Round 8 · 2016

European Grand Prix

CircuitBaku City CircuitLocationBaku, AzerbaijanDates17 Jun – 19 Jun 2016Final

WinnerROSMercedes · from P1

PoleROS

Fastest lap1:46.485Rosberg · L48

Most laps led40Rosberg

Biggest gain+8Button P19→P11

Retirements4of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1	0	51	1:32:52.366 FL	1	25
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3	+1	51	+16.700	1	18
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	7	+4	51	+25.240	1	15
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	4	0	51	+33.100	1	12
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	10	+5	51	+56.340	1	10
6	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	8	+2	51	+1:00.890	1	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	2	-5	51	+1:09.230	2	6
8	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	9	+1	51	+1:10.700	2	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	12	+3	51	+1:17.710	1	2
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	5	-5	51	+1:25.380	2	1
11	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	19	+8	51	+1:44.820	2
12	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	15	+3	50	+1 lap	2
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	11	-2	50	+1 lap	2
14	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	22	+8	50	+1 lap	1
15	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	21	+6	50	+1 lap	2
16	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	14	-2	50	+1 lap	2
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	20	+3	50	+1 lap	2
18	Rio Haryanto HYO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	16	-2	49	+2 laps	1
—	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	13		42	DNF · L42	2
—	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	6		6	DNF · L6	2
—	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	17		39	DNF · L39	1
—	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	18		31	DNF · L31	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	16
2	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	20
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	—	—	—	15
7	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	25
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	18
9	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
10	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	15
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	14
13	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	17
14	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	15
15	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	—	—	—	16
16	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	—	—	—	13
17	Rio Haryanto HYO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
18	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
19	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	7
20	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	10
21	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	9
22	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	9

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:44.352	17
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:44.610	22
3	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:45.540	18
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:45.620	13
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:45.630	20
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:45.735	17
7	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:45.901	14
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:45.954	17
9	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:45.981	19
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:46.024	16
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:46.131	16
12	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:46.190	17
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:46.361	21
14	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:46.510	20
15	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:46.670	21
16	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:47.024	16
17	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:47.100	19
18	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:47.158	18
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:47.328	14
20	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:47.379	18
21	Rio Haryanto HYO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:47.556	18
22	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:44.223	33
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:44.913	26
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:45.336	37
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:45.764	35
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:45.920	37
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:46.027	35
7	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:46.068	35
8	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:46.219	36
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:46.234	32
10	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:46.293	32
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:46.498	27
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:46.681	29
13	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:46.694	32
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:46.744	35
15	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:46.830	26
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:47.060	28
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:47.329	38
18	Rio Haryanto HYO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:47.487	33
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:47.772	22
20	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:47.794	35
21	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:48.018	36
22	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:48.081	38

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:46.435	23
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:46.812	32
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:47.096	34
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:47.989	21
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:48.627	26
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:48.922	17
7	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:49.019	21
8	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:49.125	22
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:49.267	16
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:49.301	27
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:49.611	20
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:49.635	16
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:49.778	17
14	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:50.167	25
15	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:50.473	18
16	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:50.485	7
17	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:50.551	19
18	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:50.910	25
19	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:50.939	27
20	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:51.219	24
21	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:51.771	11
22	Rio Haryanto HYO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:51.925	28

Session schedule

Practice 1Final17 Jun 2016 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final17 Jun 2016 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final18 Jun 2016 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal18 Jun 2016 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal19 Jun 2016 13:00 UTC

Championship after round 8

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	141
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	117
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	96
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	81	▲1
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	78	▼1
6	Max Verstappen VER	54
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	52
8	Sergio Pérez PER	39	▲1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.