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searchaux" style="display:none">The 13th round of the 2016 Formula One season</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Race details<sup id="cite_ref-Spa-Francorchamps_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spa-Francorchamps-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2016-08-28">28 August 2016</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 Belgian Grand Prix<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/Circuit_de_Spa-Francorchamps" title="Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps">Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stavelot" title="Stavelot">Stavelot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</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"> 7.004 km (4.352 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 44 laps, 308.052 km (191.415 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Partially cloudy and dry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Attendance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 233,730 (Weekend) <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 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 li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><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" 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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 class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:51.583 on lap 40</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Podium#In_motorsport" title="Podium">Podium</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">First</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><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></li></ul></div></td><td 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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></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#efefef"> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;background-color:#efefef;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Lap leaders</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_qcjxpdcdhfb6cj9uw07ikjf6yp8m18n"></map><img usemap="#timeline_qcjxpdcdhfb6cj9uw07ikjf6yp8m18n" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/qcjxpdcdhfb6cj9uw07ikjf6yp8m18n.png" /></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>2016 Belgian Grand Prix</b> (formally known as the <b>2016 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-Spa-Francorchamps_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spa-Francorchamps-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> <a href="/wiki/Auto_racing" title="Auto racing">motor race</a> held on 28 August 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Circuit_de_Spa-Francorchamps" title="Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps">Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spa,_Belgium" title="Spa, Belgium">Spa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. It was the thirteenth 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 marks the seventy-second running of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="Belgian Grand Prix">Belgian Grand Prix</a> and the fifty-ninth time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> driver and <a href="/wiki/2015_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Belgian Grand Prix">defending</a> race winner <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by nineteen points ahead of teammate <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a>. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 159 points. <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a> was lying second, having passed <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> in the standings at the <a href="/wiki/2016_German_Grand_Prix" title="2016 German Grand Prix">previous round in Germany</a>. </p><p>Nico Rosberg won this Grand Prix, with <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> and Lewis Hamilton, second and third respectively. Hamilton received a multi-grid penalty before the start of the race. Hamilton retained the championship lead, with Rosberg closing the gap to nine points. <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> and both <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferraris</a> were involved in an incident at the start of the race. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_red-flagged_Formula_One_races" title="List of red-flagged Formula One races">race was stopped</a> on lap 9 after <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> crashed heavily at Raidillon, suffering a 12.5G impact, causing structural damage to the armoured collision barrier and tyre wall which required repairs, before the race could resume under <a href="/wiki/Racing_flags#Green_flag" title="Racing flags">green flag</a> conditions. Magnussen suffered a cut on his ankle but no serious injury.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Driver_changes">Driver changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Driver changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</a> made his Formula One début, replacing <a href="/wiki/Rio_Haryanto" title="Rio Haryanto">Rio Haryanto</a> at <a href="/wiki/Manor_Racing" title="Manor Racing">MRT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ocon_in_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocon_in-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haryanto stayed with the team, filling a testing and reserve role.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tyres">Tyres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tyres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tyre supplier <a href="/wiki/Pirelli" title="Pirelli">Pirelli</a> provided teams with the super-soft, soft and medium compounds for the races. Drivers were also supplied with two sets of "prototype" soft tyres for use in the Friday practice sessions, which were designed to provide similar lap times and performance to the existing soft compound whilst being more durable when striking kerbs and going beyond track limits.<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> The prototype tyres were introduced to allow Pirelli to gain data on their performance ahead of their competitive début in <a href="/wiki/2016_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Malaysian Grand Prix">Malaysia</a>, where they will replace the existing soft compound. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upgrades">Upgrades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Upgrades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both <a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> introduced upgrades to their power units for the race, while <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a> brought their first updates of the season for the <a href="/wiki/Sauber_C35" title="Sauber C35">C35 chassis</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Penalties">Penalties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Penalties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> took grid penalties for exceeding their season allocation of engine components; Hamilton received fifteen places for using his sixth turbocharger and associated Motor Generator Unit, while Ericsson was demoted ten places for replacing his turbocharger,<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> and Alonso thirty-five places for introducing his sixth complete power unit. Hamilton received a second set of penalties when Mercedes introduced a seventh turbocharger and MGU-H ahead of the second free practice session;<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> and a third set for further changes ahead of the final practice session, thereby guaranteeing that he would start the race from last place. Mercedes deliberately took the penalties as they sought to stockpile new components for the remainder of the season, deeming the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to be a venue where the potential for overtaking offset the penalties.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Esteban_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Esteban Gutiérrez">Esteban Gutiérrez</a> received a five-place grid penalty for dangerous driving during the final practice session when <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein" title="Pascal Wehrlein">Pascal Wehrlein</a> was forced to take evasive action and cross the grassy verge on the inside of Raidillon to avoid contact. </p><p>On race day, Mercedes removed a seal on the gearbox of Hamilton's car so he could take a new gearbox at the next race, giving the world champion an additional five place grid penalty. The penalty was initially incorrectly issued and originally designated Hamilton to start from the pit lane.<sup id="cite_ref-Hamilton_gearbox_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamilton_gearbox-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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">6 </td> <td><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>1:48.019 </td> <td><b>1:46.999</b> </td> <td><b>1:46.744</b> </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td><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/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a> </td> <td>1:48.407 </td> <td>1:47.163 </td> <td>1:46.893 </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><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>1:47.912 </td> <td>1:47.664 </td> <td>1:46.910 </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><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>1:47.802 </td> <td>1:47.944 </td> <td>1:47.108 </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><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><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>1:48.407 </td> <td>1:48.027 </td> <td>1:47.216 </td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><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>1:48.106 </td> <td>1:47.485 </td> <td>1:47.407 </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td><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><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>1:48.080 </td> <td>1:47.317 </td> <td>1:47.543 </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td><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>1:48.655 </td> <td>1:47.918 </td> <td>1:47.612 </td> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td align="center">22 </td> <td><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>1:48.700 </td> <td>1:48.051 </td> <td>1:48.114 </td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><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><b>1:47.738</b> </td> <td>1:47.667 </td> <td>1:48.263 </td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td align="center">8 </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><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:48.751 </td> <td>1:48.316 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td align="center">20 </td> <td><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>1:48.800 </td> <td>1:48.485 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td align="center">21 </td> <td><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>1:48.748 </td> <td>1:48.598 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">18<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td align="center">30 </td> <td><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>1:48.901 </td> <td>1:48.888 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td><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>1:48.876 </td> <td>1:49.038 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td align="center">94 </td> <td><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>1:48.554 </td> <td>1:49.320 </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td align="center">12 </td> <td><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>1:48.949 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td align="center">31 </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/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</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>1:49.050 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td align="center">26 </td> <td><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><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>1:49.058 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><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>1:49.071 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">20<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td><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>1:50.033 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">21<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_3"><a href="#endnote_3">3</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% time</a>: 1:55.279 </th></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><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/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</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>No time </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center">22<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_4"><a href="#endnote_4">4</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-qual_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qual-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b> </p> <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/Esteban_Guti%C3%A9rrez" title="Esteban Gutiérrez">Esteban Gutiérrez</a> received a five-place grid penalty for impeding Pascal Wehrlein during the final practice session on Saturday.<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></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^2</a></b></span>  – <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> was penalised 10 grid places for unscheduled power unit element changes.<sup id="cite_ref-qual_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qual-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_3"><b><a href="#ref_3">^3</a></b></span>  – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> received a 60-place grid penalty after Mercedes opted to replace several elements on his power unit, then remove a seal from his gearbox.<sup id="cite_ref-Alonso_Hamilton_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alonso_Hamilton-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hamilton_gearbox_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hamilton_gearbox-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_4"><b><a href="#ref_4">^4</a></b></span>  – <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> received a 60-place grid penalty after McLaren opted to replace several elements on his power unit.<sup id="cite_ref-Alonso_Hamilton_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alonso_Hamilton-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Alonso also failed to set a qualifying time, his participation in the race came at the stewards' discretion.<sup id="cite_ref-qual_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qual-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race">Race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_report">Race report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Race report"><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:Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg/220px-Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg/330px-Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg/440px-Podium_Grand_Prix_automobile_de_Belgique_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> and Mercedes team representative <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hywel_Thomas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hywel Thomas (page does not exist)">Hywel Thomas</a> on the podium.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the start <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> got away well, <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> got a poor start and was passed by both <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferraris</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>, going into La Source Verstappen tried to come back at both Ferraris only to hit Räikkönen who in turn then hit his teammate Vettel spinning him round, all three had to come back to the pits for repairs. At Les Combes <a href="/wiki/Jenson_Button" title="Jenson Button">Jenson Button</a> was hit by <a href="/wiki/Manor_Racing" title="Manor Racing">Manor</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein" title="Pascal Wehrlein">Pascal Wehrlein</a> taking them both out of the race. <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz</a> suffered a tyre failure and pulled off the track causing a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_safety_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtual safety car">virtual safety car</a>, at this point <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> had made it up to 12th with all the chaos and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> was up to 15th. The race restarted but soon after <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> suffered a crash when his car spun and smashed into the tyre wall at Raidillon, Magnussen limped out of the car but did require medical attention for an injured ankle, the race was initially neutralised under the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">safety car</a> before being stopped two laps later so they could repair the tyre barrier. At the restart Hamilton was able to pass Alonso but then it took him several laps to get past the <a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a>. Rosberg won the race followed by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> with Hamilton finishing third.<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> Hamilton became the first ever driver to have claimed three podiums from 20th on the grid or lower.<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> </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_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kevin Magnussen had been taken to hospital as a precaution but tweeted that he was fine and he would be racing at the next Grand Prix in Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_classification">Race classification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Race classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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>Points </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>44 </td> <td>1:44:51.058 </td> <td>1 </td> <td align="center"><b>25</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </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><span class="nowrap"><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></span> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>+14.113 </td> <td>5 </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>44 </td> <td>+27.634 </td> <td>21 </td> <td align="center"><b>15</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td align="center">27 </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_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a></b> </td> <td><b><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></b> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>+35.907 </td> <td>7 </td> <td align="center"><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><b><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></b> </td> <td><b><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></b> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>+40.660 </td> <td>6 </td> <td align="center"><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td align="center">5 </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/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></b> </td> <td>44 </td> <td>+45.394 </td> <td>4 </td> <td align="center"><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><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> <b><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a></b></span> </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>44 </td> <td>+59.445 </td> <td>22 </td> <td align="center"><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </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>44 </td> <td>+1:00.151 </td> <td>8 </td> <td align="center"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </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>44 </td> <td>+1:01.109 </td> <td>3 </td> <td align="center"><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </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>44 </td> <td>+1:05.873 </td> <td>10 </td> <td align="center"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td><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> </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>44 </td> <td>+1:11.138 </td> <td>2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td align="center">21 </td> <td><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>44 </td> <td>+1:13.877 </td> <td>18 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><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> </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>44 </td> <td>+1:16.474 </td> <td>11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td align="center">26 </td> <td><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> </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>44 </td> <td>+1:27.097 </td> <td>19 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </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>44 </td> <td>+1:33.165 </td> <td>13 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td align="center">31 </td> <td><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/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</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>43 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>17 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </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>43 </td> <td>+1 Lap </td> <td>16 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </th> <td align="center">20 </td> <td><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>5 </td> <td>Accident </td> <td>12 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </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>3 </td> <td>Gearbox </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>1 </td> <td>Puncture damage </td> <td>14 </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>1 </td> <td><span class="nowrap">Collision damage</span> </td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ret </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>0 </td> <td>Collision </td> <td>15 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-race_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-race-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Championship_standings_after_the_race">Championship standings after the race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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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/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">232 </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/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">223 </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">3 </td> <td><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 align="left">151 </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">4 </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 align="left">128 </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">5 </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">124 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-champ_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-champ-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<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">455 </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="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">274 </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">3 </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">252 </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">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <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 align="left">103 </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">5 </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">101 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-champ_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-champ-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <ul><li><small><b>Note</b>: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Spa-Francorchamps_GP2_Series_round" title="2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round">2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Spa-Francorchamps_GP3_Series_round" title="2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round">2016 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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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 href="/wiki/2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Bahrain Grand Prix">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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