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.
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.
Driver Team Time 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:
Feature Race Gasly took his second win of the season from Sergey Sirotkin and Antonio Giovinazzi.
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:
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.
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:
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
External links Official website of GP2 Series