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2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/956-qualifying

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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.

Grand Prix context

2016 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · Yas Marina Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2016 Formula 1 World Championship · round 21

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38:04.013 · 55 laps · mercedes	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38:04.452 · 55 laps · mercedes	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:38:04.856 · 55 laps · ferrari	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:38:05.698 · 55 laps · tag-heuer	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38:09.328 · 55 laps · tag-heuer	10
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:38:22.829 · 55 laps · ferrari	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:38:54.127 · 55 laps · mercedes	6
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:39:02.789 · 55 laps · mercedes	4
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:39:03.449 · 55 laps · mercedes	2
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:39:03.909 · 55 laps · honda	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:39:20.790 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:39:39.126 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Esteban Ocon	Manor	Time not recorded · 54 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	Time not recorded · 54 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Time not recorded · 54 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 41 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 14 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jenson Button	McLaren	Suspension · Time not recorded · 12 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Suspension · Time not recorded · 6 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	Suspension · Time not recorded · 5 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:39.487 · 12 laps · mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:40.511 · 12 laps · mercedes
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Q1 1:41.002 · 17 laps · tag-heuer
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:40.338 · 14 laps · ferrari
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Q1 1:40.341 · 14 laps · ferrari
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:40.424 · 13 laps · tag-heuer
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:41.000 · 12 laps · mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Q1 1:40.864 · 12 laps · mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Q1 1:41.616 · 17 laps · honda
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	Q1 1:41.157 · 15 laps · mercedes
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Q1 1:41.192 · 9 laps · mercedes
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:41.158 · 14 laps · honda
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	Q1 1:41.639 · 16 laps · ferrari
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Q1 1:41.467 · 15 laps · ferrari
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Q1 1:41.775 · 14 laps · renault
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	Q1 1:41.886 · 14 laps · mercedes
17	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:42.003 · 9 laps · ferrari
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	Q1 1:42.142 · 6 laps · renault
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	Q1 1:42.247 · 8 laps · ferrari
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor	Q1 1:42.286 · 8 laps · mercedes
21	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:42.393 · 9 laps · ferrari
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Q1 1:42.637 · 8 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.755 · mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.058 · mercedes
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:39.589 · tag-heuer
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:39.604 · ferrari
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:39.661 · ferrari
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:39.818 · tag-heuer
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:40.501 · mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:40.519 · mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:41.106 · honda
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:41.213 · mercedes
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:41.084 · mercedes
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:41.272 · honda
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:41.480 · ferrari
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:41.564 · ferrari
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:41.820 · renault
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1:41.995 · mercedes
17	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:42.003 · ferrari
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:42.142 · renault
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:42.247 · ferrari
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor	1:42.286 · mercedes
21	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:42.393 · ferrari
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:42.637 · ferrari

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
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

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:42.869
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:43.243
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	3	1:43.297
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	4	1:43.362
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:44.005
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	6	1:44.155
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	7	1:44.556
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	8	1:44.685
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	9	1:45.039
freePractice1Results	Marcus Ericsson	10	1:45.168
freePractice1Results	Alfonso Celis Jr.	11	1:45.476
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	12	1:45.600
freePractice1Results	Felipe Nasr	13	1:45.778
freePractice1Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	14	1:45.925
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	15	1:45.940
freePractice1Results	Jolyon Palmer	16	1:46.219
freePractice1Results	Kevin Magnussen	17	1:46.372
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	18	1:46.379
freePractice1Results	Pascal Wehrlein	19	1:46.458
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	20	1:47.127
freePractice1Results	Jordan King	21	1:47.558
freePractice1Results	Daniil Kvyat	22	2:01.989
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:40.861
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:40.940
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:41.130
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	4	1:41.389
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	5	1:41.390
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	6	1:41.464
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	7	1:41.959
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	8	1:42.041
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	9	1:42.264
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	10	1:42.268
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	11	1:42.366
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	12	1:42.823
freePractice2Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	13	1:43.012
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	14	1:43.108
freePractice2Results	Jolyon Palmer	15	1:43.272
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	16	1:43.600
freePractice2Results	Pascal Wehrlein	17	1:43.754
freePractice2Results	Felipe Nasr	18	1:43.903
freePractice2Results	Marcus Ericsson	19	1:44.045
freePractice2Results	Kevin Magnussen	20	1:44.117
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	21	1:44.478
freePractice2Results	Daniil Kvyat	22	1:45.948
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:40.775
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	2	1:40.912
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:40.999
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:41.065
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:41.168
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	6	1:41.831
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	7	1:41.885
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	8	1:42.067
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	9	1:42.076
freePractice3Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	10	1:42.354
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	11	1:42.585
freePractice3Results	Jolyon Palmer	12	1:42.616
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	13	1:42.664
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	14	1:42.683
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	15	1:42.805
freePractice3Results	Kevin Magnussen	16	1:43.057
freePractice3Results	Pascal Wehrlein	17	1:43.145
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	18	1:43.301
freePractice3Results	Felipe Nasr	19	1:43.417
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	20	1:43.733
freePractice3Results	Daniil Kvyat	21	1:44.105
freePractice3Results	Marcus Ericsson	22	1:44.238

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Kevin Magnussen	1	1	27.068
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	6	21.761
Pascal Wehrlein	1	6	33.395
Lewis Hamilton	1	7	22.600
Kimi Räikkönen	1	7	21.959
Fernando Alonso	1	7	22.428
Jolyon Palmer	1	7	24.781
Felipe Nasr	1	7	23.272
Nico Rosberg	1	8	23.753
Sebastian Vettel	1	8	21.711
Nico Hülkenberg	1	8	21.834
Felipe Massa	1	8	21.775
Daniil Kvyat	1	8	21.896
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	8	22.032
Daniel Ricciardo	1	9	22.084
Sergio Pérez	1	9	21.308
Romain Grosjean	1	20	22.838
Max Verstappen	1	21	21.221
Jolyon Palmer	2	21	22.145
Esteban Ocon	1	22	24.035
Daniel Ricciardo	2	24	21.768
Pascal Wehrlein	2	24	22.949
Kimi Räikkönen	2	25	22.087
Nico Hülkenberg	2	26	21.482
Sergio Pérez	2	27	22.012
Lewis Hamilton	2	28	21.355
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	28	22.102
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	28	21.935
Nico Rosberg	2	29	21.218
Felipe Massa	2	30	21.539
Esteban Ocon	2	36	23.026
Felipe Nasr	2	36	29.933
Sebastian Vettel	2	37	21.872
Fernando Alonso	2	38	22.248
Romain Grosjean	2	38	22.527
Marcus Ericsson	1	38	22.991
Jolyon Palmer	3	41	22.588