The 2016 Hungaroring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 23 and 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the fourth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.

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

Classification 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.

Driver Team Time Gap 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:

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.

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:

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.

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 +5.908 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:

Standings after the round

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

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

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

See also 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix 2016 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

References

External links Official website of GP3 Series