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2016 European Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes511hr 32m 52.366s25
2+1(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari51+16.696s18
3+4(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes51+25.241s15
4 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari51+33.102s (5.000s)12
5+5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes51+56.335s10
6+2(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes51+1m 00.886s8
7-5(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer51+1m 09.229s6
8+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer51+1m 10.696s4
9+3(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes51+1m 17.708s2
10-5(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes51+1m 25.375s1
11+8(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda51+1m 44.817s 
12+3(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari50+1 lap 
13-2(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari50+1 lap 
14PL(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault50+1 lap 
15+6(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault50+1 lap 
16-2(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari50+1 lap 
17+3(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari50+1 lap 
18-2(IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes49+2 laps 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda42DNF 
R (DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes39DNF 
R (ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari31DNF 
R (RUS) 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 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
2 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
3 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
4 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
6 (RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari
7-5(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
8 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
9 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
10 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
11 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
12 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
13 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
14 (MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
15 (BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
16 (IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes
17 (DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
18-5(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
19 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
20 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
21 (GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault
22   
Started from the pit lane
 -5(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:42.758 
2(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:43.5150.757
3(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:43.9661.208
4(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:43.9661.208
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:44.2691.511
6(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:44.4831.725
7(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:44.7171.959
8(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:45.2462.488
9(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:45.5702.812
10(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes2:01.95419.196
Q2
11(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:44.755 
12(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:44.824 
13(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:45.000 
14(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:45.270 
15(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:45.349 
16(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:46.048 
Q1
17(IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:45.665 
18(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:45.750 
19(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:45.804 
20(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:46.231 
21(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault1:46.348 
22(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault1:46.394 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Nico Rosberg141
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton117
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel96
4(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen81
5(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo78
6(NLD) Max Verstappen54
7(FIN) Valtteri Bottas52
8(MEX) Sergio Perez39
9(BRA) Felipe Massa38
10(RUS) Daniil Kvyat22
11(FRA) Romain Grosjean22
12(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg20
13(ESP) Fernando Alonso18
14(ESP) Carlos Sainz18
15(DNK) Kevin Magnussen6
16(GBR) Jenson Button5
17(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes258
2Ferrari177
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer140
4Williams-Mercedes90
5Force India-Mercedes59
6Toro Rosso-Ferrari32
7McLaren-Honda24
8Haas-Ferrari22
9Renault6

Stats & 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