Race · Round 6 of 21 · 29 May 2016

2016 Monaco Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Monaco. 7 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 21 °C, 11.2 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Daniel Ricciardo
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2215 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	3	78	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	1	78	Finished	18
3	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	7	78	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	4	78	Finished	12
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	9	78	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	5	78	Finished	8
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	78	Finished	6
8	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	6	77	Finished	4
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	13	77	Finished	2
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	14	77	Finished	1
11	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	12	77	Finished	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	10	77	Finished	0
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	15	76	Finished	0
14	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	76	Finished	0
15	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	19	74	Finished	0
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	17	51	Collision damage	0
DNF	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	PL	48	Collision damage	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	PL	34	Accident	0
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	16	32	Collision damage	0
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	8	18	Collision	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	11	10	Accident damage	0
DNF	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	18	7	Accident	0

F1DB layout monaco-6 · 3.337 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
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	1	78
Daniel Ricciardo	1	2	78
Sergio Perez	7	3	78
Sebastian Vettel	4	4	78
Fernando Alonso	9	5	78
Nico Hulkenberg	5	6	78
Nico Rosberg	2	7	78
Carlos Sainz	6	8	77
Jenson Button	13	9	77
Felipe Massa	14	10	77
Esteban Gutierrez	12	11	77
Valtteri Bottas	10	12	77
Romain Grosjean	15	13	76
Pascal Wehrlein	20	14	76
Rio Haryanto	19	15	74
Marcus Ericsson	17	DNF	51
Felipe Nasr	PL	DNF	48
Max Verstappen	PL	DNF	34
Kevin Magnussen	16	DNF	32
Daniil Kvyat	8	DNF	18
Kimi Raikkonen	11	DNF	10
Jolyon Palmer	18	DNF	7

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:14.912	1:14.357	1:13.622	—	0 m	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:14.873	1:14.043	1:13.791	+0.169	8 m	+0.169
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:14.826	1:14.056	1:13.942	+0.320	15 m	+0.151
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:14.610	1:14.318	1:14.552	+0.930	42 m	+0.610
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:15.333	1:14.989	1:14.726	+1.104	50 m	+0.174
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:15.499	1:14.789	1:14.732	+1.110	50 m	+0.006
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:15.467	1:14.805	1:14.749	+1.127	51 m	+0.017
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:15.328	1:14.937	1:14.902	+1.280	58 m	+0.153
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:15.384	1:14.794	1:15.273	+1.651	75 m	+0.371
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:15.504	1:15.107	1:15.363	+1.741	79 m	+0.090
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:15.521	1:15.273	—	—	55 m	—
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:15.592	1:15.293	—	—	56 m	—
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:15.554	1:15.352	—	—	59 m	—
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:15.710	1:15.385	—	—	60 m	—
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:15.465	1:15.571	—	—	69 m	—
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:16.253	1:16.058	—	—	91 m	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:16.299	—	—	—	76 m	—
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:16.586	—	—	—	88 m	—
19	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:17.295	—	—	—	120 m	—
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:17.452	—	—	—	127 m	—
NC	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
NC	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:22.467	—	—	—	351 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	78	1	31	26.3
Daniel Ricciardo	2	78	2	23, 32	25.1, 35.3
Sergio Perez	3	78	2	21, 30	25.7, 25.6
Sebastian Vettel	4	78	2	13, 31	25.1, 25.6
Fernando Alonso	5	78	2	14, 32	25.5, 26.8
Nico Hulkenberg	6	78	2	15, 31	25.2, 27.1
Nico Rosberg	7	78	2	20, 31	26.7, 27.7
Carlos Sainz	8	77	2	21, 31	27.7, 28.1
Jenson Button	9	77	2	8, 30	25.8, 25.4
Felipe Massa	10	77	2	20, 32	24.9, 25.2
Esteban Gutierrez	11	77	2	16, 32	26.0, 27.4
Valtteri Bottas	12	77	3	15, 30, 49	27.4, 25.5, 24.7
Romain Grosjean	13	76	2	15, 30	33.5, 25.1
Pascal Wehrlein	14	76	1	31	26.5
Rio Haryanto	15	74	3	11, 34, 47	29.1, 27.4, 26.3
Marcus Ericsson	DNF	51	3	11, 29, 49	27.2, 26.4, 33.3
Felipe Nasr	DNF	48	3	8, 32, 48	28.2, 27.2, 45.7
Max Verstappen	DNF	34	2	12, 31	25.6, 25.5
Kevin Magnussen	DNF	32	4	7, 21, 29, 32	25.6, 38.8, 25.9, 31.2
Daniil Kvyat	DNF	18	3	1, 2, 7	92.6, 19.9, 27.7
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	10	0	None recorded	—
Jolyon Palmer	DNF	7	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
Daniel Ricciardo · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 3	2 · 1	23 · 31	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	7 · 1	20 · 31	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 4	1 · 4	31 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	1 · 7	2 · 3	23 · 21	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	2 · 7	23 · 20	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	4 · 7	4 · 3	13 · 21	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Sergio Perez	6 · 7	8 · 3	21 · 21	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso	4 · 9	4 · 5	13 · 14	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 5	4 · 6	13 · 15	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Fernando Alonso	5 · 9	6 · 5	15 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Valtteri Bottas	9 · 10	5 · 12	14 · 15	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Nico Hulkenberg	2 · 5	7 · 6	20 · 15	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Carlos Sainz	5 · 6	6 · 8	15 · 21	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Carlos Sainz	2 · 6	7 · 8	20 · 21	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Jenson Button	6 · 13	8 · 9	21 · 8	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Jenson Button	12 · 13	11 · 9	16 · 8	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Felipe Massa	13 · 14	9 · 10	8 · 20	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Felipe Massa	12 · 14	11 · 10	16 · 20	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Romain Grosjean	14 · 15	10 · 13	20 · 15	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Esteban Gutierrez	10 · 12	12 · 11	15 · 16	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Romain Grosjean	10 · 15	12 · 13	15 · 15	Same lap	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Pascal Wehrlein	15 · 20	13 · 14	15 · 31	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Rio Haryanto · Pascal Wehrlein	19 · 20	15 · 14	11 · 31	Rio Haryanto	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	1:15.537	—	0 m	—	31
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:15.638	+0.101	4 m	+0.101	39
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:15.956	+0.419	19 m	+0.318	26
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:16.308	+0.771	34 m	+0.352	29
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:16.371	+0.834	37 m	+0.063	30
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:16.426	+0.889	39 m	+0.055	37
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:16.560	+1.023	45 m	+0.134	34
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:16.697	+1.160	51 m	+0.137	28
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:16.912	+1.375	61 m	+0.215	24
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:17.130	+1.593	70 m	+0.218	39
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:17.562	+2.025	89 m	+0.432	44
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:17.599	+2.062	91 m	+0.037	33
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:17.838	+2.301	102 m	+0.239	27
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:17.909	+2.372	105 m	+0.071	25
15	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:17.920	+2.383	105 m	+0.011	26
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:18.187	+2.650	117 m	+0.267	29
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:18.274	+2.737	121 m	+0.087	34
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:18.301	+2.764	122 m	+0.027	33
19	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:18.746	+3.209	142 m	+0.445	10
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:18.871	+3.334	147 m	+0.125	22
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:20.528	+4.991	220 m	+1.657	28
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:20.868	+5.331	236 m	+0.340	25

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	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:14.607	—	0 m	—	40
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:15.213	+0.606	27 m	+0.606	36
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:15.506	+0.899	40 m	+0.293	48
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:15.571	+0.964	43 m	+0.065	42
5	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:15.815	+1.208	54 m	+0.244	53
6	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:15.981	+1.374	61 m	+0.166	54
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:16.040	+1.433	64 m	+0.059	38
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:16.120	+1.513	68 m	+0.080	48
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:16.269	+1.662	74 m	+0.149	40
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:16.325	+1.718	77 m	+0.056	46
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:16.487	+1.880	84 m	+0.162	49
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:16.723	+2.116	95 m	+0.236	43
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:16.782	+2.175	97 m	+0.059	40
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:16.849	+2.242	100 m	+0.067	47
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:16.874	+2.267	101 m	+0.025	23
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:17.286	+2.679	120 m	+0.412	42
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:17.530	+2.923	131 m	+0.244	29
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:17.562	+2.955	132 m	+0.032	39
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:17.761	+3.154	141 m	+0.199	24
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:17.999	+3.392	152 m	+0.238	49
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:18.647	+4.040	181 m	+0.648	10
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:18.814	+4.207	188 m	+0.167	46

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	1:14.650	—	0 m	—	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:14.668	+0.018	1 m	+0.018	24
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:14.772	+0.122	5 m	+0.104	29
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:14.807	+0.157	7 m	+0.035	22
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:15.081	+0.431	19 m	+0.274	17
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:15.259	+0.609	27 m	+0.178	23
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:15.324	+0.674	30 m	+0.065	26
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:15.368	+0.718	32 m	+0.044	21
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:15.555	+0.905	40 m	+0.187	22
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:15.666	+1.016	45 m	+0.111	20
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:16.068	+1.418	63 m	+0.402	29
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:16.257	+1.607	72 m	+0.189	24
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:16.298	+1.648	74 m	+0.041	23
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:16.347	+1.697	76 m	+0.049	21
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:16.406	+1.756	78 m	+0.059	23
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:16.412	+1.762	79 m	+0.006	13
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:16.527	+1.877	84 m	+0.115	27
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:16.867	+2.217	99 m	+0.340	23
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:17.038	+2.388	107 m	+0.171	32
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:17.482	+2.832	127 m	+0.444	17
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:17.595	+2.945	132 m	+0.113	32
22	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:18.180	+3.530	158 m	+0.585	34

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: 6 of 2016
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 29 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.