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

2016 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 19 June 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 Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitBaku, 51 laps
Round8 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 European Grand Prix was the

  • 943rd World Championship race
  • 23rd and last World Championship European Grand Prix (first since 2012)
  • 1st World Championship race at Baku
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes511hr 32m 52.366s25
2+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari51+16.696s18
3+4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes51+25.241s15
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari51+33.102s (5.000s)12
5+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes51+56.335s10
6+2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes51+1m 00.886s8
7-5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer51+1m 09.229s6
8+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer51+1m 10.696s4
9+3Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes51+1m 17.708s2
10-5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes51+1m 25.375s1
11+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda51+1m 44.817s 
12+3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari50+1 lap 
13-2France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari50+1 lap 
14PLDenmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault50+1 lap 
15+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault50+1 lap 
16-2Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari50+1 lap 
17+3Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari50+1 lap 
18-2Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes49+2 laps 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda42DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes39DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari31DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari6DNF 

Notes

  • Kimi Raikkonen received a five-second time penalty for crossing the pit entry line without entering the pits. His final race position was unaffected.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, and Kevin Magnussen received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:42.758 
2Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:43.5150.757
3Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:43.9661.208
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:43.9661.208
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:44.2691.511
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:44.4831.725
7Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:44.7171.959
8Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:45.2462.488
9Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:45.5702.812
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes2:01.95419.196
Q2
11France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:44.755 
12Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:44.824 
13Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:45.000 
14Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:45.270 
15Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:45.349 
16Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:46.048 
Q1
17Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:45.665 
18Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:45.750 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:45.804 
20Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:46.231 
21Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:46.348 
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:46.394 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg141
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton117
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel96
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen81
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo78
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen54
7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas52
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez39
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa38
10Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat22
11France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean22
12Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg20
13Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso18
14Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz18
15Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen6
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button5
17Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes258
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari177
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer140
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes90
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes59
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari32
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda24
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari22
9France flag lazyload Renault6

Statistics & milestones

Wins
19th for Nico Rosberg
52nd for Mercedes
Podiums
84th for Sebastian Vettel, 46th for Nico Rosberg, 7th for Sergio Perez (last podium until 2018)
704th for Ferrari, 105th for Mercedes, 5th for Force India
Poles
25th for Nico Rosberg
60th for Mercedes (5th constructor to take 60 pole positions)
Fastest laps
18th for Nico Rosberg
43rd for Mercedes
Front row starts
47th for Nico Rosberg, 6th for Daniel Ricciardo
Pole & win
12th for Nico Rosberg
Win & fastest lap
6th and last for Nico Rosberg
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
3rd and last for Nico Rosberg

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Baku circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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