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

2016 Chinese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 17 April 2016
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg
  • India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round3 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
More 2016 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes561hr 38m 53.891s25
2+2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari56+37.776s18
3+3Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-TAG Heuer56+45.936s15
4-2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer56+52.688s12
5-2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari56+1m 05.872s10
6+4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes56+1m 15.511s8
7+15United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes56+1m 18.230s6
8+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 19.268s4
9-1Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 24.127s2
10-5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes56+1m 26.192s1
11-4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes56+1m 34.283s 
12-1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda56+1m 37.253s 
13-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda56+1m 41.990s 
14+4Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari55+1 lap 
15-2Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes55+1 lap 
16-1Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55+1 lap 
17 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault55+1 lap 
18+3Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes55+1 lap 
19-5France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari55+1 lap 
20-4Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari55+1 lap 
21-1Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes55+1 lap 
22-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault55+1 lap 

Starting grid

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

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.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:35.402 
2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:35.9170.515
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:35.9720.570
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:36.2460.844
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:36.2960.894
6Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:36.3990.997
7Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:36.8651.463
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:36.8811.479
9Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Ferrari1:37.1941.792
10Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes– 
Q2
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:37.347 
12Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:38.826 
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:39.093 
14France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:39.830 
15Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:40.742 
16Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:42.430 
Q1
17Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:38.673 
18Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:38.770 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:39.528 
20Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:40.264 
21Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes– 
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes– 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg75
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton39
3Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo36
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel33
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen28
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa22
7Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat21
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean18
9Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen13
10Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas7
11Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg6
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz4
13Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes114
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari61
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer57
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes29
5USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari18
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari17
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes6
8United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda1

Statistics & milestones

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 and last 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)

See also

  • Chinese Grand Prix
  • Shanghai circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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