2016 Hungarian Grand Prix

2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 11 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Hungaroring circuit
Race details[1]
Date	24 July 2016
Official name	Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2016[2][3]
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 306.630 km (190.539 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Attendance	176,000 (Weekend)[4]
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:19.965
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Time	1:23.086 on lap 52
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2016) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 32nd running of the Hungarian Grand Prix, and 31st time it had been held as a round of the World Championship.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with a one-point lead over teammate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship while Mercedes led in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Ferrari. The race was won by Hamilton, with Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium, meaning Hamilton took over the lead in the Drivers' Championship after the race.

Report

In the week before the race, the FIA revised the rules governing pit-to-car communications following criticism from the teams in light of a penalty given to Nico Rosberg at the British Grand Prix for receiving assistance outside those allowed under the regulations; and in the aftermath of Sergio Pérez's brake failure and subsequent retirement from the Austrian Grand Prix, which Force India was particularly critical of in light of the safety implications arising from Pérez's accident.^[5] The rules, first introduced during the 2015 season, were intended to crack down on driver coaching—stating that a competitor must drive the car "alone and unaided"—but allowing teams the scope to alert drivers to the imminent failure of components.^[5] Under the revisions introduced for the Hungarian Grand Prix, a car must pit or be retired immediately if an issue arises that is deemed serious enough to warrant intervention from the team.^[5] The revised regulations were poorly received, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel being particularly critical during interviews.

After introducing "baguette" kerbs at the Austrian Grand Prix as a means of policing track limits and prevent drivers from deliberately running wide to gain an advantage, the Hungarian Grand Prix saw the introduction of electronic monitoring at selected corners, with pressure-sensitive plates placed under kerbs to detect cars running wide, with the system tied to the car transponders to detect when a driver had run too wide.^[6]

Mixed conditions in the first qualifying session meant that a record eleven drivers failed to make the 107% time: Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo; Williams' Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas; Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Pérez; Renault's Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer; Manor's Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto; and Sauber's Marcus Ericsson. Due to the exceptional circumstances, all eleven were permitted to start the race, and the fastest five - Ricciardo, Verstappen, Hulkenberg, Bottas, and Pérez - were allowed to proceed to Q2 as normal.

Lewis Hamilton took a comfortable win ahead of his teammate Rosberg, their only challenge came from Daniel Ricciardo who did threaten but ultimately faded away before finishing in 3rd place holding off a charge from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Jenson Button was the only retirement from the race when he was instructed to stop after an oil leak in his McLaren in what he described as "A race from hell".^[7]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.302	1:22.806	1:19.965	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.210	1:24.836	1:20.108	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo1	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:39.968	1:23.234	1:20.280	3
4	33	Max Verstappen1	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:40.424	1:22.660	1:20.557	4
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:35.718	1:24.082	1:20.874	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.115	1:24.734	1:21.131	6
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:35.165	1:23.816	1:21.211	7
8	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:37.983	1:24.456	1:21.597	8
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg1	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.471	1:23.901	1:21.823	9
10	77	Valtteri Bottas1	Williams-Mercedes	1:42.758	1:24.506	1:22.182	10
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.906	1:24.941		11
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.714	1:25.301		12
13	11	Sergio Pérez1	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.411	1:25.416		13
14	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.853	1:25.435		14
15	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:38.959	1:26.189		15
16	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:37.772	1:27.063		16
107% time: 1:39.833
—	30	Jolyon Palmer2	Renault	1:43.965			17
—	19	Felipe Massa2	Williams-Mercedes	1:43.999			18
—	20	Kevin Magnussen2	Renault	1:44.543			19
—	9	Marcus Ericsson2	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.984			PL3
—	94	Pascal Wehrlein2	MRT-Mercedes	1:47.343			20
—	88	Rio Haryanto2	MRT-Mercedes	1:50.189			214
Source:[8][9]

Notes:

• ^1 – Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, Nico Hülkenberg, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez all failed to set lap times within 107% of the fastest time set in Q1. However, they were allowed to advance to Q2 with their Q1 times intact.
• ^2 – Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Massa, Kevin Magnussen, Marcus Ericsson, Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto all failed to set lap times within 107% of the fastest time set in Q1. Their participation in the race was permitted at the discretion of the stewards.
• ^3 – Marcus Ericsson was required to start from the pit lane after getting a new survival cell.^[10]
• ^4 – Rio Haryanto received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[10]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	1:40:30.115	2	25
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+1.977	1	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	70	+27.539	3	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	70	+28.213	5	12
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	70	+48.659	4	10
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	70	+49.044	14	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	69	+1 Lap	7	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	6	4
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	69	+1 Lap	10	2
10	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	69	+1 Lap	9	1
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	69	+1 Lap	13
12	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	69	+1 Lap	17
131	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	15
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	11
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	69	+1 Lap	19
16	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	12
17	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	69	+1 Lap	16
18	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	68	+2 Laps	18
19	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	68	+2 Laps	20
20	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	68	+2 Laps	PL
21	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT-Mercedes	68	+2 Laps	21
Ret	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	60	Oil leak	8
Source:[11]

Notes

• ^1 – Esteban Gutiérrez originally finished 12th, but received a five-second time penalty after the race for ignoring blue flags.^[11]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Lewis Hamilton 192 1 2 Nico Rosberg 186 1 3 Daniel Ricciardo 115 1 4 Kimi Räikkönen 114 5 Sebastian Vettel 110 Source:[12]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 378 2 Ferrari 224 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 223 4 Williams-Mercedes 94 5 Force India-Mercedes 74 Source:[12]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2016 Hungaroring GP2 Series round
• 2016 Hungaroring GP3 Series round

References

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