2016 German Grand Prix
| 2016 German Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 12 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship | |||
 The layout of the Hockenheimring | |||
| Race details[1] | |||
| Date | 31 July 2016 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Großer Preis von Deutschland 2016 | ||
| Location | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.574 km (2.842 miles) | ||
| Distance | 67 laps, 306.458 km (190.433 miles) | ||
| Weather | Partially cloudy and dry | ||
| Attendance | 60,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:14.363 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
| Time | 1:18.442 on lap 48 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
| Third | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
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 Formula One season, 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.
Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a six-point lead in the World Drivers' Championship over team-mate 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.[2] Haryanto was ultimately able to secure the seat for the race, but his long-term future with the team remained in doubt.[3]
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controversial penalties and extensive debate over the application of amendments to the sporting regulations, the FIA repealed all of the rules restricting pit-to-car communications.[4]
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.[5]
Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the medium, soft and supersoft compounds.[6]
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17.123 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:17.238 | 22 | ||
| 107% time: 1:20.114 | |||||||
| Source:[7] | |||||||
Notes:
- ^1 — Nico Hülkenberg received a one-place grid penalty for incorrectly using his tyre allocation during the first part of qualifying.[8][9]
- ^2 — Carlos Sainz, Jr. received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Felipe Massa during qualifying.[9]
- ^3 — Romain Grosjean received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[9]
Race
- Notes
Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "Formula 1 Großer Pries von Deutschland 2016". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ Parks, Ian (25 July 2016). "Manor F1 driver Haryanto could contest German GP without funding". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Parks, Ian (27 July 2016). "Rio Haryanto hangs on to Manor F1 seat for German Grand Prix". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Formula 1's radio restrictions to be lifted from German GP". autosport.com. Ian Parkes. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Double yellows equals red for qualy". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ "Pirelli reveal tyre compound allocations for Germany". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 30 July 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Stewards Decision Doc 32 – N.Hülkenberg". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Grid drops for Sainz, Grosjean, Hulkenberg". Formula1.com. Hockenheim: Formula One World Championship Limited. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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