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Home / Seasons / 2016 F1 World Championship Season / 2016 Austrian Grand Prix

2016 Austrian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 July 2016
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitSpielberg, 71 laps
Round9 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 Austrian Grand Prix was the

  • 944th World Championship race
  • 29th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Spielberg
More 2016 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes711hr 27m 38.107s25
2+6Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer71+5.719s18
3+1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+6.024s15
4+2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes71+26.710s (10.000s)12
5 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer71+30.981s10
6-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda71+37.706s8
7+6France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari71+44.668s (5.000s)6
8+7Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari71+47.400s4
9-2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap2
10+2Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes70+1 lap1
11 Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari70+1 lap 
12+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault70+1 lap 
13+8Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari70+1 lap 
14+3Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault70+1 lap 
15+3Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari70+1 lap 
16+4Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes70+1 lap 
17-1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes69DNF 
18-4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda64DNF 
19-17Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes64DNF 
20PLBrazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes63DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari26DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari2DNF 

Notes

  • Nico Rosberg received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Romain Grosjean received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Sergio Perez ended lap 69 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Fernando Alonso ended lap 64 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nico Hulkenberg ended lap 64 in P19 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Felipe Massa ended lap 63 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Sebastian Vettel ended lap 26 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
3 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6-5Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
7 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
8 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
9-5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
10   
11 Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
12 Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
13 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
14 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
15 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
16 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
17 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault
18 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
19-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault
20-3Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes
21-3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
  Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
  Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari

Notes

  • Both Sebastian Vettel received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
  • Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Nasr received three-place grid penalties for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags in Q1.
  • Felipe Massa started from the pit lane after a front wing change.
  • Daniil Kvyat started from the pit lane after chassis and gearbox changes post-qualifying.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:07.922 
2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:08.4650.543
3Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:09.2851.363
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:09.7811.859
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:09.9001.978
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:09.9011.979
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:09.9802.058
8Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:10.4402.518
9Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:11.1533.231
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:11.9774.055
Q2
11Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:07.578 
12Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:07.700 
13France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:07.850 
14Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:08.154 
15Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari– 
16Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes– 
Q1
17Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:07.941 
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:07.965 
19Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:08.026 
20Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:08.409 
21Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:08.418 
22Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:08.446 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Mexico flag lazyload Alfonso CelisIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2016 Austrian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg153
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton142
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel96
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen96
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo88
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen72
7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas54
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez39
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa38
10France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean28
11Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat22
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz22
13Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg20
14Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso18
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button13
16Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen6
17Germany flag lazyload Pascal Wehrlein1
18Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes295
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari192
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer168
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes92
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes59
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari36
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda32
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari28
9France flag lazyload Renault6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Manor-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
46th for Lewis Hamilton
53rd for Mercedes
Podiums
93rd for Lewis Hamilton, 84th for Kimi Raikkonen, 2nd for Max Verstappen
705th for Ferrari, 123rd for Red Bull, 106th for Mercedes
Poles
54th for Lewis Hamilton
61st for Mercedes
Fastest laps
30th for Lewis Hamilton (5th driver to set 30 fastest laps, 2nd British driver)
44th for Mercedes
Front row starts
95th for Lewis Hamilton, 2nd and last for Nico Hulkenberg (first since 2010; only front row start for Force India)
Points finishes
50th for Daniel Ricciardo, 1st for Pascal Wehrlein (332nd different point scorer, 21st German driver)
Pole & win
27th for Lewis Hamilton
Win & fastest lap
16th for Lewis Hamilton
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
10th for Lewis Hamilton (3rd driver to achieve ten hat-tricks, 2nd British driver)

See also

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Spielberg circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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