2016 Spanish Grand Prix

 2016 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 21 races in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016
Date:	May 15, 2016
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Length:	307.104 km in 66 laps of 4.655 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 22,000 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Time:	1: 26.948 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Second:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari

The Spanish Grand Prix 2016 (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016 ) took place on May 15 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Russian Grand Prix , Nico Rosberg led the drivers' standings with 43 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 57 points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 81 points and Red Bull with 100 points .

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

Compared to the previous year, there were only marginal changes to the race track: The curbs were renewed, and the drainage system in almost half of the curves was revised.

The two DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The measuring point for the first zone was 86 meters in front of the Campsa , the zone began 40 meters after the curve. The measuring point for the second DRS zone, which was on the start-finish straight, was the safety car line, the DRS was then allowed to be activated 157 meters after the New Holland .

Before the Grand Prix, Red Bull announced that Daniil Kwjat and Max Verstappen will swap cockpits with immediate effect.

Verstappen (eight), Kwjat (five), Marcus Ericsson , Nico Hülkenberg (four each), Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel (three each), Fernando Alonso , Valtteri Bottas , Esteban Gutiérrez , Romain Grosjean , Hamilton, Rio Haryanto and Felipe Nasr (each two) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Raikkonen, Alonso (twice each), Felipe Massa , Jenson Button , Vettel, Hamilton and Rosberg (once each), seven former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

David Domingo (ESP), Martin Donnelly (GBR), Tim Mayer (USA) and Radovan Novak (CZE) acted as race commissioners .

Before the race, it was announced that the two Ferrari customer teams Haas and Sauber also received the enhanced version of the Ferrari 059/5 at this Grand Prix , which the works team had been using since the race in Russia.

training

In the first free practice, Vettel was fastest with a lap time of 1: 23.951 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Rosberg.

In the second free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time in 1: 23.922 seconds, ahead of Raikkonen and Hamilton. The training had to be interrupted after a puncture at Jolyon Palmer .

Also in the third free practice session, Rosberg was fastest with a lap time of 1: 23.078 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel.

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 Manor and Sauber drivers, Massa and Palmer were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was fastest. The Haas pilots, Kevin Magnussen , Kwjat, Button and Hulkenberg were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo . It was the 52nd pole position for Hamilton.

run

Hamilton initially stayed in front at the start, but Rosberg passed on the outside when braking into the first corner. Behind them were Ricciardo, Vettel, who had also started well, Max Verstappen , Carlos Sainz jr. , Valtteri Bottas and Raikkonen. Hamilton came out of the long third corner with more momentum and sat down on the inside next to Rosberg. This drove further and further inwards to defend his position. Hamilton didn't give in and hit the grass next to the track, losing control of his vehicle, spinning and crashing into Rosberg's car. Both vehicles slipped into the Repsol gravel bed , and both drivers were eliminated. It was the first failure of both Mercedes drivers since the 2011 Australian Grand Prix . After questioning the two drivers after the race, the stewards decided that it was a racing accident and did not issue any penalties.

Behind the now leading Ricciardo, Verstappen and Sainz overtook in front of Repsol Vettel, behind which the badly started Raikkonen passed Bottas again. The race management sent the safety car out onto the track to rescue the vehicles . Ricciardo was leading in front of his team-mate Verstappen, followed by Sainz, Vettel, Räikkönen, Bottas, Sergio Pérez , Button, Alonso and Romain Grosjean .

The race was released again at the end of the third lap, the positions initially remained unchanged. Sainz couldn't keep up with the other drivers at the front for long and had to let Vettel pass on the eighth lap and Raikkonen on the tenth lap. On the eleventh lap, Sainz, Button and Hülkenberg pitted for the first tire change. Ricciardo and Alonso stopped one lap later, and Verstappen and Raikkonen another lap later. Vettel was leading ahead of Grosjean, who was overtaken by Ricciardo on the same lap. On lap 15, Vettel and Grosjean also changed tires, so that all drivers had completed their first pit stop. With the exception of Grosjean, who again chose the soft compound, all the pilots in the front field were on medium tires.

As a result, the field at the front pushed closer together, Verstappen, Vettel and Räikkönen caught up with Ricciardo. However, there were no attacks. Meanwhile, Hülkenberg had to park his burning vehicle at the edge of the track on the 22nd lap.

On the 28th lap, the front runner Ricciardo pitted for the second tire change, one lap later Vettel also stopped. Both switched to the soft mix. As a result, both of them, in third and fourth place, drove the fastest laps of the race to date. Verstappen changed tires on lap 34 and chose the medium compound, a lap later Raikkonen and Pérez, who was in seventh place, did exactly the same. In the meantime, the Renault drivers were the only drivers in the field to switch to the hardest tire compound, Hard .

In the 37th lap, Vettel pitted for the third time and switched back to medium . Ricciardo was in front of Verstappen, Raikkonen, Vettel, Bottas and Sainz, who switched to Medium one lap later and dropped to eighth place. Another lap later, Bottas changed tires, but stayed in fifth place. Grosjean also changed the tires, but also had a new front wing fitted.

On the 43rd lap Ricciardo changed tires for the third time, and he too wanted to finish the race with the medium tires. Verstappen was leading around two seconds ahead of Raikkonen, Vettel was around six seconds behind, Ricciardo was another six seconds behind. Behind them were Bottas, Sainz, Pérez, Gutiérrez, Kwjat and Massa, which were clearly behind. Meanwhile, Alonso parked his McLaren on the side of the track with a technical defect. In the following laps, Raikkonen shortened the gap to Verstappen, and Ricciardo also caught up with Vettel. Kwjat switched to the soft mixture again in the 51st lap and fell out of the points. He drove the fastest lap of the race on lap 53 and passed Gutiérrez shortly afterwards.

Ricciardo put Vettel under pressure and passed in the 59th lap when braking into the first corner, but he braked himself so that Vettel was able to counter and took third place again. Grosjean parked his vehicle with braking problems. Although he was constantly in the DRS window, Raikkonen failed to launch an attack on Verstappen. Ricciardo continued to put Vettel under pressure, but suffered a tire damage on the left rear on lap 65. He then went to the pits to change tires and came back on the track shortly before Bottas.

Shortly before the end of the race, the two Renault drivers collided. Magnussen received a ten-second penalty for causing the collision, which dropped him from 14th to 15th place, as well as two penalty points.

Verstappen won the race ahead of Raikkonen and Vettel. It was the first win and also the first podium for Verstappen, and it was also the first success at a Grand Prix for a Dutch driver. Verstappen also became the youngest Grand Prix winner in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship. It was the first win for Red Bull since the Belgian Grand Prix in 2014 , when both Mercedes drivers collided in the early stages of the race. The remaining points were placed by Ricciardo, Bottas, Sainz, Pérez, Massa, Button and Kwjat.

Rosberg remained in the lead in the overall standings, Raikkonen was new second ahead of Hamilton. The first three positions for the designers 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
	45	Esteban Ocon
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

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Renault with start number 45 was used in the first free practice for Ocon. Palmer then took over the vehicle with its number 30 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 23.214	1: 22.159	1: 22,000	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 23.002	1: 22.759	1: 22.280	02
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 23.749	1: 23.585	1: 22.680	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 23.578	1: 23.178	1: 23.087	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 23.796	1: 23.504	1: 23.113	05
06th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 24.124	1: 23.688	1: 23.334	06th
07th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 24.251	1: 24.023	1: 23.522	07th
08th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 24.496	1: 24.077	1: 23.643	08th
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.698	1: 24.003	1: 23.782	09
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 24.578	1: 24.192	1: 23.981	10
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 24.463	1: 24.203	-	11
12	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 24.583	1: 24.348	-	12
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 24.696	1: 24.445	-	13
14th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 24.716	1: 24.480	-	14th
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1: 24.669	1: 24.625	-	15th
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1: 24.406	1: 24.778	-	16
17th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 24.903	-	-	17th
18th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 24.941	-	-	18th
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 25.202	-	-	19th
20th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 25.579	-	-	20th
21st	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	1: 25.745	-	-	21st
22nd	Rio Haryanto	Manor Mercedes	1: 25.939	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 28.812 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 23.002 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	66	2	1: 41: 40.017	04th	1: 28.816 (36th)
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	66	2	+ 0.616	05	1: 28,538 (38th)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	66	3	+ 5.581	06th	1: 27.974 (39.)
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	66	4th	+ 43.950	03	1: 28.209 (46.)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	66	2	+ 45.271	07th	1: 29.081 (60th)
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	66	2	+1: 01.395	08th	1: 29.663 (42nd)
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	66	2	+1: 19.538	09	1: 29.801 (37.)
08th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	66	3	+1: 20.707	18th	1: 29.238 (43.)
09	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	65	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 30.260 (39.)
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	65	3	+ 1 lap	13	1: 26.948 (53rd)
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	65	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 30,139 (34th)
12	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	65	3	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 29.715 (42nd)
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	65	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 29.779 (35th)
14th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	65	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 29,905 (38th)
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	65	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 28.716 (57.)
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 31.182 (37.)
17th	Rio Haryanto	Manor Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 29.402 (52.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	56	3	DNF	14th	1: 28.974 (41st)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	45	2	DNF	10	1: 29,750 (41st)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	20th	1	DNF	11	1: 31.810 ( 08.)
-	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	0	DNF	01	-
-	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	0	0	DNF	02	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Magnussen received a ten-second penalty for causing a collision

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 100 02  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 61 03  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 57 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 48 05  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 48 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 38 07th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 36 08th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 29 09  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22nd 10  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 22nd 11  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12

Item driver constructor Points 12  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 8th 13  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 8th 14th  Kevin Magnussen Renault 6th 15th  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 6th 16  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 3 17th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 18th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 19th  Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 0 20th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 0 22nd  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 0 23  Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 157 2  Ferrari 109 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 94 4th  Williams-Mercedes 65 5  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 26th 6th  Haas-Ferrari 22nd

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 14th 08th  McLaren Honda 12 09  Renault 6th 10  Clean Ferrari 0 11  Manor Mercedes 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Norman Fischer: Barcelona: Martin Donnelly again driver commissioner. Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2016, accessed May 11, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Red Bull confirms: Verstappen is replacing Kwjat with immediate effect! Motorsport-Total.com, May 5, 2016, accessed May 5, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Haas is following suit: In Barcelona with maximum Ferrari power. Motorsport-Total.com, May 6, 2016, accessed May 6, 2016 . 
4. ^ Daniel Halder: Sauber: New Ferrari drive as a small glimmer of hope. Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2016, accessed May 11, 2016 . 
5. ^ GP Spain in Barcelona / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, May 13, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 . 
6. ^ GP Spain in Barcelona / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, May 13, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Barcelona 2016: Rosberg sets the tone again. Motorsport-Total.com, May 13, 2016, accessed May 13, 2016 . 
8. ^ GP Spain in Barcelona / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, May 14, 2016, accessed May 14, 2016 . 
9. ^ Norman Fischer: racing accident: stewards acquit Rosberg and Hamilton. Motorsport-Total.com, May 15, 2016, accessed May 15, 2016 . 
10. ^ Benjamin Horbelt: Renault in Barcelona: Penalty after touching teammates. Motorsport-Total.com, May 15, 2016, accessed May 16, 2016 .