Round 13 · 2016

Belgian Grand Prix

CircuitSpa-FrancorchampsLocationStavelot, BelgiumDates26 Aug – 28 Aug 2016Final

WinnerROSMercedes · from P1

PoleROS

Fastest lap1:51.583Hamilton · L41

Most laps led35Rosberg

Biggest gain+18Hamilton P21→P3

Retirements5of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1	0	44	1:44:51.058	2	25
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	5	+3	44	+14.110	2	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	21	+18	44	+27.630 FL	3	15
4	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	7	+3	44	+35.910	3	12
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	6	+1	44	+40.660	3	10
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	4	-2	44	+45.390	3	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	22	+15	44	+59.450	2	6
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	8	0	44	+1:00.150	3	4
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	3	-6	44	+1:01.110	4	2
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	10	0	44	+1:05.870	3	1
11	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	2	-9	44	+1:11.140	4
12	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	13	+1	44	+1:13.880	3
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	11	-2	44	+1:16.470	3
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	19	+5	44	+1:27.100	3
15	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	14	-1	44	+1:33.170	4
16	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	18	+2	43	+1 lap	3
17	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	17	0	43	+1 lap	3
—	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	9		1	DNF · L1	1
—	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	20		3	DNF · L3	1
—	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	12		5	DNF · L5	0
—	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	16		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	15		1	DNF · L1	0

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:47.974	11
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:48.189	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:48.297	12
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:48.504	17
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:48.635	20
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:48.739	12
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:48.742	19
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:48.783	21
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:48.915	12
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:49.272	16
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:49.453	9
12	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:49.631	16
13	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:49.665	10
14	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:49.716	11
15	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:49.761	15
16	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:50.023	9
17	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:50.078	9
18	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:50.241	11
19	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:50.420	13
20	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:50.693	18
21	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:51.319	5
22	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:48.085	27
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:48.341	27
3	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:48.657	30
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:49.023	27
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:49.100	27
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:49.161	33
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:49.244	30
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:49.419	20
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:49.419	23
10	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:49.648	23
11	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:49.716	31
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:49.772	30
13	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:49.782	33
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:49.916	25
15	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:50.083	27
16	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:50.151	19
17	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:50.157	29
18	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:50.194	25
19	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:50.375	34
20	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:50.562	32
21	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:50.659	25
22	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:50.719	24

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:48.348	27
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:49.078	25
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:49.147	24
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:49.274	23
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:49.768	19
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:49.782	24
7	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:49.865	24
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:50.088	21
9	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:50.394	31
10	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:50.583	21
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:50.899	18
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:51.122	28
13	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:51.125	16
14	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:51.424	17
15	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:51.768	19
16	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:51.787	26
17	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:52.308	19
18	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:52.407	18
19	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:52.837	23
20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:53.053	20
21	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:53.089	20
22	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	3

Session schedule

Practice 1Final26 Aug 2016 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final26 Aug 2016 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final27 Aug 2016 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal27 Aug 2016 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal28 Aug 2016 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 13

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	232
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	223
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	151
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	128	▲1
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	124	▼1
6	Max Verstappen VER	115
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	62
8	Sergio Pérez PER	58

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2015	Belgian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2014	Belgian Grand Prix	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	5
2013	Belgian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2012	Belgian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1
2011	Belgian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Belgian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2
2009	Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	6
2008	Belgian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	2