Race · Round 4 of 21 · 1 May 2016

2016 Russian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from pole at Sochi Autodrom. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 15 °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: Sochi AutodromSochi, Russia
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2218 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	53	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	10	53	Finished	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	3	53	Finished	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	2	53	Finished	12
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	4	53	Finished	10
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	14	52	Finished	8
7	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	17	52	Finished	6
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	15	52	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	6	52	Finished	2
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	12	52	Finished	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	5	52	Finished	0
12	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	11	52	Finished	0
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	18	52	Finished	0
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	22	52	Finished	0
15	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB12	8	52	Finished	0
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	19	52	Finished	0
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	16	52	Finished	0
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	51	Finished	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	9	33	Power unit	0
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	7	0	Collision	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	13	0	Collision	0
DNF	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	21	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout sirius-1 · 5.848 km · 18 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	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	10	2	53
Kimi Raikkonen	3	3	53
Valtteri Bottas	2	4	53
Felipe Massa	4	5	53
Fernando Alonso	14	6	52
Kevin Magnussen	17	7	52
Romain Grosjean	15	8	52
Sergio Perez	6	9	52
Jenson Button	12	10	52
Daniel Ricciardo	5	11	52
Carlos Sainz	11	12	52
Jolyon Palmer	18	13	52
Marcus Ericsson	22	14	52
Daniil Kvyat	8	15	52
Felipe Nasr	19	16	52
Esteban Gutierrez	16	17	52
Pascal Wehrlein	20	18	51
Max Verstappen	9	DNF	33
Sebastian Vettel	7	DNF	0
Nico Hulkenberg	13	DNF	0
Rio Haryanto	21	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:36.119	1:35.337	1:35.417	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.555	1:36.623	1:36.123	+0.706	43 m	+0.706
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:37.746	1:37.140	1:36.536	+1.119	69 m	+0.413
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:36.976	1:36.741	1:36.663	+1.246	76 m	+0.127
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.753	1:37.230	1:37.016	+1.599	98 m	+0.353
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.091	1:37.569	1:37.125	+1.708	105 m	+0.109
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.006	1:37.282	1:37.212	+1.795	110 m	+0.087
8	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:38.265	1:37.606	1:37.459	+2.042	125 m	+0.247
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:38.123	1:37.510	1:37.583	+2.166	133 m	+0.124
10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:36.006	1:35.820	—	—	30 m	—
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:37.784	1:37.652	—	—	142 m	—
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.332	1:37.701	—	—	145 m	—
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:38.562	1:37.771	—	—	149 m	—
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:37.971	1:37.807	—	—	152 m	—
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.383	1:38.055	—	—	167 m	—
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:38.678	1:38.115	—	—	170 m	—
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:38.914	—	—	—	177 m	—
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:39.009	—	—	—	183 m	—
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:39.018	—	—	—	183 m	—
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:39.399	—	—	—	207 m	—
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:39.463	—	—	—	211 m	—
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.519	—	—	—	214 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)
Nico Rosberg	1	53	1	21	29.7
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	53	1	17	30.0
Kimi Raikkonen	3	53	1	20	30.5
Valtteri Bottas	4	53	1	16	29.8
Felipe Massa	5	53	2	18, 46	29.6, 30.1
Fernando Alonso	6	52	1	21	29.8
Kevin Magnussen	7	52	1	16	30.6
Romain Grosjean	8	52	1	17	31.4
Sergio Perez	9	52	2	1, 27	32.8, 30.4
Jenson Button	10	52	1	20	30.6
Daniel Ricciardo	11	52	2	1, 29	47.8, 31.2
Carlos Sainz	12	52	1	11	30.8
Jolyon Palmer	13	52	1	14	30.8
Marcus Ericsson	14	52	2	1, 28	30.5, 30.4
Daniil Kvyat	15	52	2	1, 8	41.3, 38.9
Felipe Nasr	16	52	1	12	30.3
Esteban Gutierrez	17	52	2	1, 9	40.2, 25.0
Pascal Wehrlein	18	51	2	13, 39	31.4, 57.2
Max Verstappen	DNF	33	1	22	30.6
Sebastian Vettel	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Rio Haryanto	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 · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 10	1 · 2	21 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 4	21 · 16	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	3 · 10	3 · 2	20 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Carlos Sainz	10 · 11	2 · 12	17 · 11	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 3	4 · 3	16 · 20	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	3 · 5	20 · 18	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	2 · 4	4 · 5	16 · 18	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso	4 · 14	5 · 6	18 · 21	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 5	5 · 11	18 · 1	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Kevin Magnussen	14 · 17	6 · 7	21 · 16	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Romain Grosjean	14 · 15	6 · 8	21 · 17	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Kevin Magnussen	15 · 17	8 · 7	17 · 16	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Kevin Magnussen	16 · 17	17 · 7	1 · 16	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Jolyon Palmer	17 · 18	7 · 13	16 · 14	Jolyon Palmer	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Romain Grosjean	6 · 15	9 · 8	1 · 17	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Esteban Gutierrez	15 · 16	8 · 17	17 · 1	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	5 · 6	11 · 9	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Jenson Button	6 · 12	9 · 10	1 · 20	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jenson Button	5 · 12	11 · 10	1 · 20	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Jenson Button	11 · 12	12 · 10	11 · 20	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Carlos Sainz	5 · 11	11 · 12	1 · 11	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Jolyon Palmer	11 · 18	12 · 13	11 · 14	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Jolyon Palmer · Marcus Ericsson	18 · 22	13 · 14	14 · 1	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Jolyon Palmer · Felipe Nasr	18 · 19	13 · 16	14 · 12	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Marcus Ericsson	8 · 22	15 · 14	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Felipe Nasr	8 · 19	15 · 16	1 · 12	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Felipe Nasr	16 · 19	17 · 16	1 · 12	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Pascal Wehrlein	19 · 20	16 · 18	12 · 13	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Pascal Wehrlein	16 · 20	17 · 18	1 · 13	Esteban Gutierrez	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	1:38.127	—	0 m	—	32
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:38.849	+0.722	43 m	+0.722	31
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:39.175	+1.048	62 m	+0.326	19
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:39.332	+1.205	72 m	+0.157	18
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.365	+1.238	74 m	+0.033	14
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.650	+1.523	91 m	+0.285	24
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.802	+1.675	100 m	+0.152	34
8	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:40.218	+2.091	125 m	+0.416	26
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:40.287	+2.160	129 m	+0.069	22
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:40.654	+2.527	151 m	+0.367	21
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:40.663	+2.536	151 m	+0.009	19
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:40.771	+2.644	158 m	+0.108	18
13	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault	46	1:40.898	+2.771	165 m	+0.127	24
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:41.085	+2.958	176 m	+0.187	21
15	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:41.134	+3.007	179 m	+0.049	22
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:41.238	+3.111	185 m	+0.104	18
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:41.385	+3.258	194 m	+0.147	20
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:41.671	+3.544	211 m	+0.286	25
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.962	+3.835	229 m	+0.291	22
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:42.483	+4.356	260 m	+0.521	21
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:42.687	+4.560	272 m	+0.204	8
22	Alfonso Celis Jr. (never started a Grand Prix)	Force India	34	1:43.432	+5.305	316 m	+0.745	23

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	1:37.583	—	0 m	—	30
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.235	+0.652	39 m	+0.652	10
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:38.450	+0.867	52 m	+0.215	37
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:38.793	+1.210	73 m	+0.343	35
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.084	+1.501	90 m	+0.291	34
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.185	+1.602	96 m	+0.101	42
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.193	+1.610	96 m	+0.008	32
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.196	+1.613	97 m	+0.003	31
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.289	+1.706	102 m	+0.093	38
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:39.400	+1.817	109 m	+0.111	30
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:39.465	+1.882	113 m	+0.065	37
12	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:39.501	+1.918	115 m	+0.036	30
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.795	+2.212	133 m	+0.294	31
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.867	+2.284	137 m	+0.072	38
15	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:40.193	+2.610	156 m	+0.326	41
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:40.260	+2.677	160 m	+0.067	24
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:40.508	+2.925	175 m	+0.248	26
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:40.688	+3.105	186 m	+0.180	37
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:40.740	+3.157	189 m	+0.052	31
20	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:41.080	+3.497	210 m	+0.340	38
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:41.148	+3.565	214 m	+0.068	23
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.652	+4.069	244 m	+0.504	29

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:36.403	—	0 m	—	17
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:36.471	+0.068	4 m	+0.068	22
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.007	+0.604	37 m	+0.536	28
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.727	+1.324	80 m	+0.720	14
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.918	+1.515	92 m	+0.191	16
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:37.985	+1.582	96 m	+0.067	16
7	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:38.133	+1.730	105 m	+0.148	22
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.260	+1.857	113 m	+0.127	14
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.465	+2.062	125 m	+0.205	25
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.542	+2.139	130 m	+0.077	18
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.622	+2.219	135 m	+0.080	23
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.633	+2.230	135 m	+0.011	12
13	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:39.047	+2.644	160 m	+0.414	15
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.162	+2.759	167 m	+0.115	16
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:39.230	+2.827	171 m	+0.068	18
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:39.238	+2.835	172 m	+0.008	16
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:39.239	+2.836	172 m	+0.001	15
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:39.589	+3.186	193 m	+0.350	19
19	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:39.599	+3.196	194 m	+0.010	19
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:39.663	+3.260	198 m	+0.064	18
21	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.740	+3.337	202 m	+0.077	23
22	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:39.898	+3.495	212 m	+0.158	19

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: 4 of 2016
Grand Prix: Russian Grand Prix
Dates: 1 May 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.