2016 Chinese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 17 April 2016
Winner	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Pole position	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Fastest lap	Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
Circuit	Shanghai, 56 laps
Round	3 of 21
Race numbers	The 2016 Chinese Grand Prix was the: 938th World Championship race 13th World Championship Chinese Grand Prix 13th World Championship race at Shanghai
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	1hr 38m 53.891s	25
2	+2	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+37.776s	18
3	+3	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+45.936s	15
4	-2	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+52.688s	12
5	-2	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	+1m 05.872s	10
6	+4	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1m 15.511s	8
7	+15	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+1m 18.230s	6
8	+1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 19.268s	4
9	-1	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 24.127s	2
10	-5	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1m 26.192s	1
11	-4	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 34.283s
12	-1	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	56	+1m 37.253s
13	-1	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	56	+1m 41.990s
14	+4	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
15	-2	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
16	-1	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
17		(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	55	+1 lap
18	+3	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
19	-5	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
20	-4	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
21	-1	(IDN) Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
22	-3	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	+1 lap

Notes

Nico Hulkenberg received a three-place grid penalty for an unsafe release from the pits.
Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:35.402
2	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:35.917	0.515
3	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:35.972	0.570
4	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.246	0.844
5	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:36.296	0.894
6	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:36.399	0.997
7	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.865	1.463
8	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.881	1.479
9	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:37.194	1.792
10	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	–
Q2
11	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.347
12	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:38.826
13	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:39.093
14	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:39.830
15	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:40.742
16	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.430
Q1
17	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:38.673
18	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:38.770
19	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:39.528
20	(IDN) Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	1:40.264
21	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	–
22	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 17th for Nico Rosberg; 48th for Mercedes
Podiums: 81st for Sebastian Vettel; 44th for Nico Rosberg; 2nd for Daniil Kvyat (last podium until 2019; last for Red Bull); 699th for Ferrari; 120th for Red Bull; 100th for Mercedes (9th constructor to score 100 podiums)
Poles: 23rd for Nico Rosberg; 56th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 2nd for Nico Hulkenberg (first since 2012); 4th for Force India
Front row starts: 42nd for Nico Rosberg; 4th for Daniel Ricciardo
Pole & win: 10th for Nico Rosberg (11th driver to win ten races from pole, 3rd German driver)