2016 · Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · Melbourne, Australia
20 Mar 2016

Pole position

Hamilton

Fastest lap

1:28.997

Daniel Ricciardo

Biggest climber

▲13

Romain Grosjean

Finishers

16/22

6 did not finish

Classification

Australian GP result

Pos	Driver	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / status	Fastest lap	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	2	▲1	57	1:48:15.565	1:30.557	25
2	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	1	▼1	57	+8.060	1:30.646	18
3	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari	3	•	57	+9.643	1:29.951	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull	8	▲4	57	+24.330	1:28.997	12
5	Felipe Massa Williams	6	▲1	57	+58.979	1:32.288	10
6	Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team	19	▲13	57	+1:12.081	1:32.862	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	10	▲3	57	+1:14.199	1:32.833	6
8	Valtteri Bottas Williams	16	▲8	57	+1:15.153	1:32.725	4
9	Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso	7	▼2	57	+1:15.680	1:31.671	2
10	Max Verstappen Toro Rosso	5	▼5	57	+1:16.833	1:31.516	1
11	Jolyon Palmer Renault	13	▲2	57	+1:23.399	1:32.955
12	Kevin Magnussen Renault	14	▲2	57	+1:25.606	1:32.452
13	Sergio Pérez Force India	9	▼4	57	+1:31.699	1:32.780
14	Jenson Button McLaren	12	▼2	56	+1 Lap	1:31.684
15	Felipe Nasr Sauber	17	▲2	56	+1 Lap	1:32.711
16	Pascal Wehrlein Manor Marussia	21	▲5	56	+1 Lap	1:32.673
DNF	Marcus Ericsson Sauber	15		38	Engine	1:33.892
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari	4		21	Engine	1:30.701
DNF	Rio Haryanto Manor Marussia	22		17	Mechanical	1:33.847
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez Haas F1 Team	20		16	Collision	1:32.998
DNF	Fernando Alonso McLaren	11		16	Collision	1:32.553
DNS	Daniil Kvyat Red Bull	18		0	Retired

Grid

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	1:25.351	1:24.605	1:23.837
2	Nico Rosberg Mercedes	1:26.934	1:24.796	1:24.197
3	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari	1:26.945	1:25.257	1:24.675
4	Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari	1:26.579	1:25.615	1:25.033
5	Max Verstappen Toro Rosso	1:26.934	1:25.615	1:25.434
6	Felipe Massa Williams	1:25.918	1:25.644	1:25.458
7	Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso	1:27.057	1:25.384	1:25.582
8	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull	1:26.945	1:25.599	1:25.589
9	Sergio Pérez Force India	1:26.607	1:25.753	–
10	Nico Hülkenberg Force India	1:26.550	1:25.865	–
11	Valtteri Bottas Williams	1:27.135	1:25.961	–
12	Fernando Alonso McLaren	1:26.537	1:26.125	–
13	Jenson Button McLaren	1:26.740	1:26.304	–
14	Jolyon Palmer Renault	1:27.241	1:27.601	–
15	Kevin Magnussen Renault	1:27.297	1:27.742	–
16	Marcus Ericsson Sauber	1:27.435	–	–
17	Felipe Nasr Sauber	1:27.958	–	–
18	Daniil Kvyat Red Bull	1:28.006	–	–
19	Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team	1:28.322	–	–
20	Esteban Gutiérrez Haas F1 Team	1:29.606	–	–
21	Rio Haryanto Manor Marussia	1:29.627	–	–
22	Pascal Wehrlein Manor Marussia	1:29.642	–	–