2016 World Championship Season

67th World Championship season

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Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Nico Rosberg (1st title, 33rd different world champion, 3rd German champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Mercedes (3rd title)
Races:	21
Winning drivers:	Lewis Hamilton (10) Nico Rosberg (9) Max Verstappen (1) Daniel Ricciardo (1)
Winning constructors:	Mercedes (19) Red Bull (2)
First-time winners (driver):	Max Verstappen
First-time winners (constructor):	none

2016 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Australia	Melbourne	20 March	2016 Australian Grand Prix
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	3 April	2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
3	China	Shanghai	17 April	2016 Chinese Grand Prix
4	Russia	Sochi	1 May	2016 Russian Grand Prix
5	Spain	Catalunya	15 May	2016 Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	29 May	2016 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canada	Montreal	12 June	2016 Canadian Grand Prix
8	Europe	Baku	19 June	2016 European Grand Prix
9	Austria	Spielberg	3 July	2016 Austrian Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	10 July	2016 British Grand Prix
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	24 July	2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
12	Germany	Hockenheim	31 July	2016 German Grand Prix
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	28 August	2016 Belgian Grand Prix
14	Italy	Monza	4 September	2016 Italian Grand Prix
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	18 September	2016 Singapore Grand Prix
16	Malaysia	Sepang	2 October	2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
17	Japan CT	Suzuka	9 October	2016 Japanese Grand Prix
18	USA	Austin	23 October	2016 United States Grand Prix
19	Mexico	Mexico City	30 October	2016 Mexican Grand Prix
20	Brazil	Interlagos	13 November	2016 Brazilian Grand Prix
21	Abu Dhabi DT	Yas Marina	27 November	2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	8.060s
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	10.282s
3	China	Shanghai	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	37.776s
4	Russia	Sochi	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	25.022s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	0.616s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	7.252s
7	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	5.011s
8	Europe	Baku	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	16.696s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	5.719s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	8.250s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	1.977s
12	Germany	Hockenheim	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	6.996s
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	14.113s
14	Italy	Monza	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	15.070s
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.488s
16	Malaysia	Sepang	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	2.443s
17	Japan	Suzuka	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	4.978s
18	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	4.520s
19	Mexico	Mexico City	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	8.354s
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	11.455s
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.439s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.360s
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	0.077s
3	China	Shanghai	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.515s
4	Russia	Sochi	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.706s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	DNF	0.280s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	2	0.169s
7	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.062s
8	Europe	Baku	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.757s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.543s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.319s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	0.143s
12	Germany	Hockenheim	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	0.107s
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.149s
14	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.478s
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.531s
16	Malaysia	Sepang	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	DNF	0.414s
17	Japan	Suzuka	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	0.013s
18	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.216s
19	Mexico	Mexico City	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.254s
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.102s
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.303s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Australia	Melbourne	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
3	China	Shanghai	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes
4	Russia	Sochi	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
5	Spain	Catalunya	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
7	Canada	Montreal	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
8	Europe	Baku	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
9	Austria	Spielberg	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
10	Britain	Silverstone	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
12	Germany	Hockenheim	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
14	Italy	Monza	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
16	Malaysia	Sepang	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
17	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
18	USA	Austin	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
19	Mexico	Mexico City	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari

2016 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	385
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	380	-5
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	256	-129
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	212	-173
5	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso Red Bull	204	-181
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	186	-199
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	101	-284
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	85	-300
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	72	-313
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	54	-331
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	53	-332
12	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	46	-339
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	29	-326
14	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Toro Rosso	25	-360
15	Jenson Button	McLaren	21	-364
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	7	-378
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	2	-383
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1	-384
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1	-384
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1	-384
21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas	0	-385
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	0	-385
23	Esteban Ocon	Manor	0	-385
24	Rio Haryanto	Manor	0	-385

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Every race counted towards the championship.

Constructor

Pos	Team	Points	Gap
1	Mercedes	765
2	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	468	-297
3	Ferrari	398	-367
4	Force India-Mercedes	173	-592
5	Williams-Mercedes	138	-627
6	McLaren-Honda	76	-689
7	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	63	-702
8	Haas-Ferrari	29	-736
9	Renault	8	-757
10	Sauber-Ferrari	2	-763
11	Manor-Mercedes	1	-764

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Every race counted towards the championship.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	BHR	CHN	RUS	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	DEU	BEL	ITA	SGP	MYS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Avg.	Best
1	Nico Rosberg	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1.62	1
2	Lewis Hamilton	1	1	22	10	1	3	1	10	1	1	2	2	21	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	4.14	1
3	Daniel Ricciardo	8	5	2	6	3	1	4	3	7	4	3	3	5	6	2	4	6	3	4	6	3	4.19	1
4	Kimi Raikkonen	4	4	3	4	5	6	6	5	6	5	14	5	3	4	5	6	3	5	6	3	4	5.05	3
5	Sebastian Vettel	3	3	4	2	6	4	3	4	4	6	5	6	4	3	22	5	4	6	7	5	5	5.29	2
6	Max Verstappen	5	10	9	9	4	21	5	9	9	3	4	4	2	7	4	3	5	4	3	4	6	6.19	2
7	Nico Hulkenberg	10	8	10	13	11	5	9	12	3	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	9	7	5	8	7	8.29	3
8	Valtteri Bottas	11	6	5	3	7	11	7	8	8	7	10	8	8	5	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	8.33	3
9	Sergio Perez	9	18	7	7	9	8	11	2	16	11	13	9	6	8	10	7	7	11	12	9	8	9.43	2
10	Felipe Massa	6	7	11	5	18	14	8	6	10	12	18	10	10	11	12	10	12	9	9	13	10	10.52	5
11	Carlos Sainz	7	11	8	11	8	7	16	13	15	8	6	13	15	16	6	16	14	10	10	15	21	11.71	6
12	Stoffel Vandoorne		12																				12.00	12
13	Fernando Alonso	12		12	14	10	10	10	14	14	10	7	14	22	13	9	22	15	12	11	10	9	12.50	7
14	Jenson Button	13	14	13	12	12	13	12	19	5	17	8	12	9	15	13	9	17	19	13	17	12	13.05	5
15	Romain Grosjean	19	9	14	15	14	15	15	11	13	13	11	15	11	12	15	12	8	17	21	7	14	13.38	7
16	Daniil Kvyat	18	15	6	8	13	9	13	7	20	15	12	19	19	17	7	15	13	13	18	14	17	13.71	6
17	Esteban Gutierrez	20	13	18	16	16	12	14	15	11	14	15	11	13	10	14	13	10	14	17	12	13	13.86	10
18	Kevin Magnussen	15	19	17	17	15	16	22	21	17	16	19	17	12	21	17	14	18	18	14	18	18	17.19	12
19	Jolyon Palmer	14	20	19	18	17	18	17	22	18	18	17	16	14	20	19	19	16	15	22	16	15	17.62	14
20	Pascal Wehrlein	22	16	21	20	21	20	18	18	12	20	21	18	16	14	20	21	22	20	16	19	16	18.62	12
21	Marcus Ericsson	16	17	15	22	19	17	19	20	21	22	20	22	20	19	16	17	19	16	15	21	22	18.81	15
22	Felipe Nasr	17	22	16	19	20	22	20	16	22	21	16	21	17	18	18	18	20	21	19	22	19	19.24	16
23	Rio Haryanto	21	21	20	21	22	19	21	17	19	19	22	20										20.17	17
24	Esteban Ocon													18	22	21	20	21	22	20	20	20	20.44	18

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	BHR	CHN	RUS	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	DEU	BEL	ITA	SGP	MYS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	1	1	1	1	R	7	5	1	4	3	2	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	385
2	Lewis Hamilton	2	3	7	2	R	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	R	3	1	1	1	1	380
3	Daniel Ricciardo	4	4	4	11	4	2	7	7	5	4	3	2	2	5	2	1	6	3	3	8	5	256
4	Sebastian Vettel	3	DNS	2	R	3	4	2	2	R	9	4	5	6	3	5	R	4	4	5	5	3	212
5	Max Verstappen	10	6	8	R	1	R	4	8	2	2	5	3	11	7	6	2	2	R	4	3	4	204
6	Kimi Raikkonen	R	2	5	3	2	R	6	4	3	5	6	6	9	4	4	4	5	R	6	R	6	186
7	Sergio Perez	13	16	11	9	7	3	10	3	17^R	6	11	10	5	8	8	6	7	8	10	4	8	101
8	Valtteri Bottas	8	9	10	4	5	12	3	6	9	14	9	9	8	6	R	5	10	16	8	11	R	85
9	Nico Hulkenberg	7	15	15	R	R	6	8	9	19^R	7	10	7	4	10	R	8	8	R	7	7	7	72
10	Fernando Alonso	R		12	6	R	5	11	R	18^R	13	7	12	7	14	7	7	16	5	13	10	10	54
11	Felipe Massa	5	8	6	5	8	10	R	10	20^R	11	18	R	10	9	12	13	9	7	9	R	9	53
12	Carlos Sainz	9	R	9	12	6	8	9	R	8	8	8	14	R	15	14	11	17	6	16	6	R	46
13	Romain Grosjean	6	5	19	8	R	13	14	13	7	R	14	13	13	11	DNS	R	11	10	20	DNS	11	29
14	Daniil Kvyat	DNS	7	3	15	10	R	12	R	R	10	16	15	14	R	9	14	13	11	18	13	R	25
15	Jenson Button	14	R	13	10	9	9	R	11	6	12	R	8	R	12	R	9	18	9	12	16	R	21
16	Kevin Magnussen	12	11	17	7	15	R	16	14	14	17^R	15	16	R	17	10	R	14	12	17	14	R	7
17	Felipe Nasr	15	14	20	16	14	R	18	12	13	15	17	R	17	R	13	R	19	15	15	9	16	2
18	Jolyon Palmer	11	DNS	22	13	13	R	R	15	12	R	12	19	15	R	15	10	12	13	14	R	17	1
19	Pascal Wehrlein	16	13	18	18	16	14	17	R	10	R	19	17	R	R	16	15	22	17	R	15	14	1
20	Stoffel Vandoorne		10																				1
21	Esteban Gutierrez	R	R	14	17	11	11	13	16	11	16	13	11	12	13	11	R	20	R	19	R	12
22	Marcus Ericsson	R	12	16	14	12	R	15	17	15	R	20	18	R	16	17	12	15	14	11	R	15
23	Esteban Ocon													16	18	18	16	21	18	21	12	13
24	Rio Haryanto	R	17	21	R	17	15	19	18	16	R	21	20

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

2016 World Championship Statistics

See: 2016 World Championship Statistics