Race · Round 8 of 21 · 19 June 2016

2016 European Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from pole at Baku City Circuit. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 28 °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: Baku City CircuitBaku, Azerbaijan
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	51	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	3	51	Finished	18
3	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	7	51	Finished	15
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	4	51	Finished	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	10	51	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	8	51	Finished	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	2	51	Finished	6
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	9	51	Finished	4
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	12	51	Finished	2
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	5	51	Finished	1
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	19	51	Finished	0
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	15	50	Finished	0
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	11	50	Finished	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	PL	50	Finished	0
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	21	50	Finished	0
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	14	50	Finished	0
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	20	50	Finished	0
18	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	16	49	Finished	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	13	42	Gearbox	0
DNF	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	17	39	Brakes	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	18	31	Suspension	0
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	6	6	Suspension	0

F1DB layout baku-1 · 6.003 km · 20 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	51
Sebastian Vettel	3	2	51
Sergio Perez	7	3	51
Kimi Raikkonen	4	4	51
Sir Lewis Hamilton	10	5	51
Valtteri Bottas	8	6	51
Daniel Ricciardo	2	7	51
Max Verstappen	9	8	51
Nico Hulkenberg	12	9	51
Felipe Massa	5	10	51
Jenson Button	19	11	51
Felipe Nasr	15	12	50
Romain Grosjean	11	13	50
Kevin Magnussen	PL	14	50
Jolyon Palmer	21	15	50
Esteban Gutierrez	14	16	50
Marcus Ericsson	20	17	50
Rio Haryanto	16	18	49
Fernando Alonso	13	DNF	42
Pascal Wehrlein	17	DNF	39
Carlos Sainz	18	DNF	31
Daniil Kvyat	6	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:43.685	1:42.520	1:42.758	—	0 m	—
2	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:44.462	1:43.939	1:43.515	+0.757	44 m	+0.757
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:44.570	1:44.141	1:43.966	+1.208	71 m	+0.451
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:45.062	1:44.461	1:43.966	+1.208	71 m	+0.000
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:44.936	1:44.533	1:44.269	+1.511	88 m	+0.303
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:45.494	1:44.696	1:44.483	+1.725	101 m	+0.214
7	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:44.694	1:44.687	1:44.717	+1.959	114 m	+0.234
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:44.706	1:44.477	1:45.246	+2.488	145 m	+0.529
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:44.939	1:44.387	1:45.570	+2.812	164 m	+0.324
10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:44.259	1:43.526	2:01.954	+19.196	1,121 m	+16.384
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:45.507	1:44.755	—	—	131 m	—
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:44.860	1:44.824	—	—	135 m	—
13	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:44.827	1:45.000	—	—	145 m	—
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:45.525	1:45.270	—	—	161 m	—
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:45.300	1:45.349	—	—	166 m	—
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:45.549	1:46.048	—	—	207 m	—
17	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:45.665	—	—	—	115 m	—
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:45.750	—	—	—	120 m	—
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:45.804	—	—	—	123 m	—
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:46.231	—	—	—	147 m	—
21	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:46.348	—	—	—	154 m	—
22	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:46.394	—	—	—	157 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. 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	51	1	21	20.1
Sebastian Vettel	2	51	1	20	20.4
Sergio Perez	3	51	1	16	20.6
Kimi Raikkonen	4	51	1	8	20.6
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	51	1	15	20.1
Valtteri Bottas	6	51	1	19	19.7
Daniel Ricciardo	7	51	2	6, 22	19.8, 20.2
Max Verstappen	8	51	2	5, 20	20.1, 22.5
Nico Hulkenberg	9	51	1	20	20.3
Felipe Massa	10	51	2	7, 28	19.4, 19.9
Jenson Button	11	51	2	6, 25	20.2, 20.6
Felipe Nasr	12	50	2	7, 24	20.7, 20.7
Romain Grosjean	13	50	2	10, 26	21.1, 23.6
Kevin Magnussen	14	50	1	6	20.8
Jolyon Palmer	15	50	2	11, 31	21.0, 20.6
Esteban Gutierrez	16	50	2	8, 29	29.2, 21.5
Marcus Ericsson	17	50	2	16, 25	21.1, 20.6
Rio Haryanto	18	49	1	1	33.4
Fernando Alonso	DNF	42	2	5, 24	20.3, 20.7
Pascal Wehrlein	DNF	39	1	29	26.2
Carlos Sainz	DNF	31	2	4, 27	22.0, 21.0
Daniil Kvyat	DNF	6	1	5	24.8

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 · 3	1 · 2	21 · 20	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	1 · 2	1 · 7	21 · 6	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	7 · 2	6 · 20	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	3 · 7	2 · 3	20 · 16	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	2 · 4	20 · 8	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	4 · 7	4 · 3	8 · 16	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Valtteri Bottas	7 · 8	3 · 6	16 · 19	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	4 · 10	4 · 5	8 · 15	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Felipe Massa	4 · 5	4 · 10	8 · 7	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sir Lewis Hamilton	8 · 10	6 · 5	19 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	9 · 10	8 · 5	5 · 15	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Romain Grosjean	10 · 11	5 · 13	15 · 10	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 8	7 · 6	6 · 19	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	8 · 9	6 · 8	19 · 5	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen	2 · 9	7 · 8	6 · 5	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Nico Hulkenberg	9 · 12	8 · 9	5 · 20	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 12	10 · 9	7 · 20	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Nico Hulkenberg	11 · 12	13 · 9	10 · 20	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Jenson Button	5 · 19	10 · 11	7 · 6	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Jenson Button	15 · 19	12 · 11	7 · 6	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Marcus Ericsson	19 · 20	11 · 17	6 · 16	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Felipe Nasr	11 · 15	13 · 12	10 · 7	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Felipe Nasr	14 · 15	16 · 12	8 · 7	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Rio Haryanto	15 · 16	12 · 18	7 · 1	Rio Haryanto	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Jolyon Palmer	14 · 21	16 · 15	8 · 11	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Jolyon Palmer	20 · 21	17 · 15	16 · 11	Jolyon Palmer	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Marcus Ericsson	14 · 20	16 · 17	8 · 16	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Rio Haryanto · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 20	18 · 17	1 · 16	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	1:46.435	—	0 m	—	23
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:46.812	+0.377	21 m	+0.377	32
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:47.096	+0.661	37 m	+0.284	34
4	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:47.989	+1.554	88 m	+0.893	21
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:48.627	+2.192	124 m	+0.638	26
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:48.922	+2.487	140 m	+0.295	17
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:49.019	+2.584	146 m	+0.097	21
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:49.125	+2.690	152 m	+0.106	22
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:49.267	+2.832	160 m	+0.142	16
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:49.301	+2.866	162 m	+0.034	27
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:49.611	+3.176	179 m	+0.310	20
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.635	+3.200	180 m	+0.024	16
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:49.778	+3.343	189 m	+0.143	17
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:50.167	+3.732	210 m	+0.389	25
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:50.473	+4.038	228 m	+0.306	18
16	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:50.485	+4.050	228 m	+0.012	7
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:50.551	+4.116	232 m	+0.066	19
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:50.910	+4.475	252 m	+0.359	25
19	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:50.939	+4.504	254 m	+0.029	27
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:51.219	+4.784	270 m	+0.280	24
21	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:51.771	+5.336	301 m	+0.552	11
22	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:51.925	+5.490	310 m	+0.154	28

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:44.223	—	0 m	—	33
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:44.913	+0.690	40 m	+0.690	26
3	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:45.336	+1.113	64 m	+0.423	37
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:45.764	+1.541	89 m	+0.428	35
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:45.920	+1.697	98 m	+0.156	37
6	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:46.027	+1.804	104 m	+0.107	35
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:46.068	+1.845	106 m	+0.041	35
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:46.219	+1.996	115 m	+0.151	36
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:46.234	+2.011	116 m	+0.015	32
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:46.293	+2.070	119 m	+0.059	32
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:46.498	+2.275	131 m	+0.205	27
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:46.681	+2.458	142 m	+0.183	29
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:46.694	+2.471	142 m	+0.013	32
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:46.744	+2.521	145 m	+0.050	35
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:46.830	+2.607	150 m	+0.086	26
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:47.060	+2.837	163 m	+0.230	28
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:47.329	+3.106	179 m	+0.269	38
18	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:47.487	+3.264	188 m	+0.158	33
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:47.772	+3.549	204 m	+0.285	22
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:47.794	+3.571	206 m	+0.022	35
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:48.018	+3.795	219 m	+0.224	36
22	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:48.081	+3.858	222 m	+0.063	38

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	1:44.352	—	0 m	—	17
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:44.610	+0.258	15 m	+0.258	22
3	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:45.540	+1.188	68 m	+0.930	18
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:45.620	+1.268	73 m	+0.080	13
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:45.630	+1.278	74 m	+0.010	20
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:45.735	+1.383	80 m	+0.105	17
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:45.901	+1.549	89 m	+0.166	14
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:45.954	+1.602	92 m	+0.053	17
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:45.981	+1.629	94 m	+0.027	19
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:46.024	+1.672	96 m	+0.043	16
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:46.131	+1.779	102 m	+0.107	16
12	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:46.190	+1.838	106 m	+0.059	17
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:46.361	+2.009	116 m	+0.171	21
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:46.510	+2.158	124 m	+0.149	20
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:46.670	+2.318	133 m	+0.160	21
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:47.024	+2.672	154 m	+0.354	16
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:47.100	+2.748	158 m	+0.076	19
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:47.158	+2.806	161 m	+0.058	18
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:47.328	+2.976	171 m	+0.170	14
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:47.379	+3.027	174 m	+0.051	18
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:47.556	+3.204	184 m	+0.177	18
22	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	—	—	—	—	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: 8 of 2016
Grand Prix: European Grand Prix
Dates: 19 Jun 2016
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

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