Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest lap of the German Grand Prix as Red Bull proved quick enough to keep Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes behind.
While Lewis Hamilton was able to control his pace from an early stage the Red Bull pair used different strategies as they manoeuvred to take advantage of Rosberg’s slow start.
But while Sebastian Vettel set the race’s second-fastest lap Ferrari could not keep up the pace over a stint: he wasn’t able to lap within half a second of that time during the rest of the race.
2016 German 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 German Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
| Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’18.442 | 48 | |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’18.710 | 0.268 | 48 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’18.746 | 0.304 | 52 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’18.910 | 0.468 | 47 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’19.122 | 0.680 | 51 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’19.572 | 1.130 | 36 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’19.585 | 1.143 | 51 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’19.606 | 1.164 | 46 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 1’19.781 | 1.339 | 48 |
| 10 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas-Ferrari | 1’19.883 | 1.441 | 56 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’19.957 | 1.515 | 54 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1’20.056 | 1.614 | 46 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’20.132 | 1.690 | 50 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’20.250 | 1.808 | 58 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1’20.442 | 2.000 | 36 |
| 16 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor-Mercedes | 1’20.710 | 2.268 | 49 |
| 17 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’21.127 | 2.685 | 55 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’21.212 | 2.770 | 35 |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’21.420 | 2.978 | 45 |
| 20 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’21.476 | 3.034 | 31 |
| 21 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1’21.649 | 3.207 | 42 |
| 22 | Rio Haryanto | Manor-Mercedes | 1’21.845 | 3.403 | 56 |
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