Australian Grand Prix 2016

Albert Park
Melbourne
20 March 2016
57 laps
302.3 km
5.303 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:23.837
Fastest lapDaniel Ricciardo1:28.997 · lap 49
Winner started fromP2on the grid
Driver of the DayRomain Grosjeanfan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	2	57	1:48:15.565	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1	57	+8.060	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	3	57	+9.643	15
4	Daniel Ricciardofastest lap	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	8	57	+24.330	12
5	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	6	57	+58.979	10
6	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	19	57	+1:12.081	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	10	57	+1:14.199	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	16	57	+1:15.153	4
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	7	57	+1:15.680	2
10	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	5	57	+1:16.833	1
11	Jolyon Palmer	30	Renault	13	57	+1:23.399
12	Kevin Magnussen	20	Renault	14	57	+1:25.606
13	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	9	57	+1:31.699
14	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	12	56	+1 lap
15	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	17	56	+1 lap
16	Pascal Wehrlein	94	Manor · Mercedes	21	56	+1 lap
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	15	38	Transmission
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	4	21	Turbo
DNF	Rio Haryanto	88	Manor · Mercedes	22	17	Driveshaft
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez	21	Haas · Ferrari	20	16	Collision
DNF	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	11	16	Collision
DNS	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	18		Electrical

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Sebastian Vettel 31, Nico Rosberg 23, Kimi Räikkönen 3. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Finish	Laps led
Nico Rosberg	2	4	2	1	1	23
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	6	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	3	3	1	3	3	31
Daniel Ricciardo	8	7	3	5	4
Felipe Massa	6	12	7	4	5
Romain Grosjean	19	13	8	6	6
Nico Hülkenberg	10	5	9	7	7
Valtteri Bottas	16	11	10	8	8
Carlos Sainz Jr.	7	10	5	9	9
Max Verstappen	5	9	4	10	10
Jolyon Palmer	13	16	11	11	11
Kevin Magnussen	14	21	14	13	12
Sergio Pérez	9	6	12	12	13
Jenson Button	12	8	13	15	14
Felipe Nasr	17	18	16	14	15
Pascal Wehrlein	21	19	15	16	16
Marcus Ericsson	15	17	17	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	4	1	–	–	out	3
Rio Haryanto	22	20	–	–	out
Esteban Gutiérrez	20	14	–	–	out
Fernando Alonso	11	15	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 14	Lap 29	Lap 43	Last lap
Nico Rosberg	+16.8	+3.3	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+11.8	+17.5	+9.7	+8.1
Sebastian Vettel	+15.5	0.0	+15.2	+9.6
Daniel Ricciardo	+33.5	+11.0	+36.2	+24.3
Felipe Massa	+38.6	+24.6	+31.4	+59.0
Romain Grosjean	+41.7	+31.8	+47.9	+72.1
Nico Hülkenberg	+25.7	+32.9	+48.9	+74.2
Valtteri Bottas	+37.4	+33.4	+49.5	+75.2
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+36.8	+16.8	+53.8	+75.7
Max Verstappen	+35.7	+15.2	+54.9	+76.8
Jolyon Palmer	+59.0	+35.7	+58.2	+83.4
Kevin Magnussen	+142.9	+49.5	+63.9	+85.6
Sergio Pérez	+30.1	+40.1	+59.0	+91.7
Jenson Button	+35.2	+43.4	+73.7	+94.1
Felipe Nasr	+62.3	+53.7	+73.0	+102.6
Pascal Wehrlein	+63.7	+52.4	+111.1	+182.0
Marcus Ericsson	+61.7	+70.9	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	0.0	–	–	out
Rio Haryanto	+75.7	–	–	out
Esteban Gutiérrez	+46.3	–	–	out
Fernando Alonso	+48.2	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.351	1:24.605	1:23.837
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.934	1:24.796	1:24.197
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:26.945	1:25.257	1:24.675
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:26.579	1:25.615	1:25.033
5	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:26.934	1:25.615	1:25.434
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:25.918	1:25.644	1:25.458
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:27.057	1:25.384	1:25.582
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:26.945	1:25.599	1:25.589
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:26.607	1:25.753
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:26.550	1:25.865
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:27.135	1:25.961
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:26.537	1:26.125
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:26.740	1:26.304
14	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:27.241	1:27.601
15	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:27.297	1:27.742
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:27.435
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:27.958
18	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:28.006
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:28.322
20	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:29.606
21	Rio Haryanto	Manor	1:29.627
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1:29.642

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Valtteri Bottas	P11	P16	5 places – 5
Rio Haryanto	P21	P22	3 places – 3

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Fernando Alonso	1	12	21.796 s
Rio Haryanto	1	12	23.224 s
Romain Grosjean	1	18	18:09.417 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	17, 18	21.376 s
Nico Rosberg	2	12, 18	21.531 s
Felipe Massa	2	11, 18	21.550 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	16, 18	21.940 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	16, 18	22.167 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	16, 18	22.508 s
Felipe Nasr	2	10, 18	22.701 s
Jolyon Palmer	2	12, 18	23.286 s
Sergio Pérez	2	16, 18	24.719 s
Marcus Ericsson	3	11, 18, 27	16.936 s
Sebastian Vettel	3	13, 18, 35	21.339 s
Jenson Button	3	15, 18, 30	21.837 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	12, 18, 42	21.981 s
Kevin Magnussen	3	1, 16, 17	22.079 s
Max Verstappen	3	13, 18, 32	22.303 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	8, 18, 31	22.392 s
Pascal Wehrlein	3	11, 18, 32	23.895 s

Every stop, lap by lap (45)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Kevin Magnussen	1	27.831 s
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	22.414 s
10	Felipe Nasr	1	22.701 s
11	Felipe Massa	1	21.550 s
11	Marcus Ericsson	1	22.357 s
11	Pascal Wehrlein	1	26.206 s
12	Nico Rosberg	1	21.531 s
12	Fernando Alonso	1	21.796 s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.245 s
12	Rio Haryanto	1	23.224 s
12	Jolyon Palmer	1	23.286 s
13	Sebastian Vettel	1	21.339 s
13	Max Verstappen	1	22.303 s
15	Jenson Button	1	22.616 s
16	Lewis Hamilton	1	21.940 s
16	Kevin Magnussen	2	22.079 s
16	Nico Hülkenberg	1	22.167 s
16	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.508 s
16	Sergio Pérez	1	24.719 s
17	Valtteri Bottas	1	21.376 s
17	Kevin Magnussen	3	15:46.318 s
18	Pascal Wehrlein	2	18:02.140 s
18	Felipe Nasr	2	18:02.337 s
18	Jenson Button	2	18:04.466 s
18	Marcus Ericsson	2	18:06.875 s
18	Sergio Pérez	2	18:07.311 s
18	Jolyon Palmer	2	18:08.294 s
18	Valtteri Bottas	2	18:08.989 s
18	Nico Hülkenberg	2	18:09.155 s
18	Nico Rosberg	2	18:09.303 s
18	Sebastian Vettel	2	18:09.312 s
18	Kimi Räikkönen	2	18:09.365 s
18	Max Verstappen	2	18:09.372 s
18	Romain Grosjean	1	18:09.417 s
18	Felipe Massa	2	18:09.805 s
18	Daniel Ricciardo	2	18:09.822 s
18	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	18:09.971 s
18	Lewis Hamilton	2	18:10.087 s
27	Marcus Ericsson	3	16.936 s
30	Jenson Button	3	21.837 s
31	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	22.392 s
32	Pascal Wehrlein	3	23.895 s
32	Max Verstappen	3	29.066 s
35	Sebastian Vettel	3	24.548 s
42	Daniel Ricciardo	3	21.981 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Daniel Ricciardo	49	1:28.997
2	Sebastian Vettel	23	1:29.951	+0.954
3	Nico Rosberg	21	1:30.557	+1.560
4	Lewis Hamilton	48	1:30.646	+1.649
5	Kimi Räikkönen	21	1:30.701	+1.704
6	Max Verstappen	44	1:31.516	+2.519
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	23	1:31.671	+2.674
8	Jenson Button	33	1:31.684	+2.687
9	Felipe Massa	39	1:32.288	+3.291
10	Kevin Magnussen	45	1:32.452	+3.455

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	12
5	Felipe Massa	10
6	Romain Grosjean	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	4
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2
10	Max Verstappen	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	43
2	Ferrari	15
3	Williams	14
4	Red Bull	12
5	Haas	8
6	Force India	6
7	Toro Rosso	3
8	Renault	0
9	McLaren	0
10	Sauber	0