2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

Circuit: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2217 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	57	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	4	57	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	57	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	5	57	Finished	12
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	9	57	Finished	10
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	10	57	Finished	8
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	RB12	15	56	Finished	6
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	7	56	Finished	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	6	56	Finished	2
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MP4-31	12	56	Finished	1
11	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	PL	56	Finished	0
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	17	56	Finished	0
13	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	16	56	Finished	0
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	21	56	Finished	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	8	56	Finished	0
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	18	56	Finished	0
17	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	56	Finished	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	11	29	Collision damage	0
DNF	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	13	9	Brakes	0
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	14	6	Engine	0
DNS	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	3	—	Engine	0
DNS	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	19	—	Hydraulics	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nico Rosberg	2	1	57
Kimi Raikkonen	4	2	57
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	3	57
Daniel Ricciardo	5	4	57
Romain Grosjean	9	5	57
Max Verstappen	10	6	57
Daniil Kvyat	15	7	56
Felipe Massa	7	8	56
Valtteri Bottas	6	9	56
Stoffel Vandoorne	12	10	56
Kevin Magnussen	PL	11	56
Marcus Ericsson	17	12	56
Pascal Wehrlein	16	13	56
Felipe Nasr	21	14	56
Nico Hulkenberg	8	15	56
Sergio Perez	18	16	56
Rio Haryanto	20	17	56
Carlos Sainz	11	DNF	29
Esteban Gutierrez	13	DNF	9
Jenson Button	14	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.391	1:30.039	1:29.493	—	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:31.325	1:30.535	1:29.570	+0.077	+0.077
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.636	1:30.409	1:30.012	+0.519	+0.442
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:31.685	1:30.559	1:30.244	+0.751	+0.232
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:31.403	1:31.122	1:30.854	+1.361	+0.610
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:31.672	1:30.931	1:31.153	+1.660	+0.299
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:32.045	1:31.374	1:31.155	+1.662	+0.002
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:31.987	1:31.604	1:31.620	+2.127	+0.465
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:32.005	1:31.756	—	—	—
10	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:31.888	1:31.772	—	—	—
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:31.716	1:31.816	—	—	—
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	47	1:32.472	1:31.934	—	—	—
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:32.118	1:31.945	—	—	—
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:31.976	1:31.998	—	—	—
15	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:32.559	1:32.241	—	—	—
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:32.806	—	—	—	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:32.840	—	—	—	—
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:32.911	—	—	—	—
19	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:33.181	—	—	—	—
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:33.438	—	—	—	—
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:34.190	—	—	—	—
22	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:34.388	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Nico Rosberg	1	57	3	13, 30, 39
Kimi Raikkonen	2	57	3	12, 29, 37
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	57	3	13, 28, 41
Daniel Ricciardo	4	57	3	6, 24, 42
Romain Grosjean	5	57	3	11, 27, 40
Max Verstappen	6	57	3	10, 26, 46
Daniil Kvyat	7	56	3	16, 34, 44
Felipe Massa	8	56	2	7, 29
Valtteri Bottas	9	56	3	8, 9, 34
Stoffel Vandoorne	10	56	3	9, 25, 41
Kevin Magnussen	11	56	3	12, 24, 38
Marcus Ericsson	12	56	2	13, 29
Pascal Wehrlein	13	56	3	11, 29, 41
Felipe Nasr	14	56	3	10, 30, 47
Nico Hulkenberg	15	56	4	1, 16, 35, 51
Sergio Perez	16	56	3	2, 14, 37
Rio Haryanto	17	56	3	12, 31, 44
Carlos Sainz	DNF	29	2	2, 20
Esteban Gutierrez	DNF	9	1	8
Jenson Button	DNF	6	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	3 · 1	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 4	1 · 2	13 · 12	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 4	3 · 2	13 · 12	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 5	2 · 4	12 · 6	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Daniel Ricciardo	1 · 5	3 · 4	13 · 6	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Romain Grosjean	5 · 9	4 · 5	6 · 11	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Valtteri Bottas	5 · 6	4 · 9	6 · 8	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Romain Grosjean	8 · 9	15 · 5	1 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Max Verstappen	9 · 10	5 · 6	11 · 10	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 15	6 · 7	10 · 16	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Daniil Kvyat	7 · 15	8 · 7	7 · 16	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · Pascal Wehrlein	15 · 16	7 · 13	16 · 11	Pascal Wehrlein	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	6 · 7	9 · 8	8 · 7	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 8	8 · 15	7 · 1	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Stoffel Vandoorne	6 · 12	9 · 10	8 · 9	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Pascal Wehrlein · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 17	13 · 12	11 · 13	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Sergio Perez	17 · 18	12 · 16	13 · 2	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Pascal Wehrlein · Felipe Nasr	16 · 21	13 · 14	11 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Felipe Nasr	8 · 21	15 · 14	1 · 10	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Rio Haryanto · Felipe Nasr	20 · 21	17 · 14	12 · 10	Felipe Nasr	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Sergio Perez	8 · 18	15 · 16	1 · 2	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Rio Haryanto	18 · 20	16 · 17	2 · 12	Sergio Perez	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:32.294	—	—	24
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.799	+0.505	+0.505	24
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.128	+1.834	+1.329	16
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.461	+2.167	+0.333	27
5	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:34.541	+2.247	+0.080	30
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:34.601	+2.307	+0.060	28
7	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34.793	+2.499	+0.192	21
8	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:34.860	+2.566	+0.067	19
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.000	+2.706	+0.140	18
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:35.006	+2.712	+0.006	19
11	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.073	+2.779	+0.067	14
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.174	+2.880	+0.101	21
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:35.309	+3.015	+0.135	19
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.440	+3.146	+0.131	28
15	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:35.490	+3.196	+0.050	27
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.728	+3.434	+0.238	30
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:36.371	+4.077	+0.643	26
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	47	1:36.392	+4.098	+0.021	25
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:36.719	+4.425	+0.327	24
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:36.939	+4.645	+0.220	28
21	Alfonso Celis Jr. (never started a Grand Prix)	Force India	34	1:37.287	+4.993	+0.348	23
22	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:37.714	+5.420	+0.427	27

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:31.001	—	—	38
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.242	+0.241	+0.241	32
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:32.281	+1.280	+1.039	32
4	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:32.406	+1.405	+0.125	31
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:32.452	+1.451	+0.046	38
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:32.650	+1.649	+0.198	26
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:32.703	+1.702	+0.053	34
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:32.792	+1.791	+0.089	39
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:32.870	+1.869	+0.078	23
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:32.873	+1.872	+0.003	36
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	47	1:32.999	+1.998	+0.126	30
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:33.129	+2.128	+0.130	31
13	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:33.177	+2.176	+0.048	36
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:33.384	+2.383	+0.207	23
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:33.406	+2.405	+0.022	35
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:33.447	+2.446	+0.041	34
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:33.570	+2.569	+0.123	37
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:33.640	+2.639	+0.070	35
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:33.953	+2.952	+0.313	21
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:34.224	+3.223	+0.271	31
21	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:34.477	+3.476	+0.253	34
22	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:34.562	+3.561	+0.085	33

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.683	—	—	22
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:31.723	+0.040	+0.040	13
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:32.104	+0.421	+0.381	18
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.160	+0.477	+0.056	14
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:32.675	+0.992	+0.515	18
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:33.082	+1.399	+0.407	14
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	26	1:33.113	+1.430	+0.031	10
8	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:33.337	+1.654	+0.224	14
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:33.363	+1.680	+0.026	18
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:33.519	+1.836	+0.156	20
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:33.569	+1.886	+0.050	16
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:33.617	+1.934	+0.048	9
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:33.704	+2.021	+0.087	12
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	47	1:33.744	+2.061	+0.040	11
15	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	33	1:33.778	+2.095	+0.034	20
16	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34.003	+2.320	+0.225	20
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:34.013	+2.330	+0.010	15
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:34.128	+2.445	+0.115	16
19	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:34.281	+2.598	+0.153	15
20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:34.424	+2.741	+0.143	9
21	Rio Haryanto	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	88	1:35.546	+3.863	+1.122	15
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:35.724	+4.041	+0.178	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 2016
Grand Prix: Bahrain Grand Prix
Dates: 3 Apr 2016
Layout raced: Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.