Austrian Grand Prix

Round 9 · Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

2016-07-03

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Max Verstappen

Red Bull · +5.719

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari · +6.024

Who won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix?

The 2016 Austrian Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes, starting from pole position. Max Verstappen finished second, +5.719 behind, with Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium. Lewis Hamilton also set the fastest lap of the race at 1:08.411. It was an attrition-heavy race with 6 retirements, many due to mechanical issues. This was Round 9 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Felipe Nasr was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 8 positions from P21 to finish P13.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	—	1:27:38.107	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8	▲6	+5.719	Finished	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	▲1	+6.024	Finished	15
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	▲2	+16.710	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	—	+30.981	Finished	10
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	3	▼3	+37.706	Finished	8
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	13	▲6	+44.668	Finished	6
8	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	15	▲7	+47.400	Finished	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	7	▼2	—	+1 Lap	2
10	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	12	▲2	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	11	—	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	19	▲7	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	21	▲8	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	17	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	18	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Rio Haryanto	Manor Marussia	20	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Sergio Pérez	Force India	16	▼1	—	Brakes	0
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	▼4	—	Battery	0
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	2	▼17	—	Brakes	0
20	Felipe Massa	Williams	—	—	—	Brakes	0
R	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	9	—	—	Tyre	0
R	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	Retired	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:06.947	1:06.228	1:07.922
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:06.516	1:06.403	1:08.465
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:07.385	1:07.257	1:09.285
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:06.761	1:06.602	1:09.781
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:07.653	1:07.572	1:09.900
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:07.240	1:06.940	1:09.901
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:07.500	1:06.840	1:09.980
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:07.148	1:06.911	1:10.440
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:07.131	1:06.866	1:11.153
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:07.419	1:07.145	1:11.977
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:07.660	1:07.578	—
12	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	1:07.565	1:07.700	—
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:07.662	1:07.850	—
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:07.671	1:08.154	—
15	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:07.618	—	—
16	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:07.657	—	—
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:07.941	—	—
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:07.965	—	—
19	Rio Haryanto	Manor Marussia	1:08.026	—	—
20	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:08.409	—	—
21	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:08.418	—	—
22	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:08.446	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Hamilton

4 stops

P2Verstappen

3 stops

P3Räikkönen

3 stops

P4Rosberg

4 stops

P5Ricciardo

4 stops

P6Button

4 stops

P7Grosjean

3 stops

P8Sainz

3 stops

P9Bottas

4 stops

P10Wehrlein

4 stops

Lap 1

Lap 71

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	L60	L65	L70	Final
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P1	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P2	P2	P1
Verstappen	P6	P3	P4	P5	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P2	P1	P3	P3	P2
Räikkönen	P3	P2	P2	P2	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P4	P4	P4	P3
Rosberg	P5	P6	P6	P4	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P4
Ricciardo	P7	P5	P7	P6	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5

2016 Austrian Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix on 2016-07-03 at Red Bull Ring.

Who finished P1, P2 and P3 at the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix?+

P1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). P2: Max Verstappen (Red Bull), +5.719 behind. P3: Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari), +6.024 behind.

Who was on pole position for the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.

Who set the fastest lap at the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix with a time of 1:08.411.

Which team won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix?+

Mercedes won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Fernando Alonso	1	8	14:13:00	21.924
Nico Hülkenberg	1	8	14:12:55	22.601
Carlos Sainz	1	9	14:14:11	22.605
Sergio Pérez	1	9	14:14:12	21.883
Valtteri Bottas	1	9	14:14:09	21.047
Jenson Button	1	9	14:14:05	22.859
Nico Rosberg	1	10	14:15:15	21.890
Kevin Magnussen	1	11	14:16:43	22.033
Felipe Massa	1	12	14:18:00	21.097
Jolyon Palmer	1	12	14:17:57	21.745
Marcus Ericsson	1	12	14:18:03	22.980
Pascal Wehrlein	1	13	14:19:05	22.613
Daniel Ricciardo	1	14	14:20:04	21.183
Max Verstappen	1	15	14:21:12	21.945
Lewis Hamilton	1	21	14:28:15	22.918
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	21	14:29:00	22.053
Kimi Räikkönen	1	22	14:29:32	21.916
Pascal Wehrlein	2	23	14:31:36	23.738
Nico Hülkenberg	2	24	14:32:37	21.580
Romain Grosjean	1	26	14:35:02	22.662
Fernando Alonso	2	26	14:35:08	22.879
Sergio Pérez	2	26	14:35:10	21.412
Jenson Button	2	26	14:35:01	22.035
Rio Haryanto	1	27	14:36:58	23.326
Pascal Wehrlein	3	27	14:38:14	18.064
Felipe Nasr	1	28	14:38:23	20.929
Valtteri Bottas	2	28	14:38:22	20.876
Carlos Sainz	2	28	14:38:24	33.462
Romain Grosjean	2	28	14:38:29	18.860
Kevin Magnussen	2	28	14:38:32	17.721
Felipe Massa	2	28	14:38:33	17.388
Jolyon Palmer	2	28	14:38:35	16.851
Rio Haryanto	2	28	14:38:45	16.218
Marcus Ericsson	2	28	14:38:39	16.419
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	28	14:38:43	16.475
Nico Rosberg	2	28	14:38:13	17.959
Lewis Hamilton	2	28	14:38:16	16.983
Max Verstappen	2	28	14:38:17	17.165
Daniel Ricciardo	2	28	14:38:18	19.408
Kimi Räikkönen	2	28	14:38:20	21.206
Fernando Alonso	3	28	14:38:36	16.764
Jenson Button	3	28	14:38:27	18.307
Sergio Pérez	3	28	14:38:37	16.544
Nico Hülkenberg	3	28	14:38:40	16.227
Pascal Wehrlein	4	28	14:40:19	18.342
Felipe Nasr	2	29	14:40:29	17.739
Esteban Gutiérrez	3	29	14:40:44	18.308
Rio Haryanto	3	29	14:40:46	17.828
Daniel Ricciardo	3	29	14:40:23	18.347
Kimi Räikkönen	3	29	14:40:26	18.455
Valtteri Bottas	3	29	14:40:27	17.800
Romain Grosjean	3	29	14:40:32	19.554
Kevin Magnussen	3	29	14:40:34	19.611
Felipe Massa	3	29	14:40:35	19.015
Jolyon Palmer	3	29	14:40:37	18.382
Lewis Hamilton	3	29	14:40:21	18.716
Max Verstappen	3	29	14:40:22	18.455
Nico Rosberg	3	29	14:40:18	18.220
Marcus Ericsson	3	29	14:40:41	19.041
Carlos Sainz	3	29	14:40:43	18.636
Nico Hülkenberg	4	29	14:40:42	19.028
Jenson Button	4	29	14:40:31	18.964
Fernando Alonso	4	29	14:40:38	18.194
Sergio Pérez	4	29	14:40:39	17.970
Esteban Gutiérrez	4	41	14:56:13	21.921
Felipe Nasr	3	43	14:58:35	22.707
Kevin Magnussen	4	49	15:05:46	27.119
Rio Haryanto	4	50	15:07:11	25.234
Jolyon Palmer	4	50	15:06:59	22.728
Marcus Ericsson	4	50	15:07:01	24.326
Nico Hülkenberg	5	50	15:06:56	27.834
Valtteri Bottas	4	51	15:07:54	21.639
Lewis Hamilton	4	54	15:10:44	22.109
Nico Rosberg	4	55	15:11:53	21.035
Felipe Massa	4	56	15:13:53	21.231
Daniel Ricciardo	4	60	15:18:09	22.284