2016 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

The 2016 Hungaroring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 23 and 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the sixth round of the 2016 GP2 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.

   2016 Hungaroring GP2 round

Round details
Round 6 of 11 rounds in the 2016 GP2 Series
Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	23 July 2016
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:25.612
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Second	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing
Third	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:29.959 (on lap 36)
Sprint race
Date	24 July 2016
Laps	28
Podium
First	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix
Second	Jordan King	Racing Engineering
Third	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing
Time	1:29.184 (on lap 27)

Report

Qualifying

Pierre Gasly secured his second pole position of the year in dominant fashion. With a time of 1:25.612, Gasly was over half a second faster than nearest competitor, Sergey Sirotkin. Prema Racing team-mate, Antonio Giovinazzi achieved third with a time eight-tenths adrift of Gasly's time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	1:25.612	1
2	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	1:26.182	2
3	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	1:26.438	3
4	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	1:26.483	4
5	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	1:26.521	5
6	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	1:26.557	6
7	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	1:26.633	7
8	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	1:26.657	8
9	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	1:26.667	9
10	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	1:26.696	10
11	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	1:26.795	11
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	1:26.819	12
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	1:26.911	13
14	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	1:26.966	14
15	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	1:27.068	15
16	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	1:27.078	16
17	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	1:27.176	17
18	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:27.207	18
19	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	1:27.246	19
20	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	1:27.908	20
21	14	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	1:28.119	21
22	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	1:28.415	22
Source:^[1]

Feature Race

Gasly took his second win of the season from Sergey Sirotkin and Antonio Giovinazzi.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	36	55:29.672	1	25 (4)
2	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	36	+1.365	3	18
3	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	36	+2.835	2	15
4	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	36	+7.616	8	12
5	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	36	+9.908	7	10
6	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	36	+12.861	4	8 (2)
7	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	36	+17.713	5	6
8	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	36	+21.906	9	4
9	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	29	+22.101	15	2
10	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	36	+23.980	14	1
11	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	36	+29.377	17
12	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	36	+34.050	11
13	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	36	+34.197	13
14	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	36	+36.420	10
15	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	36	+38.526	18
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	36	+42.371	12
17	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	36	+51.757	6
18	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	36	+1:03.546	16
19	14	Philo Paz Armand	Trident	36	+1:25.151	22
20	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	36	+1:28.055	21
21	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	35	+1 Lap	20
22	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	35	+1 Lap	19
Fastest lap:   Nobuharu Matsushita (ART Grand Prix) – 1:29.959 (on lap 36)
Source:^[1]

Sprint Race

Sirotkin controlled the race to take his first win of the season from the Racing Engineering pair of Jordan King and Norman Nato.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sergey Sirotkin	ART Grand Prix	28	44:47.059	6	15
2	4	Jordan King	Racing Engineering	28	+4.953	1	12
3	3	Norman Nato	Racing Engineering	28	+7.506	2	10
4	10	Artem Markelov	Russian Time	28	+8.988	9	8
5	7	Mitch Evans	Campos Racing	28	+14.146	10	6
6	22	Oliver Rowland	MP Motorsport	28	+15.283	11	4
7	21	Pierre Gasly	Prema Racing	28	+16.662	8	2 (2)
8	9	Raffaele Marciello	Russian Time	28	+20.939	5	1
9	18	Sergio Canamasas	Carlin	28	+25.985	18
10	8	Sean Gelael	Campos Racing	28	+30.884	22
11	23	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	28	+32.518	15
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	DAMS	28	+35.100	16
13	19	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Carlin	28	+36.913	14
14	11	Gustav Malja	Rapax	28	+39.660	13
15	14	Philo Paz Armand	Jenzer Motorsport	28	+46.412	19
16	24	Nabil Jeffri	Arden International	28	+1:00.825	20
17	20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Prema Racing	27	Engine	7
Ret	25	Jimmy Eriksson	Arden International	14	Gearbox	21
Ret	1	Nobuharu Matsushita	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	3
Ret	15	Luca Ghiotto	Trident	0	Collision	17
Ret	12	Arthur Pic	Rapax	0	Collision	4
Ret	5	Alex Lynn	DAMS	0	Collision	12
Fastest lap:   Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:29.184 (on lap 27)
Source:^[1]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points   2 1   Pierre Gasly 107   2   Antonio Giovinazzi 96   1 3   Raffaele Marciello 85   3 4   Oliver Rowland 83   1 5   Norman Nato 81

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points   1   Prema Racing 203   2   Racing Engineering 151   3   Russian Time 150   1 4   ART Grand Prix 126   1 5   Campos Racing 99

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

See also

• 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2016 Hungaroring GP3 Series round

References

1. "GP2 Series 2016 Results - Hungary". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

External links

• Official website of GP2 Series

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