The 2014 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on July 19 and 20, 2014 at Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany. It was the fourth round of the 2014 GP3 Season. The race weekend supported the 2014 German Grand Prix.

Classification Summary In a close qualifying session, Marvin Kirchhöfer took his maiden pole position, with a tenth separating him, Alex Lynn and Nick Yelloly. Kirchhöfer held the lead throughout the race, scoring his maiden win at his home race. Lynn finished second, with Emil Bernstorff overtaking Yelloly on the opening lap to finish third.

Nissan- and Red Bull-backed Jann Mardenborough started on reverse grid pole for race two. He led from start to finish to win the race, which was his first win in international single-seaters. He finished nearly four seconds ahead of Dino Zamparelli. Jimmy Eriksson originally finished third, but was later given a penalty for ignoring yellow flags, promoting Lynn to the podium. This allowed Lynn to extend his championship lead, now 30 points ahead of Eriksson.

Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 2 Marvin Kirchhöfer ART Grand Prix 1:28.647 1 2 10 Alex Lynn Carlin 1:28.706 2 3 26 Nick Yelloly Status Grand Prix 1:28.749 3 4 11 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 1:28.910 4 5 8 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 1:28.949 10 6 25 Mitchell Gilbert Trident 1:28.995 5 7 3 Dino Zamparelli ART Grand Prix 1:29.133 6 8 27 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 1:29.205 7 9 21 Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.212 8 10 16 Dean Stoneman Marussia Manor Racing 1:29.247 9 11 1 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 1:29.329 16 12 24 Roman de Beer Trident 1:29.338 11 13 4 Robert Vișoiu Arden International 1:29.400 12 14 6 Jann Mardenborough Arden International 1:29.405 13 15 19 Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 1:29.516 14 16 28 Alfonso Celis Jr. Status Grand Prix 1:29.531 15 17 5 Patric Niederhauser Arden International 1:29.672 17 18 17 Sebastian Balthasar Hilmer Motorsport 1:29.849 18 19 20 Pål Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 1:29.870 24 20 12 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 1:29.951 19 21 18 Nelson Mason Hilmer Motorsport 1:30.082 20 22 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:30.180 21 23 14 Patrick Kujala Marussia Manor Racing 1:30.272 22 24 22 Adderly Fong Jenzer Motorsport 1:30.646 23 25 9 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 1:30.977 25 26 23 Victor Carbone Trident 1:31.219 26 27 7 Carmen Jordá Koiranen GP 1:32.951 27Source:

Jimmy Eriksson and Alex Fontana were each given a five-place grid penalty for causing collisions in the previous round. Pål Varhaug was given a five-place grid penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage in the previous round.

Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Marvin Kirchhöfer ART Grand Prix 18 27:47.577 1 () 2 10 Alex Lynn Carlin 18 +1.551 2 18 3 11 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 18 +4.459 4 15 4 26 Nick Yelloly Status Grand Prix 18 +9.770 3 12 5 16 Dean Stoneman Marussia Manor Racing 18 +12.928 9 10 6 3 Dino Zamparelli ART Grand Prix 18 +14.922 6 8 7 8 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 18 +16.792 10 6 8 6 Jann Mardenborough Arden International 18 +17.173 13 4 9 19 Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 18 +18.231 14 2 10 4 Robert Vișoiu Arden International 18 +18.752 12 1 11 1 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 18 +20.483 16 12 5 Patric Niederhauser Arden International 18 +29.000 17 13 27 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 18 +29.462 7 14 25 Mitchell Gilbert Trident 18 +29.672 5 15 22 Adderly Fong Jenzer Motorsport 18 +29.873 23 16 18 Nelson Mason Hilmer Motorsport 18 +32.628 20 17 12 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 18 +36.620 19 18 21 Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 18 +37.224 8 19 20 Pål Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 18 +37.444 20 20 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 18 +37.635 21 21 24 Roman de Beer Trident 18 +41.959 11 22 9 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 18 +46.976 25 23 23 Victor Carbone Trident 18 +47.277 26 24 17 Sebastian Balthasar Hilmer Motorsport 18 +81.218 18 25 14 Patrick Kujala Marussia Manor Racing 16 Did not finish 22 Ret 7 Carmen Jordá Koiranen GP 7 Did not finish 27 Ret 28 Alfonso Celis Jr. Status Grand Prix 1 Did not finish 15 Fastest lap: Marvin Kirchhöfer (ART Grand Prix) — 1:31.521 (on lap 12)Source:

Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Jann Mardenborough Arden International 18 27:48.880 1 15+2 2 3 Dino Zamparelli ART Grand Prix 18 +3.860 3 12 3 10 Alex Lynn Carlin 18 +7.087 7 10 4 16 Dean Stoneman Marussia Manor Racing 18 +8.688 4 8 5 26 Nick Yelloly Status Grand Prix 18 +9.169 5 6 6 5 Patric Niederhauser Arden International 18 +10.046 12 4 7 27 Richie Stanaway Status Grand Prix 18 +13.158 13 2 8 19 Riccardo Agostini Hilmer Motorsport 18 +13.502 9 1 9 4 Robert Vișoiu Arden International 18 +14.251 10 10 12 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 18 +15.999 17 11 21 Mathéo Tuscher Jenzer Motorsport 18 +21.983 18 12 22 Adderly Fong Jenzer Motorsport 18 +22.949 15 13 1 Alex Fontana ART Grand Prix 18 +22.949 11 14 18 Nelson Mason Hilmer Motorsport 18 +24.801 16 15 8 Jimmy Eriksson Koiranen GP 18 +26.196 2 16 14 Patrick Kujala Marussia Manor Racing 18 +27.467 25 17 24 Roman de Beer Trident 18 +29.522 21 18 9 Santiago Urrutia Koiranen GP 18 +30.129 22 19 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 18 +42.308 20 20 23 Victor Carbone Trident 18 +43.252 23 21 17 Sebastian Balthasar Hilmer Motorsport 18 +43.815 24 22 7 Carmen Jordá Koiranen GP 18 +1:09.384 26 23 28 Alfonso Celis Jr. Status Grand Prix 17 +1 lap DNF 25 Mitchell Gilbert Trident 12 Retired 14 DNF 11 Emil Bernstorff Carlin 8 Retired 6 DNF 2 Marvin Kirchhöfer ART Grand Prix 7 Retired 8 DNF 20 Pål Varhaug Jenzer Motorsport 0 Retired 19 Fastest lap: Jann Mardenborough (Arden International) — 1:31.198 (on lap 5) Source:

Jimmy Eriksson originally finished in third place, but was given a 20-second time penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags, dropping him to fifteenth. Alfonso Celis Jr. was given a three-place grid penalty converted to a pitlane start for causing a collision in race 1.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Alex Lynn 114 2 Jimmy Eriksson 84 2 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer 80 4 Emil Bernstorff 73 2 5 Richie Stanaway 70

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Carlin 191 2 Status Grand Prix 126 1 3 ART Grand Prix 125 1 4 Koiranen GP 84 5 Marussia Manor Racing 56

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

See also 2014 German Grand Prix 2014 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

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