The 2016 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 30 and 31 July 2016 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. It was the fiventh round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 German Grand Prix.
Classification 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.
Driver Team Time Gap 1 3 Alexander Albon ART Grand Prix 1:28.431 – 1 2 1 Charles Leclerc ART Grand Prix 1:28.509 +0.078 5 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:
Race 1 Antonio Fuoco took his second win of the year. de Vries achieved second and Matt Parry in third.
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:
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.
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:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Charles Leclerc 126 1 2 Alexander Albon 123 3 Antonio Fuoco 115 4 Matt Parry 70 1 5 Nyck de Vries 65
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 349 1 2 Trident 125 1 3 Koiranen GP 123 1 4 DAMS 83 1 5 Arden International 78
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2016 German Grand Prix 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
References
External links Official website of GP3 Series