2016 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	67th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Nico Rosberg (only title, 33rd different world champion, 3rd German champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Mercedes (3rd title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Lewis Hamilton
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Mercedes
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
Other seasons:

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	03 April	2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
3	China	Shanghai	17 April	2016 Chinese Grand Prix
4	Russia	Sochi	01 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	03 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	04 September	2016 Italian Grand Prix
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	18 September	2016 Singapore Grand Prix
16	Malaysia	Sepang	02 October	2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
17	Japan CT	Suzuka	09 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

Driver and constructor entries

Race drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Ferrari	Kimi Raikkonen	All
Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel	All
Force India	Nico Hulkenberg	All
Force India	Sergio Perez	All
Haas	Romain Grosjean	All
Haas	Esteban Gutierrez	All
Manor	Rio Haryanto	1-12
	Esteban Ocon	13-21
	Pascal Wehrlein	All
McLaren	Fernando Alonso	1, 3-21
	Jenson Button	All
	Stoffel Vandoorne	2
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	All
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg	All
Red Bull	Daniil Kvyat	1-4
	Daniel Ricciardo	All
	Max Verstappen	5-21
Renault	Kevin Magnussen	All
Renault	Jolyon Palmer	All
Sauber	Marcus Ericsson	All
Sauber	Felipe Nasr	All
Toro Rosso	Daniil Kvyat	5-21
	Carlos Sainz	All
	Max Verstappen	1-4
Williams	Valtteri Bottas	All
Williams	Felipe Massa	All

Free practice drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Force India	Alfonso Celis	2, 4, 9, 14, 18, 21
Haas	Charles Leclerc	10-12, 20
Manor	Jordan King	18, 21
Renault	Esteban Ocon	5, 10-12
Renault	Sergey Sirotkin	4, 20

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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/constructor

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/constructor

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

Qualifying results

See: 2016 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (25), 2nd (18), 3rd (15), 4th (12), 5th (10), 6th (8), 7th (6), 8th (4), 9th (2), 10th (1)

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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
No.	Driver	AUS	BHR	CHN	RUS	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	DEU	BEL	ITA	SGP	MYS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top six drivers of 2016.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	AUS	BHR	CHN	RUS	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	DEU	BEL	ITA	SGP	MYS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Mercedes	1	1	1	1	R	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	765
1	Mercedes		Mercedes	2	3	7	2	R	7	5	5	4	3	2	4	3	2	3	R	3	2	2	765	2	2
2	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	4	3	11	1	2	4	7	2	2	3	2	2	5	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	468
2	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		Red Bull-TAG Heuer	DNS	7	4	15	4	R	7	8	5	4	5	3	11	7	6	2	6	R	4	468	8	5
3	Ferrari	3	2	2	3	2	4	2	2	3	5	4	5	6	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	398
3	Ferrari		Ferrari	R	DNS	5	R	3	R	6	4	R	9	6	6	9	4	5	R	5	R	6	398	R	6
4	Force India-Mercedes	7	15	11	9	7	3	8	3	17^R	6	10	7	4	8	8	6	7	8	7	4	7	173
4	Force India-Mercedes		India-Mercedes	13	16	15	R	R	6	10	9	19^R	7	11	10	5	10	R	8	8	R	10	173	7	8
5	Williams-Mercedes	5	8	6	4	5	10	3	6	9	11	9	9	8	6	12	5	9	7	8	11	9	138
5	Williams-Mercedes		Williams-Mercedes	8	9	10	5	8	12	R	10	20^R	14	18	R	10	9	R	13	10	16	9	138	R	R
6	McLaren-Honda	14	10	12	6	9	5	11	11	6	12	7	8	7	12	7	7	16	5	12	10	10	76
6	McLaren-Honda		McLaren-Honda	R	R	13	10	R	9	R	R	18^R	13	R	12	R	14	R	9	18	9	13	76	16	R
7	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	9	6	8	12	6	8	9	R	8	8	8	14	14	15	9	11	13	6	16	6	R	63
7	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	10	R	9	R	10	R	12	R	R	10	16	15	R	R	14	14	17	11	18	63	13	R
8	Haas-Ferrari	6	5	14	8	11	11	13	13	7	16	13	11	12	11	11	R	11	10	19	R	11	29
8	Haas-Ferrari		Haas-Ferrari	R	R	19	17	R	13	14	16	11	R	14	13	13	13	DNS	R	20	R	20	29		12
9	Renault	11	11	17	7	13	R	16	14	12	17^R	12	16	15	17	10	10	12	12	14	14	17	8
9	Renault		Renault	12	DNS	22	13	15	R	R	15	14	R	15	19	R	R	15	R	14	13	17	8	R	R
10	Sauber-Ferrari	15	12	16	14	12	R	15	12	13	15	17	18	17	16	13	12	15	14	11	9	15	2
10	Sauber-Ferrari		Sauber-Ferrari	R	14	20	16	14	R	18	17	15	R	20	R	R	R	17	R	19	15	15	2	R	16
11	Manor-Mercedes	16	13	18	18	16	14	17	18	10	R	19	17	16	18	16	15	21	17	21	12	13	1
11	Manor-Mercedes		Manor-Mercedes	R	17	21	R	17	15	19	R	16	R	21	20	R	R	18	16	22	18	R	1	15	14
No.	Constructor	AUS	BHR	CHN	RUS	ESP	MCO	CAN	EUR	AUT	GBR	HUN	DEU	BEL	ITA	SGP	MYS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 2016.

Season statistics

See: 2016 F1 World Championship Season Statistics