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2016 Chinese Grand Prix
Race 3 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)
Official name 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix[1]
Location Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Course Permanent Racing Facility
Course length 5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:35.402
Fastest lap
Driver France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari
Time 1:39.923 on lap 48[2]

The 2016 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix) is a Formula One motor race that will be held on 17 April 2016 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race will be the third round of the 2016 season, and marks the thirteenth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Report

Background

Following widespread criticism of the controversial "elimination" qualifying format used in Australia and Bahrain, the system was abandoned for the Chinese Grand Prix and the three-period system used between 2006 and 2015 reintroduced.[3]

Fernando Alonso returned to racing for the McLaren team after being ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix due to injuries sustained during an accident in the Australian Grand Prix.[4]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.669 1:36.240 1:35.402 1
2 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 1:37.672 1:36.815 1:35.917 2
3 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:37.347 1:36.118 1:35.972 3
4 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:37.001 1:36.183 1:36.246 4
5 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:37.537 1:36.831 1:36.296 5
6 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer 1:37.719 1:36.948 1:36.399 6
7 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:38.096 1:37.149 1:36.865 7
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:37.656 1:37.204 1:36.881 8
9 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:38.181 1:37.265 1:37.194 9
10 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:38.165 1:37.333 no time 131
11 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:38.016 1:37.347 10
12 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:38.451 1:38.826 11
13 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:37.593 1:39.093 12
14 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:38.425 1:39.830 14
15 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.321 1:40.742 15
16 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.654 1:42.430 16
17 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen       Renault 1:38.673 17
18 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 1:38.770 18
19 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:39.528 19
20 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 1:40.264 20
107% time: 1:42.080
21 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes no time 212
22 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes no time 223
Source:[5]
Notes
  • ^1 — Nico Hülkenberg received a three-place grid penalty for having been released from the pit lane in an unsafe condition during Q2.[6]
  • ^2 — Pascal Wehrlein failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap during Q1. He was allowed to start at the stewards' discretion.[7][8]
  • ^3 — Lewis Hamilton had already incurred a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change when he failed to post a qualifying time. He will start from the rear end of the grid.[9]

References

  1. ^ "2016 Formula 1 Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Formula One Live Timing - China 2016". Formula1.com. Formula One Management. 17 April 2016.
  3. ^ Pugmire, Jerome (7 April 2016). "FIA agrees on F1 reverting back to 2015 qualifying format". Associated Press. Paris: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Fernando Alonso passed fit for Chinese Grand Prix after further tests". The Guardian. 15 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Qualifying". formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 16 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  6. ^ "2016 Chinese Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 21". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016.
  7. ^ "2016 Chinese Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 23". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016.
  8. ^ "2016 Chinese Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 24". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2016.
  9. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (16 April 2016). "Chinese GP: Rosberg beats Ricciardo to pole, Hamilton to start from the back". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network, LLC. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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