Free Practice 12.00 – 12.45Qualifying 15.55 – 16.25Feature Race (37 laps) 15.40Sprint Race (28 laps) 10h35

Warm Up // Arthur Pic (Campos Racing)

“It’s a track that I love. It’s a short one, but there are a lot of corners with only one straight so you can never rest, just like in Monaco. It’s quite a challenging circuit. Add to that the weather conditions: usually, the temperatures are quite high and it can be pretty hot in the car. It’s one of the hardest races of the year I think.

“The tyre degradation is manageable, but you cannot do too many laps in the race on the soft compounds - around eight laps I would say. At the Hungaroring, there is a big gap between the Medium and the Soft tyres in terms of performance. In qualifying, normally you do your best laptime on your first push laps on the soft tyres. So it is important to be well-prepared. You have just one chance and you cannot afford a mistake.

“There will be overtaking opportunities at turn 1 obviously since it is the DRS zone. But last year, we saw some manoeuvres at turns 2 and 8. We should see some interesting races again this year. I will work hard to try and win again.”

The StakesThe fifth round of the 2015 season was one to remember as Sergey Sirotkin out-performed the rest of the field in qualifying and the feature race at Silverstone. The Russian rookie has been on a roll ever since Monaco where he pocketed his maiden podium finish. He will most definitely be looking for a repeat of his good form this weekend at the Hungaroring.

The surprise came from Series leader Stoffel Vandoorne who failed to score points in one race (sprint race) for the first time this season, but the McLaren test driver still had a strong weekend in Great Britain with another rostrum in the feature race. His closest rivals Alexander Rossi and Rio Haryanto have no other choice but to shine without fail with each passing round. The American was mighty quick at Silverstone and was able to finish second on the Saturday, and then fourth the following day. He’s the only driver on the grid to have scored in every single race this season. As for the Indonesian, he recovered from a disappointing qualifying result to start from reverse pole on Sunday and cruised to a third sprint race win.

Now come the challenges of the Hungaroring: the twisty nature of the layout means that there is little opportunity to rest for the drivers and the machines alike. The high temperatures should also add another level of difficulty for tyre management with Pirelli having selected Medium and Soft compounds for this weekend, just like in Formula One.

There will be four driver changes this week: Carlin welcome Sean Gelael in car number 4 whilst Nicholas Latifi will be at the wheel of the MP Motorsport #16. Zoel Amberg returns to his Lazarus car. Finally, Sergio Canamasas moves to Hilmer Motorsport in car #25.

Season Stats 11 Number of points in which Alexander Rossi has reduced the gap to Stoffel Vandoorne in the Drivers’ Standings at Silverstone.

8 Number of podium finishes achieved by Vandoorne this season so far.

26 Average number of points scored by scored by Sergey Sirotkin per race weekend in the past three rounds.

67 Number of laps led by Rio Haryanto this season so far.

Noteworthy

Silverstone Round marked the first time this season that Stoffel Vandoorne did not lead a race.

Alexander Rossi is the only driver who has scored points in every single race this season.

Rossi and Haryanto have achieved the same number of podium finishes (4) this season, but the American has yet to win a race.

Sergey Sirotkin’s pole position at Silverstone was Rapax’s second pole position in GP2 Series.

Forty-four races had passed since Rapax’s last win (2013 Monte Carlo Sprint Race // Stefano Coletti).

There are 4 driver changes this week: - Sean Gelael joins Carlin in car #4 for four of the five remainder rounds of the 2015 season. - Nicolas Latifi joins MP Motorsport in car #16 at the Hungaroring. He will join the field again at selected rounds of the 2015 season (to be announced at a later date). - Zoel Amberg returns to Daiko Team Lazarus. - Sergio Canamasas moves to Hilmer Motorsport in car #25.

Fun with figures

40 Total number of drivers’ nationalities who have raced in GP2 Series.

19 Total of Italian drivers who have raced in GP2. Italy is the country with the highest number of drivers to have competed in the Series since 2005.

34 Total number of race wins achieved by British drivers. England is the country with the highest number of race wins in GP2 since 2005.

17 Total number of pole positions achieved by French drivers. France is the country with the highest number of pole positions in GP2 since 2005.

37 Total number of Fastest Laps achieved by British drivers. England is the country with the highest number of FL in GP2 since 2005.

93 Total number of podium finishes achieved by British drivers. England is the country with the highest number of podium finishes in GP2 since 2005.

3 Total number of GP2 Titles won by German drivers. Germany is the country with the highest number of GP2 Champions.