2016 German Grand Prix

The 2016 German Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 31 July 2016. After a one-year absence, the race returned to the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, which last held the race in 2014. It was the twelfth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the seventy-sixth running of the German Grand Prix, and the sixty-second time the race has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

2016 German Grand Prix
Race 12 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
The layout of the Hockenheimring
Race details[1]
Date	31 July 2016
Official name	Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016[2][3]
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 miles)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy and dry
Attendance	60,000 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:14.363
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time	1:18.442 on lap 48
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a six-point lead in the World Drivers' Championship over teammate and defending race winner Nico Rosberg. Hamilton won the race and extended his lead over Rosberg to nineteen points. Their team, Mercedes, further extended its lead in the World Constructors' Championship.

Report

In the week before the race, MRT driver Rio Haryanto was the subject of increased media scrutiny amidst reports that his primary sponsor—Indonesian petrochemical company Pertamina—had not met its financial obligations to the team, thus placing his future with MRT and in the sport in jeopardy.^[4] Haryanto was ultimately able to secure the seat for the race, but his long-term future with the team remained in doubt.^[5] This would eventually turn out to be his final F1 entry.

Following the handing out of several controversial penalties and extensive debate over the application of amendments to the sporting regulations, the FIA repealed all of the rules restricting pit-to-car communications.^[6]

This was the first Grand Prix that double yellow flags would be the same as a red flag in qualifying after the controversial qualifying in the Hungarian Grand Prix.^[7]

Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the medium, soft and supersoft compounds.^[8]

In the race itself Lewis Hamilton won claiming his 4th victory in a row to move into a 19-point lead in the Championship, Daniel Ricciardo came home 2nd ahead of his teammate Max Verstappen, Nico Rosberg slipped back to 4th after being penalised for forcing Verstappen off the track.^[9]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.485	1:14.839	1:14.363	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.243	1:14.748	1:14.470	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:15.591	1:15.545	1:14.726	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:15.875	1:15.124	1:14.834	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:15.752	1:15.242	1:15.142	5
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:15.927	1:15.630	1:15.315	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.301	1:15.623	1:15.510	81
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:15.952	1:15.490	1:15.530	7
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1.16.169	1:15.500	1:15.537	9
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:16.503	1:15.699	1:15.615	10
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:15.987	1:15.883		11
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:16.172	1:15.909		12
13	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.317	1:15.989		152
14	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:16.338	1:16.041		13
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:16.328	1:16.086		203
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:16.636	1:16.665		14
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:16.716			16
18	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	1:16.717			17
19	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.876			18
20	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT-Mercedes	1:16.977			19
21	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.123			21
22	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:17.238			22
107% time: 1:20.114
Source:[10]

Notes:

• ^1  – Nico Hülkenberg received a one-place grid penalty for incorrectly using his tyre allocation during the first part of qualifying.^[11][12]
• ^2  – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Felipe Massa during qualifying.^[12]
• ^3  – Romain Grosjean received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[12]

Race

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 Racing-TAG Heuer	67	+6.996	3	18
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-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	MRT-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	MRT-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:[13]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 217 2 Nico Rosberg 198 3 Daniel Ricciardo 133 4 Kimi Räikkönen 122 5 Sebastian Vettel 120 Source:[14]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 415 1 2 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 256 1 3 Ferrari 242 4 Williams-Mercedes 96 5 Force India-Mercedes 81 Source:[14]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2016 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
• 2016 Hockenheimring GP3 Series round