2016 Hungarian Grand Prix grid

2016 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Nico Rosberg will start on pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton alongside him.

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Row 11. Nico Rosberg 1’19.965
Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton 1’20.108
Mercedes
Row 23. Daniel Ricciardo 1’20.280
Red Bull
4. Max Verstappen 1’20.557
Red Bull
Row 35. Sebastian Vettel 1’20.874
Ferrari
6. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’21.131
Toro Rosso
Row 47. Fernando Alonso 1’21.211
McLaren
8. Jenson Button 1’21.597
McLaren
Row 59. Nico Hulkenberg 1’21.823
Force India
10. Valtteri Bottas 1’22.182
Williams
Row 611. Romain Grosjean 1’24.941
Haas
12. Daniil Kvyat 1’25.301
Toro Rosso
Row 713. Sergio Perez 1’25.416
Force India
14. Kimi Raikkonen 1’25.435
Ferrari
Row 815. Esteban Gutierrez 1’26.189
Haas
16. Felipe Nasr 1’27.063
Sauber
Row 917. Jolyon Palmer 1’43.965
Renault
18. Felipe Massa 1’43.999
Williams
Row 1019. Kevin Magnussen 1’44.543
Renault
20. Pascal Wehrlein 1’47.343
Manor
Row 1121. Rio Haryanto 1’50.189
Manor
22. Marcus Ericsson 1’46.984
Sauber

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17 comments on “2016 Hungarian Grand Prix grid”

  1. Wow such an end

  2. What a first sector from Hamilton

    1. Yeah, that was really something, wasn’t it!

  3. Double waved yellows, so slow down and be prepared to stop yet he sets fastest sector?

    FIA better have a good response because lifting for 100ms next time might not be enough to avoid killing someone

    1. Yeah I was a bit surprised as well, it almost seemed like a movie for about 10 seconds. Fastest yellows ever for a car sitting on the track, then rights the car and yellows are gone at an instant. What a session.

  4. How can this be possible?
    Yellow flags and Nico made the best time in that sector…getting the pole.

  5. Rosberg set that purple sector time under yellow flags. Time should be disallowed in my opinion.

    1. True 😳

  6. He didn’t slow down ebough on double yellows

  7. The longest qualifying I have seen in my 10 years or so of following F1. It was a mixed bag but markedly better than what I have seen this year.

    Hope the race offers some excitement and allows swap of positions as tyre management doesnt seem to be playing a bg part in this season.

  8. Rosberg got lucky, rather than P3 he lucked into Pole. It was going to be a straight fight between Ricciardo and Hamilton who had 3-4 tenths on S1 over Nico.

    Crazy qualifying, shame Fernando lost it at the end and we missed the final attack from the drivers.

  9. Embarrassing the length of the delays, and the red flags. Also, those advertising hoardings are garbage. Farcical.

  10. There’s quite a lot to say about this qualifying session.

    First of all, it was started as soon as possible, on a rather wet track. The criticism following the safety car start in Silverstone probably played a role. The result however was one of the more ridiculous sessions for a long time, with no less than 4 red flags. It would have been much better to have postponed the start by an hour, waiting for the rain to pass.

    As a result only 11 drivers qualified for the Grand Prix, the other half of the field being outside 107% of pole. Now there usually is waiver for drivers failing the 107% requirement to start the race. For unclear (and unanounced) reasons, this waiver was already granted to the drivers placed 12-16, as they were allowed to participate in Q2. The waiver has never been used for qualifying before. Now I understand the decision from an entertainment point of view, but it does takes the rules very lightly.

    And then there was the ending, where Rosberg stole pole position while ignoring double waved yellow flags. In Austria the penalty was 3 grid places, so I expect Rosberg to start from 4th.

    1. Are you realising what you’re saying? This is an outdoor sport. Rain is part of it. To say that this track was too wet makes no sense, literally hundreds of sessions in the past have been similarly wet. Secondly, your point on qualifying for the Grand Prix makes no sense. It’s only the case because of the red flags, nothing to do with the conditions. This could have happened with any other type of session, an ill-timed red flag. The red flags were ridiculous in themselves, the Bianchi backlash continues.

      1. -The session was started in conditions such that any incident would lead to a red flag;
        -The conditions were such that it was hard to imagine no incident taking place;
        Logical conclusion should be the session was started prematurely. Remember, this was just qualifying. The only purpose is to determine the grid order. Why aim for chaos, if it could be done properly by waiting a bit?

        The rule is that any driver who doesn’t set a time in Q1 within 107% of the fastest time, is not qualified to start the race. It doesn’t matter why a driver is outside 107%. The prevent a depleted starting grid, drivers can ask for a waiver to start the race. Apparantly they can take part in Q2/3, but according to the rules their Q2/3 efforts should be futile. Here is the rule:

        Sporting Reg. 35.1
        During Q1, any driver whose best qualifying lap exceeds 107% of the fastest time set during that session, or who fails to set a time, will not be allowed to take part in the race. Under exceptional circumstances however, which may include setting a suitable lap time in a free practice session, the stewards may permit the car to start the race.
        Any driver accepted in this manner will be placed at the back of the starting grid after any other penalties have been applied.
        Should there be more than one driver accepted in this manner they will be arranged on the grid in the order they were classified in P3.

    2. Doesn’t the 107% rule only apply to Q1,…?

  11. Merc’s absolute domination in the sport continues and their numbers put McLaren ones (between 1988 and 1990) to shame.

    Tomorrow, will be Mercedes 48th race since the 2014 season (“hybrid” era) and their numbers are absolutely overwhelming when compared to McLaren’s. In the same number of races, Merc managed to win 40 times… Out of 48 races in just two and a half seasons (and I’m not even counting a very possible win tomorrow). That’s just incredible!

    On the other hand, with the same number of races (but in three complete seasons), McLaren won 31 GP’s, did 42 PP (the large majority of them, made by the best F1 qualifier ever) and 23 FL.

    McLaren’s domination was reached in 1988 (mainly) and 1989, while Merc’s absolute domination lasts since the beginning of the 2014 up to today.

    If I throw the numbers of RB’s most successful period into the equation (three complete seasons — 2011-2013), statistically, they’re behind both Merc and McL as in those 58 races, they managed to win 32 times, did 36 PP and 29 FL.

    No wonder why F1 is losing a lot of viewers and followers. This kind of domination by a single team and for so long, was never seen before and is really hurting the sport.

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