2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 3 April 2016
Winner	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Circuit	Sakhir, 57 laps
Round	2 of 21
Race numbers	The 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix was the: 937th World Championship race 12th World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix 12th World Championship race at Sakhir
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	1hr 33m 34.696s	25
2	+2	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	57	+10.282s	18
3	-2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+30.148s	15
4	+1	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	57	+1m 02.494s	12
5	+4	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1m 18.299s	10
6	+4	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	+1m 20.929s	8
7	+8	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+1 lap	6
8	-1	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	4
9	-3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	2
10	+2	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	56	+1 lap	1
11	PL	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	56	+1 lap
12	+5	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
13	+3	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
14	+7	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
15	-7	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
16	+2	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
17	+3	(IDN) Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
R		(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	29	DNF
R		(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	9	DNF
R		(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	6	DNF
Did not start
		(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
		(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault

Notes

Sebastian Vettel did not start the Grand Prix after an engine failure on his way to the grid pre-race.
Jolyon Palmer did not start after pitting at the end of the formation lap with hydraulic issues.

Notes

Kevin Magnussen was required to start from the pit lane after failing to stop at the weighbridge in practice.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.493
2	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:29.570	0.077
3	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:30.012	0.519
4	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:30.244	0.751
5	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:30.854	1.361
6	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.153	1.660
7	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.155	1.662
8	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.620	2.127
9	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.756	2.263
10	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.772	2.279
Q2
11	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.816
12	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:31.934
13	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.945
14	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:31.998
15	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:32.241
16	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:32.806
Q1
17	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.840
18	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.911
19	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:33.181
20	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:33.438
21	(IDN) Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	1:34.190
22	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.388

Driver	Constructor
(MEX) Alfonso Celis	Force India-Mercedes

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Stoffel Vandoorne (first Belgian driver to start a race since 2012)
Wins: 16th for Nico Rosberg; 47th for Mercedes
Podiums: 89th for Lewis Hamilton; 81st for Kimi Raikkonen; 43rd for Nico Rosberg; 698th for Ferrari; 98th & 99th for Mercedes
Poles: 51st for Lewis Hamilton; 55th for Mercedes
1-2 start: 36th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 15th for Nico Rosberg; 39th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 92nd for Lewis Hamilton; 41st for Nico Rosberg
Points finishes: 1st for Stoffel Vandoorne (331st different point scorer, 8th Belgian driver)
Win & fastest lap: 4th for Nico Rosberg