2016 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 20 March 2016
Winner	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Circuit	Melbourne, 57 laps
Round	1 of 21
Race numbers	The 2016 Australian Grand Prix was the: 936th World Championship race 32nd World Championship Australian Grand Prix 21st World Championship race at Melbourne
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Previous race	2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	1hr 48m 15.565s	25
2	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+8.060s	18
3		(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	57	+9.643s	15
4	+4	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	57	+24.330s	12
5	+1	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	57	+58.979s	10
6	+13	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1m 12.081s	8
7	+3	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1m 14.199s	6
8	+8	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	57	+1m 15.153s	4
9	-2	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+1m 15.680s	2
10	-5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+1m 16.833s	1
11	+2	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	57	+1m 23.399s
12	+2	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	57	+1m 25.606s
13	-4	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1m 31.699s
14	-2	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	56	+1 lap
15	+2	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
16	+5	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
R		(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	38	DNF
R		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	21	DNF
R		(IDN) Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	17	DNF
R		(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	16	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	16	DNF
Did not start
		(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer

Notes

Daniil Kvyat did not start due to his car breaking down on the formation lap.

Notes

Valtteri Bottas received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Rio Haryanto received a three-place grid penalty after a pit lane collision with Romain Grosjean in Free Practice 3.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.837
2	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.197	0.360
3	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:24.675	0.838
4	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:25.033	1.196
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:25.434	1.597
6	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:25.458	1.621
7	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:25.582	1.745
8	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:25.589	1.752
9	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.753	1.916
10	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.865	2.028
Q2
11	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:25.961
12	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:26.125
13	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:26.304
14	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:27.601
15	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:27.742
16	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.435
Q1
17	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.958
18	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.006
19	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:28.322
20	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.606
21	(IDN) Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	1:29.627
22	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:29.642

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Rio Haryanto (first Indonesian driver to start a race); Jolyon Palmer; Pascal Wehrlein; Haas; Manor
Wins: 15th for Nico Rosberg; 46th for Mercedes
Race 1-2: 29th for Mercedes
Podiums: 88th for Lewis Hamilton; 80th for Sebastian Vettel (7th driver to score 80 podiums, 2nd German driver); 42nd for Nico Rosberg; 697th for Ferrari; 96th & 97th for Mercedes
Poles: 50th for Lewis Hamilton (3rd driver to take 50 pole positions, 1st British driver); 54th for Mercedes
1-2 start: 35th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 5th for Daniel Ricciardo; 48th for Red Bull
Front row starts: 91st for Lewis Hamilton; 40th for Nico Rosberg (13th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 3rd German driver)
Points finishes: 125th for Sebastian Vettel