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2016 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitCatalunya, 66 laps
Round5 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 940th World Championship race
  • 46th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 26th World Championship race at Catalunya
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer661hr 41m 40.017s25
2+3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari66+0.616s18
3+3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari66+5.581s15
4-1(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer66+43.950s12
5+2(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes66+45.271s10
6+2(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari66+1m 01.395s8
7+2(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes66+1m 19.538s6
8+10(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes66+1m 20.707s4
9+3(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda65+1 lap2
10+3(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari65+1 lap1
11+5(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari65+1 lap 
12+7(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari65+1 lap 
13+4(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault65+1 lap 
14+6(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari65+1 lap 
15 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault65+1 lap (10.000s) 
16+5(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes65+1 lap 
17+5(IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes65+1 lap 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari56DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda45DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes20DNF 
R (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes0DNF 
R (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Kevin Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Jolyon Palmer. He originally finished P14.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
3(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
4(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
6(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
7(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
8(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
9(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
11(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
12(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
13(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari
14(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
15(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault
16(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
17(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault
18(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
19(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
20(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
21(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
22(IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:22.000 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:22.2800.280
3(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:22.6800.680
4(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:23.0871.087
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:23.1131.113
6(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:23.3341.334
7(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:23.5221.522
8(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.6431.643
9(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:23.7821.782
10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:23.9811.981
Q2
11(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:24.203 
12(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:24.348 
13(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:24.445 
14(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:24.480 
15(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault1:24.625 
16(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:24.778 
Q1
17(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault1:24.903 
18(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:24.941 
19(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:25.202 
20(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:25.579 
21(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:25.745 
22(IDN) Rio HaryantoManor-Mercedes1:25.939 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(FRA) Esteban OconRenault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Nico Rosberg100
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen61
3(GBR) Lewis Hamilton57
4(DEU) Sebastian Vettel48
5(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo48
6(NLD) Max Verstappen38
7(BRA) Felipe Massa36
8(FIN) Valtteri Bottas29
9(RUS) Daniil Kvyat22
10(FRA) Romain Grosjean22
11(ESP) Carlos Sainz12
12(ESP) Fernando Alonso8
13(MEX) Sergio Perez8
14(DNK) Kevin Magnussen6
15(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg6
16(GBR) Jenson Button3
17(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes157
2Ferrari109
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer94
4Williams-Mercedes65
5Toro Rosso-Ferrari26
6Haas-Ferrari22
7Force India-Mercedes14
8McLaren-Honda12
9Renault6

Stats & milestones

Wins
1st for Max Verstappen (106th different winner, 1st Dutch driver)
51st for Red Bull
Podiums
83rd for Kimi Raikkonen
82nd for Sebastian Vettel
1st for Max Verstappen (207th different podium finisher, 2nd Dutch driver; first Dutch driver to finish on the podium since 1994)
701st & 702nd for Ferrari
121st for Red Bull
Poles
52nd for Lewis Hamilton
58th for Mercedes
1-2 start
37th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
1st and only for Daniil Kvyat (128th different fastest lap setter, 2nd Russian driver; first Russian driver to set a fastest lap since 2010)
1st and only for Toro Rosso (41st different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
93rd for Lewis Hamilton
44th for Nico Rosberg