2016 Singapore Grand Prix

  2016 Singapore Grand Prix

Race details[1]
Race 15 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One season
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Date	18 September 2016
Official name	2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	5.065 km (3.147 mi)
Distance	61 laps, 308.828 km (191.897 mi)
Attendance	73,000 (3-day average)[2]
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:42.584 [N 1]
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Time	1:47.187 on lap 49 (lap record)[3]
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Third	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2016 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the fifteenth round of the 2016 Formula One season, and marked the seventeenth running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the ninth time the race had been held at Marina Bay.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by two points, ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 208 points. Red Bull Racing was placed second and Ferrari third. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner.

Rosberg started the race from pole position^[4] and led throughout, holding off a late challenge by Daniel Ricciardo to win by less than half a second. Sebastian Vettel was awarded the Driver of the Day award after moving 17 spots to claim 5th position.^[5]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:45.316	1:43.020	1:42.584	1
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:44.255	1:43.933	1:43.115	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.167	1:43.471	1:43.288	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:45.036	1:44.112	1:43.328	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:44.964	1:44.159	1:43.540	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:45.499	1:44.493	1:44.197	6
7	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:45.291	1:44.475	1:44.469	7
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:46.081	1:44.737	1:44.479	8
9	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:45.373	1:44.653	1:44.553	9
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.204	1:44.703	1:44.582	17^1
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:46.086	1:44.740		10
12	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:46.056	1:44.991		11
13	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:45.262	1:45.144		12
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:45.465	1:45.593		13
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:45.609	1:45.723		20^2
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.427	1:47.827		14
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:46.825			15
18	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.860			16
19	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:46.960			18
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	1:47.667			19
21	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT-Mercedes	1:48.296			21
22	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:49.116			22^3
107% time: 1:51.552
Source:[4]

Notes:

• ^1 — Sergio Pérez received a five-place grid penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags and an additional three-place grid penalty for passing another driver under yellows.^[6][7]
• ^2 — Romain Grosjean received a five-place grid penalty for a new gearbox.^[8]
• ^3 — Sebastian Vettel penalised 5 places for unscheduled gearbox changes and 20 places for using additional power unit elements.^[9]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	61	1:55:48.950	1	25
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	61	+0.488	2	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	61	+8.038	3	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	61	+10.219	5	12
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	61	+27.694	22	10
6	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	61	+1:11.197	4	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	61	+1:29.198	9	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	61	+1:51.062	17	4
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	61	+1:51.557	7	2
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	61	+1:59.952	15	1
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	60	+1 Lap	13
12	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	60	+1 Lap	11
13	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	60	+1 Lap	16
14	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	+1 Lap	6
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	60	+1 Lap	18
16	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	60	+1 Lap	19
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	60	+1 Lap	14
18	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT-Mercedes	59	+2 Laps	21
Ret	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	43	Brakes	12
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	35	Overheating	10
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	Collision	8
DNS	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	0	Brakes	20
Source:[10]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Nico Rosberg 273 1 2 Lewis Hamilton 265 3 Daniel Ricciardo 179 4 Sebastian Vettel 153 5 Kimi Räikkönen 148

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 538 2 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 316 3 Ferrari 301 1 4 Force India-Mercedes 112 1 5 Williams-Mercedes 111

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Footnotes

1. Although Nico Rosberg set a lap time of 1:42.584 in qualifying, Daniel Ricciardo's time of 1:47.187 is recognised as the lap record as it was set under race conditions.

References

1. "Singapore". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
2. "Singapore GP attendance falls as economic slowdown hurts". ChannelNews Asia. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
3. "New lap record on 2016 after track modifications". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
4. "2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
5. "Charge to fifth earns Vettel Driver of the Day award". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
6. "Sergio Perez receives eight-place grid drop". Speedcafe.com. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
7. "Perez handed grid drop for yellow flag offences". formula1.com. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
8. "Gearbox penalty drops Grosjean five grid places". formula1.com. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
9. Starting grid
10. "2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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