Singapore Grand Prix 2016

 Singapore Grand Prix 2016

Racing data
15th of 21 races in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix
Date:	18th September 2016
Place:	Singapore
Course:	Marina Bay Street Circuit
Length:	309.102 km in 61 laps of 5.065 km
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 42.584 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Time:	1: 47.187 min (lap 49)
Podium
First:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Third:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes

The Singapore Grand Prix 2016 (officially 2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix ) took place on 18 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore instead and was the fifteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2016 .

report

backgrounds

After the Italian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with two points ahead of Nico Rosberg and 89 points ahead of Daniel Ricciardo . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 208 points ahead of Red Bull and with 219 points ahead of Ferrari .

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

There were two DRS zones on the route that have not been changed compared to the previous year. The measuring point for the first zone was at the exit of turn four , the DRS zone began 48 meters after turn five . The second measuring point was 80 meters before turn 22 , the DRS zone was on the start-finish straight and began 45 meters after turn 23 .

The following drivers went into the race weekend with penalty points: Felipe Nasr (six), Esteban Gutiérrez , Daniil Kwjat , Kimi Räikkönen (five each), Valtteri Bottas , Nico Hülkenberg , Rosberg, Pascal Wehrlein (four each), Max Verstappen (three), Fernando Alonso , Marcus Ericsson , Romain Grosjean , Jolyon Palmer and Sebastian Vettel (two each).

With Vettel (four times), Alonso and Hamilton (twice each) three former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

Mark Blundell (GBR), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Nish Shetty (SIN) and Steve Stringwell (GBR) acted as race stewards .

Red Bull and Renault used a further developed drive unit for the first time at this Grand Prix, for which Renault used three of the available tokens .

training

In the first free practice session, Verstappen set the fastest time in 1: 45.823 minutes ahead of Ricciardo and Vettel.

In the second free practice, Rosberg was fastest in 1: 44.152 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Verstappen.

In the third free practice session, Rosberg was again fastest in 1: 44.352 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Raikkonen. The training had to be interrupted by Wehrlein after an accident.

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. Ricciardo was fastest. Vettel, in which the rear suspension broke before his first timed lap, the Manor and Renault drivers and Nasr were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Rosberg was the fastest. Ricciardo and Verstappen drove their best time on the Supersoft compound, making them the only pilots among the top ten who started on Supersoft instead of Ultrasoft . Grosjean spun shortly before the end of the qualifying segment and hit the track barrier. Ericsson, the Haas drivers, Button and both Williams drivers were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Due to repair work on the line after the Grosjean accident, this segment started ten minutes later than planned. With a lap time of 1: 42.584 minutes, Rosberg set the fastest time ahead of Ricciardo and Hamilton. It was the 29th pole position for Rosberg, of which the seventh of the season.

Sergio Pérez was moved five starting positions back because he had not slowed down sufficiently in Q2 with the yellow flags waved twice in turn nine and turn ten , and he received three penalty points. The penalty was so severe because the driver could not see before these corners whether there were vehicles or marshals on the track. He was given another three places back because he overtook Gutiérrez on turn 16 on the same lap , where yellow flags had also been waved.

run

Rosberg won the race ahead of Ricciardo and Hamilton. It was the 22nd victory for Rosberg in the Formula 1 World Championship, including the eighth of the season. Ricciardo reached the fourth podium finish in the fifteenth race of the season, Hamilton the twelfth. The remaining points were achieved by Raikkonen, Vettel, Verstappen, Alonso, Pérez, Kwjat and Magnussen.

Rosberg thus took the lead in the drivers' standings from Hamilton, Ricciardo remained third. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes increased its lead over Red Bull and Ferrari and was able to win the title in the following race.

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
	31	Esteban Ocon
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: 45.316	1: 43.020	1: 42.584	01
02	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 44.255	1: 43.933	1: 43.115	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 45.167	1: 43.471	1: 43.288	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 45.036	1: 44.112	1: 43.328	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 44.964	1: 44.159	1: 43.540	05
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 45.499	1: 44.493	1: 44.197	06th
07th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 45.291	1: 44.475	1: 44.469	07th
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 46.081	1: 44.737	1: 44.479	08th
09	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 45.373	1: 44.653	1: 44.553	09
10	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 45.204	1: 44.703	1: 44.582	18th
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 46.086	1: 44.740	-	10
12	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 46.056	1: 44.991	-	11
13	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 45.262	1: 45.144	-	12
14th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.465	1: 45.593	-	13
15th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.609	1: 45.723	-	14th
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 46.427	1: 47.827	-	15th
17th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1: 46.825	-	-	16
18th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 46.860	-	-	17th
19th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 46.960	-	-	19th
20th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	1: 47.667	-	-	20th
21st	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	1: 48.296	-	-	21st
22nd	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 49.116	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 51.552 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 44.255 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Pérez was moved five starting positions back because he had not slowed down sufficiently in Q2 when the yellow flags were waved twice.
2. ↑ Pérez was moved three more places back because he had overtaken under yellow flags in Q2.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	61	1: 55: 48.950	1	1: 50.296 (38th)
02	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	61	+0.488	2	1: 47.187 (49.)
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	61	+8.038	3	1: 47.752 (52nd)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	61	+10.219	5	1: 48.204 (51.)
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	61	+27.694	22nd	1: 47.345 (45th)
06th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	61	+1: 11.197	4th	1: 49.050 (38th)
07th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	61	+1: 29.198	9	1: 51.249 (49.)
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	61	+1: 51.062	17th	1: 51.517 (34th)
09	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	61	+1: 51.557	7th	1: 50.944 (39.)
10	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	61	+1: 59.952	15th	1: 50.858 (44th)
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	60	+1 lap	13	1: 51.075 (39th)
12	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	60	+1 lap	11	1: 51.455 (53rd)
13	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	60	+1 lap	16	1: 51.683 (41st)
14th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	+1 lap	6th	1: 50.532 (56.)
15th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	60	+1 lap	18th	1: 51.777 (36th)
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	60	+1 lap	19th	1: 52.021 (40th)
17th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	60	+1 lap	14th	1: 50.963 (27.)
18th	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	59	+2 rounds	21st	1: 51.748 (47th)
-	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	43	DNF	12	1: 51.631 (18th)
-	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	35	DNF	10	1: 51.368 (17.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	DNF	8th	-
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	0	DNS	20th	-
Receipt:

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 273 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 265 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 179 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 153 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 148 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 129 07th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 70 08th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 66 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 46 10  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 41 11  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 36 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 30th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 28 14th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 25th 15th  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 17th 16  Kevin Magnussen Renault 7th 17th  Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 1 18th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 19th  Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 0 20th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 21st  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 0 23  Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 0 24  Esteban Ocon Manor Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 538 2  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 316 3  Ferrari 301 4th  Force India-Mercedes 112 5  Williams-Mercedes 111 6th  McLaren Honda 54

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 47 08th  Haas-Ferrari 28 09  Renault 7th 10  Manor Mercedes 1 11  Clean Ferrari 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Benjamin Horbelt, Dieter Rencken: From Singapore qualification: Renault donated updates to all four drivers. Motorsport-Total.com, September 16, 2016, accessed on September 22, 2016 . 
2. ^ GP Singapore in Singapore / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 16, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 . 
3. ↑ GP Singapore in Singapore / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 16, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 . 
4. ^ GP Singapore in Singapore / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 17, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Norman Fischer, Dieter Rencken: Vettel problem resolved: broken rear suspension. Motorsport-Total.com, September 17, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck, Dieter Rencken: Eight places back: Sergio Perez punished twice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 17, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 . 
7. ↑ 2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix - Race Result . Formula One World Championship Limited. September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.