2016 Austrian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring on 3 Jul 2016 for Mercedes, from pole position; Max Verstappen was second and Kimi Räikkönen third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 71 of 71, from Nico Rosberg; the lead changed hands 6 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 27 to 32). Hamilton stopped 4 times, on laps 21 and 28 and 29 and 54; 20 of 20 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 12. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:08.411 on lap 67. 20 of 22 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Nico Rosberg led the championship with 153 points, 11 ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with 12 rounds left.

Date

3 Jul 2016

Circuit

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

Round

9 of 21

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:07.922)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 14 drivers: Nico Rosberg qualified 2nd, started 6th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 3rd, started 2nd; Sebastian Vettel qualified 4th, started 9th; Jenson Button qualified 5th, started 3rd; Kimi Räikkönen qualified 6th, started 4th; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 7th, started 5th; Valtteri Bottas qualified 8th, started 7th; Max Verstappen qualified 9th, started 8th; Felipe Massa qualified 10th, started from the pit lane; Jolyon Palmer qualified 18th, started 19th; Rio Haryanto qualified 19th, started 20th; Daniil Kvyat qualified 20th, started from the pit lane; Marcus Ericsson qualified 21st, started 18th; Felipe Nasr qualified 22nd, started 21st. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 4 stops (laps 21, 28, 29, 54), stints of 21, 7, 1, 25, 17 laps

2nd

Max Verstappen: 3 stops (laps 15, 28, 29), stints of 15, 13, 1, 42 laps

3rd

Kimi Räikkönen: 3 stops (laps 22, 28, 29), stints of 22, 6, 1, 42 laps

Finishers

3 or more: 20

First stops

median lap 12 of 71

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2016 standings