2016 Chinese Grand Prix

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China  2016 Chinese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One season
Circuit Shanghai 2004.svg
Date 17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)
Official name 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix[1]
Location Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Course Permanent Racing Facility
Course length 5.451 km (3.387 mi)
Distance 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 mi)
Weather Sunny
21 °C (70 °F) air temperature
37 °C (99 °F) track temperature
4.8 m/s (16 ft/s) wind from the northeast[2]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:35.402
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes
Time 1:39.824 on lap 48
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Ferrari
Third
Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2016 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race which was held on 17 April 2016 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the third round of the 2016 season, and marked the thirteenth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was convincingly won by Nico Rosberg, who finished over 30 seconds ahead of second-placed Sebastian Vettel. Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton suffered a number of setbacks both in qualifying and during the race itself, eventually finishing in 7th place. This was the first race in which all cars were classified as finishers since the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix.

Report

Background

Following widespread criticism of the controversial "elimination" qualifying format used in Australia and Bahrain, the system was abandoned for the Chinese Grand Prix and the three-period system used between 2006 and 2015 was reintroduced.[3]

Fernando Alonso returned to racing for the McLaren team after being ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix due to injuries sustained during an accident in the Australian Grand Prix.[4]

Race

Daniel Ricciardo beat pole-sitter Nico Rosberg into the first corner for the lead. Behind the pair Sebastian Vettel collided with his teammate Kimi Räikkönen while trying to avoid Red Bull Racing's Daniil Kvyat. Both Ferraris were able to continue the race.[5] Further down the pack Romain Grosjean picked up some damage as well, while Lewis Hamilton collided with Felipe Nasr and destroyed his front wing. Räikkönen, Grosjean, Hamilton and Nasr all made a pit-stop at the end of the first lap. Ricciardo kept the lead until his left-rear tyre failed during lap 3 on the long straight between turns 13 and 14. Rosberg overtook him and he swiftly went to the pits for a new set of tyres, dropping him down the field. One lap later the Safety Car was deployed to allow the stewards to clear debris from the track. Kvyat, Pérez, Vettel, Hülkenberg, Sainz, Button, Bottas, Verstappen, Ericsson and Magnussen all elected to make a pit-stop during this safety car period to pick up fresh tyres. Vettel had his damaged front wing changed as well. Rosberg elected to stay out, however. Hamilton came to the pits as well, but returned just one lap later to change his set of red-banded supersoft tyres for a set of yellow-banded soft ones.[6]

After 9 laps, the order was as follows: Rosberg, Massa, Alonso, Wehrlein, Gutiérrez, Kvyat, Palmer, Perez, Bottas, Button. One lap later the Safety Car returned to the pits and normal racing resumed. Rosberg quickly created a gap between him and the cars behind, while Kvyat climbed into fourth place. Both Vettel and Hamilton started to move through the field after having dropped back to 15th and 21st, respectively, due to their pitstops. A second round of pitstops occurred from lap 15 until lap 21, concluding with Rosberg coming in for just his first stop having amassed a comfortable lead and Hamilton making his first stop. Rosberg now led ahead of Kvyat, while Vettel climbed into 3rd position ahead of Massa, Perez, Ericsson, Bottas, Alonso and Sainz.[6]

Alonso was quickly overtaken by faster cars behind him, dropping outside of the top ten by lap 27. The top four remained unchanged until Massa switched tyres in lap 31. Four laps later, Kvyat and Vettel came into the pits simultaneously at the end of lap 35. Kvyat stayed ahead initially, but the German overtook him during the next lap. The top three then remained unchallenged for the remainder of the race. Ricciardo passed Hamilton and Massa to take fourth place during lap 43, and was able to keep the position until the end. Hamilton climbed as high as fifth position but was unable to pass the Williams of Massa and was then overtaken himself by Ricciardo and Räikkönen, settling for seventh place. Bottas seemed to be heading for 8th place until he was overtaken by teammates Verstappen and Sainz within the last three laps, thus ultimately taking tenth place. Pérez took eleventh place ahead of the McLarens of Alonso and Button. Hülkenberg finished 14th and Gutiérrez 15th. Ericsson, Magnussen, Wherlein, Grosjean, Nasr, Haryanto and Palmer rounded-up the finishers, ensuring that the entire grid had finished the race.[5][7]

Nico Rosberg took his third victory of the season and his sixth in a row.[8] He extended his championship lead to 36 points.[5]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.669 1:36.240 1:35.402 1
2 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:37.672 1:36.815 1:35.917 2
3 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:37.347 1:36.118 1:35.972 3
4 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:37.001 1:36.183 1:36.246 4
5 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:37.537 1:36.831 1:36.296 5
6 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:37.719 1:36.948 1:36.399 6
7 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:38.096 1:37.149 1:36.865 7
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:37.656 1:37.204 1:36.881 8
9 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.181 1:37.265 1:37.194 9
10 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:38.165 1:37.333 no time 131
11 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:38.016 1:37.347 10
12 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:38.451 1:38.826 11
13 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:37.593 1:39.093 12
14 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:38.425 1:39.830 14
15 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.321 1:40.742 15
16 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.654 1:42.430 16
17 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen       Renault 1:38.673 17
18 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 1:38.770 18
19 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:39.528 19
20 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 1:40.264 20
107% time: 1:43.791
— 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes no time 212
— 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes no time 223
Source:[9]
Notes
  • ^1 — Nico Hülkenberg received a three-place grid penalty for having been released from the pit lane in an unsafe condition during Q2.[10]
  • ^2 — Pascal Wehrlein failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap during Q1. He was allowed to start at the stewards' discretion.[11][12]
  • ^3 — Lewis Hamilton had already incurred a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change when he failed to post a qualifying time. He was granted permission to race by the stewards, before the penalty was applied and he was moved to the back of the grid.[13]

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 1:38:53.891 1 25
2 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 56 +37.776 4 18
3 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 56 +45.936 6 15
4 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 56 +52.688 2 12
5 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 +1:05.872 3 10
6 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56 +1:15.511 10 8
7 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 +1:18.230 22 6
8 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +1:19.268 9 4
9 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +1:24.127 8 2
10 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56 +1:26.192 5 1
11 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 56 +1:34.283 7
12 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 56 +1:37.253 11
13 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 56 +1:41.990 12
14 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 18
15 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 13
16 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 15
17 20 Denmark  Kevin Magnussen Renault 55 +1 Lap 17
18 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 21
19 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 14
20 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 16
21 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 20
22 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 55 +1 Lap 19
Source:[14]

Standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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