Abu Dhabi 2016: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:39.487	1:39.382	1:38.755
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:40.511	1:39.490	1:39.058	+0.303
3	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:41.002	1:40.429	1:39.589	+0.834
4	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.338	1:39.629	1:39.604	+0.849
5	Vettel	Ferrari	1:40.341	1:40.034	1:39.661	+0.906
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:40.424	1:39.903	1:39.818	+1.063
7	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:41.000	1:40.709	1:40.501	+1.746
8	Pérez	Force India	1:40.864	1:40.743	1:40.519	+1.764
9	Alonso	McLaren	1:41.616	1:41.044	1:41.106	+2.351
10	Massa	Williams	1:41.157	1:40.858	1:41.213	+2.458
11	Bottas	Williams	1:41.192	1:41.084		+1.702
12	Button	McLaren	1:41.158	1:41.272		+1.890
13	Gutiérrez	Haas	1:41.639	1:41.480		+2.098
14	Grosjean	Haas	1:41.467	1:41.564		+2.182
15	Palmer	Renault	1:41.775	1:41.820		+2.438
16	Wehrlein	Manor	1:41.886	1:41.995		+2.613
17	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:42.003			+2.516
18	Magnussen	Renault	1:42.142			+2.655
19	Nasr	Sauber	1:42.247			+2.760
20	Ocon	Manor	1:42.286			+2.799
21	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:42.393			+2.906
22	Ericsson	Sauber	1:42.637			+3.150

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	55	1:38:04.013	2	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	55	+0.439	2	Mercedes
3	Sebastian VettelFastest lapDriver of the Day	Ferrari	5	55	+0.843	2	Ferrari
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	6	55	+1.685	1	TAG Heuer
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	55	+5.315	2	TAG Heuer
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	55	+18.816	2	Ferrari
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	7	55	+50.114	2	Mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	8	55	+58.776	2	Mercedes
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	10	55	+59.436	2	Mercedes
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	9	55	+59.896	2	Honda
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	14	55	+1:16.777	2	Ferrari
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	13	55	+1:35.113	2	Ferrari
13	Esteban Ocon	Manor	20	54	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
14	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	16	54	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	22	54	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	19	54	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
17	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	15	54	+1 lap	3	Renault
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	21	41	Collision damage	2	Ferrari
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	17	14	Gearbox	1	Ferrari
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	12	12	Suspension	0	Honda
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	11	6	Suspension	0	Mercedes
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	18	5	Suspension	1	Renault

Race

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Places gained

Ocon20→13+7
Ericsson22→15+7
Grosjean14→11+3
Nasr19→16+3
Vettel5→3+2
Verstappen6→4+2
Wehrlein16→14+2
Massa10→9+1
Gutiérrez13→12+1
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Hülkenberg7→70
Pérez8→80
Alonso9→10-1
Ricciardo3→5-2
Räikkönen4→6-2
Palmer15→17-2

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Rosberg21.218R29
2Verstappen21.221R21
3Pérez21.308R9
4Hamilton21.355R28
5Hülkenberg21.482R26
6Massa21.539R30
7Vettel21.711R8
8Sainz Jr.21.761R6
9Ricciardo21.768R24
10Massa21.775R8

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton721272 stops
Rosberg821262 stops
Vettel829182 stops
Verstappen21341 stop
Ricciardo915312 stops
Räikkönen718302 stops
Hülkenberg818292 stops
Pérez918282 stops
Massa822252 stops
Alonso731172 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

Sainz Jr.Collision damageToro Rosso
KvyatGearboxToro Rosso
ButtonSuspensionMcLaren
BottasSuspensionWilliams
MagnussenSuspensionRenault

This race in history

7 races here since 2009Won from pole: 2 of 7

Win from furthest back (P4): Kimi Räikkönen 2012

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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