2016 German Grand Prix

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Hockenheimring (2002 layout)

Race Details

Date

July 31, 2016

Official Name

Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016

Location

Hockenheimring
Hockenheim, Germany

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.574 km (2.842 mi)

Distance

67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

Time

1:14.363

Fastest Lap

Driver

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull-TAG Heuer

Time

1:18.442 on lap 48

Podium

First	Second	Third
Lewis Hamilton	Daniel Ricciardo	Max Verstappen

Lap Leaders

The 2016 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016)^[1] was the twelfth race of the 2016 Formula One season. Having been absent in 2015, it was the sixty-second time the German Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-fifth time it was held at the Hockenheimring.

Background[]

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3
Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy

Qualifying	Race
Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy

Entry list[]

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W07 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W07 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari	059/5	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari	059/5	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW38	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW38	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB12	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB12	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari	059/4	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari	059/4	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C35	Ferrari	059/5	P
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C35	Ferrari	059/5	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-31	Honda	RA616H	P
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-31	Honda	RA616H	P
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
88	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
Free Practice 1 only
45	Esteban Ocon	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
50	Charles Leclerc	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
source

Practice Overview[]

Practice Results[]

The full practice results for the 2016 German Grand Prix are outlined below:

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:17.089	6	1:16.490	5	1:15.837	3
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:16.667	3	1:16.208	3	1:16.104	5
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.517	1	1:15.614	1	1:15.738	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:16.852	4	1:16.512	6	1:15.902	4
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:18.589	14	1:17.602	14	1:25.160	22
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:18.198	11	1:18.130	18	1:17.685	17
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:18.628	16	1:17.148	9	1:17.066	12
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:18.961	19	1:19.295	22	1:18.057	18
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:17.183	7	1:17.225	10	1:16.916	9
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:18.322	13	1:17.686	15	1:16.630	8
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:18.933	18	1:18.056	17	1:17.351	15
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	DNP	25 !	1:18.005	16	1:17.160	13
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:17.612	8	1:17.087	8	1:18.093	19
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:18.008	9	1:17.367	12	1:17.227	14
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:18.591	15	1:16.781	7	1:16.972	10
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	DNP	25 !	1:18.313	20	1:17.473	16
33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.927	5	1:16.456	4	1:16.182	6
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.843	2	1:16.008	2	1:15.795	2
45	Esteban Ocon	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:18.981	20	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
50	Charles Leclerc	Haas F1 Team	1:18.882	17	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:18.044	10	1:17.342	11	1:17.028	11
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:18.210	12	1:17.425	13	1:16.400	7
88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	1:19.167	21	1:18.591	21	1:18.272	21
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:19.975	22	1:18.193	19	1:18.270	20
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	1:15.485	2	1:14.839	1	1:14.363	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	1:15.243	1	1:14.748	2	1:14.470	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	3	1:15.591	7	1:15.545	3	1:14.726	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	5	1:15.875	3	1:15.124	4	1:14.834	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	1:15.752	4	1:15.242	5	1:15.142	5
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	1:15.927	9	1:15.630	6	1:15.315	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	11	1:16.301	8	1:15.623	7	1:15.510	7
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	7	1:15.952	5	1:15.490	8	1:15.530	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	9	1:16.169	6	1:15.500	9	1:15.537	9
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	15	1:16.503	10	1:15.699	10	1:15.615	10
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	8	1:15.987	11	1:15.883			11
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	10	1:16.172	12	1:15.909			12
13	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	12	1:16.317	13	1:15.989			13
14	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	14	1:16.338	14	1:16.041			14
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	13	1:16.328	15	1:16.086			15
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	16	1:16.636	16	1:16.665			16
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	17	1:16.716					17
18	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	18	1:16.717					18
19	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	19	1:16.876					19
20	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	20	1:16.977					20
21	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	21	1:17.123					21
22	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	22	1:17.238					22
107% time: 1:28.812
Source: ^[5]

Grid[]

The starting grid of the 2016 German Grand Prix is as below:

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Nico Rosberg	2
	______________	Lewis Hamilton
Row 2	3	______________
	Daniel Ricciardo	4
	______________	Max Verstappen
Row 3	5	______________
	Kimi Raikkonen	6
	______________	Sebastian Vettel
Row 4	7	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	8
	______________	Nico Hülkenberg
Row 5	9	______________
	Sergio Pérez	10
	______________	Felipe Massa
Row 6	11	______________
	Esteban Gutiérrez	12
	______________	Jenson Button
Row 7	13	______________
	Fernando Alonso	14
	______________	Jolyon Palmer
Row 8	15	______________
	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	16
	______________	Kevin Magnussen
Row 9	17	______________
	Pascal Wehrlein	18
	______________	Daniil Kvyat
Row 10	19	______________
	Rio Haryanto	20
	______________	Romain Grosjean
Row 11	21	______________
	Felipe Nasr	22
	______________	Marcus Ericsson

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	67	1:30:44.200	2	25
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	67	+ 6.996	3	18
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	67	+ 13.413	4	15
4	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	67	+ 15.845	1	12
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	67	+ 32.570	6	10
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	67	+ 37.023	5	8
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	67	+ 1:10.049	8	6
8	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	66	+ 1 Lap	12	4
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	66	+ 1 Lap	7	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	66	+ 1 Lap	9	1
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	66	+ 1 Lap	11
12	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	66	+ 1 Lap	13
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	66	+ 1 Lap	20
14	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	66	+ 1 Lap	15
15	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	66	+ 1 Lap	18
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	66	+ 1 Lap	16
17	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	65	+ 2 Laps	17
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	65	+ 2 Laps	22
19	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	65	+ 2 Laps	14
20	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	65	+ 2 Laps	19
Ret	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	57	Power unit	21
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	36	Suspension	10
Source: ^[6]

Milestones[]

Final F1 race for Rio Haryanto.

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos.	Driver	Pts	+/-
1	Lewis Hamilton	217	—
2	Nico Rosberg	198	—
3	Daniel Ricciardo	133	—
4	Kimi Räikkönen	122	—
5	Sebastian Vettel	120	—
6	Max Verstappen	115	—
7	Valtteri Bottas	58	—
8	Sergio Pérez	48	—
9	Felipe Massa	38	—
10	Nico Hülkenberg	33	▲ 2
11	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	30	▼ 1
12	Romain Grosjean	28	▼ 1
13	Fernando Alonso	24	—
14	Daniil Kvyat	23	—
15	Jenson Button	17	—
16	Kevin Magnussen	6	—
17	Pascal Wehrlein	1	—
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	—
19	Esteban Gutiérrez	0	—
20	Jolyon Palmer	0	—
21	Marcus Ericsson	0	—
22	Felipe Nasr	0	—
23	Rio Haryanto	0	—
Source:^[7]

Constructors' World Championship
Pos.	Team	Pts	+/-
1	Mercedes	415	—
2	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	256	▲ 1
3	Ferrari	242	▼ 1
4	Williams-Mercedes	96	—
5	Force India-Mercedes	81	—
6	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	45	—
7	McLaren-Honda	42	—
8	Haas-Ferrari	28	—
9	Renault	6	—
10	Manor-Mercedes	1	—
11	Sauber-Ferrari	0	—
Source:^[7]

Notes[]

↑ "Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2016/Germany.html. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
↑ "2016 German Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/practice-1.html.
↑ "2016 German Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/practice-2.html.
↑ "2016 German Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/practice-3.html.
↑ "2016 German Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/qualifying.html.
↑ "Formula 1 Großer Preis von Deutschland 2016 – Race Result". Formula One World Championship Limited. 31 July 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/race-result.html. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Wood, Will (24 July 2016). "2016 Hungarian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Will Wood). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/07/24/2016-hungarian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

V T E	2016 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Haas • Manor • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers alphabetically	Alonso • Bottas • Button • Ericsson • Grosjean • Gutiérrez • Hamilton • Haryanto • Hülkenberg • Kvyat • Magnussen • Massa • Nasr • Ocon • Palmer • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Rosberg • Sainz • Vandoorne • Verstappen • Vettel • Wehrlein
Drivers by number	3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Vandoorne • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 88 Haryanto • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers	Celis • di Resta • Fong • Fuoco • Gasly • Jordá • Kari • King • Leclerc • Lynn • Matsushita • Mazepin • Paffett • Rossi • Stoneman • Stroll • Turvey • Vergne
Cars	Ferrari SF16-H • Force India VJM09 • Haas VF-16 • Manor MRT05 • McLaren MP4-31 • Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid • Red Bull RB12 • Renault RS16 • Sauber C35 • Toro Rosso STR11 • Williams FW38
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Bahrain • China • Russia • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Baku • Austria • Britain • Hungary • Germany • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Malaysia • Japan • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Paul Ricard • Barcelona: 1 • 2 • 3
See also	2015 Formula One Season • 2017 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	German Grand Prix
Circuits	Nürburgring (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960–1969, 1971–1976, 1985, 2008–2013), AVUS (1926, 1959), Hockenheimring (1970, 1977–1984, 1986–2006, 2008–2014, 2016, 2018–2019)
Races	1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
European Championship Races	1932 • 1933–1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939
Non-Championship Races	1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932–1933 • 1934
* Nürburgring and Hockenheimring alternated between each other during these years.

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[1] "Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2016/Germany.html. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[2] "2016 German Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/practice-1.html.

[3] "2016 German Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/practice-2.html.

[4] "2016 German Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/practice-3.html.

[ESP_quali-5] "2016 German Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/qualifying.html.

[race-6] "Formula 1 Großer Preis von Deutschland 2016 – Race Result". Formula One World Championship Limited. 31 July 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/948/germany/race-result.html. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[c'ship-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Wood, Will (24 July 2016). "2016 Hungarian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Will Wood). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/07/24/2016-hungarian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

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