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Australian Grand Prix

2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 of 21Albert Park Circuit, MelbourneMar 20 201657 laps

Podium

HAMMercedes

ROSMercedes

VETFerrari

Key facts

WinnerROS1:48:15.565 from P2

PoleHAM1:23.837

Fastest lapRIC1:28.997 on lap 49

Pit stops45recorded stops

Finishers16 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	▲1	57	1:48:15.565	25	1:30.557	2
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	▼1	57	+8.060s	18	1:30.646	2
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	–	57	+9.643s	15	1:29.951	3
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	8	▲4	57	+24.330s	12	1:28.997	3
5	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	6	▲1	57	+58.979s	10	1:32.288	2
6	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	19	▲13	57	+72.081s	8	1:32.862	1
7	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	10	▲3	57	+74.199s	6	1:32.833	2
8	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	16	▲8	57	+75.153s	4	1:32.725	2
9	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	7	▼2	57	+75.680s	2	1:31.671	3
10	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	5	▼5	57	+76.833s	1	1:31.516	3
11	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	13	▲2	57	+83.399s		1:32.955	2
12	MAGKevin Magnussen	Renault	14	▲2	57	+85.606s		1:32.452	3
13	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	9	▼4	57	+91.699s		1:32.780	2
14	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	12	▼2	56	+1 lap		1:31.684	3
15	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	17	▲2	56	+1 lap		1:32.711	2
16	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Manor	21	▲5	56	+1 lap		1:32.673	3
DNF	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	15		38	Transmission		1:33.892	3
DNF	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4		21	Turbo		1:30.701	2
DNF	HARRio Haryanto	Manor	22		17	Driveshaft		1:33.847	1
DNF	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Haas	20		16	Collision		1:32.998
DNF	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	11		16	Collision		1:32.553	1
DNS	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	18		0	Electrical		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	ERI	27	16.9s
2	VET	13	21.3s
3	BOT	17	21.4s
4	ROS	12	21.5s
5	MAS	11	21.6s
6	ALO	12	21.8s
7	BUT	30	21.8s
8	HAM	16	21.9s
9	RIC	42	22.0s
10	MAG	16	22.1s
11	HUL	16	22.2s
12	RIC	12	22.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 45 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.351	1:24.605	1:23.837
2	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.934	1:24.796	1:24.197	+0.360s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:26.945	1:25.257	1:24.675	+0.838s
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:26.579	1:25.615	1:25.033	+1.196s
5	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:26.934	1:25.615	1:25.434	+1.597s
6	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	1:25.918	1:25.644	1:25.458	+1.621s
7	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:27.057	1:25.384	1:25.582	+1.745s
8	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:26.945	1:25.599	1:25.589	+1.752s
9	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:26.607	1:25.753	–	+1.916s
10	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:26.550	1:25.865	–	+2.028s
11	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	1:27.135	1:25.961	–	+2.124s
12	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:26.537	1:26.125	–	+2.288s
13	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:26.740	1:26.304	–	+2.467s
14	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	1:27.241	1:27.601	–	+3.764s
15	MAGKevin Magnussen	Renault	1:27.297	1:27.742	–	+3.905s
16	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:27.435	–	–	+3.598s
17	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	1:27.958	–	–	+4.121s
18	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:28.006	–	–	+4.169s
19	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	1:28.322	–	–	+4.485s
20	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:29.606	–	–	+5.769s
21	HARRio Haryanto	Manor	1:29.627	–	–	+5.790s
22	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Manor	1:29.642	–	–	+5.805s

Albert Park Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2016. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2013	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus
2012	Jenson Button	McLaren
2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2010	Jenson Button	McLaren
2009	Jenson Button	Brawn
2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2007	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault

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