2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
# 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

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.

## 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. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.193 | – | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 1:22.209 | +0.016 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 1:22.369 | +0.176 | 3 |
| 4 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 1:22.384 | +0.191 | PL |
| 5 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 1:22.413 | +0.220 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:22.422 | +0.229 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 1:22.489 | +0.296 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 1:22.524 | +0.331 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 1:22.548 | +0.355 | 8 |
| 10 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 1:22.796 | +0.603 | 9 |
| 11 | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 1:22.805 | +0.612 | 10 |
| 12 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 1:22.812 | +0.619 | 11 |
| 13 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 1:23.065 | +0.872 | 12 |
| 14 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 1:23.066 | +0.873 | 13 |
| 15 | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 1:23.398 | +1.205 | 14 |
| 16 | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 1:23.400 | +1.207 | 15 |
| 17 | 18 | René Binder | Carlin | 1:23.465 | +1.272 | 16 |
| 18 | 12 | Arthur Pic | Rapax | 1:23.469 | +1.276 | 17 |
| 19 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 1:23.497 | +1.304 | 18 |
| 20 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson | Arden International | 1:23.535 | +1.342 | 19 |
| 21 | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 1:23.784 | +1.591 | 20 |
| 22 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 1:28.415 | +2.206 | 21 |
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^1 Antonio Giovinazzi was excluded from qualifying due to not complying with undertray requirements.

### Feature Race

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 38 | 1:00:28.437 | 1 | 25 (6) |
| 2 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 38 | +13.146 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 38 | +17.783 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 12 | Arthur Pic | Rapax | 38 | +25.873 | 17 | 12 |
| 5 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 38 | +27.742 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 38 | +28.130 | 12 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 38 | +32.730 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 38 | +36.051 | PL | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 38 | +38.838 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 38 | +43.798 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 38 | +46.523 | 18 | |
| 12 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson | Arden International | 38 | +48.067 | 19 | |
| 13 | 18 | René Binder | Carlin | 38 | +50.706 | 16 | |
| 14 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 38 | +52.389 | 7 | |
| 15 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 38 | +53.034 | 8 | |
| 16 | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 38 | +1:15.773 | 21 | |
| Ret | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 28 | Collision damage | 6 | |
| Ret | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 14 | Brakes | 14 | |
| Ret | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 8 | Collision | 20 | |
| Ret | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 8 | Collision | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 6 | Collision | 10 | |
| DSQ | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 38 | Disqualified | 2 | |
| Fastest lap: Sergey Sirotkin (ART Grand Prix) – 1:31.703 (on lap 31) ||||||||
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### 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. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 27 | 43:20.504 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 27 | +2.922 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | 12 | Arthur Pic | Rapax | 27 | +4.688 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 15 | Luca Ghiotto | Trident | 27 | +6.206 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | MP Motorsport | 27 | +8.187 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 21 | Pierre Gasly | Prema Racing | 27 | +8.486 | 17 | 4 (2) |
| 7 | 9 | Raffaele Marciello | Russian Time | 27 | +9.259 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Gustav Malja | Rapax | 27 | +10.292 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Artem Markelov | Russian Time | 27 | +14.404 | PL | |
| 10 | 7 | Mitch Evans | Campos Racing | 27 | +15.162 | 19 | |
| 11 | 4 | Jordan King | Racing Engineering | 27 | +16.727 | 15 | |
| 12 | 1 | Nobuharu Matsushita | ART Grand Prix | 27 | +21.319 | 9 | |
| 13 | 25 | Jimmy Eriksson | Arden International | 27 | +25.154 | 12 | |
| 14 | 19 | Marvin Kirchhöfer | Carlin | 27 | +25.292 | 10 | |
| 15 | 18 | René Binder | Carlin | 27 | +25.768 | 13 | |
| 16 | 23 | Daniël de Jong | MP Motorsport | 27 | +34.778 | 21 | |
| 17 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | DAMS | 27 | +41.617 | 14 | |
| 18 | 3 | Norman Nato | Racing Engineering | 26 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 19 | 8 | Sean Gelael | Campos Racing | 24 | +3 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 14 | Philo Paz Armand | Trident | 22 | Handling | 16 | |
| Ret | 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Prema Racing | 13 | Collision | 1 | |
| Ret | 24 | Nabil Jeffri | Arden International | 6 | Collision damage | 11 | |
| Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly (Prema Racing) – 1:26.081 (on lap 19) ||||||||
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## Standings after the round

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | 1 | Sergey Sirotkin | 113 |
| 1 | 2 | Pierre Gasly | 113 |
| | 3 | Raffaele Marciello | 102 |
| 2 | 4 | Antonio Giovinazzi | 100 |
| 1 | 5 | Oliver Rowland | 99 |
| | Pos | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Prema Racing | 213 |
| 2 | 2 | ART Grand Prix | 171 |
| | 3 | Russian Time | 167 |
| 2 | 4 | Racing Engineering | 161 |
| 1 | 5 | MP Motorsport | 105 |

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