| Country: | Germany |
| Grand Prix: | Hockenheimring |
| Round No: | 7 |
| Season No: | 11 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 2.842 |
| Course Km: | 4.574 |
| Date R1: | 30 July |
| Laps R1: | 38 |
| Pole Driver Country: | RUS |
| Pole Driver: | Sergey Sirotkin |
| Pole Team: | ART Grand Prix |
| Pole Time: | 1:22.193 |
| First Driver Country R1: | RUS |
| First Driver R1: | Sergey Sirotkin |
| First Team R1: | ART Grand Prix |
| Second Driver Country R1: | ITA |
| Second Driver R1: | Luca Ghiotto |
| Second Team R1: | Trident |
| Third Driver Country R1: | ITA |
| Third Driver R1: | Raffaele Marciello |
| Third Team R1: | Russian Time |
| Fast Driver Country R1: | RUS |
| Fast Driver R1: | Sergey Sirotkin |
| Fast Team R1: | ART Grand Prix |
| Fast Time R1: | 1:25.209 |
| Fast Lap R1: | 31 |
| Date R2: | 31 July |
| Laps R2: | 27 |
| First Driver Country R2: | GBR |
| First Driver R2: | Alex Lynn |
| First Team R2: | DAMS |
| Second Driver Country R2: | RUS |
| Second Driver R2: | Sergey Sirotkin |
| Second Team R2: | ART Grand Prix |
| Third Driver Country R2: | FRA |
| Third Driver R2: | Arthur Pic |
| Third Team R2: | Rapax |
| Fast Driver Country R2: | FRA |
| Fast Driver R2: | Pierre Gasly |
| Fast Team R2: | Prema Racing |
| Fast Time R2: | 1:26.081 |
| Fast Lap R2: | 19 |
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.
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.
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.
| Driver | Team | Time | Gap | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Antonio Giovinazzi was excluded from qualifying due to not complying with undertray requirements.[2]
Sirotkin took his second victory in succession from Luca Ghiotto and Raffaele Marciello
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 .
| 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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| 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 |