Victories for Parry and Albon in Pirelli-backed GP3 in Hungary

British drivers Matt Parry and Alex Albon shared the wins when the GP3 Series visited the Hungaroring recently.

After qualifying in second, Welsh driver Parry led the opening race of the weekend from start to finish to take his maiden GP3 victory, managing the championship’s Pirelli tyres well. Jake Dennis finished third to join Parry on the podium – his best result in the series to date. Albon came seventh, with Jack Aitken ninth.

Albon started second on the grid for race two, and made a great start to take the lead into the first corner. Like Parry, the Anglo-Thai driver was able to open up a three-second margin over the field. It was his third win from four rounds this season and puts him in the championship lead, three points ahead of his ART Grand Prix team-mate, Monaco’s Charles Leclerc.

Aitken finished the race in fourth but was given a five-second penalty after contact, putting him sixth between Parry and Dennis.

Among the trio of British drivers in this year’s GP2 Series, it was Jordan King who scored the best result in Hungary, finishing race two in second place. Oliver Rowland was sixth and is now fourth in the standings, with King just three points behind him in sixth.

GP2 and GP3 move on to Hockenheim in Germany this weekend for their fourth event in the space of five weekends.