GP Racing Stats

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

2016 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 52 laps
Round10 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 945th World Championship race
  • 67th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 50th World Championship race at Silverstone
More 2016 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes521hr 34m 55.831s25
2+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer52+8.250s18
3-1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes52+16.911s (10.000s)15
4 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer52+26.211s12
5 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari52+1m 09.743s10
6+4(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes52+1m 16.941s8
7+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes52+1m 17.712s6
8-1(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari52+1m 25.858s4
9+2(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari52+1m 31.654s (5.000s)2
10+5(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari52+1m 32.600s1
11+1(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes51+1 lap 
12+5(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda51+1 lap 
13-4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda51+1 lap 
14-8(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes51+1 lap 
15+6(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari51+1 lap 
16-2(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari51+1 lap 
17-1(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault49DNF 
R (GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault37DNF 
R (IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes24DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari17DNF 
R (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari11DNF 
R (DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes6DNF 

Notes

  • Nico Rosberg received a 10-second time penalty for receiving illegal assistance via team radio. He originally finished P2.
  • Sebastian Vettel received a five-second time penalty for forcing Felipe Massa off the track. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Kevin Magnussen ended lap 49 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:29.287 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:29.6060.319
3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:30.3131.026
4(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:30.6181.331
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:30.8811.594
6(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:31.4902.203
7(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:31.5572.270
8(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:31.9892.702
9(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:32.1722.885
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:32.3433.056
Q2
11(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:31.875 
12(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:32.002 
13(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:32.050 
14(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:32.241 
15(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:32.306 
16(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault1:37.060 
Q1
17(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:32.788 
18(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault1:32.905 
19(IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:33.098 
20(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:33.151 
21(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:33.544 
22(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(MCO) Charles LeclercHaas-Ferrari
(FRA) Esteban OconRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Nico Rosberg168
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton167
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen106
4(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo100
5(DEU) Sebastian Vettel98
6(NLD) Max Verstappen90
7(FIN) Valtteri Bottas54
8(MEX) Sergio Perez47
9(BRA) Felipe Massa38
10(FRA) Romain Grosjean28
11(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg26
12(ESP) Carlos Sainz26
13(RUS) Daniil Kvyat23
14(ESP) Fernando Alonso18
15(GBR) Jenson Button13
16(DNK) Kevin Magnussen6
17(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein1
18(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes335
2Ferrari204
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer198
4Williams-Mercedes92
5Force India-Mercedes73
6Toro Rosso-Ferrari41
7McLaren-Honda32
8Haas-Ferrari28
9Renault6
10Manor-Mercedes1

Stats & milestones

Wins
47th for Lewis Hamilton
54th for Mercedes
Podiums
94th for Lewis Hamilton
47th for Nico Rosberg
3rd for Max Verstappen
124th for Red Bull
107th & 108th for Mercedes
Poles
55th for Lewis Hamilton
62nd for Mercedes
1-2 start
39th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
19th for Nico Rosberg
45th for Mercedes
Front row starts
96th for Lewis Hamilton
48th for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win
28th for Lewis Hamilton