2016 Spanish Grand Prix

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The 2007 layout of the Circuit de Catalunya

Race Details

Date

May 15, 2016

Official Name

Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016

Location

Circuit de Catalunya
Montmeló, Spain

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.655 km (2.892 mi)

Distance

66 laps, 307.23 km (190.904 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Time

1:22.000

Fastest Lap

Driver

Daniil Kvyat

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Time

1:26.948 on lap 53

Podium

First	Second	Third
Max Verstappen	Kimi Räikkönen	Sebastian Vettel

Lap Leaders

The 2016 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016)^[1] was the fifth race of the 2016 Formula One season, the 26th time the Spanish Grand Prix has been held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the 57th Spanish Grand Prix. It was held between 13 May and 15 May 2016.

Lewis Hamilton took his second pole position at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg, but at the start of the race, both of them crashed on the approach to Turn 4, leaving the rest of the race without a Mercedes car driving. At his first race for Red Bull, Max Verstappen took his first ever win, setting numerous records such as becoming the youngest driver and the first Dutchman to win a Grand Prix.^[2] The two Ferraris joined him on the podium, with Kimi Räikkönen second and Sebastian Vettel third.

Background[]

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
source

Practice Overview[]

Practice Results[]

The full practice results for the 2016 Spanish 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	1:25.416	5	1:25.194	6	1:23.816	5
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.951	1	1:25.017	4	1:23.225	3
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.454	3	1:23.922	1	1:23.078	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:24.089	2	1:24.176	2	1:24.110	6
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:27.258	16	1:25.899	13	1:24.981	14
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.392	18	1:28.501	22	1:25.401	20
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:27.064	14	1:25.437	9	1:24.472	8
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.253	15	1:27.812	20	1:25.383	19
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:26.243	10	1:25.342	7	1:24.555	10
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:26.186	9	1:26.491	16	1:24.621	12
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:26.576	11	1:26.244	14	1:25.100	16
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:27.283	17	1:28.205	21	1:25.130	17
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:27.610	19	1:25.893	12	1:25.051	15
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:26.583	12	1:26.375	15	1:24.553	9
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.938	13	1:25.453	10	1:24.585	11
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	DNP	25 !	1:26.770	17	1:25.376	18
33	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:25.585	6	1:25.375	8	1:23.719	4
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.611	4	1:24.641	3	1:23.204	2
45	Esteban Ocon	Renault	No Time	22	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:26.078	8	1:25.131	5	1:24.695	13
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:25.672	7	1:25.708	11	1:24.356	7
88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	1:29.052	21	1:27.252	19	1:26.251	22
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:28.084	20	1:26.960	18	1:26.097	21
Source: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

Qualifying[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	1:23.214	1	1:22.159	1	1:22.000	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	1:23.002	2	1:22.759	2	1:22.280	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	1:23.749	5	1:23.585	3	1:22.680	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	3	1:23.578	3	1:23.178	4	1:23.087	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	1:23.796	4	1:23.504	5	1:23.113	5
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	1:24.124	6	1:23.688	6	1:23.334	6
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	7	1:24.251	8	1:24.023	7	1:23.522	7
8	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	10	1:24.496	9	1:24.077	8	1:23.643	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	15	1:24.698	7	1:24.003	9	1:23.782	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	11	1:24.578	10	1:24.192	10	1:23.981	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	9	1:24.463	11	1:24.203			11
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	12	1:24.583	12	1:24.348			12
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	14	1:24.696	13	1:24.445			13
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	16	1:24.716	14	1:24.480			14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	13	1:24.669	15	1:24.625			15
16	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	8	1:24.406	16	1:24.778			16
17	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	17	1:24.903					17
18	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	18	1:24.941					18
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	19	1:25.202					19
20	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	20	1:25.579					20
21	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	21	1:25.745					21
22	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	22	1:25.939					22
107% time: 1:28.812
Source: ^[6]

Grid[]

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

Show Grid

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

Source

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	66	1h 41m 40.017s	4	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	66	+0.616	5	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	66	+5.581	6	15
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	66	+43.950	3	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	66	+45.271	7	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	66	+61.395	8	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	66	+79.538	9	6
8	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	66	+80.707	18	4
9	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	65	+1 Lap	12	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	13	1
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	16
12	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	19
13	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	65	+1 Lap	17
14	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	20
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	65	+1 Lap*	15
16	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	65	+1 Lap	21
17	88	Rio Haryanto	Manor-Mercedes	65	+1 Lap	22
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	56	Brakes	14
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	45	Power unit	10
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	20	Oil leak	11
Ret	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	Collision	1
Ret	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	0	Collision	2
Source: ^[7]

* Magnussen was given a ten-second time penalty for colliding with Palmer, thus demoting him from fourteenth to fifteenth.^[8]

Milestones[]

Kevin Magnussen's 25th entry (24th start).
Max Verstappen's first win, in the process becoming both the youngest driver to ever win a race and the first Dutch driver to win a Grand Prix.
It was also Verstappen's first podium finish.
Verstappen also became the first Dutch driver to lead an F1 lap.
Daniil Kvyat's first fastest lap.

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos.	Driver	Pts	+/-
1	Nico Rosberg	100	—
2	Kimi Räikkönen	61	▲ 1
3	Lewis Hamilton	57	▼ 1
4	Sebastian Vettel	48	▲ 1
5	Daniel Ricciardo	48	▼ 1
6	Max Verstappen	38	▲ 4
7	Felipe Massa	36	▼ 1
8	Valtteri Bottas	29	▲ 1
9	Daniil Kvyat	22	▼ 1
10	Romain Grosjean	22	▼ 3
11	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	12	▲ 3
12	Fernando Alonso	8	▼ 1
13	Sergio Pérez	8	▲ 2
14	Kevin Magnussen	6	▼ 1
15	Nico Hülkenberg	6	▼ 3
16	Jenson Button	3	▲ 1
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	▼ 1
18	Jolyon Palmer	0	—
19	Esteban Gutiérrez	0	▲ 3
20	Marcus Ericsson	0	▼ 1
21	Pascal Wehrlein	0	▼ 1
22	Felipe Nasr	0	▼ 1
23	Rio Haryanto	0	—
Source:^[9]

Constructors' World Championship
Pos.	Team	Pts	+/-
1	Mercedes	157	—
2	Ferrari	109	—
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	94	—
4	Williams-Mercedes	65	—
5	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	26	▲ 1
6	Haas-Ferrari	22	▼ 1
7	Force India-Mercedes	14	▲ 1
8	McLaren-Honda	12	▼ 1
9	Renault	6	—
10	Sauber-Ferrari	0	—
11	Manor-Mercedes	0	—
Source:^[9]

Notes[]

↑ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/Spain.html. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
↑ "Spain stats - Verstappen surpasses Vettel as F1’s youngest winner". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 May 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2016/5/f1-spain-verstappen-f1-history-youngest-stats.html. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
↑ "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/942/spain/practice-1.html. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/942/spain/practice-2.html. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/942/spain/practice-3.html. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
↑ "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 May 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-spain-results/qualifying.html. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
↑ "Spanish Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 May 2016. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-spain-results/race.html. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
↑ "Magnussen penalised for intra-Renault clash". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 15 May 2016. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2016/5/magnussen-penalised-for-intra-renault-clash.html. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Collantine, Keith (15 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 31 May 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	Spanish Grand Prix
Circuits	Pedralbes (1951, 1954), Jarama (1967-1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976-1981), Montjuïc (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975), Jerez (1986-1990), Catalunya (1991-Present)
Races	1951 • 1952–1953 • 1954 • 1955–1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982–1987 • 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 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023
Non-Championship Races	1923 • 1924–1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928–1929 • 1930 • 1931–1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936–1966 • 1967 • 1968–1979 • 1980

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[1] "Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/Spain.html. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

[2] "Spain stats - Verstappen surpasses Vettel as F1’s youngest winner". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 May 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2016/5/f1-spain-verstappen-f1-history-youngest-stats.html. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[3] "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/942/spain/practice-1.html. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[4] "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/942/spain/practice-2.html. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[5] "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/942/spain/practice-3.html. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[ESP_quali-6] "2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 May 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-spain-results/qualifying.html. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[results-7] "Spanish Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 May 2016. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-spain-results/race.html. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[8] "Magnussen penalised for intra-Renault clash". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 15 May 2016. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2016/5/magnussen-penalised-for-intra-renault-clash.html. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[c'ship-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Collantine, Keith (15 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 31 May 2016.

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