2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

The 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 30 and 31 July 2016 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. It was the seventh round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 German Grand Prix.

Germany    2016 Hockenheimring GP2 round
Round details
Round 7 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
Layout of the Hockenheimring
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 Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:22.193
Podium
First Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Second Italy Luca Ghiotto Trident
Third Italy Raffaele Marciello Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:25.209 (on lap 31)
Sprint race
Date 31 July 2016
Laps 27
Podium
First United Kingdom Alex Lynn DAMS
Second Russia Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Third France Arthur Pic Rapax
Fastest lap
Driver France Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Time 1:26.081 (on lap 19)

Background

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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

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Qualifying

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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 PL1
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]

^1 Antonio Giovinazzi was excluded from qualifying due to not complying with undertray requirements.[2]

Feature Race

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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

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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]

Standings after the round

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Chokhani, Darshan (29 July 2016). "Giovinazzi excluded from GP2 qualifying, loses fourth place". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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