2016 Mexican Grand Prix F1 Race Results

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

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	44	LewisHamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes W07Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	1	71	56	1:40:31.402	25
2	6	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W07Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	2	71	3	1:40:39.756+8.354s	18
3	3	DanielRicciardo	Red Bull	Red Bull RB12Renault R.E.16	4	71		1:40:52.725+21.323s	15
4	33	MaxVerstappen	Red Bull	Red Bull RB12Renault R.E.16	3	71		1:40:48.715+17.313s	12
5	5	SebastianVettel	Ferrari	Ferrari SF16-HFerrari 061	7	71	12	1:40:52.260+20.858s	10
6	7	KimiRäikkönen	Ferrari	Ferrari SF16-HFerrari 061	6	71		1:41:20.778+49.376s	8
7	27	NicoHülkenberg	Force India	Force India VJM09Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	5	71		1:41:30.293+58.891s	6
8	77	ValtteriBottas	Williams	Williams FW38Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	8	71		1:41:37.014+1:05.612	4
9	19	FelipeMassa	Williams	Williams FW38Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	9	71		1:41:47.608+1:16.206	2
10	11	SergioPérez	Force India	Force India VJM09Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	12	71		1:41:48.200+1:16.798	1
11	9	MarcusEricsson	Sauber	Sauber C35Ferrari 061	15	70		1:41:06.179+34.777s
12	22	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/31Honda RA616H	13	70		1:41:12.962+41.560s
13	14	FernandoAlonso	McLaren	McLaren MP4/31Honda RA616H	11	70		1:41:21.399+49.997s
14	30	JolyonPalmer	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.16Renault R.E.16	21	70		1:41:27.597+56.195s
15	12	FelipeNasr	Sauber	Sauber C35Ferrari 061	16	70		1:41:35.456+1:04.054
16	55	CarlosSainz	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR11Ferrari 061	10	70		1:41:37.263+1:05.861
17	20	KevinMagnussen	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.16Renault R.E.16	14	70		1:41:41.268+1:09.866
18	26	DaniilKvyat	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR11Ferrari 061	10	70		1:41:41.274+1:09.872
19	21	EstebanGutierrez	Haas	Haas VF-16Ferrari 061	17	70		1:41:41.934+1:10.532
20	8	RomainGrosjean	Haas	Haas VF-16Ferrari 061	11	70		1:41:50.937+1:19.535
21	31	EstebanOcon	Manor	Manor MRT05Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	20	69		1:41:01.123+29.721s
DNF	94	PascalWehrlein	Manor	Manor MRT05Mercedes PU106C Hybrid	16	0		Collision

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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