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2016" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Bahrajnu_2016" title="Grand Prix Bahrajnu 2016 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Grand Prix Bahrajnu 2016" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrains_Grand_Prix_2016" title="Bahrains Grand Prix 2016 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bahrains Grand Prix 2016" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fer_Preis_von_Bahrain_2016" title="Großer Preis von 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Bahrain 2016 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Grand Prix F1 Bahrain 2016" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premio_del_Bahrein_2016" title="Gran Premio del Bahrein 2016 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gran Premio del Bahrein 2016" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_m._Bahreino_Grand_Prix" title="2016 m. 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Prix">Next race</a><b> →</b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg/200px-Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg/300px-Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg/400px-Bahrain_International_Circuit--Grand_Prix_Layout.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1274" data-file-height="899" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Race details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 3 April 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2016-04-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Official name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 2016 Formula 1 <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Air" title="Gulf Air">Gulf Air</a> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="Bahrain Grand Prix">Bahrain Grand Prix</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_International_Circuit" title="Bahrain International Circuit">Bahrain International Circuit</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sakhir" title="Sakhir">Sakhir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent Racing Facility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 5.412 km (3.363 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Dry<br />21–22 °C (70–72 °F) air temperature<br />26–29 °C (79–84 °F) track temperature<br />2 m/s (6.6 ft/s) wind from the southwest<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 92,000 (Weekend) <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul 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style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:29.493</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">Fastest lap</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a></td><td 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The race was the second round of the <a href="/wiki/2016_FIA_Formula_One_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 FIA Formula One World Championship">2016 FIA Formula One World Championship</a> and marked the twelfth time that the <a href="/wiki/Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="Bahrain Grand Prix">Bahrain Grand Prix</a> had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> was the defending race winner, while his <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> team-mate, <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> was the Drivers' Championship leader coming into the round. </p><p>During qualifying, which saw the second iteration of the heavily criticised "elimination format", Hamilton achieved <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> ahead of Rosberg and <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a>. Rosberg won the race from <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>, with Hamilton completing the podium. The elimination format of qualifying was dropped after this race with it eventually decided that sport would revert to previous iteration of the three segment qualifying used between <a href="/wiki/2006_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2006 Formula One World Championship">2006</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2015 Formula One World Championship">2015</a> from the <a href="/wiki/2016_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Chinese Grand Prix">Chinese Grand Prix</a> onwards. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Report">Report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following widespread criticism over the "elimination" qualifying format used in <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Australian Grand Prix">Australia</a>, the teams voted to abandon the format and revert to the system used between <a href="/wiki/2006_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2006 Formula One World Championship">2006</a> and <a href="/wiki/2015_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2015 Formula One World Championship">2015</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in the week after the race, the sport's Strategy Working Group met to formally vote on the matter, and chose to keep the "elimination" format in place for the Bahrain Grand Prix and subject to a more thorough review ahead of the next round in <a href="/wiki/2016_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Chinese Grand Prix">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was subsequently reported that the teams had only been given the option of retaining the elimination format or adopting a hybrid of the elimination and pre-2016 formats, and that an outright reversion to the 2006-2015 format was never discussed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a>' motorsport director <a href="/wiki/Toto_Wolff" title="Toto Wolff">Toto Wolff</a> remained adamant that the format needed to be reverted, saying that he did not expect qualifying to be more entertaining than it had been two weeks before.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Drivers were equally critical of the retention of the changed format: <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> told the press that he was "as disappointed as probably anyone I know",<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Mercedes's <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> called the decision "strange [...], particularly because the most important thing is the fans were unhappy".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another meeting was scheduled for race day to discuss the format, with both <a href="/wiki/Jean_Todt" title="Jean Todt">Jean Todt</a>, president of the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">FIA</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Ecclestone" title="Bernie Ecclestone">Bernie Ecclestone</a>, Formula One's commercial rights holder, in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg/220px-Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg/330px-Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg/440px-Vandoorne_Bahrain_2016_FP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="799" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a> replaced <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> at <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the aftermath of a collision with <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Esteban Gutiérrez">Esteban Gutiérrez</a> in the Australian Grand Prix, <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> was ruled out of the event with broken ribs and a <a href="/wiki/Pneumothorax" title="Pneumothorax">pneumothorax</a>, and as a result was replaced with <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> reserve driver <a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gutiérrez received a new chassis after <a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">his team</a> found that his original chassis was too damaged to be repaired,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mostly caused by the crane during the recovery process and not in the accident itself.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Ferrari were able to use the same engine in <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>'s car as they had done in Australia, even though it had caught fire following a failure of the turbo charger. Swift reactions by the team on the scene prevented damage to the combustion engine, with only the turbo changed for Bahrain.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Celis_Jr." title="Alfonso Celis Jr.">Alfonso Celis Jr.</a> made his first appearance in a Formula One session during the first free practice for <a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tyre supplier <a href="/wiki/Pirelli" title="Pirelli">Pirelli</a> brought three compounds to Bahrain, from which drivers were allowed to choose. The three options for the event were the super-soft, soft and medium compounds, the same as for the previous round in Australia. Frontrunners Mercedes and Ferrari opted for different strategies in tyre allocation, as Mercedes took only one set of the harder medium tyres for both their drivers, while Ferrari chose three sets at the expense of soft compound tyres.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As in previous years, the race was accompanied by concerns about the <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Bahrain" title="Human rights in Bahrain">human rights situation in Bahrain</a>. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy wrote an open letter to Jean Todt in the week before the race, pointing out that "severe human rights violations have been committed during the race authorised by the FIA" and urged the sport's governing body to be "prepared to cancel the race in coming years."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Free_practice">Free practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Free practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg/220px-Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg/330px-Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg/440px-Vettel_Bahrain_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> was fastest in third practice.</figcaption></figure> <p>Per the regulations for the <a href="/wiki/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2016 Formula One World Championship">2016</a> season, three practice sessions were held, two ninety-minute sessions on Friday and another one-hour session before qualifying on Saturday.<sup id="cite_ref-pracreg_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pracreg-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the first practice session on Friday, Mercedes set times well clear of their closest rivals. <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> was fastest on a time of 1:32.292, more than half a second quicker than his teammate Lewis Hamilton in second place. Kimi Räikkönen was third-fastest, albeit almost two seconds slower than Rosberg. Newcomers Stoffel Vandoorne and Alfonso Celis Jr. were 18th- and 21st-fastest, respectively, both slower than their teammates.<sup id="cite_ref-fp1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Celis went off track at one point at turn 3, leading him to back off the pace in order not to damage the car, as his responsibility laid mainly with gathering information for the team.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The session was marked by unusually cool weather, said to be representative of the expected race conditions for Sunday's race, held at night. Therefore, many teams decided to send their cars out for a large number of laps, with sixteen drivers recording twenty laps or more.<sup id="cite_ref-fp1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rosberg was again fastest in the second practice session on Friday evening. His time of 1:31.001 was more than one and a half seconds faster than the <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> time in <a href="/wiki/2015_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Bahrain Grand Prix">the previous year's event</a>. Lewis Hamilton finished second-fastest, 0.241 seconds adrift of Rosberg. <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> set the third-fastest time for McLaren, although he was more than a second off the fastest time.<sup id="cite_ref-fp2_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several drivers voiced surprise over McLaren's pace during Friday's practice sessions, described by Button as the team's best "for a couple of years".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> followed in fourth, ahead of the two Ferrari cars of Räikkönen and Vettel. The latter had set the third-fastest time on the soft tyre compound, but mistakes during his runs on the super-soft tyres meant that he was unable to place higher than sixth. He had to end his session fifteen minutes early when his rear-left wheel nut came loose. Vandoorne was eleventh-fastest in his second session, while <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a>, who took back the car from Celis, was fifteenth, two places ahead of his teammate <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fp2_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp2-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vibrations from running over the kerbs caused the front wing on <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a>'s car to dislodge, forcing him off track. He was able to get back into the pitlane and had the wing replaced.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the session, <a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> failed to stop for weighing, instead returning to his garage, where work was conducted on his car. As a consequence, he was forced to start the race from the pitlane.<sup id="cite_ref-magnussen_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-magnussen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari 1–2 in third practice ahead of Räikkönen, setting a time of 1:31.683. The two Mercedes drivers of Rosberg and Hamilton followed, ahead of <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> and Romain Grosjean. On the soft compound tyres, both Mercedes drivers had set identical times, before Rosberg edged out Hamilton on the super-softs. Higher temperatures in the afternoon sun meant that the times dropped from second practice. <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> ran a new, shorter nase for <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>, but managed only the ninth-fastest time, more than half a second slower than teammate Bottas. Not running the super-soft tyres, Toro Rosso got its two drivers on 15th and 16th place, respectively. <a href="/wiki/Jolyon_Palmer" title="Jolyon Palmer">Jolyon Palmer</a> was 20th-fastest before puncturing a tyre at the end of the session.<sup id="cite_ref-fp3_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fp3-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg/220px-Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg/330px-Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg/440px-Rosberg_Bahrain_2016_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> qualified second and went on to win the race.</figcaption></figure> <p>Qualifying on Saturday was contested under the retained 2016 "elimination format" regulations. Just as in years before, the qualifying procedure was divided into three parts, with the first part (Q1) running for 16 minutes and the second and third parts (Q2 and Q3) being 15 and 14 minutes long, respectively. All twenty-two cars contested the first part, with seven drivers eliminated from further contention in each of the first two parts of qualifying, leaving eight drivers to compete for <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> in Q3. However, in a change of rules, drivers were now eliminated during the session, with the slowest runner at a given point being taken out from contention every ninety seconds, beginning seven minutes into Q1, six minutes into Q2 and five minutes into Q3.<sup id="cite_ref-pracreg_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pracreg-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of Q1, all cars set fast laps, before the top placed drivers returned to the pitlane, leaving the track to the ones fighting elimination. <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Nasr" title="Felipe Nasr">Felipe Nasr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rio_Haryanto" title="Rio Haryanto">Rio Haryanto</a> were unable to set a second timed lap and with the former making a mistake on his only lap, he qualified in last place. While Jolyon Palmer improved his lap time on his second lap, he was quickly dropped back into elimination by a faster lap from Stoffel Vandoorne. <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein" title="Pascal Wehrlein">Pascal Wehrlein</a> qualified in 16th place, ahead of Force India's Sergio Pérez. Kevin Magnussen qualified 19th, but his penalty during practice meant that he would still need to start from the pit lane.<sup id="cite_ref-qualf1fan_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualf1fan-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second part of qualifying started problematically, as the red light at the end of the pitlane, indicating that cars had to stop, was still on when the clock began to run. A marshal with a green flag then indicated the drivers to take to the track.<sup id="cite_ref-motorsportcom_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-motorsportcom-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the session, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time, but a mistake by Nico Rosberg meant that Vettel was able to place second. <a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a> was the first driver to be eliminated, lining up behind the two McLaren drivers, with debutant Vandoorne out-qualifying his teammate Button. <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> was the only driver to go out to improve his time, managing to proceed into Q3 in eighth place, leaving Grosjean, <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> behind.<sup id="cite_ref-qualf1fan_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualf1fan-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the frontrunners set their first timed laps in Q3, Hamilton made a mistake and ran wide at the last corner, leaving him behind Rosberg and both Ferrari drivers. Hülkenberg, both Williams drivers and Ricciardo were eliminated without setting another time, while the four fastest cars came out again. Hamilton set the fastest ever lap at the Bahrain Circuit, at 1:29.493, to achieve <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> ahead of Rosberg, who was just 0.077 seconds slower. Half a second behind, Vettel grabbed third place on the grid ahead of teammate Räikkönen. After qualifying, Hamilton's pole was put under threat after the FIA started an investigation after Hamilton reversed in the pit lane to park up. Hamilton was given a reprimand and his pole position stood.<sup id="cite_ref-qualf1fan_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qualf1fan-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Post-qualifying">Post-qualifying</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reactions to the qualifying sessions mirrored those from two weeks before, with many commentators repeating their criticism over the new format.<sup id="cite_ref-motorsportcom_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-motorsportcom-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-skyquali_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-skyquali-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, at a meeting between the FIA, <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One Management">Formula One Management</a> (FOM) and the teams on race Sunday, no agreement was reached to revert to the old qualifying format, which was outright ruled out for the remainder of the season by the representatives of FIA and FOM. A new proposal was set before the teams, which would see every driver set two timed laps in every part of qualifying. Both times would than be added and the aggregate time would determine the grid positions.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vettelquali_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vettelquali-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reactions to the proposal were mixed. While Sebastian Vettel described it as "a shit idea" and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> said that he "wouldn't be too keen on that", Jenson Button deemed it a better plan than the existing elimination format.<sup id="cite_ref-vettelquali_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vettelquali-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 April, the teams unanimously rejected the scheme, instead demanding a return to the format used between 2006 and 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision was finalised four days later.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg/220px-Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg/330px-Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg/440px-Bahrain_GP_2016_start_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>The accident between <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Bottas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Ricciardo</a> at turn one</figcaption></figure> <p>The race saw two drivers out before the start lights even went out, as first <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> stopped on track during the warm-up lap with an engine failure<sup id="cite_ref-guardtick_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardtick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before <a href="/wiki/Jolyon_Palmer" title="Jolyon Palmer">Jolyon Palmer</a> pulled into the pit lane instead of lining up on the grid, suffering from a hydraulic failure. It was the first time in Vettel's Formula One career that he was unable to start a race.<sup id="cite_ref-mmm_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mmm-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the start, Rosberg pulled into the lead ahead of Hamilton, who came into contact with Valtteri Bottas and dropped back to ninth place. Both Bottas and Ricciardo damaged their front wings in the situation. Felipe Massa took advantage and moved into second behind Rosberg. Further back, Sergio Pérez and Carlos Sainz also made contact, leaving Sainz with a puncture and Pérez with front wing damaged and both had to pit for repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-guardtick_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardtick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbctick_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbctick-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Daniil Kvyat and Nico Hülkenberg were two more victims of contact during the first lap.<sup id="cite_ref-mmm_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mmm-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The order after five laps was Rosberg, Massa, Bottas, Ricciardo and Räikkönen, who took fourth a lap later.<sup id="cite_ref-guardtick_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardtick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same lap, Jenson Button retired with a failure of his <a href="/wiki/Kinetic_energy_recovery_system" title="Kinetic energy recovery system">energy recovery system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mmm_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mmm-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After yet another lap, Räikkönen moved ahead of Bottas as well into third. Hamilton recovered from his first-turn accident and soon moved ahead of Bottas as well, laying in fourth place on lap eight. On lap ten, Bottas received a drive-through penalty for his collision with Hamilton at the start. By lap eleven, <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Esteban Gutiérrez">Esteban Gutiérrez</a> retired with brake failure,<sup id="cite_ref-mmm_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mmm-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while his teammate Grosjean was in fourth place.<sup id="cite_ref-guardtick_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardtick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg/220px-Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg/330px-Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg/440px-Ricciardo_Grosjean_Bahrain_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> passes <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> for fourth.</figcaption></figure> <p>Kimi Räikkönen was the first of the front runners to pit, doing so on lap twelve, with Rosberg and Hamilton following suit in the following laps. Hamilton emerged sixth behind Kvyat and Massa, moving ahead of both into fourth before going past Ricciardo for third place on lap 17. A lap later, Grosjean moved ahead of Massa into fifth position. Meanwhile, Rosberg pulled clear at the head of the race, leading Räikkönen by twelve seconds on lap 22. Further back the order, Kevin Magnussen trailed Pascal Wehrlein's Manor, being unable to overtake him due to the Manor's straight-line speed advantage. Grosjean made another overtake on lap 25, moving past Ricciardo into fourth, while the latter made a pit stop for new tyres at the end of the lap. Three laps later, he used his fresher tyres to overtake his teammate Kvyat for fifth position. While Carlos Sainz retired, more pit stops started on lap 29, with Hamilton, Räikkönen and Grosjean coming in for tyre changes, followed by Massa one lap later. Rosberg made a pit stop another lap later, coming back out securely in the lead, while Hamilton closed on Räikkönen, now 3.7 seconds behind him. The order at that point stood as: Rosberg, Räikkönen, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Kvyat, Grosjean, Verstappen, Bottas, Vandoorne and Massa.<sup id="cite_ref-guardtick_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardtick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbctick_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbctick-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By lap 38, Nico Rosberg led Räikkönen by nine seconds, with Hamilton a further five seconds behind. Räikkönen made a pit stop on the same lap and both Mercedes drivers did the same in the two following laps. Grosjean made a pit stop on lap 41, being stationary for 25 seconds, losing ground on his competitors. He emerged eighth and moved ahead of Kvyat into seventh as the latter made a pit stop on lap 45, before overtaking Massa one lap later. With ten laps to go, Rosberg extended his lead on Räikkönen, who had moved closer after the last round of stops. On lap 51, Kvyat went past Bottas into eighth place, while Wehrlein moved ahead of Hülkenberg into 13th one lap later. Wehrlein then unsuccessfully chased <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>, unable to pass for twelfth. As Rosberg extended his advantage on Räikkönen to eight seconds, Kvyat overtook Massa to move into seventh on lap 56. Nico Rosberg was able to hold on to his lead to win the race ahead of Räikkönen and Hamilton.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Behind Ricciardo in fourth, Grosjean improved on his result from Australia to finish fifth. On his début, Stoffel Vandoorne scored a point in tenth position.<sup id="cite_ref-guardtick_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardtick-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbctick_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbctick-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Haas_F1" class="mw-redirect" title="Haas F1">Haas F1</a>'s sixth and fifth places from their first two races in Formula One marked the best start to a season from a new team since <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Racing_Cars" title="Shadow Racing Cars">Shadow</a> in <a href="/wiki/1973_Formula_One_season" title="1973 Formula One season">1973</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mmm_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mmm-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-race">Post-race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg/220px-Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg/330px-Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg/440px-Fireworks_Bahrain_GP_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>Fireworks after the race</figcaption></figure> <p>At the post-race podium interviews, conducted by former Formula 1 driver <a href="/wiki/David_Coulthard" title="David Coulthard">David Coulthard</a>, Nico Rosberg hailed an "awesome weekend" and said that the start had been the key factor to his victory.<sup id="cite_ref-pressconf_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressconf-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kimi Räikkönen and Ferrari in turn lamented their dismal start, saying that it might have cost him the victory.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ferrari team principal <a href="/wiki/Maurizio_Arrivabene" title="Maurizio Arrivabene">Maurizio Arrivabene</a> lauded Räikkönen's drive as "absolutely spectacular", adding: "If you look at the overtake around the outside of [Daniel] Ricciardo, he reminded me of the driver from the old times. It was very, very good for me."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lewis Hamilton rued his second unfortunate start incident in a row, which he described as "perhaps [...] more painful" than the incident at <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Australian Grand Prix">the previous race</a>. He stressed the fact that with the damage to his car from the first-turn contact he was unable to keep up Räikkönen's speed ahead of him.<sup id="cite_ref-pressconf_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pressconf-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Romain Grosjean received particular praise for his drive to fifth place, collecting a second <i>Driver of the Day</i> award in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His race was saved by an attentive mechanic who replaced a loose wheel nut on his left-rear wheel, which would otherwise have caused Grosjean to retire.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Valtteri Bottas was further penalised for his collision with Hamilton at the start of the race by having two penalty points added to his licence.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jenson Button expressed frustration at his retirement, feeling that it lost him a possible point-scoring position. In contrast, his replacement teammate Vandoorne scored his first point on debut, describing it as a "bonus" to a successful weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the race, Nico Rosberg manifested his lead at the top of the drivers' standings, having collected the maximum available 50 points from the first two races. Teammate Hamilton was in second place, 17 points behind Rosberg, with Ricciardo in third another nine points adrift.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes retained the lead with 83 points, 50 points ahead of Ferrari, while <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a> in third was another three points behind.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying_2">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg/220px-Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg/330px-Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg/440px-Hamilton_Bahrain_2016_lockup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> qualified on <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> and had to fight back to third place after contact in the first corner.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Qualifying position">Pos.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number">Car<br />no.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2">Driver </th> <th rowspan="2">Constructor </th> <th colspan="3"><span class="nowrap">Qualifying times</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Final grid position">Final<br />grid</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Q1 </th> <th>Q2 </th> <th>Q3 </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td data-sort-value="HAM"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:31.391 </td> <td><b>1:30.039</b> </td> <td><b>1:29.493</b> </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center">6 </td> <td data-sort-value="ROS"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td><b>1:31.325</b> </td> <td>1:30.535 </td> <td>1:29.570 </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td data-sort-value="VET"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:31.636 </td> <td>1:30.409 </td> <td>1:30.012 </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td data-sort-value="RAI"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:31.685 </td> <td>1:30.559 </td> <td>1:30.244 </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td data-sort-value="RIC"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a> </td> <td>1:31.403 </td> <td>1:31.122 </td> <td>1:30.854 </td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td data-sort-value="BOT"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:31.672 </td> <td>1:30.931 </td> <td>1:31.153 </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">19 </td> <td data-sort-value="MAS"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:32.045 </td> <td>1:31.374 </td> <td>1:31.155 </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td data-sort-value="HUL"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></span> </td> <td>1:31.987 </td> <td>1:31.604 </td> <td>1:31.620 </td> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td data-sort-value="GRO"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:32.005 </td> <td>1:31.756 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td data-sort-value="VER"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:31.888 </td> <td>1:31.772 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td data-sort-value="SAI"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:31.716 </td> <td>1:31.816 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td align="center">47 </td> <td data-sort-value="VAN"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:32.472 </td> <td>1:31.934 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td align="center">21 </td> <td data-sort-value="GUT"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Esteban Gutiérrez">Esteban Gutiérrez</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:32.118 </td> <td>1:31.945 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td align="center">22 </td> <td data-sort-value="BUT"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:31.976 </td> <td>1:31.998 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td align="center">26 </td> <td data-sort-value="KVY"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a></span> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a></span> </td> <td>1:32.559 </td> <td>1:32.241 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td align="center">94 </td> <td data-sort-value="WEH"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein" title="Pascal Wehrlein">Pascal Wehrlein</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manor_Racing" title="Manor Racing">MRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:32.806 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td data-sort-value="ERI"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:32.840 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td data-sort-value="PER"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:32.911 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td align="center">20 </td> <td data-sort-value="MAG"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a>      </span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:33.181 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">PL<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td align="center">30 </td> <td data-sort-value="PAL"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jolyon_Palmer" title="Jolyon Palmer">Jolyon Palmer</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:33.438 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td align="center">88 </td> <td data-sort-value="HAR"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rio_Haryanto" title="Rio Haryanto">Rio Haryanto</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manor_Racing" title="Manor Racing">MRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:34.190 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td align="center">12 </td> <td data-sort-value="NAS"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Nasr" title="Felipe Nasr">Felipe Nasr</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:34.388 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% time</a>: 1:37.717 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-qual_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qual-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span> – <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> started the race from the pit lane as a penalty, after failing to stop for a mandatory weight check and the team instead conducting work on the car during free practice.<sup id="cite_ref-magnussen_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-magnussen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_2">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg/220px-Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg/330px-Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg/440px-Massa_Kvyat_Bahrain_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a> (right) finished ahead of <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> in seventh place.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Time/Retired </th> <th>Grid </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Points">Pts.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>1:33:34.696 </td> <td>2 </td> <td align="center"><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+10.282 </td> <td>4 </td> <td align="center"><b>18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+30.148 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="center"><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+1:02.494 </td> <td>5 </td> <td align="center"><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+1:18.299 </td> <td>9 </td> <td align="center"><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+1:20.929 </td> <td>10 </td> <td align="center"><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">26 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniil_Kvyat" title="Daniil Kvyat">Daniil Kvyat</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a></b> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>15 </td> <td align="center"><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>7 </td> <td align="center"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>6 </td> <td align="center"><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td align="center">47 </td> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a></b> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>12 </td> <td align="center"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td align="center">20 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span>  <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>PL </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>17 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td align="center">94 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein" title="Pascal Wehrlein">Pascal Wehrlein</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manor_Racing" title="Manor Racing">MRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>16 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td align="center">12 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Nasr" title="Felipe Nasr">Felipe Nasr</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>21 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>18 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td align="center">88 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rio_Haryanto" title="Rio Haryanto">Rio Haryanto</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manor_Racing" title="Manor Racing">MRT</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>20 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td>Collision Damage </td> <td>11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">21 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Esteban Gutiérrez">Esteban Gutiérrez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>10 </td> <td>Brakes </td> <td>13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">22 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>14 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNS </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>DNS </th> <td align="center">30 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jolyon_Palmer" title="Jolyon Palmer">Jolyon Palmer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Hydraulics </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jolyon_Palmer" title="Jolyon Palmer">Jolyon Palmer</a> qualified 3rd and 19th, but did not make it to the starting grid; their grid slots were left vacant.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_standings_after_the_race">Championship standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Championship standings after the race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Drivers' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th>Driver </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> </td> <td align="left">50 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td align="left">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> </td> <td align="left">24 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 14 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td align="left">18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a></span> </td> <td align="left">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-champ_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-champ-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <dl><dt>Constructors' Championship standings</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th>Constructor </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">83 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="left">33 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a></span> </td> <td align="left">30 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1downarrow_red.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/10px-1downarrow_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/15px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/1downarrow_red.svg/20px-1downarrow_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> 1 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" 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title="2011 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_European_Grand_Prix" title="2011 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_British_Grand_Prix" title="2011 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_German_Grand_Prix" title="2011 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Korean Grand Prix">KOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Indian Grand Prix">IND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2012 Formula One World Championship">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_European_Grand_Prix" title="2012 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_British_Grand_Prix" title="2012 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_German_Grand_Prix" title="2012 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Korean Grand Prix">KOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Indian Grand Prix">IND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2012 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2013_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2013 Formula One World Championship">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_British_Grand_Prix" title="2013 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_German_Grand_Prix" title="2013 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Korean Grand Prix">KOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Indian Grand Prix">IND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2013 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2014_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2014 Formula One World Championship">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_British_Grand_Prix" title="2014 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_German_Grand_Prix" title="2014 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2014 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2015_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2015 Formula One World Championship">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_British_Grand_Prix" title="2015 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2015 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2016 Formula One World Championship">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_European_Grand_Prix" title="2016 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_British_Grand_Prix" title="2016 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_German_Grand_Prix" title="2016 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2016 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2017_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2017 Formula One World Championship">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">AZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_British_Grand_Prix" title="2017 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2017 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2018_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2018 Formula One World Championship">2018</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">AZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_French_Grand_Prix" title="2018 French Grand Prix">FRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_British_Grand_Prix" title="2018 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_German_Grand_Prix" title="2018 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2018 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a 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