Your guide to the 2016 Russian Grand Prix  

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The Russian Grand Prix is an annual Formula 1 race held at Sochi Autodrom. A street circuit built around Olympic Park in Sochi.The plans were made to host a Formula 1 event in Moscow for the 1983 season as the Grand Prix of the Soviet Union, these plans fell through. In 2010, it was officially announced that the Russian city of Sochi, which was also preparing to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, will host a new event on the F1 schedule beginning in the 2014 Formula 1 season under a seven-year deal.

 

Russian Grand Prix – Fourth round of the 2016 Formula 1 season 

Circuit Name: Sochi Autodrom – Street Circuit

Race Laps: 53

Circuit Length: 5.848 km (3.634 mi)

Race Length: 309.732 km (192.459 mi)

Number of corners: 18 (12 Right, 6 Left)

DRS Zone: Two Zones (Zone 1 Between Turn 1 and 2, zone 2 Between turn 10 and 13)

Circuit Direction: Anti Clockwise

Pole Position 2015: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:37.113

Race Lap Record: 1:40.896 – Valtteri Bottas – Williams Mercedes 2014

 

Russian Grand Prix Circuit – Sochi Autodrom

 

Pirelli used compounds

 

Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to the fourth round of the 2016 Formula One season in Russia, to be held (29 April – May 1st) at The Sochi Autodrom

 

White medium: a low working range compound that trades performance for durability.

Yellow soft: a key part of Rosberg’s victory in China, as he started the race on this compound.

Red supersoft: a significant performance advantage favours this as a qualifying tyre.

The tires that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:
One set of P Zero White medium
One set of P Zero Yellow soft
Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

The tires assigned for Q3 in qualifying:
One set of P Zero Red super soft.

Following the regulations, each driver must save for Q3 one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds. This set will be given back to Pirelli after Q3 for those who qualify in the top 8, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race – as is the case currently.

The teams are free to choose the remaining sets; making up 13 sets in total for the weekend.

The new 2016 tire regulations mean that tire nomination for long-haul events have to be made 14 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline is eight weeks in advance.

HOW IT WAS A YEAR AGO:     

Winner: Hamilton (one stop: started on supersoft, changed to soft on lap 32).

Best-placed alternative strategy: Perez, third (also a one-stopper, but took advantage of a safety car to change from supersoft to soft on lap 12, then ran 41 laps to the finish).

Most drivers: Practically all the drivers stopped only once, with just two stopping twice.

 PAUL HEMBERY, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR:                      

“We’re back to Russia just six months after coming to the race previously, which means that we can probably expect conditions in spring to be different from how they were last autumn. This is one of the lowest degradation tracks we visit all season, so we can expect to see some quite long stints even on the supersoft, as Lewis Hamilton showed last year. However, the performance increase that we have consistently observed from the 2016 cars will increase wear, so free practice will be very important to get an accurate read on tyre behaviour in these new conditions with the latest generation of cars.”

Drivers / Teams compound choices

Team

Car #

Driver

Medium

Soft

Super Soft

 Mercedes AMG

44

 Lewis Hamilton

1

4

8

6

 Nico Rosberg

1

4

8

 Scuderia Ferrari

5

 Sebastian Vettel

1

6

6

7

 Kimi Raikkonen

1

6

6

 Williams-Mercedes

19

Felipe Massa

1

3

9

77

 Valtteri Bottas

1

3

9

 Red Bull Racing

3

Daniel Ricciardo

1

2

10

26

 Daniil Kvyat

1

2

10

Force India-Mercedes

11

 Sergio Perez

1

4

8

27

 Nico Hulkenberg

1

4

8

Renault

20

 Kevin Magnussen

1

5

7

30

 Jolyon Palmer

1

5

7

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

33

 Max Verstappen

1

4

8

55

 Carlos Sainz Jr.

1

4

8

 Sauber-Ferrari

9

Marcus Ericsson

1

5

7

12

 Felipe Nasr

1

5

7

 McLaren-Honda

14

Fernando Alonso

1

5

7

22

 Jenson Button

1

5

7

 Manor-Mercedes

88

Rio Haryanto

2

5

6

94

 Pascal Wehrlein

2

5

6

 Haas-Ferrari

8

 Romain Grosjean

1

2

10

21

 Esteban Gutierrez 

1

2

10

 

Russian Grand Prix Winners (By year)

 

Year

Driver

Constructor

Location

2015

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Sochi

2014

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

 

 

 

Numbers and Facts

 

Most wins (driver) 2 - Hamilton

Most wins (constructor) 2 - Mercedes

Wins from pole position 1 – Hamilton 2014

Lowest grid for past winner 2 – Hamilton 2015

Most recent 1-2 finish 1 HAMILTON, ROSBERG 2015

Most emphatic win 13.657 2014

Closest winning margin 5.953 2015

Rain-affected races none

Safety Car-affected races 1 - 2015

Red Flag (and result declared) races none

Fastest race 2014 - 53L @1:31’50.744

Slowest race 2015 53L @1:37’11.024

Most pole positions (driver) 1 – Hamilton 2014, Rosberg 2015

Most pole positions (constructor) 2 - MERCEDES

 

What Happened last race here?

Lewis Hamilton has dominated the 2015 Russian Grand Prix after his Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg retired.

Hamilton went side-by-side with polesitter Rosberg on the rundown to Turn 2 on the opening lap, but the German was able to keep the lead.

The safety car was called into action for a first-lap collision between Nico Hulkenberg's spinning Force India and a helpless Marcus Ericsson,  at that time Rosberg encountered a problem with his throttle pedal.

Rosberg subsequently slowed, crawling back to the pits where he retired the car. 

It was Hamilton's 42nd career win, putting him one clear of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, While Sebastian Vettel crossed the finish line in second place for Ferrari, as Sergio Perez completed the Podium.

There was drama on the final lap, when Bottas passed Perez for third, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen following him through.

But Raikkonen then had a lunge at Turn 4, hitting Bottas at the apex and pushing the Williams into the barrier.

Raikkonen survived the damage to get to the finish in fifth, behind Williams's Felipe Massa who produced a superb recovery drive from 15th.

2015 Race Classification

Pos.

Driver

Constructor

Time/Retired

Grid

1

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

 1:37:11.024

2

2

 Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

+5.953

4

3

 Sergio Pérez

Force India-Mercedes

+28.918

7

4

 Felipe Massa

Williams-Mercedes

+38.831

15

5

 Daniil Kvyat

Red Bull Racing-Renault

+47.566

11

6

 Felipe Nasr

Sauber-Ferrari

+56.508

12

7

 Pastor Maldonado

Lotus-Mercedes

+1:01.088

14

8

 Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

+1:12.358

5

9

 Jenson Button

McLaren-Honda

+1:19.467

13

10

 Max Verstappen

Toro Rosso-Renault

+1:28.424

9

11

 Fernando Alonso

McLaren-Honda

+1:31.210

19

12

 Valtteri Bottas

Williams-Mercedes

Collision

3

13

 Roberto Merhi

Marussia-Ferrari

+1 Lap

18

14

 Will Stevens

Marussia-Ferrari

+2 Laps

17

15

 Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing-Renault

Suspension

10

Ret

 Carlos Sainz, Jr.

Toro Rosso-Renault

Brakes

20

Ret

 Romain Grosjean

Lotus-Mercedes

Accident

8

Ret

 Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

Throttle

1

Ret

 Nico Hülkenberg

Force India-Mercedes

Collision

6

Ret

 Marcus Ericsson

Sauber-Ferrari

Collision

16

Kimi Räikkönen originally finished fifth but received a 30-second time penalty after the race following a collision with Valtteri Bottas

 

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DRIVERS’

Lewis Hamilton will be looking for his 44th F1 career win aboard of course car ♯44.

Hamilton has set 33 of his 51 pole positions to date on Pirelli tyres. It is 2 more than any other driver in the history of F1 (Vettel next-best 31)

Hamilton is now just 17 pole positions from equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 F1 GP pole positions. Since he has

been at Mercedes he has taken pole 25 times already. That is over 40% of all races he’s started for the team (25/ 60 = 41.7%)

Hamilton has won (43) 25.3% of all GP he’s started (170) and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. This is how he compares:-

  1. Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4. M.Schumacher 29.7%, 5. Ja.Stewart 27.2% 6. Vettel 26.3% (42/ 160), 7.Prost 25.6%
  2. Senna 25.5%, 9. Hamilton 25.4%, 10. Moss 24.2%

Hamilton has led just 1 race lap so far in 2016. Last year he led 587 of 1,149 race laps (51%). After 3 GP in 2015 he’d led 119 laps (70%)

If Hamilton leads in Russia he will then have led 87 F1 GP, 1 more than his idol Ayrton Senna. Only Michael Schumacher has led more (116)

Hamilton should equal Niki Lauda’s 171 GP starts in Russia

Nico Rosberg has won the past 6 GP. It represents his best run ever in his whole motor racing career to date

A 7th win in a row for Rosberg in Russia will equal the best run achieved by Michael Schumacher (Europe 2004 to Hungary 2004 inclusive). It

would mean that only Sebastian Vettel and Alberto Ascari will have won more Grand Prix in a row (9) than Rosberg

Rosberg’s has now won 17 GP. Nobody has won more GP and not won the driver’s title at some point in their F1 career

Rosberg in China beat Nigel Mansell’s F1 career total of 187 GP starts

Sebastian Vettel in China equalled Johnny Herbert’s F1 career total of 160 GP starts. In Russia he equals Ayrton Senna’s 161 GP starts

Vettel in China beat Ayrton Senna’s 80 GP podiums. Vettel in 160 GP to date has won 42 while Senna managed to win 41 GP in his 161 starts

Hamilton, Vettel, Rosberg and Felipe Massa will all make their 100th F1 GP starts on Pirelli tyres in Russia

 

CONSTRUCTORSCONSTRUCTORS’

Mercedes aiming for an 10th pole in a row. Mercedes’ best-ever run of poles is 23 (Great Britain 2014 to Italy 2015 inclusive), and is beaten

only by Williams’s run of 24 poles in 1992 – 93

Mercedes won its 48th F1 World Championship race victory in China. To date Mercedes has won just over one-third of all the F1 GP it has

has competed in (48 wins/ 130 races = 36.9%).

Mercedes can equal red Bull Racing’s 57 F1 pole positions with pole in Russia

Mercedes is now just 2 wins behind Red Bull’s F1 career total of 50

A win on Sunday would be Mercedes’s 10th win in a row and would extend their best-ever run to date

Mercedes has now finished in points for the last 61 GP in a row. It is the 3rd-best run of all-time. The most is 81 by Ferrari then McLaren on 64

Mercedes engines will celebrated 400 F1 World Championship GP in China. To date the manufacturer has won 134 GP (33.5%) and taken

pole position 139 times (34.8%).

In terms of winning percentage this is how Mercedes currently ranks (Percentage [%] of wins /number of wins/ number of GP started/):-

1ST Climax 41.2/ 40 / 97, 2ND TAG-Porsche 36.8/ 25/ 68, 3RD Ford 33.7/ 176/ 523, 4TH Mercedes 33.5/ 134/ 400, 5TH Vanwall 32.1/ 9/ 28,

6TH Renault 30.0/ 168/ 560, 7TH Ferrari 24.6/ 225/ 913, 8TH Repco 24.2/ 8/ 33, 9TH Honda 19.9/ 72/ 362, 10TH Maserati 10.3/ 11/ 107

Ferrari just needs 1 more podiums to reach 700 F1 GP race podiums (currently 699 – most recent, Sebastian Vettel, 2nd in China 2016)

RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX

To date in Russia only a Mercedes has sat on the front row of the starting grid, led a Grand Prix and taken a F1 race victory

Lewis Hamilton is the only driver to have won a F1 World Championship-qualifying Russian Grand Prix to date

Lewis Hamilton is the only driver to have led a race lap in both Russian Grand Prix held to date

 

 

World Drivers' Championship standings

 

Pos.

Driver

Points

Diff

1

 Nico Rosberg

75

 

2

 Lewis Hamilton

39

36

3

 Daniel Ricciardo

36

39

4

 Sebastian Vettel

33

42

5

 Kimi Räikkönen

28

47

6

 Felipe Massa

22

53

7

 Daniil Kvyat

21

54

8

 Romain Grosjean

18

57

9

 Max Verstappen

13

62

10

 Valtteri Bottas

7

68

11

 Nico Hülkenberg

6

69

12

 Carlos Sainz, Jr.

4

71

13

stoffel Vandoorn

1

74

14

Kevin Magnussen

0

 

15

 Sergio Pérez

0

 

16

 Jolyon Palmer

0

 

17

 Marcus Ericsson

0

 

18

 Fernando Alonso

0

 

19

 Jenson Button

0

 

20

 Pascal Wehrlein

0

 

21

 Felipe Nasr

0

 

22

 Esteban Gutiérrez

0

 

23

 Rio Haryanto

0

 

 

 

World Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.

Constructor

Points

Diff

1

 Mercedes

114

 

2

 Ferrari

61

53

3

 Red Bull-TAG Heuer

57

57

4

 Williams-Mercedes

29

85

5

 Haas-Ferrari

18

96

6

 Toro Rosso-Ferrari

17

97

7

 Force India-Mercedes

6

108

8

 McLaren-Honda

1

113

9

 Renault

0

 

10

   Sauber-Ferrari

0

 

11

 MRT-Mercedes

0

 

 

Drivers penalty points:

 

Driver

Penalty points

Max Verstappen

8

Marcus Erricson

4

Romain Grosjean

4

Nico Hulkenberg

4

Valtteri Bottas

4

Sebastian Vettel

3

Kimi Raikkonen

3

Lewis Hamilton

2

Daniil Kvyat

2

Fernando Alonso

2

Rio Haryanto

2

 

 

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The Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix is a Formula One Championship race took place for the first time at the Bahrain International Circuit on 4 April 2004. It made history as the first Formula One Grand Prix to be held in the Middle East, and was given the award for the "Best Organized Grand Prix" by the FIA.

The Bahrain Grand Prix has usually been the third race of the Formula One calendar. However, in the 2006 season, Bahrain swapped places with the traditional opener, the Australian Grand Prix, which was pushed back to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games.

In 2010, Bahrain staged the opening race of the 2010 season and the cars drove the full 6.299 km (3.914 mi) "Endurance Circuit" to celebrate F1's 'diamond jubilee'.

Since 2014, the race has held as a night race under floodlights. It became the second Formula One night race after the Singapore Grand Prix.

Shortly after the Formula One February 2014 testing, Grand Prix organizers for Bahrain announced a decision to name the first corner of the iconic track after former seven-time champion German driver Michael Schumacher in honor of his achievements.

 

Bahrain Grand Prix, Round two of the 2016 Formula 1 season

 

Circuit Name: Bahrain International Circuit (Sakhir) – Race Circuit

Race Laps: 51

Circuit Length: 308.405 km (191.634 mi)

Race Length: 308.405 km (191.634 mi)

Number of corners: 15 (9 Right, 6 Left)

DRS Zone: Two Zones (Zone 1 between turn 10 and 11, Zone 2 between turn 15 and 1 Start/Finish)

Circuit Direction: Clockwise

Pole Position 2015: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:32.571

Lap Record: 2004 Michael Schumacher - Ferrari 1:30.252

 

Bahrain Grand Prix Circuit - Bahrain International Circuit

 

 

 

Pirelli used compounds

Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to the second round of the 2016 Formula One season in Bahrain, to be held (1 – 4 April) on The Bahrain International Circuit.

 

P Zero White medium
P Zero Yellow soft
P Zero Red super soft

The tires that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:
One set of P Zero White medium
One set of P Zero Yellow soft
Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

The tires assigned for Q3 in qualifying:
One set of P Zero Red super soft.

Following the regulations, each driver must save for Q3 one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds. This set will be given back to Pirelli after Q3 for those who qualify in the top 8, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race – as is the case currently.

The teams are free to choose the remaining sets; making up 13 sets in total for the weekend.

The new 2016 tire regulations mean that tire nomination for long-haul events have to be made 14 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline is eight weeks in advance.

HOW IT WAS A YEAR AGO:         

Winner: Hamilton (two stops: started on soft, changed to soft on lap 15, medium on lap 33).

Best-placed alternative strategy: Raikkonen, second (also stopping twice, but starting on soft, changing to medium on lap 17, then soft on lap 40).        

There were a mixture of two and three-stoppers. Vettel was fifth, with an unscheduled three-stopper (final stop to replace a nosecone and take on new tyres)       

PAUL HEMBERY, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR:                      

“The new tyre regulations for 2016 proved to be a big success, providing many different strategy options and talking points for all the teams in Australia. Bahrain is a very different type of circuit, with tyre behaviour affected by a big drop in temperature as the race goes on. This provides a different set of challenges and parameters, so it will be interesting to see who has learned most from Australia in order to take best advantage of another new situation. There are some quite diverse choices from the teams, which will play a key role in the race outcome.”

 

Drivers / Teams compound choices

Team

Car #

Driver

Medium

Soft

Super Soft

 Mercedes AMG

44

 Lewis Hamilton

1

6

6

6

 Nico Rosberg

1

6

6

 Scuderia Ferrari

5

 Sebastian Vettel

3

4

6

7

 Kimi Raikkonen

3

4

6

 Williams-Mercedes

19

Felipe Massa

3

3

7

77

 Valtteri Bottas

3

3

7

 Red Bull Racing

3

Daniel Ricciardo

2

5

6

26

 Daniil Kvyat

2

5

6

Force India-Mercedes

11

 Sergio Perez

2

5

6

27

 Nico Hulkenberg

2

5

6

Renault

20

 Kevin Magnussen

1

5

7

30

 Jolyon Palmer

1

5

7

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

33

 Max Verstappen

1

7

5

55

 Carlos Sainz Jr.

2

6

5

 Sauber-Ferrari

9

Marcus Ericsson

3

5

5

12

 Felipe Nasr

4

5

5

 McLaren-Honda

14

Fernando Alonso

3

4

6

22

 Jenson Button

3

4

6

 Manor-Mercedes

88

Rio Haryanto

4

5

4

94

 Pascal Wehrlein

4

5

4

 Haas-Ferrari

8

 Romain Grosjean

2

4

7

21

 Esteban Gutierrez 

1

5

7

 

Australian Grand Prix Winners (By year)

 

Year

Driver

Constructor

Configuration

2015

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Sakhir Grand Prix Circuit

2014

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

2013

 Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull-Renault

2012

 Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull-Renault

2011

Not held

2010

 Fernando Alonso

Ferrari

Sakhir Endurance Circuit

2009

 Jenson Button

Brawn-Mercedes

Sakhir Grand Prix Circuit

2008

 Felipe Massa

Ferrari

2007

 Felipe Massa

Ferrari

2006

 Fernando Alonso

Renault

2005

 Fernando Alonso

Renault

2004

 Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

 

Multiple Winners (Drivers)

 

Number of wins

Driver

Years

3

 Fernando Alonso

2005, 2006, 2010

2

 Felipe Massa

2007, 2008

 Sebastian Vettel

2012, 2013

 Lewis Hamilton

2014, 2015

 

 

Multiple Winners (Constructors)

 

Number of wins

Constructor

Years

4

 Ferrari

2004, 2007, 2008, 2010

2

 Renault

2005, 2006

 Red Bull

2012, 2013

 Mercedes

2014, 2015

 

 

 

Numbers and Facts

 

Most wins (driver): Alonso 3 ( 2005 – 2006 – 2010)

Most wins (constructor): Ferrari 4 (2004 – 2007 – 2008 – 2010)

Wins from pole position: 5 Most recent 2015 (Hamilton – Mercedes)

Lowest grid for past winner: 4 (Alonso 2006 and Button 2009)

Most recent 1-2 finish: 2014 Hamilton – Rosberg (Mercedes)

Most emphatic win: 16.099 - 2010 (Alonso – Massa)

Closest winning margin: 1.085 - 2014 (Hamilton – Rosberg)

Rain-affected races: 1 (2004)

Safety Car-affected races: 2 – (2007 – 2014)

Fastest race: 2004 - 57 laps at 1hr 28m 34.875

Slowest race: 2014 - 57 laps at 1hr 35m 42.743

Most pole positions (driver): 2 - Michael Schumacher (2004 – 2006), Sebastian Vettel (2010 – 2011) Nico Rosberg (2013 – 2014)

Most pole positions (constructor): 3 - Ferrari (2004, 2006, 2007)

 

What Happened last race here?

Lewis Hamilton, who was the defending race winner, came into the race with a 13-point lead over Sebastian Vettel after his victory a week prior in China. He took the 42nd pole position of his career during Saturday's qualifying, and his fourth in a row. In the race, Hamilton managed to win from Kimi Räikkönen and Nico Rosberg, taking his 36th race victory.

Prior to the start, McLaren confirmed that they were unable to get Jenson Button's car to the grid, as the data indicated some electrical issues.

 

2015 Race Classification

Pos.

Driver

Constructor

Time/Retired

Grid

1

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:35:05.8

1

2

 Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

+3.38

4

3

 Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

+6.033

3

4

 Valtteri Bottas

Williams-Mercedes

+42.957

5

5

 Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

+43.989

2

6

 Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing-Renault

+1:01.751

7

7

 Romain Grosjean

Lotus-Mercedes

+1:24.763

10

8

 Sergio Pérez

Force India-Mercedes

+1 Lap

11

9

 Daniil Kvyat

Red Bull Racing-Renault

+1 Lap

17

10

 Felipe Massa

Williams-Mercedes

+1 Lap

6

11

 Fernando Alonso

McLaren-Honda

+1 Lap

14

12

 Felipe Nasr

Sauber-Ferrari

+1 Lap

12

13

 Nico Hülkenberg

Force India-Mercedes

+1 Lap

8

14

 Marcus Ericsson

Sauber-Ferrari

+1 Lap

13

15

 Pastor Maldonado

Lotus-Mercedes

+1 Lap

18

16

 Will Stevens

Marussia-Ferrari

+2 Laps

20

17

 Roberto Merhi

Marussia-Ferrari

+3 Laps

19

Ret

 Max Verstappen

Toro Rosso-Renault

Electrical

15

Ret

 Carlos Sainz, Jr.

Toro Rosso-Renault

Wheel hub

9

DNS

 Jenson Button

McLaren-Honda

Power Unit

—1

Pastor Maldonado mistakingly lined up in 18th position on the starting grid. This pushed Will Stevens behind him one row down as well, while the 16th slot was left vacant. Maldonado received a 5-second penalty as a result

 

 

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DRIVERS

Lewis Hamilton will be looking for his 44th F1 career win aboard of course car ♯44.

Hamilton scored his 50th F1 career pole in Australia.

Hamilton has set 32 of his pole positions to date on Pirelli tyres. It is 1 more than any other driver in the history of F1 (Vettel next-best with 31)

Hamilton is now just 18 pole positions from equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 F1 GP pole positions. Since he has

been at Mercedes he has taken pole 24 times already. That is over 40% of all races he’s started for the team! (24/ 57 = 42%)

Hamilton has won (43) 25.6% of all GP he’s started (168) and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. This is how he compares:-

  1. Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4. M.Schumacher 29.7%, 5. Ja.Stewart 27.2% 6. Vettel 26.4% (42/ 159), 7.Hamilton 25.6%
  2. Prost 25.6%, 9. Senna 25.5%, 10. Moss 24.2%

Hamilton failed to lead a race lap in Australia. It was the first time had failed to lead a single race lap since Singapore last year (7 races ago)

Nico Rosberg has won the past 4 GP. It represents his best run since he won the last 4 races of his DEU F.BMW title winning season in 2002

A 4th win in a row for Rosberg in Australia equalled the best runs of current drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button and also that of past

aces, Jochen Rindt, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Damon Hill. The best ever run of wins by a driver is 9 by Sebastian Vettel (BEL – BRA 2013)

In fact EVERY driver who has previously won 4 GP in a row has also won the F1 World title at some point in their career

A 5th F1 GP win in a row for Rosberg will equal the best runs of Jack Brabham, Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell AND the best to date of Hamilton

Rosberg to date has scored 1,234.5 World Championship points, the 5th highest total in F1 history. But, did you spot the sequence? 1, 2, 3…

Rosberg in Bahrain will equal Nigel Mansell’s F1 career total of 187 GP starts

Sebastian Vettel equalled Ayrton Senna’s 80 F1 GP podiums in Australia (and also his teammate Kimi Raikkonen)

Vettel in Bahrain will equal Johnny Herbert’s F1 career total of 160 GP starts

COSNTRUCTORS

Mercedes aiming for an 8th pole in a row to beat their second-best run in F1 date (7, Australia 2014 to Canada 2014 inclusive). Mercedes’

best-ever run of pole positions in F1 is 23 (Great Britain 2014 to Italy 2015 inclusive), beaten only by Williams’s run of 24 poles in 1992 – 93

Mercedes won its 46th F1 World Championship race victory in Australia. To date Mercedes has won just over one-third of all the F1 GP it has

has competed in (46 wins/ 128 races = 35.9%).

Mercedes is now just 4 wins behind Red Bull’s F1 career total of 50

A win on Sunday would be Mercedes’s 8th win in a row and would equal their best-ever run to date, 8 (Italy 2014 to Australia 2015 inclusive)

Mercedes has now finished in points for the last 59 GP in a row, which ranks the 3rd-best run of all-time. The record is 81 by Ferrari

Ferrari is now just 3 podiums short of their 700th F1 GP race podium (currently 697 – most recent, Sebastian Vettel, 3rd in Australia 2016)

McLaren will celebrate 50 years of F1 in Monaco later this season

In Qualifying in Australia the closest-matched teammates were MRT’s Rio Haryanto and Pascal Wehrlein. Just 0.015 split the MRT pair (Q1).

The most mismatched teammates in Australia were Haas’s Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez where 1.284 separated the pair (also Q1)

Haas in Australia became the first North American team and constructor to score points since Italy ‘86 (6th), the first new team to score on

their debut since Toyota in ‘02 (6th Australia) and the first new constructor to score on their debut since Brawn in ‘09 (1st and 2nd in Australia)

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

Nico Rosberg has finished on the podium here for the past 2 years but has yet to win a F1 Bahrain GP. He did though confirm his GP2 tile

here in 2005 with victory in both the Feature and the Sprint races

Fernando Alonso has won the most Bah GP (3). One of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel or Felipe Massa could equal his record on Sunday

Lewis Hamilton chasing a 3rd straight Bahrain GP win on Sunday. If he wins he will be the first driver to claim a hat-trick of Bahrain GP victories

 

World Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.

Constructor

Points

 
 

1

 Mercedes

43

 

2

 Ferrari

15

 

3

 Williams-Mercedes

14

 

4

 Red Bull-TAG Heuer

12

 

5

 Haas-Ferrari

8

 

6

 Force India-Mercedes

6

 

7

 Toro Rosso-Ferrari

3

 

8

 Renault

0

 

9

 McLaren-Honda

0

 

10

   Sauber-Ferrari

0

 

11

 MRT-Mercedes

0

 

 

 

World Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.

Driver

Points

 
 

1

 Nico Rosberg

25

 

2

 Lewis Hamilton

18

 

3

 Sebastian Vettel

15

 

4

 Daniel Ricciardo

12

 

5

 Felipe Massa

10

 

6

 Romain Grosjean

8

 

7

 Nico Hülkenberg

6

 

8

 Valtteri Bottas

4

 

9

 Carlos Sainz, Jr.

2

 

10

 Max Verstappen

1

 

11

 Jolyon Palmer

0

 

12

Kevin Magnussen

0

 

13

 Sergio Pérez

0

 

14

 Jenson Button

0

 

15

 Felipe Nasr

0

 

16

 Pascal Wehrlein

0

 

 Marcus Ericsson

0

 

 Kimi Räikkönen

0

 

 Rio Haryanto

0

 

 Esteban Gutiérrez

0

 

 Fernando Alonso

0

 

 Daniil Kvyat

0

 

 

Drivers penalty points:

Driver

Penalty points

Max Verstappen

8

Marcus Erricson

4

Romain Grosjean

4

Sebastian Vettel

3

Kimi Raikkonen

3

Nico Hulkenberg

2

Lewis Hamilton

2

Valtteri Bottas

2

Daniil Kvyat

2

Fernando Alonso

2

Jenson Button

2

Rio Haryanto

2

Your guide to the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix

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The Chinese Grand Prix is currently held at the Shanghai International Circuit, designed by Hermann Tilke. The track features one of the trickiest corners combinations on the Formula One calendar, comparable to that of Istanbul Park's turn 8, also designed by Tilke. Turn 1 and 2 are a very demanding 270 degree, right-handed corner combination that requires a lot of speed whilst entering and it tightens up towards the end.

 

Chinese Grand Prix, Third round of the 2016 Formula 1 season

Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit (Permanent Circuit)

Race Laps: 56

Circuit Length: 5.451 km (3.387 mi)

Race Length: 305.066 km (189.559 mi)

Number of corners: 16 (9 Right, 7 Left)

DRS Zone: Two Zones (Zone 1 Start/Finish Line Between Turn 16 and 1, zone 2 Between turn 13 and 14)

Circuit Direction: Clockwise

Pole Position 2015: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes 1:35.782

Track Record: Michael Scumacher – Ferrari 2004 (Pole): 1”35.782.

 

Chinese Grand Prix – Shanghai International Circuit

 

 

 

Pirelli used compounds

 

Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to the third round of the 2016 Formula One season in China, to be held (15-17 April) at The  Shanghai Circuit

P Zero White medium: a low working range compound that is one of the most versatile in the range.
P Zero Yellow soft: a high working range compound with the accent on performance.
P Zero Red super soft: a low working range compound that is rapid but with a limited overall life.

The tires that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:
One set of P Zero White medium
One set of P Zero Yellow soft
Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

The tires assigned for Q3 in qualifying:
One set of P Zero Red super soft.

Following the regulations, each driver must save for Q3 one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds. This set will be given back to Pirelli after Q3 for those who qualify in the top 10, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race.

The teams are free to choose the remaining sets; making up 13 sets in total for the weekend.

The new 2016 tire regulations mean that tire nomination for long-haul events have to be made 14 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline is eight weeks in advance.

 

THE CIRCUIT FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEW:

Weather conditions are nearly always unpredictable, which have a big effect on tire behavior.

As a result, graining is sometimes an issue when it’s cool: especially in the early sessions.

Around 80% of the lap is spent cornering, meaning that lateral loads are a crucial factor.

The track is front limited, because of all the turns and high-energy corners.

The crucial corners are Turn 1, which is almost a full circle, and Turn 13, which is banked.

Drivers also have to avoid wheelspin out of the corners, in order to minimise rear degradation.

HOW IT WAS A YEAR AGO:

Winner: Hamilton (two stops: started on soft, changed to soft on lap 14, medium on lap 33).

Best-placed alternative strategy: Massa, fifth (also stopping twice, but starting on soft, changing to medium on lap 13, then medium again on lap 34).

Most drivers stopped twice, but a few drivers also tried a three-stopper. The race strategy was affected by a late safety car, which extended tyre life.

PAUL HEMBERY, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR:

“China is a very different type of circuit to the two that we’ve visited up to now this year, yet the tyre nomination is the same, which underlines the adaptability of our product under a wide range of circumstances. Shanghai is also likely to be quite a cool race, although the nature of the place means that anything is possible, so teams will have to keep an open mind on strategy and carefully correlate the data captured in practice to the eventual race conditions. The three compounds Pirelli tire selected have led to a number of different tactical permutations up to now, and we expect an ample variety of strategies once more in China.”

 

Drivers / Teams compound choices

Team

Car #

Driver

Medium

Soft

Super Soft

Mercedes AMG

44

Lewis Hamilton

4

4

5

6

Nico Rosberg

3

5

5

Scuderia Ferrari

5

Sebastian Vettel

3

4

6

7

Kimi Raikkonen

3

4

6

Williams-Mercedes

19

Felipe Massa

1

5

7

77

Valtteri Bottas

2

4

7

Red Bull Racing

3

Daniel Ricciardo

2

5

6

26

Daniil Kvyat

2

5

6

Force India-Mercedes

11

Sergio Perez

2

5

6

27

Nico Hulkenberg

2

5

6

Renault

20

Kevin Magnussen

2

5

6

30

Jolyon Palmer

3

4

6

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

33

Max Verstappen

3

5

5

55

Carlos Sainz Jr.

2

6

5

Sauber-Ferrari

9

Marcus Ericsson

5

4

4

12

Felipe Nasr

5

4

4

McLaren-Honda

14

Fernando Alonso

2

4

7

22

Jenson Button

2

4

7

Manor-Mercedes

88

Rio Haryanto

4

5

4

94

Pascal Wehrlein

4

5

4

Haas-Ferrari

8

Romain Grosjean

1

5

7

21

Esteban Gutierrez

2

4

7

 

 

Australian Grand Prix Winners (By year)

 

Year

Driver

Constructor

2015

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

2014

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

2013

Fernando Alonso

Ferrari

2012

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

2011

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren-Mercedes

2010

Jenson Button

McLaren-Mercedes

2009

Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull-Renault

2008

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren-Mercedes

2007

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

2006

Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

2005

Fernando Alonso

Renault

2004

Rubens Barrichello

Ferrari

 

 

Multiple Winners (Drivers)

 

# Wins

Driver

Years Won

4

Lewis Hamilton

2008, 2011, 2014, 2015

2

Fernando Alonso

2005, 2013

 

 

Multiple Winners (Constructors)

 

# Wins

Constructor

Years Won

4

Ferrari

2004, 2006, 2007, 2013

3

McLaren

2008, 2010, 2011

Mercedes

2012, 2014, 2015

 

 

Numbers and Facts

 

Most wins (driver):  4 - Lewis Hamilton 2008 – 2011 – 2014 – 2015.

Most wins (constructor): 4 - Ferrari 2004 – 2006 – 2007 – 2013.

Wins from pole position: 7 -  2004 – 2005 – 2008 – 2009 – 2012 – 2014 – 2015.

Lowest grid for past winner: 6 - Michael Schumacher – 2006.

Most recent 1-2 finish: 2015 - Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton - Nico Rosberg.

Most emphatic win (here): 20.626 Seconds - 2012 – Nico Rosberg-Jenson Button.

Closest winning margin: 0.714 Second - 2015 – Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg.

Rain-affected races: 4 - 2006 – 2007 – 2009 – 2010.

Safety Car-affected races: 4 - 2005 – 2009 – 2010 – 2015.

Red Flag (and result declared) races: 0.

Fastest race: 2004 - 56 laps @ 1hr 29m 12.420s.

Slowest race (here): 2009 - 56 laps @ 1hr 57m 43.485s.

Most pole positions (driver): 5 - Lewis Hamilton 2007 – 2008 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015.

Most pole positions (constructor): 3 - Red Bull 2009 – 2010 – 2011 and Mercedes 2012 – 2014 – 2015.

 

What Happened last race here?

Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner and went into the weekend with a three-point lead in the world championship over Sebastian Vettel, who had surprised the field by taking victory in the previous round at Malaysia. Hamilton took pole position during Saturday's qualifying, the 41st of his career and the third in a row. He went on to win the race from his team mate Nico Rosberg, and Vettel in 3rd place.

 

 

2015 Race Classification

 

Pos.

Driver

Constructor

Time/Retired

Grid

1

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:39:42.008

1

2

Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

+0.714

2

3

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

+2.988

3

4

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

+3.835

6

5

Felipe Massa

Williams-Mercedes

+8.544

4

6

Valtteri Bottas

Williams-Mercedes

+9.885

5

7

Romain Grosjean

Lotus-Mercedes

+19.008

8

8

Felipe Nasr

Sauber-Ferrari

+22.625

9

9

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing-Renault

+32.117

7

10

Marcus Ericsson

Sauber-Ferrari

+1 Lap

10

11

Sergio Pérez

Force India-Mercedes

+1 Lap

15

12

Fernando Alonso

McLaren-Honda

+1 Lap

18

13

Carlos Sainz, Jr.

Toro Rosso-Renault

+1 Lap

14

14

Jenson Button

McLaren-Honda

+1 Lap

17

15

Will Stevens

Marussia-Ferrari

+2 Laps

19

16

Roberto Merhi

Marussia-Ferrari

+2 Laps

20

17

Max Verstappen

Toro Rosso-Renault

Drivetrain

13

Ret

Pastor Maldonado

Lotus-Mercedes

Brakes

11

Ret

Daniil Kvyat

Red Bull Racing-Renault

Engine

12

Ret

Nico Hülkenberg

Force India-Mercedes

Gearbox

16

 

 

Did you know?

DRIVERS

Lewis Hamilton will be looking for his 44th F1 career win aboard of course car ♯44.

Hamilton has set 33 of his 51 pole positions to date on Pirelli tyres. It is 2 more than any other driver in the history of F1 (Vettel next-best 31)

Hamilton is now just 17 pole positions from equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 F1 GP pole positions. Since he has

been at Mercedes he has taken pole 25 times already. That is over 40% of all races he’s started for the team (25/ 59 = 42.4%)

Hamilton has won (43) 25.4% of all GP he’s started (169) and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. This is how he compares:-

  1. Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4. M.Schumacher 29.7%, 5. Ja.Stewart 27.2% 6. Vettel 26.4% (42/ 159), 7.Prost 25.6%
  2. Senna 25.5%, 9. Hamilton 25.4%, 10. Moss 24.2%

Hamilton has led just 1 race lap so far in 2016. Last year he led 587 of 1,149 race laps (51%). After 2 GP in 2015 he’d led 66 laps (58%)

If Hamilton leads in China he will then have led 87 F1 GP, 1 more than his idol Ayrton Senna. Only Michael Schumacher has led more (116)

Nico Rosberg has won the past 5 GP. It represents his best run ever in his whole motor racing career to date

A 5th win in a row for Rosberg in Bahrain beat the best runs of current drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button and also that of past

aces, Jochen Rindt, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Damon Hill. The best ever run of wins by a driver is 9 by Sebastian Vettel (BEL – BRA 2013)

Rosberg’s has now won 16 GP. Nobody has won more GP and not won the driver’s title at some point in their F1 career

A 5th F1 GP win in a row for Rosberg equalled the best runs of Jack Brabham, Jim Clark and Nigel Mansell AND the best to date of Hamilton

Rosberg in China will beat Nigel Mansell’s F1 career total of 187 GP starts

Sebastian Vettel in China should equal Johnny Herbert’s F1 career total of 160 GP starts

Vettel in China can beat Ayrton Senna’s 80 F1 GP podiums. His teammate Kimi Raikkonen managed to do so in Bahrain

Romain Grosjean will celebrate his 30th birthday on Sunday, raceday, 17th April

T CONSTRUCTORS’

Mercedes aiming for an 9th pole in a row. The 8th they took in Bahrain represents their second-best run in F1 date. Mercedes’ best-ever run

of pole positions in F1 is 23 (Great Britain 2014 to Italy 2015 inclusive), beaten only by Williams’s run of 24 poles in 1992 – 93

Mercedes won its 47th F1 World Championship race victory in Bahrain. To date Mercedes has won just over one-third of all the F1 GP it has

has competed in (47 wins/ 129 races = 36.4%).

Mercedes is now just 3 wins behind Red Bull’s F1 career total of 50

A win on Sunday would be Mercedes’s 9th win in a row and would represent their best-ever run to date (best to date, 8 equalled in Bahrain)

Mercedes’s next podium will be their 100th in the F1 World Championship while Ferrari need 2 more to reach 700 F1 podiums. What price I

wonder on a Mercedes-Ferrari-Ferrari podium on Sunday?

Mercedes has now finished in points for the last 60 GP in a row. It is the 3rd-best run of all-time. The most is 81 by Ferrari then McLaren 64

Mercedes engines will celebrate 400 F1 World Championship GP on Sunday. To date the manufacturer has won 133 GP (33.3%) and taken

pole position 138 times (34.6%).

In terms of winning percentage this is how Mercedes currently ranks (Percentage [%] of wins /number of wins/ number of GP started/):-

1ST Climax 41.2/ 40 / 97, 2ND TAG-Porsche 36.8/ 25/ 68, 3RD Ford 33.7/ 176/ 523, 4TH Mercedes 33.3/ 133/ 399, 5TH Vanwall 32.1/ 9/ 28,

6TH Renault 30.1/ 168/ 559, 7TH Ferrari 24.7/ 225/ 912, 8TH Repco 24.2/ 8/ 33, 9TH Honda 19.9/ 72/ 361, 10TH Maserati 10.3/ 11/ 107

Ferrari is now just 2 podiums short of their 700th F1 GP race podium (currently 698 – most recent, Kimi Raikkonen, 2nd in Bahrain 2016)

CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Hamilton chasing his third Chinese GP win (from pole position too) in a row. He would become, if he wins the first driver to date to secure a

hat-trick of wins and it would also be his 5th win here (he already holds the record for the most Chinese GP wins (4)

 

 

World Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.

Driver

Points

1

Nico Rosberg

50

2

Lewis Hamilton

33

3

Daniel Ricciardo

24

4

Kimi Räikkönen

18

5

Sebastian Vettel

18

6

Romain Grosjean

18

7

Felipe Massa

14

8

Max Verstappen

9

9

Nico Hülkenberg

6

10

Valtteri Bottas

6

11

Daniil Kvyat

6

12

Carlos Sainz, Jr.

2

13

stoffel Vandoorn

1

 

Jolyon Palmer

 
 

Kevin Magnussen

 
 

Sergio Pérez

 
 

Jenson Button

 
 

Felipe Nasr

 
 

Pascal Wehrlein

 
 

Marcus Ericsson

 
 

Rio Haryanto

 
 

Esteban Gutiérrez

 
 

Fernando Alonso

 

 

 

World Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.

Constructor

Points

1

Mercedes

83

2

Ferrari

33

4

Red Bull-TAG Heuer

30

3

Williams-Mercedes

20

5

Haas-Ferrari

18

6

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

11

7

Force India-Mercedes

6

8

McLaren-Honda

1

9

Renault

0

10

Sauber-Ferrari

0

11

MRT-Mercedes

0

 

 

Drivers’ penalty points:

Driver

Penalty points

Max Verstappen

8

Marcus Erricson

4

Romain Grosjean

4

Sebastian Vettel

3

Kimi Raikkonen

3

Nico Hulkenberg

2

Lewis Hamilton

2

Valtteri Bottas

2

Daniil Kvyat

2

Fernando Alonso

2

Jenson Button

2

Rio Haryanto

2

Your guide to the 2016 Australian Grand Prix

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The Australian Grand Prix is oldest surviving motor racing competition held annually in Australia, having been held 79 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928.

Since 1985, the race has been a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship and is currently held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne. Prior to its inclusion in the World Championship, it was held at a multitude of venues in every state of Australia.

After it became a part of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1985, it was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in (South Australia) from that year to 1995, before moving to Melbourne in 1996 and the latter circuit is currently under contract to host Formula 1 until 2023.

 

Australian Grand Prix, First round of the 2016 Formula 1 season

 

Circuit Name: Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Street Cicuit

Race Laps: 58

Circuit Length: 5.303 km (3.295 mi)

Race Length: 307.574 km (191.071 mi)

Number of corners: 16 (10 Right, 6 Left)

DRS Zone: Two Zones (Zone 1 Start/Finish Line Between Turn 16 and 1, zone 2 Between turn 2 and 3)

Circuit Direction: Clockwise

Pole Position 2015: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.327.

 

Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Street Cicuit

 

Pirelli used compounds

Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to the opening round of the 2016 Formula One season in Australia, to be held (17-20 March) on The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit around Albert Park Lake
P Zero White medium
P Zero Yellow soft
P Zero Red super soft

The tires that Pirelli has said must be used at some point in the race:
One set of P Zero White medium.
One set of P Zero Yellow soft.
Each driver must have both these sets available for the race, and must use at least one of them.

The tires assigned for Q3 in qualifying:
One set of P Zero Red super soft.

Following the regulations, each driver must save for Q3 one set of the softest of the three nominated compounds. This set will be given back to Pirelli after Q3 for those who qualify in the top 8, but the remaining drivers will keep it for the race – as is the case currently.

The teams are free to choose the remaining sets; making up 13 sets in total for the weekend.

The new 2016 tire regulations mean that tire nomination for long-haul events have to be made 14 weeks in advance, whereas for European races the deadline is eight weeks in advance.

HOW IT WAS A YEAR AGO:         

Winner: Hamilton (one stop: started on soft, changed to medium on lap 25).

Best-placed alternative strategy: Hulkenberg (two stops: started on soft, changed to medium on lap 21, changed to soft on lap 44). Finished seventh from 14th on the grid. 

Most drivers stopped just once, with strategies affected by an early safety car.        

PAUL HEMBERY, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR:                      

“With far reaching changes to tyre regulations compared to 2015, we expect strategy options to have extended considerably, with more possibilities open not only to each team but also every individual driver. In fact, the tactical decisions for Albert Park already began last year, as each team nominated their tyres: only recently, like a poker game, did everyone have to finally show their hand. By Sunday afternoon in Melbourne, we’ll see who made the right choices.”


Drivers / Teams compound choices

Team

Car #

Driver

Medium

Soft

Super Soft

 Mercedes AMG

44

 Lewis Hamilton

1

6

6

6

 Nico Rosberg

2

5

6

 Scuderia Ferrari

5

 Sebastian Vettel

2

5

6

7

 Kimi Raikkonen

2

5

6

 Williams-Mercedes

19

Felipe Massa

1

5

7

77

 Valtteri Bottas

1

5

7

 Red Bull Racing

3

Daniel Ricciardo

2

4

7

26

 Daniil Kvyat

2

4

7

Force India-Mercedes

11

 Sergio Perez

2

5

6

27

 Nico Hulkenberg

2

5

6

Renault

20

 Kevin Magnussen

1

5

7

30

 Jolyon Palmer

1

5

7

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

33

 Max Verstappen

2

4

7

55

 Carlos Sainz Jr.

2

4

7

 Sauber-Ferrari

9

Marcus Ericsson

1

6

6

12

 Felipe Nasr

2

5

6

 McLaren-Honda

14

Fernando Alonso

1

5

7

22

 Jenson Button

1

5

7

 Manor-Mercedes

88

Rio Haryanto

4

4

5

94

 Pascal Wehrlein

4

4

5

 Haas-Ferrari

8

 Romain Grosjean

1

5

7

21

 Esteban Gutierrez 

2

4

7


Australian Grand Prix Winners (By year)

(Held under the FIA Formula One world Championship)

 

Year

Driver

Constructor

Circuit

2015

 

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Albert Park

2014

 

 Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

2013

 

 Kimi Räikkönen

Lotus-Renault

2012

 

 Jenson Button

McLaren-Mercedes

2011

 

 Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull-Renault

2010

 

 Jenson Button

McLaren-Mercedes

2009

 

 Jenson Button

Brawn-Mercedes

2008

 

 Lewis Hamilton

McLaren-Mercedes

2007

 

 Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

2006

 

 Fernando Alonso

Renault

2005

 

 Giancarlo Fisichella

Renault

2004

 

 Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

2003

 

 David Coulthard

McLaren-Mercedes

2002

 

 Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

2001

 

 Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

2000

 

 Michael Schumacher

Ferrari

1999

 

 Eddie Irvine

Ferrari

1998

 

 Mika Häkkinen

McLaren-Mercedes

1997

 

 David Coulthard

McLaren-Mercedes

1996

 

 Damon Hill

Williams-Renault

1995

 

 Damon Hill

Williams-Renault

Adelaide

1994

 

 Nigel Mansell

Williams-Renault

1993

 

 Ayrton Senna

McLaren-Ford

1992

 

 Gerhard Berger

McLaren-Honda

1991

 

 Ayrton Senna

McLaren-Honda

1990

 

 Nelson Piquet

Benetton-Ford

1989

 

 Thierry Boutsen

Williams-Renault

1988

 

 Alain Prost

McLaren-Honda

1987


 Gerhard Berger

Ferrari

1986

 

 Alain Prost

McLaren-TAG

1985


 Keke Rosberg

Williams-Honda

 

 

Multiple Winners (Drivers)

 

Wins

Constructor

Years Won

11


 McLaren

1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998,

 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012

7

Italy

 Ferrari

1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007

5

United Kingdom

 Williams

1985, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996

2

United KingdomFranceUnited KingdomUnited KingdomUnited KingdomFranceItalyUnited KingdomUnited KingdomAustraliaNew ZealandFrance

 Renault

2005, 2006

Germany

 Mercedes

2014, 2015

 

 

Multiple Winners (Drivers)

 

Number of wins

Driver

Years Won

4

 Michael Schumacher

2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

3

 Jenson Button

2009, 2010, 2012

2

 Alain Prost

1986, 1988

 Gerhard Berger

1987, 1992

 Ayrton Senna

1991, 1993

 Damon Hill

1995, 1996

 David Coulthard

1997, 2003

Kimi Räikkönen

2007, 2013

Lewis Hamilton

2008, 2015

 

 

 

Multiple Winners (Constructors)

 

Wins

Constructor

Years Won

11

 

 McLaren

1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998,

 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012

7

 

 Ferrari

1987, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007

5

 

 Williams

1985, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996

2

 Renault

2005, 2006

 

 Mercedes

2014, 2015

 

 

Numbers and Facts

 

Most wins (driver) 4 Michael Schumacher (2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2004)

Most wins (constructor) 11 McLaren (1986 – 1988 – 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1997 – 1998 – 2003 – 2008 – 2010 – 2012)

Wins from pole position 14 Most recent 2015 (Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes)

Lowest grid for past winner 11 David Coulthard 2003

Most recent 1-2 finish 2015 Most recent 2015 (Lewis Hamilton – Nico Rosberg for Mercedes)

Most emphatic win (here) 38.020 1996 between Damon Hill – Jacques Villeneuve

Closest winning margin 0.702 1997 between Mika Hakkinen – David Coulthard

Rain-affected races 3 1989 – 1991 – 2010

Safety Car-affected races 11 1999 – 2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2003 – 2006 – 2008 – 2009 – 2010 – 2014 – 2015

Red Flag (and result declared) races 1 1991 race stopped and result declared after 14 laps

Fastest race 1991 14 laps @ 24’34.899

Slowest race (here) 2001 58 laps @1:38’26.533

Most pole positions (driver) 6 Ayrton Senna (1985 – 1988 – 1989 – 1990 – 1991 – 1993)

Most pole positions (constructor) 10 McLaren (1988 – 1989 – 1991 – 1993 – 1998 – 1999 – 2000 – 2008 – 2012)

 

What Happened last race here?

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was the defending race winner in 2015, but his team-mate Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole and led home Rosberg in a Mercedes 1–2 finish, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel completing the podium in his first start with the team.

2015 Race Classification

Pos.

Driver

Constructor

Laps

Time/Retired

Grid

1

 Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

58

1:31:54.067

1

2

 Nico Rosberg

Mercedes

58

+1.36

2

3

 Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

58

+34.523

4

4

 Felipe Massa

Williams-Mercedes

58

+38.196

3

5

 Felipe Nasr

Sauber-Ferrari

58

+1:35.149

10

6

 Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull Racing-Renault

57

+1 Lap

6

7

 Nico Hülkenberg

Force India-Mercedes

57

+1 Lap

13

8

 Marcus Ericsson

Sauber-Ferrari

57

+1 Lap

15

9

 Carlos Sainz Jr.

Toro Rosso-Renault

57

+1 Lap

7

10

 Sergio Pérez

Force India-Mercedes

57

+1 Lap

14

11

 Jenson Button

McLaren-Honda

56

+2 Laps

16

Ret

 Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

40

Wheel

5

Ret

 Max Verstappen

Toro Rosso-Renault

32

Engine

11

Ret

 Romain Grosjean

Lotus-Mercedes

0

Power loss

8

Ret

 Pastor Maldonado       

Lotus-Mercedes

0

Collision

9

DNS

 Daniil Kvyat

Red Bull Racing-Renault

0

Gearbox

-

DNS

 Kevin Magnussen

McLaren-Honda

0

Engine

-

DNS

 Valtteri Bottas       

Williams-Mercedes

0

Injury

-

 

 

Did you know?

DRIVERS

Lewis Hamilton will be looking for his 44th F1 career win aboard of course car 44.

Hamilton is aiming to score his 50th F1 career pole in Australia. Only Ayrton Senna (6) to date has taken more AGP poles than Hamilton (4)

Hamilton is now just 19 pole positions from equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 F1 GP pole positions. Since he has

been at Mercedes he has taken pole 23 times already. That is over 40% of all races he’s started for the team! (23/ 56 = 41%)

Hamilton has won (43) 25.7% of all GP he’s started and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. This is how he compares:-

1. Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4. M.Schumacher 29.7%, 5. Ja.Stewart 27.2% 6. Vettel 26.6%, 7.Hamilton 25.7%

8. Prost 25.6%, 9. Senna 25.5%, 10. Moss 24.2%

Hamilton led just over half of all race laps in 2015 (51% [51.09%] or 587 of 1149 laps)

In 2015 Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were the only drivers to have made it through to Q3 for all GP

Rosberg will be chasing a 7th pole position in a row. His run of 6 in a row since and including Japan 2015 represents his best run to date.

A 7th pole in a row will equal the best runs in F1 of Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost. The most-ever is 8 in a row by Ayrton

Senna (ESP 88 – USA 89)

Rosberg has won the past 3 GP. It represents his best run since he won the last 4 races of his DEU F.BMW title winning season in 2002

A 4th win in a row for Rosberg equals the best runs of current drivers Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, and Sebastian Vettel and also that of

past aces, Jochen Rindt, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Damon Hill (Best: VET = 9, Ascari + MSC = 7, J.Brabham, Clark, Mansell + HAM = 5)

In fact EVERY driver who has previously won 4 GP in a row has also won the F1 World title at some point in their career

Sebastian Vettel has scored 79 F1 podiums to date. An 80th will = Ayrton Senna

Only Michael Schumacher with 4 wins has won more Australian GP than Jenson Button (3)

 

CONSTRUCTORS

Mercedes aiming for their 7th pole in a role to equal their second-best run in F1 date (Australia 2014 to Canada 2014 inclusive). The marques’

best-ever run of pole positions in F1 is 23 (Great Britain 2014 to Italy 2015 inclusive), beaten only by Williams’s run of 24 poles in 1992 – 93

Mercedes won its 45th F1 World Championship race victory in Abu Dhabi. To date Mercedes has won just over one-third of all the F1

GP it has competed in (45 wins/ 127 races = 35.43%.

Mercedes is now just 5 wins behind Red Bull’s F1 career total of 50

A win on Sunday would be Mercedes’s 7th win in a row and just 1 win in a row less than their best-ever run to date, 8 (Italy 2014 to Australia

2015 inclusive)

Mercedes has now finished in points for the last 58 GP in a row, which ranks the 3rd-best run of all-time. The record is 81 by Ferrari

Mercedes was the only team to have finished in the points at all 2015 GP

Ferrari is now just 4 podiums short of their 700th F1 GP race podium (currently 696 – most recent, Kimi Raikkonen, 3rd in Abu Dhabi 2015)

McLaren will celebrate 50 years of F1 in Monaco later this season

Australia will be Pirelli’s 300th F1 World Championship-qualifying GP

AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso with a podium on Sunday can all equal Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 6

Australian GP podiums

In the past 5 years, Hamilton and Vettel are the only drivers to have won the Australian GP and the F1 World title in the same season

2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the first Australian F1 World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix to be held in Melbourne’s Albert Park. (Championship status has  been emphasized because a non-championship AGP was held in the park prior to 1996, in 1953)

 

Drivers penalty points:

Driver

Penalty points

Max Verstappen

8

Nico Hulkenberg

4

Marcus Erricson

4

Romain Grosjean

4

Sebastian Vettel

3

Kimi Raikkonen

3

Lewis Hamilton

2

Valtteri Bottas

2

Daniil Kvyat

2

Sergio Perez

2

Fernando Alonso

2

Jenson Button

2

 


 

 

 

         

 

 

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