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

2016 Russian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 May 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
CircuitSochi, 53 laps
Round4 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 Russian Grand Prix was the

  • 939th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Russian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Sochi
More 2016 season
More Russian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes531hr 32m 41.997s25
2+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes53+25.022s18
3 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53+31.998s15
4-2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes53+50.217s12
5-1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes53+1m 14.427s10
6+8Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda52+1 lap8
7+10Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault52+1 lap6
8+7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap4
9-3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes52+1 lap2
10+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda52+1 lap1
11-6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer52+1 lap 
12-1Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari52+1 lap (10.000s) 
13+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault52+1 lap 
14+8Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari52+1 lap 
15-7Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-TAG Heuer52+1 lap 
16+3Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari52+1 lap (5.000s) 
17-1Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap 
18+2Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes51+2 laps 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Ferrari33DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari0DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes0DNF 
R Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Carlos Sainz received a 10-second time penalty for forcing Jolyon Palmer off the track. He originally finished P11.
  • Felipe Nasr received a five-second time penalty for not respecting the race director’s instructions.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:35.417 
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:36.1230.706
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:36.5361.119
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:36.6631.246
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:37.0161.599
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:37.1251.708
7Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:37.2121.795
8Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:37.4592.042
9Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Ferrari1:37.5832.166
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes– 
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:37.652 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:37.701 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:37.771 
14Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:37.807 
15France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:38.055 
16Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:38.115 
Q1
17Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:38.914 
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:39.009 
19Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:39.018 
20Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:39.399 
21Indonesia flag lazyload Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:39.463 
22Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:39.519 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Mexico flag lazyload Alfonso CelisIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinFrance flag lazyload Renault

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg100
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton57
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen43
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo36
5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel33
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa32
7France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean22
8Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat21
9Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas19
10Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen13
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso8
12Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen6
13Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg6
14Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz4
15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez2
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button1
17Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes157
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari76
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer57
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes51
5USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari22
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari17
7United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda10
8India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes8
9France flag lazyload Renault6

Statistics & milestones

Wins
18th for Nico Rosberg
49th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
30th for Mercedes (4th constructor to finish 1-2 in 30 races)
Podiums
90th for Lewis Hamilton (4th driver to score 90 podiums, 1st British driver), 82nd for Kimi Raikkonen, 45th for Nico Rosberg
700th for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 700 podiums), 101st & 102nd for Mercedes
Poles
24th for Nico Rosberg
57th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
16th for Nico Rosberg
40th for Mercedes (7th constructor to set 40 fastest laps)
Front row starts
43rd for Nico Rosberg, 3rd for Valtteri Bottas (first since 2014; last for Williams)
Pole & win
11th for Nico Rosberg
Win & fastest lap
5th for Nico Rosberg
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Nico Rosberg

See also

  • Russian Grand Prix
  • Sochi circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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