2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

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Flag of Germany.svg    2016 Hockenheimring GP2 round
Round details
Round 7 of 11 rounds in the
2016 GP2 Series
Hockenheim2012.svg
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 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:22.193
Podium
First Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Second Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident
Third Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Time 1:25.209 (on lap 31)
Sprint race
Date 31 July 2016
Laps 27
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS
Second Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix
Third Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing
Time 1:26.081 (on lap 19)

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.

Contents

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

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.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
12 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 1:22.1931
221 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 1:22.209+0.0162
39 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 1:22.369+0.1763
420 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 1:22.384+0.191PL 1
522 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 1:22.413+0.2204
65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 1:22.422+0.2295
73 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 1:22.489+0.2966
86 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:22.524+0.3317
94 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:22.548+0.3558
1019 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 1:22.796+0.6039
1110 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:22.805+0.61210
121 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 1:22.812+0.61911
1311 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 1:23.065+0.87212
1415 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 1:23.066+0.87313
157 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:23.398+1.20514
1623 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:23.400+1.20715
1718 Flag of Austria.svg René Binder Carlin 1:23.465+1.27216
1812 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 1:23.469+1.27617
1924 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 1:23.497+1.30418
2025 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:23.535+1.34219
218 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:23.784+1.59120
2214 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 1:28.415+2.20621
Source: [1]

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

Feature Race

Sirotkin took his second victory in succession from Luca Ghiotto and Raffaele Marciello

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 381:00:28.437125 (6)
215 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 38+13.1461318
39 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 38+17.783315
412 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 38+25.8731712
522 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 38+27.742410
611 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 38+28.130128
75 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 38+32.73056
820 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 38+36.051PL4
91 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 38+38.838112
1019 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 38+43.79891
1124 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 38+46.52318
1225 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 38+48.06719
1318 Flag of Austria.svg René Binder Carlin 38+50.70616
146 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 38+52.3897
154 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 38+53.0348
1614 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 38+1:15.77321
Ret3 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 28Collision damage6
Ret7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 14Brakes14
Ret8 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 8Collision20
Ret23 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 8Collision15
Ret10 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 6Collision10
DSQ21 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 38Disqualified2
Fastest lap: Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:31.703 (on lap 31)
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.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn DAMS 2743:20.504215
22 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin ART Grand Prix 27+2.922812
312 Flag of France.svg Arthur Pic Rapax 27+4.688510
415 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Ghiotto Trident 27+6.20678
522 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland MP Motorsport 27+8.18746
621 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Prema Racing 27+8.486174 (2)
79 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello Russian Time 27+9.25922
811 Flag of Sweden.svg Gustav Malja Rapax 27+10.29231
910 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Markelov Russian Time 27+14.404PL
107 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Campos Racing 27+15.16219
114 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King Racing Engineering 27+16.72715
121 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuharu Matsushita ART Grand Prix 27+21.3199
1325 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 27+25.15412
1419 Flag of Germany.svg Marvin Kirchhöfer Carlin 27+25.29210
1518 Flag of Austria.svg René Binder Carlin 27+25.76813
1623 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 27+34.77821
176 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi DAMS 27+41.61714
183 Flag of France.svg Norman Nato Racing Engineering 26+1 Lap18
198 Flag of Indonesia.svg Sean Gelael Campos Racing 24+3 Laps20
Ret14 Flag of Indonesia.svg Philo Paz Armand Trident 22Handling16
Ret20 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Prema Racing 13Collision1
Ret24 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Arden International 6Collision damage11
Fastest lap: Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:26.081 (on lap 19)
Source: [1]

Standings after the round

See also

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