Russia 2016: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.119	1:35.337	1:35.417
2	Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.555	1:36.623	1:36.123	+0.706
3	Bottas	Williams	1:37.746	1:37.140	1:36.536	+1.119
4	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.976	1:36.741	1:36.663	+1.246
5	Massa	Williams	1:37.753	1:37.230	1:37.016	+1.599
6	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.091	1:37.569	1:37.125	+1.708
7	Pérez	Force India	1:38.006	1:37.282	1:37.212	+1.795
8	Kvyat	Red Bull	1:38.265	1:37.606	1:37.459	+2.042
9	Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.123	1:37.510	1:37.583	+2.166
10	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.006	1:35.820		+0.483
11	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:37.784	1:37.652		+2.315
12	Button	McLaren	1:38.332	1:37.701		+2.364
13	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.562	1:37.771		+2.434
14	Alonso	McLaren	1:37.971	1:37.807		+2.470
15	Grosjean	Haas	1:38.383	1:38.055		+2.718
16	Gutiérrez	Haas	1:38.678	1:38.115		+2.778
17	Magnussen	Renault	1:38.914			+2.908
18	Palmer	Renault	1:39.009			+3.003
19	Nasr	Sauber	1:39.018			+3.012
20	Wehrlein	Manor	1:39.399			+3.393
21	Haryanto	Manor	1:39.463			+3.457
22	Ericsson	Sauber	1:39.519			+3.513

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	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	1	53	1:32:41.997	1	Mercedes
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	53	+25.022	1	Mercedes
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	53	+31.998	1	Ferrari
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	2	53	+50.217	1	Mercedes
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	4	53	+1:14.427	2	Mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	52	+1 lap	1	Honda
7	Kevin MagnussenDriver of the Day	Renault	17	52	+1 lap	1	Renault
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	15	52	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	6	52	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	12	52	+1 lap	1	Honda
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	52	+1 lap	2	TAG Heuer
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	11	52	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	18	52	+1 lap	1	Renault
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	22	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	8	52	+1 lap	2	TAG Heuer
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	19	52	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
17	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	16	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	20	51	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
DNF	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	9	33	Power unit	1	Ferrari
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	7	0	Collision	0	Ferrari
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Rio Haryanto	Manor	21	0	Collision	0	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Vettel Qualified 2, started 7 · 5-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Magnussen17→7+10
Hamilton10→2+8
Alonso14→6+8
Ericsson22→14+8
Grosjean15→8+7
Palmer18→13+5
Nasr19→16+3
Button12→10+2
Wehrlein20→18+2
Rosberg1→10
Räikkönen3→30
Massa4→5-1
Sainz Jr.11→12-1
Gutiérrez16→17-1
Bottas2→4-2
Pérez6→9-3
Ricciardo5→11-6
Kvyat8→15-7

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

Fastest pit stops

1Gutiérrez25.037R9
2Massa29.551R18
3Rosberg29.709R21
4Alonso29.751R21
5Bottas29.841R16
6Hamilton30.001R17
7Massa30.065R46
8Nasr30.259R12
9Pérez30.400R27
10Ericsson30.433R28

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

Stints of the top 10

Rosberg21321 stop
Hamilton17361 stop
Räikkönen20331 stop
Bottas16371 stop
Massa182872 stops
Alonso21311 stop · +1 lap
Magnussen16361 stop · +1 lap
Grosjean17351 stop · +1 lap
Pérez126252 stops · +1 lap
Button20321 stop · +1 lap

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

This race in history

2 races here since 2014Won from pole: 1 of 2

Win from furthest back (P2): Lewis Hamilton 2015

Most wins here

2 Lewis Hamilton

Previous winners here

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

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