Europe 2016: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:43.685	1:42.520	1:42.758
2	Pérez	Force India	1:44.462	1:43.939	1:43.515	+0.757
3	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:44.570	1:44.141	1:43.966	+1.208
4	Vettel	Ferrari	1:45.062	1:44.461	1:43.966	+1.208
5	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:44.936	1:44.533	1:44.269	+1.511
6	Massa	Williams	1:45.494	1:44.696	1:44.483	+1.725
7	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:44.694	1:44.687	1:44.717	+1.959
8	Bottas	Williams	1:44.706	1:44.477	1:45.246	+2.488
9	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:44.939	1:44.387	1:45.570	+2.812
10	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:44.259	1:43.526	2:01.954	+19.196
11	Grosjean	Haas	1:45.507	1:44.755		+2.235
12	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:44.860	1:44.824		+2.304
13	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:44.827	1:45.000		+2.480
14	Alonso	McLaren	1:45.525	1:45.270		+2.750
15	Gutiérrez	Haas	1:45.300	1:45.349		+2.829
16	Nasr	Sauber	1:45.549	1:46.048		+3.528
17	Haryanto	Manor	1:45.665			+1.980
18	Wehrlein	Manor	1:45.750			+2.065
19	Button	McLaren	1:45.804			+2.119
20	Ericsson	Sauber	1:46.231			+2.546
21	Magnussen	Renault	1:46.348			+2.663
22	Palmer	Renault	1:46.394			+2.709

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	51	1:32:52.366	1	Mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	51	+16.696	1	Ferrari
3	Sergio PérezDriver of the Day	Force India	7	51	+25.241	1	Mercedes
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	51	+33.102	1	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	51	+56.335	1	Mercedes
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	8	51	+1:00.886	1	Mercedes
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	2	51	+1:09.229	2	TAG Heuer
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9	51	+1:10.696	2	TAG Heuer
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	12	51	+1:17.708	1	Mercedes
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	5	51	+1:25.375	2	Mercedes
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	19	51	+1:44.817	2	Honda
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	15	50	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	11	50	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	PL	50	+1 lap	1	Renault
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	21	50	+1 lap	2	Renault
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	14	50	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	20	50	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
18	Rio Haryanto	Manor	16	49	+2 laps	1	Mercedes
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	13	42	Gearbox	2	Honda
DNF	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	17	39	Brakes	1	Mercedes
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	18	31	Suspension	2	Ferrari
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	6	6	Suspension	1	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Pérez Qualified 2, started 7 · 5-place penalty
Sainz Jr. Qualified 13, started 18 · 5-place penalty
Magnussen Qualified 21, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

Button19→11+8
MagnussenPL→14+8
Palmer21→15+6
Hamilton10→5+5
Pérez7→3+4
Hülkenberg12→9+3
Nasr15→12+3
Ericsson20→17+3
Bottas8→6+2
Vettel3→2+1
Verstappen9→8+1
Rosberg1→10
Räikkönen4→40
Grosjean11→13-2
Gutiérrez14→16-2
Haryanto16→18-2
Ricciardo2→7-5
Massa5→10-5

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

Fastest pit stops

1Massa19.445R7
2Bottas19.732R19
3Ricciardo19.840R6
4Massa19.858R28
5Rosberg20.058R21
6Verstappen20.069R5
7Hamilton20.108R15
8Ricciardo20.155R22
9Button20.185R6
10Alonso20.282R5

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

Stints of the top 10

Rosberg21301 stop
Vettel20311 stop
Pérez16351 stop
Räikkönen8431 stop
Hamilton15361 stop
Bottas19321 stop
Ricciardo616292 stops
Verstappen515312 stops
Hülkenberg20311 stop
Massa721232 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

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

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