Chinese Grand Prix 2016

Shanghai
17 April 2016
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:35.402
Fastest lapNico Hülkenberg1:39.824 · lap 48
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayDaniil Kvyatfan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	1	56	1:38:53.891	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	4	56	+37.776	18
3	Daniil Kvyat	26	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	6	56	+45.936	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	2	56	+52.688	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	3	56	+1:05.872	10
6	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	10	56	+1:15.511	8
7	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	22	56	+1:18.230	6
8	Max Verstappen	33	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	9	56	+1:19.268	4
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	8	56	+1:24.127	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	5	56	+1:26.192	1
11	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	7	56	+1:34.283
12	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	11	56	+1:37.253
13	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	12	56	+1:41.990
14	Esteban Gutiérrez	21	Haas · Ferrari	18	55	+1 lap
15	Nico Hülkenbergfastest lap	27	Force India · Mercedes	13	55	+1 lap
16	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	15	55	+1 lap
17	Kevin Magnussen	20	Renault	17	55	+1 lap
18	Pascal Wehrlein	94	Manor · Mercedes	21	55	+1 lap
19	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	14	55	+1 lap
20	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	16	55	+1 lap
21	Rio Haryanto	88	Manor · Mercedes	20	55	+1 lap
22	Jolyon Palmer	30	Renault	19	55	+1 lap

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: Nico Rosberg 54, Daniel Ricciardo 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Nico Rosberg	1	1	1	1	1	54
Sebastian Vettel	4	4	3	2	2
Daniil Kvyat	6	2	2	3	3
Daniel Ricciardo	2	10	6	6	4	2
Kimi Räikkönen	3	17	8	8	5
Felipe Massa	10	3	4	4	6
Lewis Hamilton	22	11	9	5	7
Max Verstappen	9	15	11	12	8
Carlos Sainz Jr.	8	9	7	10	9
Valtteri Bottas	5	7	5	7	10
Sergio Pérez	7	6	10	9	11
Fernando Alonso	11	5	12	13	12
Jenson Button	12	8	15	11	13
Esteban Gutiérrez	18	14	13	15	14
Nico Hülkenberg	13	13	18	14	15
Marcus Ericsson	15	16	14	16	16
Kevin Magnussen	17	18	16	19	17
Pascal Wehrlein	21	12	21	17	18
Romain Grosjean	14	20	17	18	19
Felipe Nasr	16	22	20	20	20
Rio Haryanto	20	19	19	21	21
Jolyon Palmer	19	21	22	22	22

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 80 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Nico Rosberg	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sebastian Vettel	+15.5	+23.3	+28.7	+37.8
Daniil Kvyat	+8.2	+21.9	+32.8	+45.9
Daniel Ricciardo	+23.6	+42.8	+49.6	+52.7
Kimi Räikkönen	+31.0	+45.7	+54.8	+65.9
Felipe Massa	+11.3	+34.9	+48.7	+75.5
Lewis Hamilton	+24.4	+46.3	+49.1	+78.2
Max Verstappen	+26.9	+53.5	+68.1	+79.3
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+21.9	+45.0	+61.4	+84.1
Valtteri Bottas	+18.3	+40.3	+52.4	+86.2
Sergio Pérez	+16.8	+47.9	+57.8	+94.3
Fernando Alonso	+16.2	+54.0	+73.5	+97.3
Jenson Button	+21.3	+67.2	+63.3	+102.0
Esteban Gutiérrez	+26.6	+59.6	+79.0	+106.2
Nico Hülkenberg	+25.6	+82.0	+78.3	+107.6
Marcus Ericsson	+30.6	+62.9	+85.2	+118.1
Kevin Magnussen	+32.0	+71.9	+106.7	+127.9
Pascal Wehrlein	+25.4	+90.3	+90.5	+132.7
Romain Grosjean	+34.4	+78.2	+100.2	+134.3
Felipe Nasr	+43.8	+84.8	+118.3	+157.3
Rio Haryanto	+34.1	+82.6	+129.2	+162.9
Jolyon Palmer	+36.1	+92.7	+136.2	+165.1

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.669	1:36.240	1:35.402
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:37.672	1:36.815	1:35.917
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.347	1:36.118	1:35.972
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.001	1:36.183	1:36.246
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:37.537	1:36.831	1:36.296
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:37.719	1:36.948	1:36.399
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:38.096	1:37.149	1:36.865
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:37.656	1:37.204	1:36.881
9	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.181	1:37.265	1:37.194
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.165	1:37.333
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:38.016	1:37.347
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:38.451	1:38.826
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37.593	1:39.093
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:38.425	1:39.830
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.321	1:40.742
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:38.654	1:42.430
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:38.673
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:38.770
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:39.528
20	Rio Haryanto	Manor	1:40.264
NC	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
NC	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Nico Hülkenberg	P10	P13	3 places – 3
Lewis Hamilton	–	P22	5 places – 5

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Felipe Massa	2	19, 31	22.124 s
Nico Rosberg	2	20, 36	22.831 s
Fernando Alonso	2	16, 32	22.874 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	4, 28	23.563 s
Sebastian Vettel	3	4, 17, 35	22.276 s
Sergio Pérez	3	4, 18, 28	22.351 s
Daniel Ricciardo	3	3, 19, 37	22.426 s
Jenson Button	3	4, 27, 44	22.510 s
Daniil Kvyat	3	4, 19, 35	22.607 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	4, 21, 30	22.630 s
Kevin Magnussen	3	4, 20, 35	22.677 s
Jolyon Palmer	3	15, 24, 38	22.799 s
Kimi Räikkönen	3	1, 14, 37	22.832 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	4, 19, 33	22.832 s
Esteban Gutiérrez	3	19, 34, 43	22.963 s
Max Verstappen	3	4, 20, 39	23.130 s
Rio Haryanto	3	18, 28, 40	23.183 s
Felipe Nasr	3	1, 20, 40	23.735 s
Pascal Wehrlein	3	15, 27, 43	24.104 s
Nico Hülkenberg	4	4, 17, 26, 46	22.790 s
Romain Grosjean	4	1, 20, 33, 44	23.284 s
Lewis Hamilton	5	1, 5, 6, 21, 30	22.301 s

Every stop, lap by lap (66)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	29.322 s
1	Kimi Räikkönen	1	31.134 s
1	Felipe Nasr	1	36.854 s
1	Romain Grosjean	1	58.563 s
3	Daniel Ricciardo	1	24.392 s
4	Valtteri Bottas	1	22.682 s
4	Kevin Magnussen	1	23.158 s
4	Sergio Pérez	1	23.215 s
4	Marcus Ericsson	1	23.955 s
4	Jenson Button	1	24.072 s
4	Daniil Kvyat	1	24.084 s
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	25.754 s
4	Nico Hülkenberg	1	27.683 s
4	Max Verstappen	1	30.034 s
4	Sebastian Vettel	1	30.115 s
5	Lewis Hamilton	2	25.179 s
6	Lewis Hamilton	3	22.301 s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	2	23.296 s
15	Jolyon Palmer	1	22.799 s
15	Pascal Wehrlein	1	26.969 s
16	Fernando Alonso	1	22.874 s
17	Sebastian Vettel	2	22.276 s
17	Nico Hülkenberg	2	23.867 s
18	Sergio Pérez	2	22.485 s
18	Rio Haryanto	1	23.183 s
19	Felipe Massa	1	22.124 s
19	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.461 s
19	Daniil Kvyat	2	22.607 s
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	22.832 s
19	Esteban Gutiérrez	1	23.878 s
20	Nico Rosberg	1	22.831 s
20	Kevin Magnussen	2	23.257 s
20	Felipe Nasr	2	23.735 s
20	Max Verstappen	2	23.744 s
20	Romain Grosjean	2	24.615 s
21	Lewis Hamilton	4	22.626 s
21	Valtteri Bottas	2	22.630 s
24	Jolyon Palmer	2	23.280 s
26	Nico Hülkenberg	3	29.570 s
27	Jenson Button	2	23.029 s
27	Pascal Wehrlein	2	24.104 s
28	Sergio Pérez	3	22.351 s
28	Marcus Ericsson	2	23.563 s
28	Rio Haryanto	2	24.635 s
30	Lewis Hamilton	5	22.698 s
30	Valtteri Bottas	3	22.747 s
31	Felipe Massa	2	23.349 s
32	Fernando Alonso	2	22.927 s
33	Romain Grosjean	3	23.342 s
33	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	24.269 s
34	Esteban Gutiérrez	2	22.963 s
35	Sebastian Vettel	3	22.350 s
35	Kevin Magnussen	3	22.677 s
35	Daniil Kvyat	3	22.684 s
36	Nico Rosberg	2	23.559 s
37	Daniel Ricciardo	3	22.426 s
37	Kimi Räikkönen	3	22.832 s
38	Jolyon Palmer	3	24.099 s
39	Max Verstappen	3	23.130 s
40	Rio Haryanto	3	24.369 s
40	Felipe Nasr	3	25.357 s
43	Esteban Gutiérrez	3	23.070 s
43	Pascal Wehrlein	3	24.274 s
44	Jenson Button	3	22.510 s
44	Romain Grosjean	4	23.284 s
46	Nico Hülkenberg	4	22.790 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Nico Hülkenberg	48	1:39.824
2	Romain Grosjean	47	1:39.923	+0.099
3	Jenson Button	46	1:40.298	+0.474
4	Esteban Gutiérrez	45	1:40.368	+0.544
5	Max Verstappen	41	1:40.399	+0.575
6	Nico Rosberg	38	1:40.418	+0.594
7	Felipe Nasr	42	1:40.582	+0.758
8	Kimi Räikkönen	40	1:40.593	+0.769
9	Sebastian Vettel	37	1:40.610	+0.786
10	Lewis Hamilton	32	1:40.662	+0.838

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Nico Rosberg	75
2	Lewis Hamilton	39
3	Daniel Ricciardo	36
4	Sebastian Vettel	33	▲2
5	Kimi Räikkönen	28	▼1
6	Felipe Massa	22	▲1
7	Daniil Kvyat	21	▲3
8	Romain Grosjean	18	▼3
9	Max Verstappen	13	▼1
10	Valtteri Bottas	7	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	114
2	Ferrari	61
3	Red Bull	57
4	Williams	29
5	Haas	18
6	Toro Rosso	17
7	Force India	6
8	McLaren	1
9	Renault	0
10	Sauber	0