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Event
Bahrain Grand Prix

Date
Sun 3rd April 2016 (UTC)

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Time
00:00:00 UTC

Timezones
24-11-26 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-26 18:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-26 19:00 (EST New York)
24-11-27 00:00 (GMT London)
24-11-27 01:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-27 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-27 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-27 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-27 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2016

Round
2

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Location
Bahrain International Circuit

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Description
The 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 3 April 2016 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the second round of the 2016 season and marked the twelfth time that the Bahrain Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner, while his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg was the Drivers' Championship leader coming into the round.

During qualifying, which saw the second iteration of the heavily criticised "elimination format", Hamilton achieved pole position ahead of Rosberg and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg won the race from Kimi Räikkönen, with Hamilton completing the podium.

Following widespread criticism over the "elimination" qualifying format used in Australia, the teams voted to abandon the format and revert to the system used between 2006 and 2015. However, in the week after the race, the sport's Strategy Working Group met to formally vote on the matter, and chose to keep the "elimination" format in place for the Bahrain Grand Prix and subject to a more thorough review ahead of the next round in China. It was subsequently reported that the teams had only been given the option of retaining the elimination format or adopting a hybrid of the elimination and pre-2016 formats, and that an outright reversion to the 2006-2015 format was never discussed. Mercedes' motorsport director Toto Wolff remained adamant that the format needed to be reverted, saying that he did not expect qualifying to be more entertaining than it had been two weeks before. Drivers were equally critical of the retention of the changed format: Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel told the press that he was "as disappointed as probably anyone I know", while Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton called the decision "strange , particularly because the most important thing is the fans were unhappy". Another meeting was scheduled for race day to discuss the format, with both Jean Todt, president of the FIA, and Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One's commercial rights holder, in attendance.


Stoffel Vandoorne replaced Fernando Alonso at McLaren.
In the aftermath of a collision with Esteban Gutiérrez in the Australian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso was ruled out of the event with broken ribs and a pneumothorax, and as a result was replaced with McLaren reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne. Gutiérrez received a new chassis after his team found that his original chassis was too damaged to be repaired, mostly caused by the crane during the recovery process and not in the accident itself. Meanwhile, Ferrari were able to use the same engine in Kimi Räikkönen's car as they had done in Australia, even though it had caught fire following a failure of the turbo charger. Swift reactions by the team on the scene prevented damage to the combustion engine, with only the turbo changed for Bahrain. Alfonso Celis Jr. made his first appearance in a Formula One session during the first free practice for Force India.

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought three compounds to Bahrain, from which drivers were allowed to choose. The three options for the event were the super-soft, soft and medium compounds, the same as for the previous round in Australia. Frontrunners Mercedes and Ferrari opted for different strategies in tyre allocation, as Mercedes took only one set of the harder medium tyres for both their drivers, while Ferrari chose three sets at the expense of soft compound tyres.

As in previous years, the race was accompanied by concerns about the human rights situation in Bahrain. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy wrote an open letter to Jean Todt in the week before the race, pointing out that "severe human rights violations have been committed during the race authorised by the FIA" and urged the sport's governing body to be "prepared to cancel the race in coming years."


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Result List


Result Description
1 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 57 1:33:34.696 2 25
2 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 +10.282 4 18
3 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 57 +30.148 1 15
4 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 57 +1:02.494 5 12
5 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 57 +1:18.299 9 10
6 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1:20.929 10 8
7 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 56 +1 Lap 15 6
8 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 7 4
9 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 6 2
10 47 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Honda 56 +1 Lap 12 1
11 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Renault 56 +1 Lap PL
12 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 17
13 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 16
14 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 21
15 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 8
16 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 18
17 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 20
Ret 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29 Collision Damage 11
Ret 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 10 Brakes 13
Ret 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 6 Engine 14
DNS 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0 Engine —
DNS 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 Hydraulics —


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