Race · Round 3 of 21 · 17 April 2016

2016 Chinese Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from pole at Shanghai International Circuit. Every starter was classified.

Dry · High of 21 °C, 1.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Nico Hulkenberg
Entries: 2222 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	56	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	4	56	Finished	18
3	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB12	6	56	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	2	56	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	3	56	Finished	10
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	10	56	Finished	8
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	22	56	Finished	6
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	9	56	Finished	4
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	8	56	Finished	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	5	56	Finished	1
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	7	56	Finished	0
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	11	56	Finished	0
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	12	56	Finished	0
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	18	55	Finished	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	13	55	Finished	0	fastest lap
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	15	55	Finished	0
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	17	55	Finished	0
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	21	55	Finished	0
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	14	55	Finished	0
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	16	55	Finished	0
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	55	Finished	0
22	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	19	55	Finished	0

F1DB layout shanghai-1 · 5.451 km · 16 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. 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	56
Sebastian Vettel	4	2	56
Daniil Kvyat	6	3	56
Daniel Ricciardo	2	4	56
Kimi Raikkonen	3	5	56
Felipe Massa	10	6	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	22	7	56
Max Verstappen	9	8	56
Carlos Sainz	8	9	56
Valtteri Bottas	5	10	56
Sergio Perez	7	11	56
Fernando Alonso	11	12	56
Jenson Button	12	13	56
Esteban Gutierrez	18	14	55
Nico Hulkenberg	13	15	55
Marcus Ericsson	15	16	55
Kevin Magnussen	17	17	55
Pascal Wehrlein	21	18	55
Romain Grosjean	14	19	55
Felipe Nasr	16	20	55
Rio Haryanto	20	21	55
Jolyon Palmer	19	22	55

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:37.669	1:36.240	1:35.402	—	0 m	—
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.672	1:36.815	1:35.917	+0.515	29 m	+0.515
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.347	1:36.118	1:35.972	+0.570	33 m	+0.055
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.001	1:36.183	1:36.246	+0.844	48 m	+0.274
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:37.537	1:36.831	1:36.296	+0.894	51 m	+0.050
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:37.719	1:36.948	1:36.399	+0.997	57 m	+0.103
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.096	1:37.149	1:36.865	+1.463	84 m	+0.466
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:37.656	1:37.204	1:36.881	+1.479	85 m	+0.016
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:38.181	1:37.265	1:37.194	+1.792	102 m	+0.313
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:38.165	1:37.333	—	—	69 m	—
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.016	1:37.347	—	—	70 m	—
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.451	1:38.826	—	—	154 m	—
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:37.593	1:39.093	—	—	169 m	—
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.425	1:39.830	—	—	211 m	—
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:38.321	1:40.742	—	—	262 m	—
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:38.654	1:42.430	—	—	358 m	—
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:38.673	—	—	—	94 m	—
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:38.770	—	—	—	99 m	—
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:39.528	—	—	—	142 m	—
20	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:40.264	—	—	—	183 m	—
NC	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	—	—	—
NC	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	—	—	—	—	—	—

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. 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	56	2	20, 36	22.8, 23.6
Sebastian Vettel	2	56	3	4, 17, 35	30.1, 22.3, 22.4
Daniil Kvyat	3	56	3	4, 19, 35	24.1, 22.6, 22.7
Daniel Ricciardo	4	56	3	3, 19, 37	24.4, 22.5, 22.4
Kimi Raikkonen	5	56	3	1, 14, 37	31.1, 23.3, 22.8
Felipe Massa	6	56	2	19, 31	22.1, 23.3
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	56	5	1, 5, 6, 21, 30	29.3, 25.2, 22.3, 22.6, 22.7
Max Verstappen	8	56	3	4, 20, 39	30.0, 23.7, 23.1
Carlos Sainz	9	56	3	4, 19, 33	25.8, 22.8, 24.3
Valtteri Bottas	10	56	3	4, 21, 30	22.7, 22.6, 22.7
Sergio Perez	11	56	3	4, 18, 28	23.2, 22.5, 22.4
Fernando Alonso	12	56	2	16, 32	22.9, 22.9
Jenson Button	13	56	3	4, 27, 44	24.1, 23.0, 22.5
Esteban Gutierrez	14	55	3	19, 34, 43	23.9, 23.0, 23.1
Nico Hulkenberg	15	55	4	4, 17, 26, 46	27.7, 23.9, 29.6, 22.8
Marcus Ericsson	16	55	2	4, 28	24.0, 23.6
Kevin Magnussen	17	55	3	4, 20, 35	23.2, 23.3, 22.7
Pascal Wehrlein	18	55	3	15, 27, 43	27.0, 24.1, 24.3
Romain Grosjean	19	55	4	1, 20, 33, 44	58.6, 24.6, 23.3, 23.3
Felipe Nasr	20	55	3	1, 20, 40	36.9, 23.7, 25.4
Rio Haryanto	21	55	3	18, 28, 40	23.2, 24.6, 24.4
Jolyon Palmer	22	55	3	15, 24, 38	22.8, 23.3, 24.1

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
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 4	1 · 2	20 · 4	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	1 · 2	1 · 4	20 · 3	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 4	5 · 2	1 · 4	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Daniil Kvyat	4 · 6	2 · 3	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	4 · 5	2 · 10	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Daniil Kvyat	2 · 6	4 · 3	3 · 4	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Daniil Kvyat	5 · 6	10 · 3	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Sergio Perez	6 · 7	3 · 11	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 3	4 · 5	3 · 1	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	3 · 10	5 · 6	1 · 19	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Felipe Massa	9 · 10	8 · 6	4 · 19	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Sir Lewis Hamilton	10 · 22	6 · 7	19 · 1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	10 · 11	6 · 12	19 · 16	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	9 · 22	8 · 7	4 · 1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Pascal Wehrlein · Sir Lewis Hamilton	21 · 22	18 · 7	15 · 1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Max Verstappen	8 · 9	9 · 8	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Carlos Sainz	5 · 8	10 · 9	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	7 · 8	11 · 9	4 · 4	Same lap	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez	5 · 7	10 · 11	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	7 · 11	11 · 12	4 · 16	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button	11 · 12	12 · 13	16 · 4	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	13 · 15	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Esteban Gutierrez	12 · 18	13 · 14	4 · 19	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Esteban Gutierrez	13 · 18	15 · 14	4 · 19	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Esteban Gutierrez	17 · 18	17 · 14	4 · 19	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Jolyon Palmer	18 · 19	14 · 22	19 · 15	Jolyon Palmer	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Marcus Ericsson	13 · 15	15 · 16	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Romain Grosjean	13 · 14	15 · 19	4 · 1	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Marcus Ericsson	14 · 15	19 · 16	1 · 4	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Kevin Magnussen	15 · 17	16 · 17	4 · 4	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Felipe Nasr	15 · 16	16 · 20	4 · 1	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Kevin Magnussen	16 · 17	20 · 17	1 · 4	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Pascal Wehrlein	17 · 21	17 · 18	4 · 15	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Pascal Wehrlein	14 · 21	19 · 18	1 · 15	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Rio Haryanto · Pascal Wehrlein	20 · 21	21 · 18	18 · 15	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Felipe Nasr	14 · 16	19 · 20	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Rio Haryanto	16 · 20	20 · 21	1 · 18	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Jolyon Palmer · Rio Haryanto	19 · 20	22 · 21	15 · 18	Jolyon Palmer	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	1:38.037	—	0 m	—	16
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:38.183	+0.146	8 m	+0.146	16
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.665	+0.628	35 m	+0.482	12
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.061	+1.024	57 m	+0.396	13
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:39.155	+1.118	62 m	+0.094	11
6	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.625	+1.588	88 m	+0.470	14
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:39.676	+1.639	91 m	+0.051	12
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.974	+1.937	108 m	+0.298	11
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:40.169	+2.132	119 m	+0.195	13
10	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:40.232	+2.195	122 m	+0.063	13
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:40.347	+2.310	128 m	+0.115	15
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:40.538	+2.501	139 m	+0.191	11
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:40.828	+2.791	155 m	+0.290	10
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:41.358	+3.321	185 m	+0.530	9
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.393	+3.356	187 m	+0.035	18
16	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:41.614	+3.577	199 m	+0.221	20
17	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:41.816	+3.779	210 m	+0.202	16
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:42.908	+4.871	271 m	+1.092	14
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:42.980	+4.943	275 m	+0.072	8
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	—	—	—	—	6
21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	—	—	—	—	2
22	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	—	—	—	—	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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:36.896	—	0 m	—	35
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.005	+0.109	6 m	+0.109	33
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:37.133	+0.237	13 m	+0.128	33
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.329	+0.433	24 m	+0.196	33
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.143	+1.247	70 m	+0.814	31
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:38.268	+1.372	77 m	+0.125	28
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:38.527	+1.631	92 m	+0.259	31
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.542	+1.646	93 m	+0.015	32
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.569	+1.673	94 m	+0.027	31
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:38.723	+1.827	103 m	+0.154	34
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.728	+1.832	103 m	+0.005	31
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.828	+1.932	109 m	+0.100	28
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.178	+2.282	128 m	+0.350	31
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.214	+2.318	130 m	+0.036	34
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:39.774	+2.878	162 m	+0.560	32
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:39.890	+2.994	168 m	+0.116	22
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:39.941	+3.045	171 m	+0.051	36
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.979	+3.083	173 m	+0.038	35
19	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:40.550	+3.654	206 m	+0.571	33
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:41.066	+4.170	235 m	+0.516	32
21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:42.954	+6.058	341 m	+1.888	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.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:57.351	—	0 m	—	3
2	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:58.061	+0.710	33 m	+0.710	7
3	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:58.689	+1.338	62 m	+0.628	4
4	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:58.800	+1.449	67 m	+0.111	9
5	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:59.526	+2.175	101 m	+0.726	7
6	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:59.677	+2.326	108 m	+0.151	7
7	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:59.761	+2.410	112 m	+0.084	9
8	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:59.964	+2.613	121 m	+0.203	8
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	2:00.150	+2.799	130 m	+0.186	6
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	2:00.158	+2.807	130 m	+0.008	4
11	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	2:00.197	+2.846	132 m	+0.039	8
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	2:00.812	+3.461	161 m	+0.615	5
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	2:02.438	+5.087	236 m	+1.626	4
14	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	2:02.732	+5.381	250 m	+0.294	5
15	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	—	—	—	—	3
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	—	3
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	—	—	—	—	4
18	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	—	—	—	—	4
19	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	—	—	—	—	2
20	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	—	—	—	—	3
21	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	—	2
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	—	—	—	—	1

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: 3 of 2016
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 17 Apr 2016
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.