Race · Round 21 of 21 · 27 November 2016

2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Yas Marina Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Nico Rosberg.

Dry · High of 30 °C, no 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: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2217 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	55	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	55	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	5	55	Finished	15	fastest lap
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	6	55	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	3	55	Finished	10
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	4	55	Finished	8
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	7	55	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	8	55	Finished	4
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	10	55	Finished	2
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	9	55	Finished	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	14	55	Finished	0
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	13	55	Finished	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	54	Finished	0
14	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	16	54	Finished	0
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	22	54	Finished	0
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	19	54	Finished	0
17	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	15	54	Finished	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	21	41	Collision damage	0
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	17	14	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	12	12	Suspension	0
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	11	6	Suspension	0
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	18	5	Suspension	0

F1DB layout yas-marina-1 · 5.554 km · 21 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	1	1	55
Nico Rosberg	2	2	55
Sebastian Vettel	5	3	55
Max Verstappen	6	4	55
Daniel Ricciardo	3	5	55
Kimi Raikkonen	4	6	55
Nico Hulkenberg	7	7	55
Sergio Perez	8	8	55
Felipe Massa	10	9	55
Fernando Alonso	9	10	55
Romain Grosjean	14	11	55
Esteban Gutierrez	13	12	55
Esteban Ocon	20	13	54
Pascal Wehrlein	16	14	54
Marcus Ericsson	22	15	54
Felipe Nasr	19	16	54
Jolyon Palmer	15	17	54
Carlos Sainz	21	DNF	41
Daniil Kvyat	17	DNF	14
Jenson Button	12	DNF	12
Valtteri Bottas	11	DNF	6
Kevin Magnussen	18	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.487	1:39.382	1:38.755	—	0 m	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:40.511	1:39.490	1:39.058	+0.303	17 m	+0.303
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:41.002	1:40.429	1:39.589	+0.834	47 m	+0.531
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.338	1:39.629	1:39.604	+0.849	48 m	+0.015
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.341	1:40.034	1:39.661	+0.906	51 m	+0.057
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:40.424	1:39.903	1:39.818	+1.063	60 m	+0.157
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:41.000	1:40.709	1:40.501	+1.746	98 m	+0.683
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:40.864	1:40.743	1:40.519	+1.764	99 m	+0.018
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:41.616	1:41.044	1:41.106	+2.351	132 m	+0.587
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:41.157	1:40.858	1:41.213	+2.458	138 m	+0.107
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:41.192	1:41.084	—	—	95 m	—
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:41.158	1:41.272	—	—	106 m	—
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:41.639	1:41.480	—	—	117 m	—
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:41.467	1:41.564	—	—	122 m	—
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:41.775	1:41.820	—	—	136 m	—
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:41.886	1:41.995	—	—	146 m	—
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:42.003	—	—	—	140 m	—
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:42.142	—	—	—	148 m	—
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:42.247	—	—	—	154 m	—
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:42.286	—	—	—	156 m	—
21	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:42.393	—	—	—	162 m	—
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:42.637	—	—	—	176 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. 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)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	55	2	7, 28	22.6, 21.4
Nico Rosberg	2	55	2	8, 29	23.8, 21.2
Sebastian Vettel	3	55	2	8, 37	21.7, 21.9
Max Verstappen	4	55	1	21	21.2
Daniel Ricciardo	5	55	2	9, 24	22.1, 21.8
Kimi Raikkonen	6	55	2	7, 25	22.0, 22.1
Nico Hulkenberg	7	55	2	8, 26	21.8, 21.5
Sergio Perez	8	55	2	9, 27	21.3, 22.0
Felipe Massa	9	55	2	8, 30	21.8, 21.5
Fernando Alonso	10	55	2	7, 38	22.4, 22.2
Romain Grosjean	11	55	2	20, 38	22.8, 22.5
Esteban Gutierrez	12	55	2	8, 28	22.0, 22.1
Esteban Ocon	13	54	2	22, 36	24.0, 23.0
Pascal Wehrlein	14	54	2	6, 24	33.4, 22.9
Marcus Ericsson	15	54	1	38	23.0
Felipe Nasr	16	54	2	7, 36	23.3, 29.9
Jolyon Palmer	17	54	3	7, 21, 41	24.8, 22.1, 22.6
Carlos Sainz	DNF	41	2	6, 28	21.8, 21.9
Daniil Kvyat	DNF	14	1	8	21.9
Jenson Button	DNF	12	0	None recorded	—
Valtteri Bottas	DNF	6	0	None recorded	—
Kevin Magnussen	DNF	5	1	1	27.1

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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	1 · 2	7 · 8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 5	2 · 3	8 · 8	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 3	2 · 5	8 · 9	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	4 · 5	6 · 3	7 · 8	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	5 · 6	3 · 4	8 · 21	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen	3 · 6	5 · 4	9 · 21	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Nico Hulkenberg	6 · 7	4 · 7	21 · 8	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	5 · 6	9 · 7	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 7	6 · 7	7 · 8	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Sergio Perez	7 · 8	7 · 8	8 · 9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Felipe Massa	8 · 10	8 · 9	9 · 8	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	8 · 9	8 · 10	9 · 7	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	9 · 10	10 · 9	7 · 8	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Romain Grosjean	9 · 14	10 · 11	7 · 20	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Romain Grosjean	13 · 14	12 · 11	8 · 20	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Jolyon Palmer	14 · 15	11 · 17	20 · 7	Jolyon Palmer	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Esteban Ocon	13 · 20	12 · 13	8 · 22	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Pascal Wehrlein · Esteban Ocon	16 · 20	14 · 13	6 · 22	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Esteban Ocon	19 · 20	16 · 13	7 · 22	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Pascal Wehrlein	15 · 16	17 · 14	7 · 6	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places
Pascal Wehrlein · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 22	14 · 15	6 · 38	Pascal Wehrlein	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Marcus Ericsson	19 · 22	16 · 15	7 · 38	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Felipe Nasr	15 · 19	17 · 16	7 · 7	Same lap	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:42.869	—	0 m	—	28
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:43.243	+0.374	20 m	+0.374	31
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:43.297	+0.428	23 m	+0.054	26
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:43.362	+0.493	27 m	+0.065	27
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:44.005	+1.136	61 m	+0.643	27
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:44.155	+1.286	69 m	+0.150	23
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:44.556	+1.687	91 m	+0.401	27
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:44.685	+1.816	98 m	+0.129	21
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:45.039	+2.170	117 m	+0.354	27
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:45.168	+2.299	124 m	+0.129	20
11	Alfonso Celis Jr. (never started a Grand Prix)	Force India	34	1:45.476	+2.607	141 m	+0.308	26
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:45.600	+2.731	147 m	+0.124	13
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:45.778	+2.909	157 m	+0.178	17
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:45.925	+3.056	165 m	+0.147	20
15	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:45.940	+3.071	166 m	+0.015	31
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:46.219	+3.350	181 m	+0.279	33
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:46.372	+3.503	189 m	+0.153	21
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:46.379	+3.510	190 m	+0.007	21
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:46.458	+3.589	194 m	+0.079	29
20	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:47.127	+4.258	230 m	+0.669	10
21	Jordan King (never started a Grand Prix)	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	42	1:47.558	+4.689	253 m	+0.431	27
22	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	2:01.989	+19.120	1,032 m	+14.431	4

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:40.861	—	0 m	—	36
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:40.940	+0.079	4 m	+0.079	38
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:41.130	+0.269	15 m	+0.190	31
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:41.389	+0.528	29 m	+0.259	24
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:41.390	+0.529	29 m	+0.001	33
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:41.464	+0.603	33 m	+0.074	34
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:41.959	+1.098	60 m	+0.495	35
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:42.041	+1.180	65 m	+0.082	35
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:42.264	+1.403	77 m	+0.223	36
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:42.268	+1.407	77 m	+0.004	36
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.366	+1.505	83 m	+0.098	33
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:42.823	+1.962	108 m	+0.457	24
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:43.012	+2.151	118 m	+0.189	35
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:43.108	+2.247	124 m	+0.096	17
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:43.272	+2.411	133 m	+0.164	33
16	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:43.600	+2.739	151 m	+0.328	35
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:43.754	+2.893	159 m	+0.154	33
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:43.903	+3.042	168 m	+0.149	36
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:44.045	+3.184	175 m	+0.142	34
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:44.117	+3.256	179 m	+0.072	25
21	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:44.478	+3.617	199 m	+0.361	5
22	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:45.948	+5.087	280 m	+1.470	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.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.775	—	0 m	—	16
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:40.912	+0.137	8 m	+0.137	21
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.999	+0.224	12 m	+0.087	14
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:41.065	+0.290	16 m	+0.066	15
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:41.168	+0.393	22 m	+0.103	19
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:41.831	+1.056	58 m	+0.663	20
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:41.885	+1.110	61 m	+0.054	19
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:42.067	+1.292	71 m	+0.182	13
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:42.076	+1.301	72 m	+0.009	19
10	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:42.354	+1.579	87 m	+0.278	16
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.585	+1.810	100 m	+0.231	14
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:42.616	+1.841	101 m	+0.031	18
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:42.664	+1.889	104 m	+0.048	15
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:42.683	+1.908	105 m	+0.019	20
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:42.805	+2.030	112 m	+0.122	17
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:43.057	+2.282	126 m	+0.252	17
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:43.145	+2.370	131 m	+0.088	17
18	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:43.301	+2.526	139 m	+0.156	10
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:43.417	+2.642	146 m	+0.116	22
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:43.733	+2.958	163 m	+0.316	15
21	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:44.105	+3.330	184 m	+0.372	13
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:44.238	+3.463	191 m	+0.133	20

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: 21 of 2016
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Nov 2016
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 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.