2016 European Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 19 June 2016 |
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| Circuit | Baku, 51 laps |
| Round | 8 of 21 |
| Race numbers | The 2016 European Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 |  Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 51 | 1hr 32m 52.366s | 25 | |
| 2 | +1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 51 | +16.696s | 18 |
| 3 | +4 |  Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 51 | +25.241s | 15 |
| 4 |  Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 51 | +33.102s (5.000s) | 12 | |
| 5 | +5 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 51 | +56.335s | 10 |
| 6 | +2 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 51 | +1m 00.886s | 8 |
| 7 | -5 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 51 | +1m 09.229s | 6 |
| 8 | +1 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 51 | +1m 10.696s | 4 |
| 9 | +3 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 51 | +1m 17.708s | 2 |
| 10 | -5 |  Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 51 | +1m 25.375s | 1 |
| 11 | +8 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 51 | +1m 44.817s | |
| 12 | +3 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | -2 |  Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | PL |  Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 15 | +6 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | -2 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas-Ferrari | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 17 | +3 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 50 | +1 lap | |
| 18 | -2 |  Rio Haryanto | Manor-Mercedes | 49 | +2 laps | |
| R |  Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 42 | DNF | ||
| R | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor-Mercedes | 39 | DNF | ||
| R | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 31 | DNF | ||
| R |  Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 6 | DNF | ||
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |
| 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | |
| 6 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 7 | -5 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | |
| 9 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | |
| 14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas-Ferrari | |
| 15 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | |
| 16 | Rio Haryanto | Manor-Mercedes | |
| 17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor-Mercedes | |
| 18 | -5 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | |
| 21 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | |
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| -5 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | |
Notes
- Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, and Kevin Magnussen received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
Qualifying result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:42.758 | |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.515 | 0.757 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:43.966 | 1.208 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:43.966 | 1.208 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:44.269 | 1.511 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:44.483 | 1.725 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:44.717 | 1.959 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:45.246 | 2.488 |
| 9 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:45.570 | 2.812 |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2:01.954 | 19.196 |
| Q2 | ||||
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:44.755 | |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:44.824 | |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:45.000 | |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1:45.270 | |
| 15 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas-Ferrari | 1:45.349 | |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:46.048 | |
| Q1 | ||||
| 17 | Rio Haryanto | Manor-Mercedes | 1:45.665 | |
| 18 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor-Mercedes | 1:45.750 | |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 1:45.804 | |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:46.231 | |
| 21 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:46.348 | |
| 22 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:46.394 | |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2016 European Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Nico Rosberg | 141 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 117 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | 96 |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | 81 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | 78 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | 54 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | 52 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | 39 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | 38 |
| 10 | Daniil Kvyat | 22 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | 22 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | 20 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | 18 |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz | 18 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | 6 |
| 16 | Jenson Button | 5 |
| 17 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | 1 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Mercedes | 258 |
| 2 |  Ferrari | 177 |
| 3 |  Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 140 |
| 4 | Williams-Mercedes | 90 |
| 5 |  Force India-Mercedes | 59 |
| 6 | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 32 |
| 7 | McLaren-Honda | 24 |
| 8 |  Haas-Ferrari | 22 |
| 9 | Renault | 6 |
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