2016 Mexican Grand Prix: F1 race Results, Winner & Report

Daniel Ricciardo celebrates getting third position with Max Verstappen after Sebastian Vettel was given a 10 second penalty following a stewards enquiry during the Formula One Grand Prix of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 2016

Event: Mexican Grand Prix
Track: Autodromo H. Rodriguez

Weather: 19°C dry
Tarmac: 24°C dry
Humidity: 63%

Lewis Hamilton won the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix from start to finish. His Mercedes team mate NIco Rosberg finished second and kept his championship lead.

Max Verstappen finished 3rd but had to leave the podium to Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, because of a 10 second penalty. A few hours after the race Vettel also got a penalty for moving under braking when Daniel Ricciado tried to pass German driver Vettel. Because of the 10s penalty for Verstappen and Vettel, Australian driver Ricciado even finished 3rd!

F1 classification 2016 Mexican GP

PNoDriverTeamTimeLapsGridPts
144United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes01:40:31.40271
1
25
26Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes01:40:39.75671
2
18
33Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Austria Red Bull01:40:52.72571
4
15
433Netherlands Max Verstappen
Austria Red Bull01:40:48.71571
3
12
55Germany Sebastian Vettel
Italy Ferrari01:40:52.26071
7
10
67Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Italy Ferrari01:41:20.77871
6
8
727Germany Nico Hülkenberg
India Force India01:41:30.29371
5
6
877Finland Valtteri Bottas
United Kingdom Williams01:41:37.01471
8
4
919Brazil Felipe Massa
United Kingdom Williams01:41:47.60871
9
2
1011Mexico Sergio Pérez
India Force India01:41:48.20071
12
1
119Sweden Marcus Ericsson
Switzerland Sauber01:41:06.17970
15
0
1222United Kingdom Jenson Button
United Kingdom McLaren01:41:12.96270
13
0
1314Spain Fernando Alonso
United Kingdom McLaren01:41:21.39970
11
0
1430United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer
France Renault01:41:27.59770
21
0
1512Brazil Felipe Nasr
Switzerland Sauber01:41:35.45670
16
0
1655Spain Carlos Sainz
Italy Toro Rosso01:41:37.26370
10
0
1720Denmark Kevin Magnussen
France Renault01:41:41.26870
14
0
1826Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat
Italy Toro Rosso01:41:41.27470
10
0
1921Mexico Esteban Gutierrez
United States Haas01:41:41.93470
17
0
208France Romain Grosjean
United States Haas01:41:50.93770
11
0
2131France Esteban Ocon
United Kingdom Manor01:41:01.12369
20
0
DNF94Germany Pascal Wehrlein
United Kingdom ManorCollision0
16
0

Fastest lap: 1:21.134 min by Daniel Ricciard (Red Bull RB12) on lap 53.

* PENALTIES:

Car 55 (Carlos Sainz - Toro Rosso) - 5 second time penalty - Forcing another driver off the track
Car 26 (Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso) - 5 second time penalty - Leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage
Car 33 (Max Verstappen - Red Bull) 5 seond time penalty - Leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage
Car 5 (Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari) 10 second time penalty - Moving under braking when passed by other driver

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