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2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round20 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 955th World Championship race
  • 44th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 34th World Championship race at Interlagos
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes713hr 01m 01.335s25
2 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes71+11.455s18
3+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer71+21.481s15
4+5(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes71+25.346s12
5 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari71+26.334s10
6+9(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari71+29.160s8
7+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes71+29.827s6
8-2(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer71+30.486s4
9+12(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari71+42.620s2
10 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda71+44.432s1
11 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes71+45.292s 
12+10(FRA) Esteban OconManor-Mercedes71+45.809s 
13+1(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari71+51.192s 
14+4(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault71+51.555s 
15+4(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes71+1m 00.498s 
16+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda71+1m 21.994s 
R (MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari60DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes46DNF 
R (GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault20DNF 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari19DNF 
R (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari11DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari   

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
6 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
7   
8 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
9 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
10 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
11 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
12 (MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
13 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
14 (RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari
15 (ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
16 (GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault
17 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
18 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault
19 (DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
20 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
21 (BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
22-3(FRA) Esteban OconManor-Mercedes

Notes

  • Esteban Ocon received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jolyon Palmer during qualifying.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:10.736 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:10.8380.102
3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:11.4040.668
4(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:11.4850.749
5(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:11.4950.759
6(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:11.5400.804
7(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:11.9371.201
8(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:12.1041.368
9(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:12.1651.429
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:12.2661.530
Q2
11(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:12.420 
12(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:12.431 
13(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:12.521 
14(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:12.726 
15(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:12.920 
16(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault1:13.258 
Q1
17(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:13.276 
18(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault1:13.410 
19(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:13.427 
20(FRA) Esteban OconManor-Mercedes1:13.432 
21(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:13.623 
22(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:13.681 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(MCO) Charles LeclercHaas-Ferrari
(RUS) Sergey SirotkinRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Nico Rosberg367
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton355
3(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo246
4(DEU) Sebastian Vettel197
5(NLD) Max Verstappen192
6(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen178
7(MEX) Sergio Perez97
8(FIN) Valtteri Bottas85
9(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg66
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso53
11(BRA) Felipe Massa51
12(ESP) Carlos Sainz46
13(FRA) Romain Grosjean29
14(RUS) Daniil Kvyat25
15(GBR) Jenson Button21
16(DNK) Kevin Magnussen7
17(BRA) Felipe Nasr2
18(GBR) Jolyon Palmer1
19(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein1
20(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes722
2Red Bull-TAG Heuer446
3Ferrari375
4Force India-Mercedes163
5Williams-Mercedes136
6McLaren-Honda75
7Toro Rosso-Ferrari63
8Haas-Ferrari29
9Renault8
10Sauber-Ferrari2
11Manor-Mercedes1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
250th for Kimi Raikkonen (7th driver to start 250 races, 1st Finnish driver)
800th for McLaren (2nd constructor to start 800 races)
Wins
52nd for Lewis Hamilton
63rd for Mercedes
Race 1-2
35th for Mercedes
Podiums
103rd for Lewis Hamilton
56th for Nico Rosberg
7th for Max Verstappen
135th for Red Bull
125th & 126th for Mercedes
Poles
60th for Lewis Hamilton (3rd driver to take 60 pole positions, 1st British driver)
72nd for Mercedes
1-2 start
47th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
1st for Max Verstappen (129th different fastest lap setter, 1st Dutch driver)
52nd for Red Bull
Front row starts
104th for Lewis Hamilton
58th for Nico Rosberg
Points finishes
7th and last for Felipe Nasr
Pole & win
31st for Lewis Hamilton