2016 Monaco Grand Prix

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Circuit de Monaco

Race Details

Date

May 29, 2016

Official Name

Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2016

Location

Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco

Course

Temporary street circuit
3.340 km (2.075 mi)

Distance

78 laps, 260.52 km (161.880 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull-TAG Heuer

Time

1:13.622

Fastest Lap

Driver

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Time

1:17.939 on lap 71

Podium

Lap Leaders

The 2016 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2016)^[1] was the sixth race of the 2016 Formula One season, and the sixty-third time the Monaco Grand Prix was used in the Formula One calendar.

In qualifying, Daniel Ricciardo received his first pole position, while Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton qualified second and third, respectively. Daniel Ricciardo led at the start of the race, until a delayed pit stop where the Red Bull crew did not get out his tyres in time, giving Hamilton the lead and the win. Ricciardo finished second, while Sergio Pérez completed the podium, giving Force India their fourth podium.

Background[]

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix is outlined below:

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

Practice Overview[]

Practice Results[]

The full practice results for the 2016 Monaco 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	1:16.308	4	1:14.607	1	1:14.807	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:15.956	3	1:16.269	9	1:14.650	1
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.638	2	1:15.506	3	1:14.772	3
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:16.912	9	1:16.040	7	1:15.555	9
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.599	12	1:16.874	15	1:16.527	17
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:18.301	18	1:17.562	18	1:17.038	19
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.697	8	1:16.120	8	1:15.368	8
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:18.187	16	1:17.999	20	1:16.867	18
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:17.838	13	1:16.723	12	1:16.257	12
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:18.746	19	1:17.286	16	1:16.068	11
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:18.274	17	1:17.530	17	1:16.412	16
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.909	14	1:16.782	13	1:16.406	15
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:17.920	15	1:16.325	10	1:16.298	13
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:16.426	6	1:15.815	5	1:15.259	6
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.560	7	1:16.487	11	1:15.666	10
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:18.871	20	1:17.761	19	1:17.482	20
33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.371	5	1:15.571	4	1:15.081	5
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.537	1	1:15.213	2	1:14.668	2
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:17.130	10	1:15.981	6	1:15.324	7
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.562	11	1:16.849	14	1:16.347	14
88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	1:20.528	21	1:18.647	21	1:18.180	22
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:20.868	22	1:18.814	22	1:17.595	21
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	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	1:14.912	4	1:14.357	1	1:13.622	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	3	1:14.873	1	1:14.043	2	1:13.791	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	1:14.826	2	1:14.056	3	1:13.942	3
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	1:14.610	3	1:14.318	4	1:14.552	4
5	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	6	1:15.333	9	1:14.989	5	1:14.726	5
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	1:15.499	5	1:14.789	6	1:14.732	6
7	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	9	1:15.467	7	1:14.805	7	1:14.749	7
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	5	1:15.328	8	1:14.937	8	1:14.902	8
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	7	1:15.384	6	1:14.794	9	1:15.273	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	11	1:15.504	10	1:15.107	10	1:15.363	10
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	12	1:15.521	11	1:15.273			11
12	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	14	1:15.592	12	1:15.293			12
13	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	13	1:15.554	13	1:15.352			13
14	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	15	1:15.710	14	1:15.385			14
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	8	1:15.465	15	1:15.571			15
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	16	1:16.253	16	1:16.058			16
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	17	1:16.299					17
18	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	18	1:16.586					18
19	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	19	1:17.295					19
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	20	1:17.452					20
21	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	21	1:22.467					21
22	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	22	DNS					22
107% time: 1:28.812
Source: ^[5]

Grid[]

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

Show Grid

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

Race[]

Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	1h 59m 29.133s	3	25
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	78	+7.252	1	18
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	78	+13.825	7	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	78	+15.846	4	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	78	+85.076	9	10
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	78	+92.999	5	8
7	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	+93.290	2	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	77	+1 Lap	6	4
9	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	77	+1 Lap	13	2
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	77	+1 Lap	14	1
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	77	+1 Lap	12
12*	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	77	+1 Lap	10
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	76	+2 Laps	15
14	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	76	+2 Laps*	20
15	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	74	+4 Laps	19
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	51	Collision damage	17
Ret	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	48	Collision damage	PL
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	34	Accident	PL
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	32	Collision damage	16
Ret	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	18	Collision/Electrical	8
Ret	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	Accident damage	11
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	7	Accident	18
Source: ^[6]

* Valtteri Bottas originally finished 11th, but received a ten-second time penalty after the race for causing a collision with Esteban Gutiérrez.
* Pascal Wehrlein received a ten-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags, and another ten-second time penalty for speeding under the virtual safety car.

Milestones[]

Daniel Ricciardo's first pole position.
Lewis Hamilton's first win of the season, 44th career win.

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos.	Driver	Pts	+/-
1	Nico Rosberg	106	—
2	Lewis Hamilton	82	▲ 1
3	Daniel Ricciardo	66	▲ 2
4	Kimi Räikkönen	61	▼ 2
5	Sebastian Vettel	60	▼ 1
6	Max Verstappen	38	—
7	Felipe Massa	37	—
8	Valtteri Bottas	29	—
9	Sergio Pérez	23	▲ 4
10	Daniil Kvyat	22	▼ 1
11	Romain Grosjean	22	▼ 1
12	Fernando Alonso	18	—
13	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	16	▼ 2
14	Nico Hülkenberg	14	▲ 1
15	Kevin Magnussen	6	▼ 1
16	Jenson Button	5	—
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	—
18	Esteban Gutiérrez	0	▲ 1
19	Jolyon Palmer	0	▼ 1
20	Marcus Ericsson	0	—
21	Pascal Wehrlein	0	—
22	Felipe Nasr	0	—
23	Rio Haryanto	0	—
Source:^[7]

Constructors' World Championship
Pos.	Team	Pts	+/-
1	Mercedes	188	—
2	Ferrari	121	—
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	112	—
4	Williams-Mercedes	66	—
5	Force India-Mercedes	37	▲ 2
6	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	30	▼ 1
7	McLaren-Honda	24	▲ 1
8	Haas-Ferrari	22	▼ 2
9	Renault	6	—
10	Sauber-Ferrari	0	—
11	Manor-Mercedes	0	—
Source:^[7]

Notes[]

↑ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/Monaco.html. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
↑ "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/practice-1.html.
↑ "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/practice-2.html.
↑ "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/practice-3.html.
↑ "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/qualifying.html.
↑ "Monaco Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 May 2016. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-monaco-results/race.html. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Collantine, Keith (29 May 2016). "2016 Spanish Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/05/15/2016-spanish-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 15 June 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
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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

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[1] "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/Monaco.html. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[2] "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/practice-1.html.

[3] "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/practice-2.html.

[4] "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/practice-3.html.

[ESP_quali-5] "2016 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/943/monaco/qualifying.html.

[results-6] "Monaco Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 May 2016. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-monaco-results/race.html. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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