Race · Round 13 of 21 · 28 August 2016

2016 Belgian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 25 °C, 0.2 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: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2217 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	44	Finished	25
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	5	44	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	21	44	Finished	15	fastest lap
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	7	44	Finished	12
5	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	6	44	Finished	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	4	44	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	22	44	Finished	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	8	44	Finished	4
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	3	44	Finished	2
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	10	44	Finished	1
11	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	2	44	Finished	0
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	18	44	Finished	0
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	11	44	Finished	0
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	19	44	Finished	0
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	13	44	Finished	0
16	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	17	43	Finished	0
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	16	43	Finished	0
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	12	5	Accident	0
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	20	3	Gearbox	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	14	1	Puncture damage	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	9	1	Collision damage	0
DNF	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	15	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-4 · 7.004 km · 19 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
Nico Rosberg	1	1	44
Daniel Ricciardo	5	2	44
Sir Lewis Hamilton	21	3	44
Nico Hulkenberg	7	4	44
Sergio Perez	6	5	44
Sebastian Vettel	4	6	44
Fernando Alonso	22	7	44
Valtteri Bottas	8	8	44
Kimi Raikkonen	3	9	44
Felipe Massa	10	10	44
Max Verstappen	2	11	44
Esteban Gutierrez	18	12	44
Romain Grosjean	11	13	44
Daniil Kvyat	19	14	44
Jolyon Palmer	13	15	44
Esteban Ocon	17	16	43
Felipe Nasr	16	17	43
Kevin Magnussen	12	DNF	5
Marcus Ericsson	20	DNF	3
Carlos Sainz	14	DNF	1
Jenson Button	9	DNF	1
Pascal Wehrlein	15	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:48.019	1:46.999	1:46.744	—	0 m	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:48.407	1:47.163	1:46.893	+0.149	10 m	+0.149
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:47.912	1:47.664	1:46.910	+0.166	11 m	+0.017
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:47.802	1:47.944	1:47.108	+0.364	24 m	+0.198
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:48.407	1:48.027	1:47.216	+0.472	31 m	+0.108
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:48.106	1:47.485	1:47.407	+0.663	44 m	+0.191
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:48.080	1:47.317	1:47.543	+0.799	52 m	+0.136
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:48.655	1:47.918	1:47.612	+0.868	57 m	+0.069
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:48.700	1:48.051	1:48.114	+1.370	90 m	+0.502
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:47.738	1:47.667	1:48.263	+1.519	100 m	+0.149
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:48.751	1:48.316	—	—	86 m	—
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:48.800	1:48.485	—	—	97 m	—
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:48.748	1:48.598	—	—	105 m	—
14	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:48.901	1:48.888	—	—	124 m	—
15	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:48.876	1:49.038	—	—	133 m	—
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:48.554	1:49.320	—	—	152 m	—
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:48.949	—	—	—	79 m	—
18	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:49.050	—	—	—	85 m	—
19	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:49.058	—	—	—	86 m	—
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:49.071	—	—	—	87 m	—
21	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:50.033	—	—	—	149 m	—
NC	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	—	—	—

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. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. 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)
Nico Rosberg	1	44	2	9, 26	996.1, 22.6
Daniel Ricciardo	2	44	2	9, 25	998.4, 22.5
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	44	3	9, 21, 32	1000.5, 24.3, 22.4
Nico Hulkenberg	4	44	3	6, 9, 23	23.6, 998.5, 24.0
Sergio Perez	5	44	3	6, 9, 24	23.8, 1000.3, 22.7
Sebastian Vettel	6	44	3	1, 9, 23	22.4, 998.5, 22.8
Fernando Alonso	7	44	2	9, 23	998.2, 22.5
Valtteri Bottas	8	44	3	7, 9, 23	22.2, 998.3, 22.3
Kimi Raikkonen	9	44	4	1, 5, 9, 24	87.1, 23.1, 943.2, 23.1
Felipe Massa	10	44	3	2, 9, 22	22.5, 1000.7, 22.5
Max Verstappen	11	44	4	1, 9, 16, 27	31.2, 998.5, 23.2, 22.7
Esteban Gutierrez	12	44	3	7, 9, 22	23.5, 998.6, 23.6
Romain Grosjean	13	44	3	6, 9, 23	23.7, 999.4, 23.1
Daniil Kvyat	14	44	3	9, 21, 35	1000.5, 23.4, 23.4
Jolyon Palmer	15	44	4	6, 9, 22, 34	22.7, 1000.2, 23.3, 22.6
Esteban Ocon	16	43	3	6, 9, 24	28.7, 1001.0, 24.2
Felipe Nasr	17	43	3	1, 9, 23	26.4, 1001.2, 30.2
Kevin Magnussen	DNF	5	0	None recorded	—
Marcus Ericsson	DNF	3	0	None recorded	—
Carlos Sainz	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—
Jenson Button	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—
Pascal Wehrlein	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

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 · Daniel Ricciardo	1 · 5	1 · 2	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Max Verstappen	1 · 2	1 · 11	9 · 1	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 5	6 · 2	1 · 9	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Sir Lewis Hamilton	5 · 21	2 · 3	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	5 · 6	2 · 5	9 · 6	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	7 · 21	4 · 3	6 · 9	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso	21 · 22	3 · 7	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	6 · 7	5 · 4	6 · 6	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Valtteri Bottas	7 · 8	4 · 8	6 · 7	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	4 · 6	6 · 5	1 · 6	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 4	9 · 6	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso	4 · 22	6 · 7	1 · 9	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Fernando Alonso	8 · 22	8 · 7	7 · 9	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Valtteri Bottas	3 · 8	9 · 8	1 · 7	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 3	11 · 9	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	3 · 10	9 · 10	1 · 2	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Felipe Massa	2 · 10	11 · 10	1 · 2	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Romain Grosjean	10 · 11	10 · 13	2 · 6	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Esteban Gutierrez	2 · 18	11 · 12	1 · 7	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Esteban Gutierrez	11 · 18	13 · 12	6 · 7	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Esteban Gutierrez	17 · 18	16 · 12	6 · 7	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Daniil Kvyat	18 · 19	12 · 14	7 · 9	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Daniil Kvyat	11 · 19	13 · 14	6 · 9	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Jolyon Palmer · Daniil Kvyat	13 · 19	15 · 14	6 · 9	Jolyon Palmer	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Esteban Ocon	13 · 17	15 · 16	6 · 6	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Esteban Ocon	16 · 17	17 · 16	1 · 6	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places

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	1:48.348	—	0 m	—	27
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:49.078	+0.730	47 m	+0.730	25
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.147	+0.799	52 m	+0.069	24
4	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:49.274	+0.926	60 m	+0.127	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:49.768	+1.420	92 m	+0.494	19
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:49.782	+1.434	93 m	+0.014	24
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:49.865	+1.517	98 m	+0.083	24
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:50.088	+1.740	112 m	+0.223	21
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:50.394	+2.046	132 m	+0.306	31
10	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:50.583	+2.235	144 m	+0.189	21
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:50.899	+2.551	165 m	+0.316	18
12	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:51.122	+2.774	179 m	+0.223	28
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:51.125	+2.777	180 m	+0.003	16
14	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:51.424	+3.076	199 m	+0.299	17
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:51.768	+3.420	221 m	+0.344	19
16	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:51.787	+3.439	222 m	+0.019	26
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:52.308	+3.960	256 m	+0.521	19
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:52.407	+4.059	262 m	+0.099	18
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:52.837	+4.489	290 m	+0.430	23
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:53.053	+4.705	304 m	+0.216	20
21	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:53.089	+4.741	306 m	+0.036	20
22	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	—	3

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:48.085	—	0 m	—	27
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:48.341	+0.256	17 m	+0.256	27
3	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:48.657	+0.572	37 m	+0.316	30
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:49.023	+0.938	61 m	+0.366	27
5	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:49.100	+1.015	66 m	+0.077	27
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:49.161	+1.076	70 m	+0.061	33
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.244	+1.159	75 m	+0.083	30
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:49.419	+1.334	86 m	+0.175	20
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:49.419	+1.334	86 m	+0.000	23
10	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:49.648	+1.563	101 m	+0.229	23
11	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:49.716	+1.631	106 m	+0.068	31
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:49.772	+1.687	109 m	+0.056	30
13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:49.782	+1.697	110 m	+0.010	33
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:49.916	+1.831	119 m	+0.134	25
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:50.083	+1.998	129 m	+0.167	27
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:50.151	+2.066	134 m	+0.068	19
17	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:50.157	+2.072	134 m	+0.006	29
18	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:50.194	+2.109	137 m	+0.037	25
19	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:50.375	+2.290	148 m	+0.181	34
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:50.562	+2.477	161 m	+0.187	32
21	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:50.659	+2.574	167 m	+0.097	25
22	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:50.719	+2.634	171 m	+0.060	24

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	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:47.974	—	0 m	—	11
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:48.189	+0.215	14 m	+0.215	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:48.297	+0.323	21 m	+0.108	12
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:48.504	+0.530	34 m	+0.207	17
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:48.635	+0.661	43 m	+0.131	20
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:48.739	+0.765	50 m	+0.104	12
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:48.742	+0.768	50 m	+0.003	19
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:48.783	+0.809	52 m	+0.041	21
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:48.915	+0.941	61 m	+0.132	12
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:49.272	+1.298	84 m	+0.357	16
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:49.453	+1.479	96 m	+0.181	9
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:49.631	+1.657	107 m	+0.178	16
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:49.665	+1.691	110 m	+0.034	10
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:49.716	+1.742	113 m	+0.051	11
15	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:49.761	+1.787	116 m	+0.045	15
16	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:50.023	+2.049	133 m	+0.262	9
17	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:50.078	+2.104	136 m	+0.055	9
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:50.241	+2.267	147 m	+0.163	11
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:50.420	+2.446	159 m	+0.179	13
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:50.693	+2.719	176 m	+0.273	18
21	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:51.319	+3.345	217 m	+0.626	5
22	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	—	—	—	—	2

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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 13 of 2016
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 28 Aug 2016
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 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.