2016 Hungaroring GP3 Series round

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   2016 Hungaroring GP3 round

Round details
Round 4 of 9 rounds in the 2016 GP3 Series
Layout of the Hungaroring
Location	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.381 km (2.722 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	23 July 2016
Laps	22
Pole position
Driver	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:32.979
Podium
First	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP
Second	Antonio Fuoco	Trident
Third	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Jake Dennis	Arden International
Time	1:36.407 (on lap 21)
Race 2
Date	24 July 2016
Laps	15
Podium
First	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Second	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport
Third	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:35.140 (on lap 16)

The 2016 Hungaroring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 23 and 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the fourth round of the 2016 GP3 Series. The race weekend supported the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Richard Gonda returned to the GP3 grid after missing the third round at Silverstone.

Nyck de Vries secured his first pole position of the season with a time of 1:32.979 - nearly half a second faster than that of second-placed driver, Matt Parry. Antonio Fuoco achieved third place, only marginally less than half a second off the pace of de Vries.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	1:32.979	–	1
2	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	1:33.464	+0.485	2
3	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	1:33.478	+0.499	3
4	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	1:33.548	+0.569	4
5	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	1:33.660	+0.681	5
6	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	1:33.672	+0.693	6
7	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	1:33.682	+0.703	7
8	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1:33.866	+0.887	8
9	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	1:33.874	+0.895	9
10	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	1:33.892	+0.913	10
11	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	1:33.974	+0.995	11
12	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	1:34.017	+1.038	12
13	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	1:34.053	+1.074	13
14	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	1:34.056	+1.077	14
15	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.114	+1.135	15
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1:34.177	+1.198	16
17	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	1:34.225	+1.246	17
18	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	1:34.233	+1.254	18
19	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	1:34.322	+1.343	19
20	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.462	+1.483	20
21	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	1:34.520	+1.541	21
22	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	1:34.609	+1.630	22
23	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	1:34.678	+1.699	23
Source:[1]

Matt Parry took his first GP3 win and Koiranen GP's second for the year. Fuoco achieved second and Jake Dennis in third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	22	35:49.008	2	25
2	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	22	+3.283	3	18
3	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	22	+4.208	4	15 (2)
4	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	22	+5.875	5	12
5	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	22	+6.444	10	10
6	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	22	+9.762	6	8
7	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	22	+10.425	8	6
8	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+13.777	9	4
9	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	22	+14.226	7	2
10	28	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	22	+14.977	11	1
11	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	22	+18.728	12
12	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	22	+19.943	13
13	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+20.320	15
14	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	22	+20.914	14
15	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	22	+22.111	22
16	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	22	+23.244	18
17	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+23.790	20
18	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	22	+25.665	21
19	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	22	+26.571	16
20	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	22	+26.885	1	(4)
21	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	22	+27.914	17
22	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	22	+28.312	23
23	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	22	+43.965	19
Fastest lap: Jake Dennis (Arden International) – 1:36.407 (on lap 21)
Source:[1]

Alexander Albon took his third win of the season, extending his lead in the championship over teammate, Leclerc. Arjun Maini achieved second place in his fourth outing with the Jenzer Motorsport team, whilst Leclerc came through in third place.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	17	30:01.514	2	15 (2)
2	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+3.365	1	12
3	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	17	+4.363	3	10
4	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	17	+6.955	5	8
5	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	17	+8.848	8	6
6	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	17	+5.9081	9	4
7	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	17	+13.635	6	2
8	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	17	+14.600	12	1
9	26	Kevin Jörg	DAMS	17	+15.820	10
10	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	17	+16.562	7
11	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	17	+18.051	15
12	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	17	+19.330	14
13	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	17	+20.150	20
14	22	Álex Palou	Campos Racing	17	+22.892	11
15	19	Richard Gonda	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+23.631	13
16	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	17	+24.330	19
17	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	17	+27.348	16
18	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	17	+28.354	18
19	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	17	+28.676	23
20	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	17	+29.312	22
21	10	Tatiana Calderón	Arden International	17	+30.151	21
Ret	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Accident	17
Fastest lap: Alexander Albon (ART Grand Prix) – 1:35.140 (on lap 16)
Source:[1]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Alexander Albon 107 1 2 Charles Leclerc 104 3 Antonio Fuoco 90 4 4 Matt Parry 53 5 Ralph Boschung 48

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 292 1 2 Koiranen GP 106 1 3 Trident 100 1 4 Arden International 53 1 5 DAMS 52

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

• 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
• 2016 Hungaroring GP2 Series round

• Official website of GP3 Series