2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

The 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally the 2016 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was the second race of the 2016 Formula One season. The race was the 12th Bahrain Grand Prix, with all of them being held at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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==Background==
The same as the , super soft, soft and medium tyres will be available.
In the Australian Grand Prix, there was a lot of criticism on the "elimination" qualifying format. Following the race, the sport's Strategy Working Group chose to keep it for the Bahrain Grand Prix, and do a further review afterwards. As a response, Toto Wolff said: "We haven't found the right format with this change and it's hard to see how it might be more entertaining for the fans this weekend in Bahrain." Sebastian Vettel stated that he is one of the people are disappointed, while Lewis Hamilton said it is "strange [...], particularly because the most important thing is the fans were unhappy". The FIA's president Jean Todt and Formula One's commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone are set to attend another meeting on race day to discuss the new qualifying format.
Just one day before the Friday practice sessions, it was confirmed that Fernando Alonso would not compete, having been found out in medical exams to have had a partial pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and broken ribs following his accident with Esteban Gutiérrez in the Australian Grand Prix. 's reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne was confirmed to take his place. Gutiérrez also had to have a new car built, as the first one was thought by the team to be too damaged. The team were also able to save Kimi Räikkönen's combustion engine when the turbo charger failed during the Australian Grand Prix and caused the engine to set on fire. The team had been acting quickly to the scene, meaning that they did not need to use a second engine for Bahrain. Alfonso Celis, Jr. was also confirmed to take part in the first practice session for .
==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 	
47 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	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 	
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==Practice Overview==
===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 	 	1:34.461	4 	1:32.870	9 	1:33.519	10
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:35.073	11 	1:32.650	6 	1:31.863	1
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:32.294	1 	1:31.001	1 	1:32.104	3
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:34.128	3 	1:32.452	5 	1:31.723	2
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:35.000	9 	1:33.384	14 	1:33.082	6
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:35.728	16 	1:34.224	20 	1:33.569	11
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	1:33.406	15 	1:34.281	19 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:36.719	19 	1:34.477	21 	1:34.013	17
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:35.006	10 	1:32.873	10 	1:33.363	9
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:35.490	15 	1:33.447	16 	1:33.617	12
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:35.309	13 	1:33.129	12 	1:33.337	8
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:35.440	14 	1:32.281	3 	1:33.704	13
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:34.541	5 	1:32.703	7 	1:33.113	7
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:34.601	6 	1:33.570	17 	1:34.128	18
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:36.939	20 	1:33.640	18 	1:34.424	20
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:34.860	8 	1:32.406	4 	1:33.778	15
34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	 	1:37.287	21 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:32.799	2 	1:31.242	2 	1:32.160	4
47 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	1:36.392	18 	1:32.999	11 	1:33.744	14
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:34.793	7 	1:33.177	13 	1:34.003	16
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:35.174	12 	1:32.792	8 	1:32.675	5
88 	Rio Haryanto 	 	1:37.714	22 	1:34.562	22 	1:35.546	21
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	1:36.371	17 	1:33.953	19 	1:35.724	22
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	2 	1:31.391 	 	1 	1:30.039 	 	1 	1:29.493 	1
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	1 	1:31.325 	 	3 	1:30.535 	 	2 	1:29.570 	2
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	4 	1:31.636 	 	2 	1:30.409 	 	3 	1:30.012 	3
4 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	6 	1:31.685 	 	4 	1:30.559 	 	4 	1:30.244 	4
5 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	3 	1:31.403 	 	6 	1:31.122 	 	5 	1:30.854 	5
6 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	5 	1:31.672 	 	5 	1:30.931 	 	6 	1:31.153 	6
7 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	12 	1:32.045 	 	7 	1:31.374 	 	7 	1:31.155 	7
8 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	10 	1:31.987 	 	8 	1:31.604 	 	8 	1:31.620 	8
9 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	11 	1:32.005 	 	9 	1:31.756 	 	 	 	9
10 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	8 	1:31.888 	 	10 	1:31.772 	 	 	 	10
11 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	7 	1:31.716 	 	11 	1:31.816 	 	 	 	11
12 	47 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	14 	1:32.472 	 	12 	1:31.934 	 	 	 	12
13 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	 	13 	1:32.118 	 	13 	1:31.945 	 	 	 	13
14 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	9 	1:31.976 	 	14 	1:31.998 	 	 	 	14
15 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	15 	1:32.559 	 	15 	1:32.241 	 	 	 	15
16 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	16 	1:32.806 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	17 	1:32.840 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	18 	1:32.911 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	19 	1:33.181 	 	 	 	 	 	 	PL*
20 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	 	20 	1:33.438 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
21 	88 	Rio Haryanto 	 	 	21 	1:34.190 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
22 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	22 	1:34.388 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717	107% time: 1:37.717
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** Kevin Magnussen missed his mandatory weight check during the second practice session, giving him a penalty that makes him start from the pit lane.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	57 	1 h 33 m 34.696 s	2 	25
2 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	57 	+ 10.282 s 	4 	18
3 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	57 	+ 30.148 s 	1 	15
4 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	57 	+ 1 m 2.494 s 	5 	12
5 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	57 	+ 1 m 18.299 s 	9 	10
6 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	57 	+ 1 m 20.929 s 	10 	8
7 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	15 	6
8 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	7 	4
9 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	6 	2
10 	47 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	12 	1
11 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	PL 	
12 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	17 	
13 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	16 	
14 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	21 	
15 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	8 	
16 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	18 	
17 	88 	Rio Haryanto 	 	56 	+ 1 lap 	20 	
18 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	29 	Suspension 	11 	
Ret 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	9 	KERS failure 	13 	
Ret 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	6 	Gearbox 	14 	
DNS 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	0 	Exhaust 	3 	
DNS 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	0 	No Car 	19 	
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==Milestones==
*Debut race for Stoffel Vandoorne
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Nico Rosberg 	50 	 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	33 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	24 	1 	
4 	Kimi Räikkönen 	18 	13 	
5 	Romain Grosjean 	18 	1 	
6 	Sebastian Vettel 	15 	3 	
7 	Felipe Massa 	14 	2 	
8 	Max Verstappen 	9 	2 	
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	6 	2 	
10 	Daniil Kvyat 	6 	7 	
11 	Valtteri Bottas 	6 	3 	
12 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	2 	3 	
13 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	1 	4 	
14 	Kevin Magnussen 	0 	2 	
15 	Jolyon Palmer 	0 	4 	
16 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	1 	
17 	Sergio Pérez 	0 	4 	
18 	Pascal Wehrlein 	0 	2 	
19 	Felipe Nasr 	0 	4 	
20 	Jenson Button 	0 	6 	
21 	Rio Haryanto 	0 	5 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	83 	 	
2 	 	33 	 	
3 	 	30 	1 	
4 	 	20 	1 	
5 	 	18 	 	
6 	 	11 	1 	
7 	 	6 	1 	
8 	 	1 	1 	
9 	 	0 	1 	
10 	 	0 	 	
11 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
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