European Grand Prix 2016

 European Grand Prix 2016

Racing data
8th of 21 races in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2016 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	19th June 2016
Place:	Baku
Course:	Baku City Circuit
Length:	306.153 km in 51 laps of 6.003 km
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 42.758 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 46.485 min (lap 48)
Podium
First:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes

The 2016 European Grand Prix (officially 2016 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe ) took place on June 19 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku ( Azerbaijan ) and was the eighth race of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Nico Rosberg led the drivers' standings with nine points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and with 38 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 76 points and Red Bull with 93 points .

At the European Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white), P Zero Soft (yellow) and P Zero Supersoft (red) as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

There were two DRS zones on the route , but only one measuring point, as in Australia and Canada. In the event of a successful overtaking maneuver in the zone passed through first, the driver in front was allowed to use the DRS again in the next zone. The measuring point for both zones was in curve 20 ; due to the arrangement of the DRS zones, the second zone was passed through after the measuring point and then the first zone. The first zone began 630 meters before turn three , the second zone was on the start-finish straight, 730 meters before turn one .

Daniil Kwjat (seven), Marcus Ericsson , Max Verstappen (six each), Valtteri Bottas , Nico Hülkenberg , Pascal Wehrlein (four each), Kimi Räikkönen (three), Fernando Alonso , Esteban Gutiérrez , Romain Grosjean , Hamilton, Rio Haryanto and Felipe Nasr (two of each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Alonso (three times), Vettel (twice) and Felipe Massa (once) three former winners competed for this Grand Prix. Alonso won the race twice when it was held at the Nürburgring until 2007 , the other race victories were achieved at the Valencia Street Circuit , where the European Grand Prix took place from 2008 to 2012.

Derek Daly (IRL), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Anar Schukurow (AZE) and Vincenzo Spano (VEN) acted as race commissioners .

training

Hamilton was fastest in the first free practice with a lap time of 1: 46.435 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Bottas. The training had to be interrupted after an accident by Daniel Ricciardo .

Hamilton also set the fastest time in the second free practice, this time in 1: 44.223 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Pérez.

In the third free practice, Hamilton again set the fastest time in 1: 44.352 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Hülkenberg. Pérez hit the barrier a few seconds before the end of the training session.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 16 drivers reached the next part. Rosberg was the fastest. The Renault drivers, Ericsson, Jenson Button and both Manor drivers were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Rosberg was again fastest. Nasr, the Haas pilots, Alonso, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Hulkenberg were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Training was interrupted around two minutes before the end because Hamilton crashed into the track barrier. With a lap time of 1: 42.758 minutes, Rosberg set the fastest time ahead of Pérez and Ricciardo. It was the 25th pole position for Rosberg.

Pérez and Magnussen were moved five starting positions down due to a premature gearbox change. Since Magnussen's suspension setup was also changed, he had to start from the pit lane.

run

At the start, the positions at the top remained unchanged. Gutiérrez braked in the first corner and touched Hülkenberg, but both were able to continue.

Verstappen overtook Kwjat on the second lap, one lap later Bottas and Hamilton passed Kwjat, another lap later Grosjean too. Bottas and Hamilton also overtook Verstappen on the fifth lap, before that Vettel passed Ricciardo and was now second. Massa and Ricciardo were the first drivers to go into the pits to change tires and switch to the soft compound. When Ricciardo pitted, Raikkonen stayed in his slipstream and then crossed the white line. He received a five-second time penalty for this offense.

On the eighth lap, Raikkonen pitted. Ricciardo, who had dropped back into midfield after his early pit stop, overtook Wehrlein and Grosjean one after the other. One lap later, Raikkonen and Massa Wehrlein also overtook, while Hamilton overtook Bottas in the front of the field. Ricciardo caught up with Hülkenberg and overtook him on lap 13. In the meantime, Verstappen changed tires and passed Ericsson and Wehrlein shortly afterwards.

Hamilton pitted on lap 15 and also switched to the soft mixture, falling back to ninth place. Räikkönen caught up with Hülkenberg and overtook him on lap 16. Pérez pitted to change tires, switched to soft and dropped back to eighth place. After a driving error, Nasr hit the barrier with the right rear tire, but continued the race. Bottas changed his tires on lap 19 and returned to the track just before Verstappen, Pérez and Hamilton overtook Massa in quick succession.

On lap 20 Vettel, Hülkenberg and Verstappen went to the pits to change tires, Vettel switched to soft , Hulkenberg to super soft and Verstappen to medium . A lap later, Rosberg switched to Soft , he stayed in the lead. Pérez and Hamilton also overtook Ricciardo, who, like his team-mate , switched to Medium immediately afterwards . He fell behind Sainz, whom he overtook three laps later.

Vettel overtook Raikkonen on lap 28 and then drove the fastest lap of the race to date. Sainz retired on lap 32 with a break in the suspension, a few laps later Wehrlein retired with a brake failure. Shortly afterwards, Verstappen overtook Massa, Ricciardo passed Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg also had to let Verstappen pass with his diminishing tires.

Although Pérez was already ahead of him due to the five-second penalty against Raikkonen, he still overtook him on the last lap.

Rosberg won the race ahead of Vettel and Pérez. It was the 19th victory for Rosberg in the Formula 1 World Championship, including the fifth of the season. Vettel achieved the fifth, Pérez the second podium of the season. Räikkönen, Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Hulkenberg and Massa achieved the remaining points.

The first three places in the drivers 'and constructors' championships remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	06th	Nico Rosberg
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 059/5	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW38	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB12	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM09	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	11	Sergio Perez
Renault Sport F1 Team	20th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault RS16	Renault Energy F1 2016	P
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
Scuderia Toro Rosso	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari 059/4	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C35	Ferrari 059/5	P
	12	Felipe Nasr
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MP4-31	Honda RA616H	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Manor Racing MRT	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor MRT05	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	88	Rio Haryanto
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-16	Ferrari 059/5	P
	21st	Esteban Gutiérrez

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 43.685	1: 42.520	1: 42.758	01
02	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 44.462	1: 43.939	1: 43.515	07th
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 44.570	1: 44.141	1: 43.966	02
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 45.062	1: 44.461	1: 43.966	03
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 44.936	1: 44.533	1: 44.269	04th
06th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 45.494	1: 44.696	1: 44.483	05
07th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 44.694	1: 44.687	1: 44.717	06th
08th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 44.706	1: 44.477	1: 45.246	08th
09	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 44.939	1: 44.387	1: 45.570	09
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 44.259	1: 43.526	2: 01,954	10
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.507	1: 44.755	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 44.860	1: 44.824	-	12
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 44.827	1: 45,000	-	13
14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 45.525	1: 45.270	-	14th
15th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45,300	1: 45.349	-	15th
16	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 45.549	1: 46.048	-	16
17th	Rio Haryanto	Manor Mercedes	1: 45.665	-	-	17th
18th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	1: 45.750	-	-	18th
19th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 45.804	-	-	19th
20th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 46.231	-	-	20th
21st	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1: 46.348	-	-	box
22nd	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 46.394	-	-	21st
107 percent time : 1: 50.943 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 43.685 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Pérez was moved five starting positions back due to a premature change of gearbox.
2. ↑ Magnussen was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change.
3. ↑ As Magnussen's suspension was changed after qualifying, he had to start from the pit lane.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	51	1	1: 32: 52.366	01	1: 46.485 (48th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	1	+ 16.696	03	1: 47.028 (49.)
03	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	51	1	+ 25.241	07th	1: 46.990 (45th)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	51	1	+ 33.102	04th	1: 47.181 (41.)
05	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	1	+ 56.335	10	1: 46.822 (42nd)
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	51	1	+1: 00.886	08th	1: 47.604 (50th)
07th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	51	2	+1: 09.229	02	1: 47.736 (51st)
08th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	51	2	+1: 10.696	09	1: 46.973 (50.)
09	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	51	1	+1: 17.708	12	1: 48.012 (37.)
10	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	51	2	+1: 25.375	05	1: 47.761 (35th)
11	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	51	2	+1: 44.817	19th	1: 47.622 (50.)
12	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	50	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 47,708 (48th)
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	50	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 47.943 (48th)
14th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	50	1	+ 1 lap	box	1: 49.282 (41.)
15th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	50	2	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 47.583 (48th)
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	50	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 47,563 (50th)
17th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	50	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 48.898 (48th)
18th	Rio Haryanto	Manor Mercedes	49	1	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 51.365 (27.)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	42	2	DNF	13	1: 49.101 (27.)
-	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	39	1	DNF	17th	1: 50.571 (33rd)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	31	2	DNF	18th	1: 48.804 (31.)
-	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	06th	0	DNF	06th	1: 53.167 ( 02.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Raikkonen received a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at the pit entrance

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 141 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 117 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 96 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 81 05  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 78 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 54 07th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 52 08th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 39 09  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 38 10  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22nd 11  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 22nd

Item driver constructor Points 12  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 20th 13  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 18th 14th  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18th 15th  Kevin Magnussen Renault 6th 16  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 5 17th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 18th  Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 0 19th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 20th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 0 23  Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 258 2  Ferrari 177 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 140 4th  Williams-Mercedes 90 5  Force India-Mercedes 59 6th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 32

Item constructor Points 07th  McLaren Honda 24 08th  Haas-Ferrari 22nd 09  Renault 6th 10  Clean Ferrari 0 11  Manor Mercedes 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ Maria Reyer: European Grand Prix: Pirelli announces tire compounds. Motorsport-Total.com, March 3, 2016, accessed June 10, 2016 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Norman Fischer: Two DRS zones at the Formula 1 premiere in Baku. Motorsport-Total.com, June 15, 2016, accessed June 15, 2016 . 
3. ^ GP Europe in Baku / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 17, 2016, accessed June 17, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Formula 1 Baku: Hamilton at the Azerbaijan premiere in front. Motorsport-Total.com, June 17, 2016, accessed June 17, 2016 . 
5. ^ GP Europe in Baku / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 17, 2016, accessed June 17, 2016 . 
6. ^ GP Europe in Baku / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, June 18, 2016, accessed June 18, 2016 .