20	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.462	+1.483	20
21	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:34.520	+1.541	21
22	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:34.609	+1.630	22
23	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:34.678	+1.699	23
Source:^[2]

Race 1[]

Matt Parry took his first GP3 win and Koiranen GP's second for the year. Fuoco achieved second and Jake Dennis in third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	22	35:49.008	2	25
2	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	22	+3.283	3	18
3	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	22	+4.208	4	15 (2)
4	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	22	+5.875	5	12
5	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	22	+6.444	10	10
6	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	22	+9.762	6	8
7	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	22	+10.425	8	6
8	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+13.777	9	4
9	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	22	+14.226	7	2
10	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	22	+14.977	11	1
11	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	22	+18.728	12
12	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	22	+19.943	13
13	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+20.320	15
14	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	22	+20.914	14
15	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	22	+22.111	22
16	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	22	+23.244	18
17	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+23.790	20
18	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	22	+25.665	21
19	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	22	+26.571	16
20	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	22	+26.885	1	(4)
21	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	22	+27.914	17
22	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	22	+28.312	23
23	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	22	+43.965	19
Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 1:36.407 (on lap 21)
Source:^[2]

Race 2[]

Alexander Albon took his third win of the season, extending his lead in the championship over teammate, Leclerc. Arjun Maini achieved second place in his fourth outing with the Jenzer Motorsport team, whilst Leclerc came through in third place.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	17	30:01.514	2	15 (2)
2	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+3.365	1	12
3	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	17	+4.363	3	10
4	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	17	+6.955	5	8
5	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	17	+8.848	8	6
6	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	17	+5.908¹	9	4
7	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	17	+13.635	6	2
8	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	17	+14.600	12	1
9	26	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	17	+15.820	10
10	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	17	+16.562	7
11	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	17	+18.051	15
12	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	17	+19.330	14
13	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	17	+20.150	20
14	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	17	+22.892	11
15	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+23.631	13
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	17	+24.330	19
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	17	+27.348	16
18	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	17	+28.354	18
19	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	17	+28.676	23
20	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	17	+29.312	22
21	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	17	+30.151	21
Ret	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Accident	17
Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:35.140 (on lap 16)
Source:^[2]

Standings after the round[]

GP2 Series

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Pierre Gasly	107
2	Antonio Giovinazzi	96
3	Raffaele Marciello	85
4	Oliver Rowland	83
5	Norman Nato	81

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Racing	203
2	Racing Engineering	151
3	Russian Time	150
4	ART Grand Prix	126
5	Campos Racing	99

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

GP3 Series

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alexander Albon	107
2	Charles Leclerc	104
3	Antonio Fuoco	90
4	Matt Parry	53
5	Ralph Boschung	48

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	ART Grand Prix	292
2	Koiranen GP	106
3	Trident	100
4	Arden International	53
5	DAMS	52

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Hungary". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Hungary". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links[]

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[GP2_Hungarian_Results-1] "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Hungary". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[GP3_Hungarian_Results-2] "GP3 Series 2016 Results - Hungary". GP3 Series. GP3 Motorsport Limited. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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v t List of GP2 Series rounds
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v t List of GP3 Rounds
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2012	CAT MON VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ
2013	CAT VAL SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC
2014	CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA SOC
2015	CAT RBR SIL HUN
2016	CAT RBR SIL HUN HOC SPA MNZ SEP YMC
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2018	CAT LEC RBR SIL HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC

Round details
Round 6 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series and Round 4 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	23 July 2016
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:25.612
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Second	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Third	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:29.959 (on lap 36)
Sprint race
Date	24 July 2016
Laps	28
Podium
First	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jordan King	Racing Engineering
Third	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:29.184 (on lap 27)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	23 July 2016
Laps	22
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:32.979
Podium
First	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP
Second	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Third	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	1:36.407 (on lap 21)
Race 2
Date	24 July 2016
Laps	15
Podium
First	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Second	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:35.140 (on lap 16)