Spain 2016: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.214	1:22.159	1:22.000
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:23.002	1:22.759	1:22.280	+0.280
3	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:23.749	1:23.585	1:22.680	+0.680
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.578	1:23.178	1:23.087	+1.087
5	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.796	1:23.504	1:23.113	+1.113
6	Vettel	Ferrari	1:24.124	1:23.688	1:23.334	+1.334
7	Bottas	Williams	1:24.251	1:24.023	1:23.522	+1.522
8	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:24.496	1:24.077	1:23.643	+1.643
9	Pérez	Force India	1:24.698	1:24.003	1:23.782	+1.782
10	Alonso	McLaren	1:24.578	1:24.192	1:23.981	+1.981
11	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:24.463	1:24.203		+2.044
12	Button	McLaren	1:24.583	1:24.348		+2.189
13	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:24.696	1:24.445		+2.286
14	Grosjean	Haas	1:24.716	1:24.480		+2.321
15	Magnussen	Renault	1:24.669	1:24.625		+2.466
16	Gutiérrez	Haas	1:24.406	1:24.778		+2.619
17	Palmer	Renault	1:24.903			+1.901
18	Massa	Williams	1:24.941			+1.939
19	Ericsson	Sauber	1:25.202			+2.200
20	Nasr	Sauber	1:25.579			+2.577
21	Wehrlein	Manor	1:25.745			+2.743
22	Haryanto	Manor	1:25.939			+2.937

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	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	4	66	1:41:40.017	2	TAG Heuer
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	66	+0.616	2	Ferrari
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	66	+5.581	3	Ferrari
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	66	+43.950	4	TAG Heuer
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	7	66	+45.271	2	Mercedes
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	8	66	+1:01.395	2	Ferrari
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	9	66	+1:19.538	2	Mercedes
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	18	66	+1:20.707	3	Mercedes
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	12	65	+1 lap	2	Honda
10	Daniil KvyatFastest lap	Toro Rosso	13	65	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	16	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	19	65	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	17	65	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	20	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	15	65	+1 lap	3	Renault
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	21	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
17	Rio Haryanto	Manor	22	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas	14	56	Brakes	3	Ferrari
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	10	45	Power unit	2	Honda
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	11	20	Oil leak	1	Mercedes
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	0	Collision	0	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Massa18→8+10
Ericsson19→12+7
Nasr20→14+6
Gutiérrez16→11+5
Wehrlein21→16+5
Haryanto22→17+5
Palmer17→13+4
Verstappen4→1+3
Räikkönen5→2+3
Vettel6→3+3
Button12→9+3
Kvyat13→10+3
Bottas7→5+2
Sainz Jr.8→6+2
Pérez9→7+2
Magnussen15→150
Ricciardo3→4-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Massa21.384R8
2Vettel21.603R37
3Vettel21.643R15
4Ricciardo21.683R43
5Ricciardo21.738R11
6Alonso21.795R11
7Massa21.831R41
8Bottas21.856R12
9Pérez21.918R35
10Ricciardo22.104R28

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

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen1222322 stops
Räikkönen1223312 stops
Vettel15148293 stops
Ricciardo1117152214 stops
Bottas1227272 stops
Sainz Jr.1028282 stops
Pérez926312 stops
Massa81716253 stops
Button1026292 stops · +1 lap
Kvyat91626143 stops · +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

25 races here since 1991Won from pole: 19 of 25

Win from furthest back (P5): Fernando Alonso 2013

Most wins 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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