2016 Russian Grand Prix

The 2016 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix) was the 4th race of the 2016 Formula One season. It was the third running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship with all of them being held at the Sochi Autodrom. It was held between 29 April and 1 May 2016.
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==Background==
Supersoft, soft and medium tyres were used in the Grand Prix.
After the , Nico Rosberg led the Drivers' Championship with 75 points, 36 points ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Daniel Ricciardo was third, just three points behind Hamilton. went into the Russian Grand Prix leading the Constructors' Championship with 114 points. followed with 61 points, while were third with 57 points.
Sergey Sirotkin took part in the first practice session, being the second time he has taken part in free practice.
John Booth, who was formerly the team principal of Manor, was confirmed to be 's director of racing, while Felipe Nasr used a new chassis for his car. Red Bull also tested their Aero Screen on one of their cars in the first practice session, as part of plans by the FIA to use cockpit protection starting from .
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W07 Hybrid 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W07 Hybrid 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF16-H 	 	059/5 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF16-H 	 	059/5 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW38 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW38 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB12 	 	TAG Heuer 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB12 	 	TAG Heuer 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR11 	 	059/4 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR11 	 	059/4 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C35 	 	059/5 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C35 	 	059/5 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-31 	 	RA616H 	
22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-31 	 	RA616H 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
88 	Rio Haryanto 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr. 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
46 	Sergey Sirotkin 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:39.650 	6 	1:39.084 	5 	1:38.622	11 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:39.175 	3 	1:38.235 	2 	1:37.007	3 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:38.127 	1 	1:38.450 	3 	1:36.471	2 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:39.332 	4 	1:38.793 	4 	1:37.727	4 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:41.385 	17 	1:40.260 	16 	1:39.239	17 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:41.962 	19 	1:41.652 	22 	1:39.740	21 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:40.287 	9 	1:39.867 	14 	1:38.542	10 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:41.085 	14 	1:40.740 	19 	1:39.898	22 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:40.771 	12 	1:39.400 	10 	1:38.633	12 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:39.365 	5 	1:39.289 	9 	1:37.918	5 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	align="center"	1:40.193	15 	1:39.238 	16 	 	 	 	 	 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:41.238 	16 	1:40.508 	17 	1:39.230	15 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:40.663 	11 	1:39.196 	8 	1:38.260	8 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:40.218 	8 	1:39.193 	7 	1:39.047	13 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	align="center"	1:39.795	13 	1:39.162 	14 	 	 	 	 	 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:41.671 	18 	1:40.688 	18 	1:39.589	18 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:41.134 	15 	1:39.501 	12 	1:38.133	7 	 	 	 	 	
34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	 	1:43.432 	22 	align="center"	align="center"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:38.849 	2 	1:37.583 	1 	1:36.403	1 	 	 	 	 	
46 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	1:40.898 	13 	align="center"	align="center"	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:40.654 	10 	1:39.465 	11 	1:38.465	9 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:39.802 	7 	1:39.185 	6 	1:37.985	6 	 	 	 	 	
88 	Rio Haryanto 	 	1:42.687 	21 	1:41.080 	20 	1:39.599	19 	 	 	 	 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	1:42.483 	20 	1:41.148 	21 	1:39.663	20 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3 ===
===Qualifying Results===
===Grid===
== Race==
At the start in turn 2, eight drivers made contact with one another. Daniil Kvyat hit Sebastian Vettel in the rear, damaging Kvyat's front wing and causing Vettel to hit Daniel Riccardo and puncture his left rear tyre. Ricciardo then damaged his own front wing on Sergio Perez, who also picked up a puncture from Riccardo's hit. this caused considerable mayhem as Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Riccardo, Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson took evasive action by moving off the track. further back, Esteban Gutierrez was too focused on the contact ahead that he crashed into Nico Hulkenberg. Hulkenberg spun right back into Gutierrez. then, Rio Haryanto got sandwiched between Hulkenberg and Marcus Ericsson. this caused Haryanto to go airborne and Ericsson to get a puncture. in turn 3, Kvyat hit Vettel again. this time, Vettel spun off into the barriers. While the safety car came out to allow the Debris and wrecked cars to be cleared off the track, 5 cars went into the pits to repair damage- Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Riccardo, Sergio Perez, Esteban Gutierrez and Marcus Ericsson. 
The order at the restart on lap four was: Rosberg, Räikkönen, Bottas, Massa and Hamilton, who had stayed clear of the incidents to move up to fifth. On the restart, Bottas moved ahead of Räikkönen, while Hamilton made a successful move on Massa into fourth. Kvyat's early pit stop left him in 15th at that point, and he soon served a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for his contacts with Vettel, dropping him to last. Meanwhile, Hamilton overtook Räikkönen to move into third on lap seven. Felipe Nasr came into the pit lane on lap 12 to replace a slow puncture on his tyres. The order at the front remained the same until Bottas became the first front runner to pit for fresh tyres on lap 17. Hamilton followed suit one lap later, but still emerged behind Bottas, overtaking him into turn two another lap later. On lap 20, Räikkönen made a pit stop as well, coming back out behind Hamilton, but ahead of Bottas. All the while, Rosberg led comfortably ahead of Max Verstappen, who made his first stop on lap 23 and dropped back.[23]
While racing for position on lap 23, Sainz forced Jolyon Palmer off the track in turn two and was later handed a ten-second time penalty for the incident. Four laps later, Pascal Wehrlein tried to overtake Felipe Nasr for 16th, but was unsuccessful and in turn lost a position to Kvyat. His teammate Ricciardo overtook Kevin Magnussen for eighth on lap 29, but lost the position again and was in turn passed by Romain Grosjean. As Nico Rosberg started to lap backmarkers on lap 31, the gap to second-placed Hamilton started to come down, with his advantage dropping from more than eleven seconds to a little more than seven seconds by lap 36. Meanwhile, Verstappen was forced to retire due to power unit failure on lap 34, while running in sixth place. As Hamilton was told by his pit crew that he suffered from a water pressure problem, his gap to Rosberg started to increase again, staying at 13 seconds by lap 41. Wehrlein made a pit stop for new tyres on the same lap, but problems with his stop forced him stationary for almost a minute, resulting in him moving into last place on the road.[23]
On lap 47, Massa made a pit stop for new tyres from fifth place, retaining his position ahead of Fernando Alonso. All the while, Räikkönen was able to close the gap to Hamilton ahead of him to eight seconds on lap 49. On the next lap, Button passed Sainz for tenth and Ricciardo moved ahead of Palmer for 12th another lap later. Rosberg crossed the line to take his seventh consecutive victory,[24] a feat to that point only achieved by Alberto Ascari, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel.[25] Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen rounded up the podium ahead of the two Williams drivers, Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa.[23] Rosberg recorded the first Grand Slam of his career, meaning he won the race, recorded the fastest lap, achieved pole position and led every lap. He was the 24th driver in history to achieve the feat.[26]
===Results ===
 	 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	
1 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	53 	1:32:41.997 	1 	25
2 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	+ 25.022 	10 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	53 	+ 31.998 	3 	15
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	+ 50.217 	2 	12
5 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	53 	+ 1:14.527 	4 	10
6 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	8
7 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	17 	6
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	4
9 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	6 	2
10 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	12 	1
11 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	5 	
12 	55 	Carlos Sainz Jr. 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	
13 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	
14 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	22 	
15 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	8 	
16 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	19 	
17 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	16 	
18 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	51 	+ 2 Laps 	20 	
Ret 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	33 	Power unit 	9 	
Ret 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	0 	Collision 	7 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	0 	Collision 	13 	
Ret 	88 	Rio Haryanto 	 	0 	Collision 	21 	
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==Milestones== 
*Sergio Pérez's 100th entry (97th start).
* Nico Hülkenberg's 100th entry (98th start).
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Nico Rosberg 	100 	 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	57 	 	
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	43 	2 	
4 	Daniel Ricciardo 	36 	1 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	33 	1 	
6 	Felipe Massa 	32 	 	
7 	Romain Grosjean 	22 	1 	
8 	Daniil Kvyat 	21 	1 	
9 	Valtteri Bottas 	19 	1 	
10 	Max Verstappen 	13 	1 	
11 	Fernando Alonso 	8 	8 	
12 	Nico Hülkenberg 	6 	1 	
13 	Kevin Magnussen 	6 	1 	
14 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	4 	2 	
15 	Sergio Pérez 	2 	 	
16 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	1 	3 	
17 	Jenson Button 	1 	1 	
18 	Jolyon Palmer 	0 	2 	
19 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	2 	
20 	Pascal Wehrlein 	0 	1 	
21 	Felipe Nasr 	0 	3 	
22 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	0 	1 	
23 	Rio Haryanto 	0 	1 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	157 	 	
2 	 	76 	 	
3 	 	57 	 	
4 	 	51 	 	
5 	 	22 	 	
6 	 	17 	 	
7 	 	10 	1 	
8 	 	8 	1 	
9 	 	6 	 	
10 	 	0 	 	
11 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
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