Seasons/21 races

2016 season

Title decided in round 21

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World ChampionNico Rosberg385 points · 9 wins
Constructors' championMercedes765 points

Races21
Different winners4
Pole-sitters3
Not classified16%74 of 457 starts

Points: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten.

The title was decided in round 21: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 27 Nov 2016.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Nico Rosberg	25	50	75	100	100	106	116	141	153	168	186	198	223	248	273	288	313	331	349	367	385
Lewis Hamilton	18	33	39	57	57	82	107	117	142	167	192	217	232	250	265	265	280	305	330	355	380
Daniel Ricciardo	12	24	36	36	48	66	72	78	88	100	115	133	151	161	179	204	212	227	242	246	256
Sebastian Vettel	15	15	33	33	48	60	78	96	96	98	110	120	128	143	153	153	165	177	187	197	212
Max Verstappen	1	9	13	13	38	38	50	54	72	90	100	115	115	121	129	147	165	165	177	192	204
Kimi Räikkönen	0	18	28	43	61	61	69	81	96	106	114	122	124	136	148	160	170	170	178	178	186
Sergio Pérez	0	0	0	2	8	23	24	39	39	47	47	48	58	62	66	74	80	84	85	97	101
Valtteri Bottas	4	6	7	19	29	29	44	52	54	54	56	58	62	70	70	80	81	81	85	85	85
Nico Hülkenberg	6	6	6	6	6	14	18	20	20	26	27	33	45	46	46	50	54	54	60	66	72
Fernando Alonso	0	0	0	8	8	18	18	18	18	18	24	24	30	30	36	42	42	52	52	53	54
Felipe Massa	10	14	22	32	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	39	41	41	41	43	49	51	51	53
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	2	4	4	12	16	18	18	22	26	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	38	38	46	46
Romain Grosjean	8	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29
Daniil Kvyat	0	6	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Jenson Button	0	0	0	1	3	5	5	5	13	13	13	17	17	17	17	19	19	21	21	21	21
Kevin Magnussen	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Felipe Nasr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Jolyon Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pascal Wehrlein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Stoffel Vandoorne	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Esteban Gutiérrez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Ericsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Esteban Ocon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rio Haryanto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The constructors' championship, round by round

Mercedes765
Red Bull468
Ferrari398
Force India173
Williams138
McLaren76
Toro Rosso63
Haas29
3 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Mercedes	43	83	114	157	157	188	223	258	295	335	378	415	455	498	538	553	593	636	679	722	765
Red Bull	12	30	57	57	94	112	130	140	168	198	223	256	274	290	316	359	385	400	427	446	468
Ferrari	15	33	61	76	109	121	147	177	192	204	224	242	252	279	301	313	335	347	365	375	398
Force India	6	6	6	8	14	37	42	59	59	73	74	81	103	108	112	124	134	138	145	163	173
Williams	14	20	29	51	65	66	81	90	92	92	94	96	101	111	111	121	124	130	136	136	138
McLaren	0	1	1	10	12	24	24	24	32	32	38	42	48	48	54	62	62	74	74	75	76
Toro Rosso	3	11	17	17	26	30	32	32	36	41	45	45	45	45	47	47	47	55	55	63	63
Haas	8	18	18	22	22	22	22	22	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29
Renault	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sauber	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Manor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	385
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	380
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1	256
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		212
5	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso, Red Bull	1	204
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		186
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India		101
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams		85
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India		72
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren		54
11	Felipe Massa	Williams		53
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso		46
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas		29
14	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull, Toro Rosso		25
15	Jenson Button	McLaren		21
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault		7
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber		2
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		1
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor		1
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren		1
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas		0
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber		0
23	Esteban Ocon	Manor		0
24	Rio Haryanto	Manor		0

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	765
2	Red Bull	468
3	Ferrari	398
4	Force India	173
5	Williams	138
6	McLaren	76
7	Toro Rosso	63
8	Haas	29
9	Renault	8
10	Sauber	2
11	Manor	1

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2016
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pts
ROS (Nico Rosberg)	1	1^F	1^P	1^P^F	Ret	7	5^F	1^P^F	4	3^F	2^P	4^P	1^P	1	1^P	3^F	1^P	2	2	2	2	385
HAM (Lewis Hamilton)	2^P	3^P	7	2	Ret^P	1^F	1^P	5	1^P^F	1^P	1	1	3^F	2^P	3	Ret^P	3	1^P	1^P	1^P	1^P	380
RIC (Daniel Ricciardo)	4^F	4	4	11	4	2^P	7	7	5	4	3	2^F	2	5	2^F	1	6	3	3^F	8	5	256
VET (Sebastian Vettel)	3	DNS	2	Ret	3	4	2	2	Ret	9	4	5	6	3	5	Ret	4^F	4^F	5	5	3^F	212
VER (Max Verstappen)	10	6	8	Ret	1	Ret	4	8	2	2	5	3	11	7	6	2	2	Ret	4	3^F	4	204
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	Ret	2	5	3	2	Ret	6	4	3	5	6^F	6	9	4	4	4	5	Ret	6	Ret	6	186
PER (Sergio Pérez)	13	16	11	9	7	3	10	3	17	6	11	10	5	8	8	6	7	8	10	4	8	101
BOT (Valtteri Bottas)	8	9	10	4	5	12	3	6	9	14	9	9	8	6	Ret	5	10	16	8	11	Ret	85
HUL (Nico Hülkenberg)	7	15	15^F	Ret	Ret	6	8	9	19	7	10	7	4	10	Ret	8	8	Ret	7	7	7	72
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	Ret		12	6	Ret	5	11	Ret	18	13	7	12	7	14^F	7	7	16	5	13	10	10	54
MAS (Felipe Massa)	5	8	6	5	8	10	Ret	10	20	11	18	Ret	10	9	12	13	9	7	9	Ret	9	53
SAI (Carlos Sainz Jr.)	9	Ret	9	12	6	8	9	Ret	8	8	8	14	Ret	15	14	11	17	6	16	6	Ret	46
GRO (Romain Grosjean)	6	5	19	8	Ret	13	14	13	7	Ret	14	13	13	11	DNS	Ret	11	10	20	DNS	11	29
KVY (Daniil Kvyat)	DNS	7	3	15	10^F	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	10	16	15	14	Ret	9	14	13	11	18	13	Ret	25
BUT (Jenson Button)	14	Ret	13	10	9	9	Ret	11	6	12	Ret	8	Ret	12	Ret	9	18	9	12	16	Ret	21
MAG (Kevin Magnussen)	12	11	17	7	15	Ret	16	14	14	17	15	16	Ret	17	10	Ret	14	12	17	14	Ret	7
NAS (Felipe Nasr)	15	14	20	16	14	Ret	18	12	13	15	17	Ret	17	Ret	13	Ret	19	15	15	9	16	2
PAL (Jolyon Palmer)	11	DNS	22	13	13	Ret	Ret	15	12	Ret	12	19	15	Ret	15	10	12	13	14	Ret	17	1
WEH (Pascal Wehrlein)	16	13	18	18	16	14	17	Ret	10	Ret	19	17	Ret	Ret	16	15	22	17	Ret	15	14	1
VAN (Stoffel Vandoorne)		10																				1
GUT (Esteban Gutiérrez)	Ret	Ret	14	17	11	11	13	16	11	16	13	11	12	13	11	Ret	20	Ret	19	Ret	12	0
ERI (Marcus Ericsson)	Ret	12	16	14	12	Ret	15	17	15	Ret	20	18	Ret	16	17	12	15	14	11	Ret	15	0
OCO (Esteban Ocon)													16	18	18	16	21	18	21	12	13	0
HAR (Rio Haryanto)	Ret	17	21	Ret	17	15	19	18	16	Ret	21	20										0

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	20 Mar 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg
2	Bahrain	Bahrain	3 Apr 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg
3	China	Shanghai	17 Apr 2016	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
4	Russia	Sirius	1 May 2016	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
5	Spain	Catalunya	15 May 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Max Verstappen
6	Monaco	Monaco	29 May 2016	Daniel Ricciardo	Lewis Hamilton
7	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	12 Jun 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
8	Europe	Baku	19 Jun 2016	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
9	Austria	Red Bull Ring	3 Jul 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
10	Great Britain	Silverstone	10 Jul 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	24 Jul 2016	Nico Rosberg	Lewis Hamilton
12	Germany	Hockenheimring	31 Jul 2016	Nico Rosberg	Lewis Hamilton
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	28 Aug 2016	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
14	Italy	Monza	4 Sept 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	18 Sept 2016	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
16	Malaysia	Sepang	2 Oct 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Daniel Ricciardo
17	Japan	Suzuka	9 Oct 2016	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg
18	United States	Americas	23 Oct 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
19	Mexico	Hermanos Rodríguez	30 Oct 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
20	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	13 Nov 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
21	Abu DhabiTitle decided	Yas Marina	27 Nov 2016	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel
Force India	Sahara Force India Formula One Team	VJM09	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Nico Hülkenberg, Sergio Pérez
Haas	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Esteban Gutiérrez, Romain Grosjean
Manor	Manor Racing MRT	MRT05	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Esteban Ocon, Pascal Wehrlein, Rio Haryanto
McLaren	McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team	MP4-31	Honda RA616H 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Stoffel Vandoorne
Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	F1 W07	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg
Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	RB12	TAG Heuer F1-2016 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat, Max Verstappen
Renault	Renault Sport Formula One Team	R.S.16	Renault R.E.16 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Jolyon Palmer, Kevin Magnussen
Sauber	Sauber F1 Team	C35	Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Felipe Nasr, Marcus Ericsson
Toro Rosso	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari 060 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Carlos Sainz Jr., Daniil Kvyat, Max Verstappen
Williams	Williams Martini Racing	FW38	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Felipe Massa, Valtteri Bottas

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Nico Rosberg	124	385	P1
2	Lewis Hamilton	119	380	P2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	69	256	P3
4	Sebastian Vettel	57	212	P4
5	Max Verstappen	52	204	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	39	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	13	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	11	85	P8
9	Daniil Kvyat	5	25	P14
10	Fernando Alonso	5	54	P10
11	Nico Hülkenberg	4	72	P9
12	Felipe Massa	4	53	P11

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Nico Rosberg	118	385	P1
2	Lewis Hamilton	116	380	P2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	66	256	P3
4	Sebastian Vettel	55	212	P4
5	Max Verstappen	53	204	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	43	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	15	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	13	85	P8
9	Fernando Alonso	5	54	P10
10	Felipe Massa	5	53	P11
11	Daniil Kvyat	4	25	P14
12	Nico Hülkenberg	4	72	P9

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Nico Rosberg	127	385	P1
2	Lewis Hamilton	126	380	P2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	67	256	P3
4	Sebastian Vettel	55	212	P4
5	Max Verstappen	54	204	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	43	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	15	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	13	85	P8
9	Fernando Alonso	5	54	P10
10	Felipe Massa	5	53	P11
11	Daniil Kvyat	4	25	P14
12	Nico Hülkenberg	4	72	P9

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Lewis Hamilton instead of Nico Rosberg.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	136	380	P2
2	Nico Rosberg	136	385	P1
3	Daniel Ricciardo	68	256	P3
4	Max Verstappen	55	204	P5
5	Sebastian Vettel	55	212	P4
6	Kimi Räikkönen	43	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	15	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	13	85	P8
9	Fernando Alonso	5	54	P10
10	Felipe Massa	5	53	P11
11	Daniil Kvyat	4	25	P14
12	Nico Hülkenberg	4	72	P9

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Nico Rosberg	158	385	P1
2	Lewis Hamilton	154	380	P2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	105	256	P3
4	Sebastian Vettel	87	212	P4
5	Max Verstappen	83	204	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	75	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	35	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	28	85	P8
9	Nico Hülkenberg	23	72	P9
10	Fernando Alonso	19	54	P10
11	Felipe Massa	15	53	P11
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	13	46	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Nico Rosberg	391	385	P1
2	Lewis Hamilton	383	380	P2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	260	256	P3
4	Sebastian Vettel	215	212	P4
5	Max Verstappen	205	204	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	187	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	101	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	85	85	P8
9	Nico Hülkenberg	72	72	P9
10	Fernando Alonso	54	54	P10
11	Felipe Massa	53	53	P11
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	46	46	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Nico Rosberg	385	385	P1
2	Lewis Hamilton	380	380	P2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	256	256	P3
4	Sebastian Vettel	212	212	P4
5	Max Verstappen	204	204	P5
6	Kimi Räikkönen	186	186	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	101	101	P7
8	Valtteri Bottas	85	85	P8
9	Nico Hülkenberg	72	72	P9
10	Fernando Alonso	54	54	P10
11	Felipe Massa	53	53	P11
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	46	46	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.