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Chinese Grand Prix

2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix

Round 3 of 21Shanghai International Circuit, ShanghaiApr 17 201656 laps

Podium

VETFerrari

ROSMercedes

KVYRed Bull

Key facts

WinnerROS1:38:53.891 from P1

PoleROS1:35.402

Fastest lapHUL1:39.824 on lap 48

Pit stops66recorded stops

Finishers22 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	–	56	1:38:53.891	25	1:40.418	2
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	▲2	56	+37.776s	18	1:40.610	3
3	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	6	▲3	56	+45.936s	15	1:41.546	3
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	2	▼2	56	+52.688s	12	1:41.015	3
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	▼2	56	+65.872s	10	1:40.593	3
6	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	10	▲4	56	+75.511s	8	1:41.815	2
7	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	22	▲15	56	+78.230s	6	1:40.662	5
8	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	9	▲1	56	+79.268s	4	1:40.399	3
9	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	8	▼1	56	+84.127s	2	1:41.485	3
10	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	5	▼5	56	+86.192s	1	1:41.558	3
11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	7	▼4	56	+94.283s		1:41.846	3
12	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	11	▼1	56	+97.253s		1:42.226	2
13	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	12	▼1	56	+101.990s		1:40.298	3
14	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Haas	18	▲4	55	+1 lap		1:40.368	3
15	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	▼2	55	+1 lap		1:39.824	4
16	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	▼1	55	+1 lap		1:43.269	2
17	MAGKevin Magnussen	Renault	17	–	55	+1 lap		1:42.311	3
18	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Manor	21	▲3	55	+1 lap		1:41.489	3
19	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	14	▼5	55	+1 lap		1:39.923	4
20	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	16	▼4	55	+1 lap		1:40.582	3
21	HARRio Haryanto	Manor	20	▼1	55	+1 lap		1:42.009	3
22	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	19	▼3	55	+1 lap		1:42.232	3

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MAS	19	22.1s
2	VET	17	22.3s
3	HAM	6	22.3s
4	VET	35	22.4s
5	PER	28	22.4s
6	RIC	37	22.4s
7	RIC	19	22.5s
8	PER	18	22.5s
9	BUT	44	22.5s
10	KVY	19	22.6s
11	HAM	21	22.6s
12	BOT	21	22.6s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 66 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.669	1:36.240	1:35.402
2	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:37.672	1:36.815	1:35.917	+0.515s
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.347	1:36.118	1:35.972	+0.570s
4	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.001	1:36.183	1:36.246	+0.844s
5	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	1:37.537	1:36.831	1:36.296	+0.894s
6	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:37.719	1:36.948	1:36.399	+0.997s
7	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:38.096	1:37.149	1:36.865	+1.463s
8	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:37.656	1:37.204	1:36.881	+1.479s
9	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:38.181	1:37.265	1:37.194	+1.792s
10	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38.165	1:37.333	–	+1.931s
11	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	1:38.016	1:37.347	–	+1.945s
12	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:38.451	1:38.826	–	+3.424s
13	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:37.593	1:39.093	–	+3.691s
14	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	1:38.425	1:39.830	–	+4.428s
15	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.321	1:40.742	–	+5.340s
16	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	1:38.654	1:42.430	–	+7.028s
17	MAGKevin Magnussen	Renault	1:38.673	–	–	+3.271s
18	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:38.770	–	–	+3.368s
19	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	1:39.528	–	–	+4.126s
20	HARRio Haryanto	Manor	1:40.264	–	–	+4.862s
21	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Manor	–	–	–
22	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	–	–	–

Shanghai International Circuit

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

Previous winners here

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

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