2016 Chinese Grand Prix

3rd round of the 2016 Formula One season March 2018 F1 China Chinese 2016 04 17 y 2016 3 21 Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg 200px 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix2015 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/China.html Formula1.com Formula One World Championship Limited 20 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160520091756/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/China.html 20 May 2016http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f12016.html 2016 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 27 November 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/shanghai.html Shanghai International Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 27 November 2018 Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China Permanent racing facility 5.451 3.387 56 305.066 189.559 Sunny21 C F air temperature37 C F track temperature4.8 m/s ft/s on wind from the northeastGP China in Shanghai / Rennen http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/ergeb/2016/03/71.shtml motorsport-total.com 2 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160502143359/http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/ergeb/2016/03/71.shtml 2 May 2016 de 140,000 (Weekend)https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/12/f1-spectator-figures-for-2017-hit-four-million.html F1 attendance figures hit four million in 2017 Formula1.com 27 November 2018 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 1:35.402 GER Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:39.824 48 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer CHN 2016 Russian Grand Prix 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix 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 FIA Formula One World Championship, 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. Until the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, this race had a record-breaking 161 overtakes, breaking the previous record of 147 set at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.Holding Joe Overtaking records in F1: most overtakes in a race, by a driver and more https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/overtaking-records-in-f1/6438038/ autosport.com 25 May 2021 24 April 2021 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.Pugmire Jerome FIA agrees on F1 reverting back to 2015 qualifying format http://racing.ap.org/article/fia-agrees-f1-reverting-back-2015-qualifying-format 16 April 2016 Associated Press Associated Press AP Sports 7 April 2016 Paris https://web.archive.org/web/20160424023507/http://racing.ap.org/article/fia-agrees-f1-reverting-back-2015-qualifying-format 24 April 2016 dead 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.Fernando Alonso passed fit for Chinese Grand Prix after further tests https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/15/fernando-alonso-fit-chinese-grand-prix-fia-practice The Guardian 16 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416140434/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/15/fernando-alonso-fit-chinese-grand-prix-fia-practice 16 April 2016 15 April 2016 Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the medium, soft and super-soft tyres for this race weekend. Free practice Per the regulations for the 2016 season, two ninety-minute practice sessions were held on Friday and another one-hour session was held before qualifying on Saturday.Practice and qualifying http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-regs/Practice_qualifying_and_race_start_procedure.html formula1.com Formula One World Championship Limited 1 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160501104833/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/inside-f1/rules-regs/Practice_qualifying_and_race_start_procedure.html 1 May 2016 In the first session, Nico Rosberg was fastest, setting a time of 1:38.037, 0.146 seconds ahead of teammate Hamilton, with Sebastian Vettel in third. There was an early red flag period as Felipe Massa spun out in turn 6, triggered by a deflated left rear tyre, which reoccurred when he came back to the track later in the session. A similar problem caught out Kevin Magnussen later on, who suffered a broken suspension in the process and crashed. This debris brought out the red flag again. Overall, about thirty minutes of runtime were lost due to the pauses. Lewis Hamilton had set the early tempo, but spun out twice at turn 11, reporting issues with his brakes. Championship leader Nico Rosberg was not without problems as well, as he nursed his car back into pitlane near the end of the session, caused by a fault in the power unit.Barretto Lawrence Nico Rosberg fastest as failures disrupt Chinese GP practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123761 autosport.com 30 June 2016 15 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160630195921/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123761 30 June 2016 The two Ferrari drivers topped the timesheets in the second session on Friday afternoon, with Kimi Räikkönen one tenth of a second ahead of Vettel. Rosberg and Hamilton were third and fourth respectively, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. After quick laps on the supersoft tyre compounds, the teams then turned to race simulation runs on higher fuel loads, with Mercedes splitting their drivers on the soft and medium compounds, while Ferrari continued their long runs on the supersoft tyres. Esteban Gutiérrez encountered problems when his rear brakes caught fire, causing him to spend much of the session in the garage. Following his crash in the first session, Magnussen did not take part as his team investigated the reason for his tyre failure.Barretto Lawrence Kimi Raikkonen leads Ferrari one-two in Chinese GP Friday practice http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123765 autosport.com 30 June 2016 15 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160630200842/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123765 30 June 2016 Ferrari were again on top in the third practice session on Saturday morning, as Vettel set the fastest time. Rain had fallen before the session and only eased off halfway into the sixty minute practice, leading to the cars staying inside the garages until fifteen minutes in. It was not until thirty minutes in that Räikkönen was the first to set a timed lap. Vettel did not head onto the track until there were just 22 minutes remaining. By this stage, the surface had dried out enough for intermediate tyres. Eventually, Vettel set a time of 1:57.351, seven-tenths of a second ahead of Valtteri Bottas and more than a second faster than third placed Sergio Pérez. Only 14 drivers set a timed lap, with both Mercedes cars and others just taking a few installation laps. Marcus Ericsson was confined to just one short outing, after a technical problem had kept him in the pitlane for most of the session.Parkes Ian Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel fastest in wet final Chinese GP practice http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123787 autosport.com 30 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160630201535/http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123787 30 June 2016 16 April 2016 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 (Vettel would subsequently dub Kvyat "The Torpedo" for his role in the incident). Both Ferraris were able to continue the race.http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/338156/rosberg-avoids-drama-for-sixth-straight-win/ Rosberg avoids drama for sixth straight win GPupdate.net 17 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160417145325/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/338156/rosberg-avoids-drama-for-sixth-straight-win/ 17 April 2016 Further down the pack Romain Grosjean picked up some damage as well, while Lewis Hamilton collided with Felipe Nasr and got his front wing caught under his car. 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 pit lane 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 pit lane 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.Andrew Benson How the Chinese GP unfolded https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/35721628 BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20160417050546/http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/35721628 17 April 2016 17 April 2016 After 9 laps, the order was as follows: Rosberg, Massa, Alonso, Wehrlein, Gutiérrez, Kvyat, Palmer, Pérez, Bottas, Button. One lap later the Safety Car returned to the pit lane 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 fourth stop. Rosberg now led ahead of Kvyat, while Vettel climbed into 3rd position ahead of Massa, Pérez, Ericsson, Bottas, Alonso and Sainz. 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 pit lane 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. The result marked Kvyat’s second career podium finish, placing third behind Rosberg and Vettel.2016-04-17 What went down at the Chinese Grand Prix? https://www.redbull.com/us-en/2016-chinese-grand-prix-recap 2025-10-07 Red Bull en-us 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, Wehrlein, Grosjean, Nasr, Haryanto and Palmer rounded-up the finishers, ensuring that the entire grid had finished the race.James Galloway http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12529/10246843/chinese-gp-nico-rosberg-avoids-shanghai-drama-to-win-sixth-race-in-row Chinese GP: Nico Rosberg avoids Shanghai drama for sixth win in row Skysports.com British Sky Broadcasting Group plc 17 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160417145858/http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12529/10246843/chinese-gp-nico-rosberg-avoids-shanghai-drama-to-win-sixth-race-in-row 17 April 2016 Nico Rosberg took his third victory of the season and his sixth in a row.Bergman Justin Rosberg wins wild Chinese GP for sixth straight F1 victory http://racing.ap.org/article/rosberg-wins-wild-chinese-gp-sixth-straight-f1-victory-1 17 April 2016 Associated Press Associated Press AP Sports 17 April 2016 Shanghai https://web.archive.org/web/20160420194920/http://racing.ap.org/article/rosberg-wins-wild-chinese-gp-sixth-straight-f1-victory-1 20 April 2016 dead He extended his championship lead to 36 points. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying positionCarno. NumberDriverConstructorQualifying timesFinalgrid Final grid positionQ1Q2Q316GER Nico RosbergMercedes1:37.6691:36.2401:35.402123AUS Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:37.6721:36.8151:35.917237FIN Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:37.3471:36.1181:35.972345GER Sebastian VettelFerrari1:37.0011:36.1831:36.2464577FIN Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:37.5371:36.8311:36.2965626RUS Daniil KvyatRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:37.7191:36.9481:36.3996711MEX Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes1:38.0961:37.1491:36.8657855ESP Carlos Sainz Jr.Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:37.6561:37.2041:36.8818933NED Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Ferrari1:38.1811:37.2651:37.19491027GER Nico HülkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:38.1651:37.333No time131 11119BRA Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:38.0161:37.347101214ESP Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:38.4511:38.826111322GBR Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:37.5931:39.09312148FRA Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:38.4251:39.83014159SWE Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:38.3211:40.742151612BRA Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:38.6541:42.430161720DEN Kevin MagnussenRenault1:38.673171821MEX Esteban GutiérrezHaas-Ferrari1:38.770181930GBR Jolyon PalmerRenault1:39.528192088IDN Rio HaryantoMRT-Mercedes1:40.26420107% time: 1:43.791—94GER Pascal WehrleinMRT-MercedesNo time212 2—44GBR Lewis HamiltonMercedesNo time223 3Source:Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-china-results/qualifying.html formula1.com Formula One World Championship Limited 16 April 2016 16 April 2016 16 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416140244/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-china-results/qualifying.html Notes 1 1 – Nico Hülkenberg received a three-place grid penalty for having been released from the pit lane in an unsafe condition during Q2.http://www.fia.com/file/40411/download?token=YK9430mp 2016 Chinese Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 21 16 April 2016 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile FIA.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160416122851/http://www.fia.com/file/40411/download?token=YK9430mp 16 April 2016 PDF 2 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.http://www.fia.com/file/40415/download?token=kvp7PiDP 2016 Chinese Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 23 16 April 2016 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile FIA.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160416123201/http://www.fia.com/file/40415/download?token=kvp7PiDP 16 April 2016 PDF 3 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.http://www.fia.com/file/40412/download?token=_3QWaCjC 2016 Chinese Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 24 16 April 2016 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile FIA.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160416123314/http://www.fia.com/file/40412/download?token=_3QWaCjC 16 April 2016 PDFElizalde Pablo Chinese GP: Rosberg beats Ricciardo to pole, Hamilton to start from the back http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/chinese-gp-rosberg-beats-ricciardo-to-pole-hamilton-to-start-from-the-back-687516/ Motorsport.com Motorsport Network, LLC. 16 April 2016 16 April 2016 16 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416140200/http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/chinese-gp-rosberg-beats-ricciardo-to-pole-hamilton-to-start-from-the-back-687516/ Race Pos. PositionNo. Car numberDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPts. Points16 GER Nico RosbergMercedes561:38:53.89112525GER Sebastian VettelFerrari56 +37.776418326RUS Daniil KvyatRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer56 +45.93661543AUS Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer56 +52.68821257 FIN Kimi RäikkönenFerrari56 +1:05.872310619BRA Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes56 +1:15.511108744GBR Lewis HamiltonMercedes56 +1:18.230226833NED Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Ferrari56 +1:19.26894955ESP Carlos Sainz Jr.Toro Rosso-Ferrari56 +1:24.127821077FIN Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes56 +1:26.192511111MEX Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes56 +1:34.28371214ESP Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda56 +1:37.253111322GBR Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda56 +1:41.990121421MEX Esteban GutiérrezHaas-Ferrari55 +1 Lap181527GER Nico HülkenbergForce India-Mercedes55 +1 Lap13169SWE Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55 +1 Lap151720DEN Kevin MagnussenRenault55 +1 Lap171894GER Pascal WehrleinMRT-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap21198FRA Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap142012BRA Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari55 +1 Lap162188IDN Rio HaryantoMRT-Mercedes55 +1 Lap202230GBR Jolyon PalmerRenault55 +1 Lap19Source:http://www.fia.com/file/40470/download?token=4VDVV5Zr 2016 Chinese Grand Prix Race – Official Classification 17 April 2016 FIA.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile https://web.archive.org/web/20160417121908/http://www.fia.com/file/40470/download?token=4VDVV5Zr 17 April 2016 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. PositionDriverPoints10px1DEU Nico Rosberg7510px2GBR Lewis Hamilton3910px3AUS Daniel Ricciardo3610px 24DEU Sebastian Vettel3310px 15FIN Kimi Räikkönen28Source: https://www.statsf1.com/en/2016/chine/championnat.aspx China 2016 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. PositionConstructorPoints10px1DEU Mercedes114 10px2ITA Ferrari6110px3AUT Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer57 10px4GBR Williams-Mercedes2910px5USA Haas-Ferrari18Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links The race on the official Formula One website https://web.archive.org/web/20160520091756/http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/China.html 20 May 2016 Chinese Grand Prix 2016 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix 2016 Russian Grand Prix 2015 Chinese Grand Prix 2017 Chinese Grand Prix Chinese Category:Chinese Grand Prix Grand Prix Chinese Grand Prix