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2016 Rolex Australian Grand Prix Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 21 Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, South Melbourne, Victoria 58 laps* on a 5.303 kilometer road course (307.574 kilometers) Time of race: 1:48:15.565 Average speed: 167.526 kph Pole time: 83.837 seconds Cautions: 1 for 3 laps Margin of victory: 8.060 sec Attendance: 271800 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    2016 Formula One results   /   2016 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 6   Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W07 / Mercedes PU106C 57 1:48:15.565 22 25 2 1 44   Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W07 / Mercedes PU106C 57 +8.060 0 18 3 3 5   Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF16-H / Ferrari 059/5 57 +9.643 32 15 4 8 3   Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB12 / TAG Heuer V6 57 +24.330 0 12 5 6 19   Felipe Massa Williams Martini Racing Williams FW38 / Mercedes PU106C 57 +58.979 0 10 6 19 8   Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team Haas VF-16 / Ferrari 059/5 57 +72.081 0 8 7 10 27   Nico Hulkenberg Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM09 / Mercedes PU106C 57 +74.199 0 6 8 16 77   Valtteri Bottas Williams Martini Racing Williams FW38 / Mercedes PU106C 57 +75.153 0 4 9 7 55   Carlos Sainz, Jr. Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR11 / Ferrari 059/4 57 +75.680 0 2 10 5 33   Max Verstappen Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR11 / Ferrari 059/4 57 +76.833 0 1 11 13 30   Jolyon Palmer Renault Sport F1 Team Renault R.S.16 / Renault R.E.16 57 +83.399 0 0 12 14 20   Kevin Magnussen Renault Sport F1 Team Renault R.S.16 / Renault R.E.16 57 +85.606 0 0 13 9 11   Sergio Perez Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM09 / Mercedes PU106C 57 +91.699 0 0 14 12 22   Jenson Button McLaren-Honda F1 Team McLaren MP4-31 / Honda RA616H 56 +1 lap 0 0 15 17 12   Felipe Nasr Sauber F1 Team Sauber C35 / Ferrari 059/5 56 +1 lap 0 0 16 21 94   Pascal Wehrlein Manor Racing Manor MRT05 / Mercedes PU106C 56 +1 lap 0 0 ret 15 9   Marcus Ericsson Sauber F1 Team Sauber C35 / Ferrari 059/5 38 vibration 0 0 ret 4 7   Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF16-H / Ferrari 059/5 21 engine 3 0 ret 22 88   Rio Haryanto Manor Racing Manor MRT05 / Mercedes PU106C 17 transmission 0 0 ret 20 21   Esteban Gutierrez Haas F1 Team Haas VF-16 / Ferrari 059/5 16 crash 0 0 ret 11 14   Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda F1 Team McLaren MP4-31 / Honda RA616H 16 crash 0 0 dns 18 26   Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB12 / TAG Heuer V6 0 did not start 0 0 * Race shortened to 57 laps due to aborted restart.

Fastest Lap: 214.511 kph by Daniel Ricciardo Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 16 16     17 19 3   #21,14 accident turn 3   20 57 38       Percent of race run under caution: 5.3%             Average green flag run: 27.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Sebastian Vettel 1 12 12   Kimi Raikkonen 13 15 3   Sebastian Vettel 16 35 20   Nico Rosberg 36 57 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Nico Rosberg 25     2   Lewis Hamilton 18   -7   3   Sebastian Vettel 15   -10   4   Daniel Ricciardo 12   -13   5   Felipe Massa 10   -15   6   Romain Grosjean 8   -17   7   Nico Hulkenberg 6   -19   8   Valtteri Bottas 4   -21   9   Carlos Sainz, Jr. 2   -23   10   Max Verstappen 1   -24