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

2016 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 August 2016
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round13 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 948th World Championship race
  • 61st World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 49th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes441hr 44m 51.058s25
2+3Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer44+14.113s18
3+18United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes44+27.634s15
4+3Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes44+35.907s12
5+1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes44+40.660s10
6-2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari44+45.394s8
7+15Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda44+59.445s6
8 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes44+1m 00.151s4
9-6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari44+1m 01.109s2
10 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes44+1m 05.873s1
11-9Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer44+1m 11.138s 
12+6Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari44+1m 13.877s 
13-2France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari44+1m 16.474s 
14+5Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari44+1m 27.097s 
15-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault44+1m 33.165s 
16+1France flag lazyload Esteban OconManor-Mercedes43+1 lap 
17-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari43+1 lap 
R Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault5DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari3DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
2 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
5 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
8 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
9 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
10 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
11 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
12 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault
13 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault
14 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
15 Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
16 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
17 France flag lazyload Esteban OconManor-Mercedes
18-5Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
19 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari
20   
21-60United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
22-60Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
Started from the pit lane
 -10Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari

Notes

  • Esteban Gutierrez received a five-place grid penalty for impeding Pascal Wehrlein during Free Practice 3.
  • Marcus Ericsson received a 10-place grid penalty for power unit element changes.
  • Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso received 60-place grid penalties for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:46.744 
2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:46.8930.149
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:46.9100.166
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:47.1080.364
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:47.2160.472
6Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:47.4070.663
7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:47.5430.799
8Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:47.6120.868
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:48.1141.370
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:48.2631.519
Q2
11France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:48.316 
12Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:48.485 
13Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:48.598 
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:48.888 
15Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.038 
16Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:49.320 
Q1
17Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:48.949 
18France flag lazyload Esteban OconManor-Mercedes1:49.050 
19Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.058 
20Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:49.071 
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:50.033 
22Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda– 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton232
2Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg223
3Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo151
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel128
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen124
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen115
7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas62
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez58
9Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg45
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa39
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso30
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz30
13France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean28
14Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat23
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button17
16Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen6
17Germany flag lazyload Pascal Wehrlein1
18Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes455
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer274
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari252
4India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes103
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes101
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda48
7Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari45
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari28
9France flag lazyload Renault6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Manor-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Esteban Ocon
Wins
20th for Nico Rosberg (16th driver to win 20 races, 3rd German driver)
57th for Mercedes
Podiums
97th for Lewis Hamilton, 49th for Nico Rosberg, 14th for Daniel Ricciardo
128th for Red Bull, 112th & 113th for Mercedes
Poles
28th for Nico Rosberg
65th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
31st for Lewis Hamilton
46th for Mercedes
Front row starts
51st for Nico Rosberg, 1st for Max Verstappen (149th different front row starter, 1st Dutch driver)
Points finishes
125th for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win
13th for Nico Rosberg

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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