2016 Formula 1 World Championship
A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.
Profile & context
Championship season: 2016
- Name
- 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Sources behind this page
v2026.17.0 · seasons/2016
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Season coverage
21 of 21 source-calendar events have race results; 21 have qualifying; 21 have grids.
Rules audit: incomplete; published standings retained without summing gross race points. A populated calendar does not establish historical completeness.
Constructor championship: source_reported.
Historical scoring context
Finishing-point scale: [25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1]. Retention: all.
Use source participant awards; eligibility and allocation vary historically. Use recorded awards; no universal half-points inference. Source decimals may round fractional awards; no guessed exact restoration.
Partial rule context only; this does not replace the source's retained championship standings.
Championship calendar
Driver championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 385 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 380 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 256 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 212 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 204 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 186 |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 101 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 85 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 72 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 54 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 53 |
| 12 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 46 |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 29 |
| 14 | Daniil Kvyat | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 25 |
| 15 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 21 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 17 | Felipe Nasr | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 18 | Jolyon Palmer | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 19 | Pascal Wehrlein | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 20 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 22 | Marcus Ericsson | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 23 | Esteban Ocon | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 24 | Rio Haryanto | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Constructor championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not recorded | Mercedes | Time not recorded · mercedes | 765 |
| 2 | Not recorded | Red Bull | Time not recorded · tag-heuer | 468 |
| 3 | Not recorded | Ferrari | Time not recorded · ferrari | 398 |
| 4 | Not recorded | Force India | Time not recorded · mercedes | 173 |
| 5 | Not recorded | Williams | Time not recorded · mercedes | 138 |
| 6 | Not recorded | McLaren | Time not recorded · honda | 76 |
| 7 | Not recorded | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · ferrari | 63 |
| 8 | Not recorded | Haas | Time not recorded · ferrari | 29 |
| 9 | Not recorded | Renault | Time not recorded · renault | 8 |
| 10 | Not recorded | Sauber | Time not recorded · ferrari | 2 |
| 11 | Not recorded | Manor | Time not recorded · mercedes | 1 |