Round 21 · 2016

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

CircuitYas Marina CircuitLocationAbu dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDates25 Nov – 27 Nov 2016Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P1

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:43.729Vettel · L47

Most laps led43Hamilton

Biggest gain+7Ocon P20→P13

Retirements5of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	0	55	1:38:04.013	2	25
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2	0	55	+0.440	2	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	5	+2	55	+0.840 FL	2	15
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	6	+2	55	+1.690	1	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	3	-2	55	+5.320	2	10
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	4	-2	55	+18.820	2	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	7	0	55	+50.110	2	6
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	8	0	55	+58.780	2	4
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	10	+1	55	+59.900	2	2
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	9	-1	55	+59.900	2	1
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	14	+3	55	+1:16.780	2
12	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	13	+1	55	+1:35.110	2
13	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+7	54	Classified	2
14	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	16	+2	54	Classified	2
15	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	22	+7	54	+1 lap	1
16	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	19	+3	54	+1 lap	2
17	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	15	-2	54	Classified	3
—	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	12		11	DNF · L11	1
—	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	11		5	DNF · L5	1
—	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	18		4	DNF · L4	2
—	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	17		15	DNF · L15	1
—	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	21		41	DNF · L41	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	12
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	12
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	14
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	14
6	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	13
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	12
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	12
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	17
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	—	—	—	15
11	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	9
12	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	14
13	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	—	—	—	16
14	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	15
15	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	14
16	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	14
17	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	6
19	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	—	—	—	8
20	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
21	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
22	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:40.775	16
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:40.912	21
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:40.999	14
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:41.065	14
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:41.168	18
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:41.831	20
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:41.885	19
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:42.067	13
9	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:42.076	19
10	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:42.354	16
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:42.585	14
12	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:42.616	17
13	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:42.664	15
14	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:42.683	20
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:42.805	17
16	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:43.057	17
17	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.145	17
18	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:43.301	10
19	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:43.417	21
20	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.733	15
21	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:44.105	13
22	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:44.238	20

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:40.861	36
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:40.940	38
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:41.130	31
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:41.389	24
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:41.390	33
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:41.464	34
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:41.959	35
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:42.041	35
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:42.264	36
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:42.268	36
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:42.366	33
12	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:42.823	24
13	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:43.012	35
14	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:43.108	17
15	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:43.272	33
16	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.600	35
17	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.754	33
18	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:43.903	36
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:44.045	34
20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:44.117	25
21	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:44.478	5
22	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:45.948	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:42.869	28
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:43.243	31
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:43.297	26
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:43.362	27
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:44.005	27
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:44.155	23
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:44.556	27
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:44.685	21
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:45.039	27
10	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:45.168	20
11	Alfonso Celis Jr. ACJ	Force India	1:45.476	26
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:45.600	13
13	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:45.778	17
14	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:45.925	20
15	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:45.940	31
16	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:46.219	33
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:46.372	21
18	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:46.379	21
19	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.458	29
20	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:47.127	10
21	Jordan King JKI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:47.558	27
22	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	2:01.989	4

Session schedule

Practice 1Final25 Nov 2016 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final25 Nov 2016 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final26 Nov 2016 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal26 Nov 2016 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal27 Nov 2016 13:00 UTC

Championship after round 21

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	385
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	380
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	256
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	212
5	Max Verstappen VER	204
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	186
7	Sergio Pérez PER	101
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	85

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Red Bull Racing	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Max Verstappen VER
Ferrari	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Sergio Pérez PER
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Jenson Button BUT
Williams	Felipe Massa MAS	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Haas	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Renault (2016–20)	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	—	Kevin Magnussen MAG
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	—	Esteban Ocon OCO
Toro Rosso	Daniil Kvyat KVY	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
Sauber	Felipe Nasr NAS	—	Marcus Ericsson ERI

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2015	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2014	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2013	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2012	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	4
2011	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2
2010	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2