Nico Hulkenberg set the fastest lap of the Chinese Grand Prix after being the last driver to pit for fresh tyres.
Race winner Nico Rosberg was able to cruise most of the way and only set the sixth-fastest lap of the race.
Here are all the drivers’ lap times and each of their fastest laps from today’s race.
2016 Chinese Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:
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2016 Chinese Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
| Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1’39.824 | 48 | |
| 2 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’39.923 | 0.099 | 47 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 1’40.298 | 0.474 | 46 |
| 4 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas-Ferrari | 1’40.368 | 0.544 | 45 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’40.399 | 0.575 | 41 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’40.418 | 0.594 | 38 |
| 7 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’40.582 | 0.758 | 42 |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’40.593 | 0.769 | 40 |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’40.610 | 0.786 | 37 |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’40.662 | 0.838 | 32 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’41.015 | 1.191 | 55 |
| 12 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’41.485 | 1.661 | 35 |
| 13 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor-Mercedes | 1’41.489 | 1.665 | 48 |
| 14 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’41.546 | 1.722 | 38 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1’41.558 | 1.734 | 23 |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’41.815 | 1.991 | 34 |
| 17 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’41.846 | 2.022 | 30 |
| 18 | Rio Haryanto | Manor-Mercedes | 1’42.009 | 2.185 | 42 |
| 19 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’42.226 | 2.402 | 36 |
| 20 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’42.232 | 2.408 | 26 |
| 21 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1’42.311 | 2.487 | 22 |
| 22 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’43.269 | 3.445 | 41 |
Sumedh
18th April 2016, 6:24
What is depressing is that even though Nico was not pushing and posted only the 6th fastest lap, the Ferrari are still behind them by 2 tenths. And it’s not as if they didn’t push. They were out of position and needed to gain places.
Plus, Mercedes seem to exactly know how many tenths ahead of a full power Ferrari they are. They seem to have dialed down Nico’s engine to be precisely one or two tenths ahead of a full power Ferrari. Even Lewis with a damaged floor is only few hundredths behind the 2 Ferrari.
evered7 (@evered7)
18th April 2016, 10:10
Ferrari aren’t running at full power acc. to some reports. Issues with the turbo operating at max. rpm. Secondly Lewis was faster every time after the pits. The effect of the damages he had is in having uneven tire wear and hence the reason why he was progressively slower. And of course the screwed up Aero when following another car.
Vettel had damaged FW all through the race which would have some limitations on the pace that he could have gone.
Mediums are not that bad a tire for that circuit. Since the temperatures were conductive to them performing well on that day. Check Kimi’s and Ricciardo’s final stints to see how fast they are.
But I am not sure if Ferrari will be able to pass the Mercs as it still seems difficult to pass cars that are more or less matched in pace.
erix
18th April 2016, 7:42
I believe this 18 y.o. boy can become champion next year..
Jerejj
18th April 2016, 12:46
It depends primarily on the machinery.