2016 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round

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.

   2016 Hockenheimring GP3 round

Round details
Round 5 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Hockenheimring
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Date	30 July 2016
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	30 July 2016
Laps	24
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:28.431
Podium
First	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Second	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix
Third	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:31.703 (on lap 7)
Race 2
Date	31 July 2016
Laps	18
Podium
First	Jake Hughes	DAMS
Second	Jack Aitken	Arden International
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Hughes	DAMS
Time	1:31.464 (on lap 5)

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.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:28.431	–	1
2	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:28.509	+0.078	5 1
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.

Pos.	No.	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.

Pos.	No.	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

External links

• Official website of GP3 Series