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

2016 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 31 July 2016
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
CircuitHockenheim, 67 laps
Round12 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 German Grand Prix was the

  • 947th World Championship race
  • 62nd World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 35th World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes671hr 30m 44.200s25
2+1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer67+6.996s18
3+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer67+13.413s15
4-3Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes67+15.845s12
5+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari67+32.570s10
6-1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari67+37.023s8
7+1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes67+1m 10.049s6
8+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda66+1 lap4
9-2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes66+1 lap2
10-1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes66+1 lap1
11 Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari66+1 lap 
12+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda66+1 lap 
13+7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari66+1 lap 
14+1Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari66+1 lap 
15+3Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari66+1 lap 
16 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault66+1 lap 
17 Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes65+2 laps 
18+4Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari65+2 laps 
19-5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault65+2 laps 
20-1Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes65+2 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari57DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes36DNF 

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Nico Hulkenberg received a one-place grid penalty for using tyres outside of his allocation during Q1.
  • Carlos Sainz received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Felipe Massa in qualifying.
  • Romain Grosjean received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:14.363 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:14.4700.107
3Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:14.7260.363
4Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:14.8340.471
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:15.1420.779
6Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:15.3150.952
7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:15.5101.147
8Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:15.5301.167
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:15.5371.174
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:15.6151.252
Q2
11Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:15.883 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:15.909 
13Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:15.989 
14Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:16.041 
15France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:16.086 
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:16.665 
Q1
17Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:16.716 
18Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:16.717 
19Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:16.876 
20Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:16.977 
21Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:17.123 
22Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:17.238 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercUSA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari
France flag lazyload Esteban OconFrance flag lazyload Renault

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton217
2Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg198
3Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo133
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen122
5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel120
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen115
7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas58
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez48
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa38
10Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg33
11Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz30
12France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean28
13Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso24
14Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat23
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button17
16Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen6
17Germany flag lazyload Pascal Wehrlein1
18Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes415
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer256
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari242
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes96
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes81
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari45
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda42
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari28
9France flag lazyload Renault6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Manor-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Rio Haryanto
Milestone race start
100th for Daniel Ricciardo (67th driver to start 100 races, 4th Australian driver), 50th for Esteban Gutierrez (130th driver to start 50 races, 3rd Mexican driver)
Wins
49th for Lewis Hamilton (3rd driver to win the German Grand Prix for Mercedes)
56th for Mercedes
Podiums
96th for Lewis Hamilton, 13th for Daniel Ricciardo, 4th for Max Verstappen
126th & 127th for Red Bull, 111th for Mercedes
Poles
27th for Nico Rosberg
64th for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
41st for Mercedes
Fastest laps
6th for Daniel Ricciardo
49th for Red Bull
Front row starts
98th for Lewis Hamilton, 50th for Nico Rosberg (7th driver to achieve 50 front row starts, 3rd German driver)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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