Race · Round 12 of 21 · 31 July 2016

2016 German Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Hockenheimring. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 23 °C, 1.6 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
Entries: 2220 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	67	Finished	25
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	3	67	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	4	67	Finished	15
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	67	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	6	67	Finished	10
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	5	67	Finished	8
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	8	67	Finished	6
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	12	66	Finished	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	7	66	Finished	2
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	9	66	Finished	1
11	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	11	66	Finished	0
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	13	66	Finished	0
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	20	66	Finished	0
14	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	15	66	Finished	0
15	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	18	66	Finished	0
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	16	66	Finished	0
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	17	65	Finished	0
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	22	65	Finished	0
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	14	65	Finished	0
20	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	19	65	Finished	0
DNF	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	21	57	Power unit	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	10	36	Suspension	0

F1DB layout hockenheimring-4 · 4.574 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	67
Daniel Ricciardo	3	2	67
Max Verstappen	4	3	67
Nico Rosberg	1	4	67
Sebastian Vettel	6	5	67
Kimi Raikkonen	5	6	67
Nico Hulkenberg	8	7	67
Jenson Button	12	8	66
Valtteri Bottas	7	9	66
Sergio Perez	9	10	66
Esteban Gutierrez	11	11	66
Fernando Alonso	13	12	66
Romain Grosjean	20	13	66
Carlos Sainz	15	14	66
Daniil Kvyat	18	15	66
Kevin Magnussen	16	16	66
Pascal Wehrlein	17	17	65
Marcus Ericsson	22	18	65
Jolyon Palmer	14	19	65
Rio Haryanto	19	20	65
Felipe Nasr	21	DNF	57
Felipe Massa	10	DNF	36

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:15.485	1:14.839	1:14.363	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:15.243	1:14.748	1:14.470	+0.107	7 m	+0.107
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:15.591	1:15.545	1:14.726	+0.363	22 m	+0.256
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:15.875	1:15.124	1:14.834	+0.471	29 m	+0.108
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:15.752	1:15.242	1:15.142	+0.779	48 m	+0.308
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:15.927	1:15.630	1:15.315	+0.952	59 m	+0.173
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:16.301	1:15.623	1:15.510	+1.147	71 m	+0.195
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:15.952	1:15.490	1:15.530	+1.167	72 m	+0.020
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:16.169	1:15.500	1:15.537	+1.174	72 m	+0.007
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:16.503	1:15.699	1:15.615	+1.252	77 m	+0.078
11	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:15.987	1:15.883	—	—	69 m	—
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:16.172	1:15.909	—	—	71 m	—
13	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:16.317	1:15.989	—	—	76 m	—
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:16.338	1:16.041	—	—	79 m	—
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:16.328	1:16.086	—	—	82 m	—
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:16.636	1:16.665	—	—	117 m	—
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:16.716	—	—	—	90 m	—
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:16.717	—	—	—	90 m	—
19	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:16.876	—	—	—	99 m	—
20	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:16.977	—	—	—	105 m	—
21	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:17.123	—	—	—	114 m	—
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:17.238	—	—	—	121 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	67	3	14, 34, 47	18.6, 18.5, 18.5
Daniel Ricciardo	2	67	3	12, 33, 46	19.0, 18.7, 19.0
Max Verstappen	3	67	3	11, 28, 45	19.0, 19.1, 19.0
Nico Rosberg	4	67	3	11, 27, 44	19.7, 18.9, 28.4
Sebastian Vettel	5	67	3	13, 31, 46	19.2, 19.5, 19.0
Kimi Raikkonen	6	67	3	14, 32, 47	22.4, 19.1, 19.5
Nico Hulkenberg	7	67	3	12, 32, 44	19.6, 19.1, 19.9
Jenson Button	8	66	3	13, 31, 46	19.4, 19.1, 19.3
Valtteri Bottas	9	66	2	12, 33	18.8, 19.2
Sergio Perez	10	66	3	8, 27, 43	19.2, 19.2, 19.4
Esteban Gutierrez	11	66	2	25, 47	20.1, 19.3
Fernando Alonso	12	66	3	14, 28, 47	19.3, 19.4, 19.1
Romain Grosjean	13	66	2	17, 43	20.3, 19.9
Carlos Sainz	14	66	3	9, 29, 51	22.8, 19.7, 19.5
Daniil Kvyat	15	66	3	7, 28, 49	23.2, 20.2, 19.3
Kevin Magnussen	16	66	2	11, 32	19.0, 19.2
Pascal Wehrlein	17	65	3	12, 26, 46	19.8, 19.6, 19.7
Marcus Ericsson	18	65	2	16, 33	20.1, 19.3
Jolyon Palmer	19	65	3	2, 25, 45	19.3, 26.7, 19.7
Rio Haryanto	20	65	3	13, 32, 49	31.3, 20.9, 21.2
Felipe Nasr	DNF	57	3	7, 19, 42	29.9, 19.9, 19.8
Felipe Massa	DNF	36	2	9, 26	18.6, 36.4

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	4 · 1	11 · 14	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 3	1 · 2	14 · 12	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen	3 · 4	2 · 3	12 · 11	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Max Verstappen	1 · 4	4 · 3	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 5	3 · 6	11 · 14	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 6	4 · 5	11 · 13	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 6	6 · 5	14 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	6 · 7	5 · 9	13 · 12	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 8	6 · 7	14 · 12	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 8	9 · 7	12 · 12	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Jenson Button	8 · 12	7 · 8	12 · 13	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Sergio Perez	8 · 9	7 · 10	12 · 8	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Jenson Button	7 · 12	9 · 8	12 · 13	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Jenson Button	11 · 12	11 · 8	25 · 13	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Fernando Alonso	12 · 13	8 · 12	13 · 14	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez	7 · 9	9 · 10	12 · 8	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Esteban Gutierrez	9 · 11	10 · 11	8 · 25	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Fernando Alonso	11 · 13	11 · 12	25 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Romain Grosjean	13 · 20	12 · 13	14 · 17	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Jolyon Palmer	13 · 14	12 · 19	14 · 2	Jolyon Palmer	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Romain Grosjean	15 · 20	14 · 13	9 · 17	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Rio Haryanto · Romain Grosjean	19 · 20	20 · 13	13 · 17	Rio Haryanto	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Carlos Sainz	14 · 15	19 · 14	2 · 9	Jolyon Palmer	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Daniil Kvyat	15 · 18	14 · 15	9 · 7	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Kevin Magnussen	15 · 16	14 · 16	9 · 11	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Daniil Kvyat	16 · 18	16 · 15	11 · 7	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Pascal Wehrlein · Daniil Kvyat	17 · 18	17 · 15	12 · 7	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Rio Haryanto	18 · 19	15 · 20	7 · 13	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Pascal Wehrlein	16 · 17	16 · 17	11 · 12	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Pascal Wehrlein · Marcus Ericsson	17 · 22	17 · 18	12 · 16	Pascal Wehrlein	Kept their order
Jolyon Palmer · Marcus Ericsson	14 · 22	19 · 18	2 · 16	Jolyon Palmer	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Rio Haryanto	14 · 19	19 · 20	2 · 13	Jolyon Palmer	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:15.517	—	0 m	—	32
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:15.843	+0.326	20 m	+0.326	30
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:16.667	+1.150	70 m	+0.824	29
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:16.852	+1.335	81 m	+0.185	23
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:16.927	+1.410	85 m	+0.075	29
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:17.089	+1.572	95 m	+0.162	30
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:17.183	+1.666	101 m	+0.094	18
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:17.612	+2.095	127 m	+0.429	15
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:18.008	+2.491	151 m	+0.396	25
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:18.044	+2.527	153 m	+0.036	22
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:18.198	+2.681	162 m	+0.154	28
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:18.210	+2.693	163 m	+0.012	37
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:18.322	+2.805	170 m	+0.112	33
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:18.589	+3.072	186 m	+0.267	20
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:18.591	+3.074	186 m	+0.002	35
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:18.628	+3.111	188 m	+0.037	29
17	Charles Leclerc	Haas F1 Team	50	1:18.882	+3.365	204 m	+0.254	32
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:18.933	+3.416	207 m	+0.051	35
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:18.961	+3.444	209 m	+0.028	22
20	Esteban Ocon	Renault	45	1:18.981	+3.464	210 m	+0.020	30
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:19.167	+3.650	221 m	+0.186	34
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:19.975	+4.458	270 m	+0.808	33

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:15.614	—	0 m	—	43
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:16.008	+0.394	24 m	+0.394	36
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:16.208	+0.594	36 m	+0.200	39
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:16.456	+0.842	51 m	+0.248	40
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:16.490	+0.876	53 m	+0.034	38
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:16.512	+0.898	54 m	+0.022	45
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:16.781	+1.167	71 m	+0.269	43
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:17.087	+1.473	89 m	+0.306	16
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:17.148	+1.534	93 m	+0.061	44
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:17.225	+1.611	97 m	+0.077	21
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:17.342	+1.728	105 m	+0.117	32
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:17.367	+1.753	106 m	+0.025	38
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:17.425	+1.811	110 m	+0.058	44
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:17.602	+1.988	120 m	+0.177	13
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:17.686	+2.072	125 m	+0.084	40
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:18.005	+2.391	145 m	+0.319	42
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:18.056	+2.442	148 m	+0.051	46
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:18.130	+2.516	152 m	+0.074	28
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:18.193	+2.579	156 m	+0.063	42
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:18.313	+2.699	163 m	+0.120	47
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:18.591	+2.977	180 m	+0.278	47
22	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:19.295	+3.681	223 m	+0.704	41

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:15.738	—	0 m	—	16
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:15.795	+0.057	3 m	+0.057	19
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:15.837	+0.099	6 m	+0.042	13
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:15.902	+0.164	10 m	+0.065	16
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:16.104	+0.366	22 m	+0.202	20
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:16.182	+0.444	27 m	+0.078	23
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:16.400	+0.662	40 m	+0.218	28
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:16.630	+0.892	54 m	+0.230	26
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:16.916	+1.178	71 m	+0.286	11
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:16.972	+1.234	75 m	+0.056	16
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:17.028	+1.290	78 m	+0.056	20
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:17.066	+1.328	80 m	+0.038	10
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:17.160	+1.422	86 m	+0.094	17
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:17.227	+1.489	90 m	+0.067	19
15	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:17.351	+1.613	97 m	+0.124	9
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:17.473	+1.735	105 m	+0.122	23
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:17.685	+1.947	118 m	+0.212	19
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:18.057	+2.319	140 m	+0.372	24
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:18.093	+2.355	142 m	+0.036	6
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:18.270	+2.532	153 m	+0.177	24
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:18.272	+2.534	153 m	+0.002	18
22	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:25.160	+9.422	569 m	+6.888	4

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 2016
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 31 Jul 2016
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.574 km · 17 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.