2016 Singapore Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

2016 Singapore Grand Prix

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The Singapore Grand Prix was one of the more varied we’ve seen this year in terms of tyre strategies, even among the front-runners.

Nico Rosberg stuck to his two-stop strategy to take the win despite pressure from those behind him who converted to three stops, led by Daniel Ricciardo.

Meanwhile Sebastian Vettel took advantage of his unused sets of ultra-soft tyres as he worked his way up from last to fifth place.

And Sergio Perez effectively did a one-stop race, getting rid of his ultra-softs on the first lap behind the Safety Car and doing two stints on softs to get to the end.

2016 Singapore Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3 Stint 4 Stint 5
Nico Rosberg Ultra soft (16) Soft (17) Soft (28)
Daniel Ricciardo Super soft (15) Super soft (17) Soft (15) Super soft (14)
Lewis Hamilton Ultra soft (15) Soft (19) Soft (11) Super soft (16)
Kimi Raikkonen Ultra soft (17) Super soft (16) Soft (13) Ultra soft (15)
Sebastian Vettel Soft (24) Ultra soft (18) Ultra soft (19)
Max Verstappen Super soft (13) Super soft (14) Super soft (17) Soft (17)
Fernando Alonso Ultra soft (14) Super soft (20) Soft (27)
Sergio Perez Ultra soft (1) Soft (24) Soft (36)
Daniil Kvyat Ultra soft (15) Super soft (22) Super soft (24)
Kevin Magnussen Ultra soft (17) Super soft (21) Super soft (23)
Esteban Gutierrez Ultra soft (18) Ultra soft (18) Soft (24)
Felipe Massa Ultra soft (16) Super soft (12) Ultra soft (15) Ultra soft (17)
Felipe Nasr Super soft (17) Super soft (18) Soft (25)
Carlos Sainz Jnr Ultra soft (7) Super soft (20) Soft (21) Ultra soft (12)
Jolyon Palmer Super soft (11) Super soft (23) Soft (26)
Pascal Wehrlein Ultra soft (18) Super soft (18) Ultra soft (24)
Marcus Ericsson Ultra soft (8) Super soft (17) Ultra soft (11) Soft (24)
Esteban Ocon Ultra soft (19) Ultra soft (15) Super soft (11) Super soft (14)
Jenson Button Ultra soft (1) Super soft (14) Ultra soft (12) Soft (16)
Valtteri Bottas Ultra soft (1) Soft (14) Super soft (15) Ultra soft (2) Ultra soft (3)

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2016 Singapore Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Driver Team Pit stop time Gap On lap
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 28.315 45
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 28.421 0.106 34
3 Valtteri Bottas Williams 28.545 0.230 30
4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 28.662 0.347 47
5 Felipe Massa Williams 28.682 0.367 16
6 Sergio Perez Force India 28.742 0.427 25
7 Kevin Magnussen Renault 28.759 0.444 17
8 Valtteri Bottas Williams 28.780 0.465 15
9 Jolyon Palmer Renault 28.804 0.489 34
10 Max Verstappen Red Bull 28.815 0.500 13
11 Jolyon Palmer Renault 28.847 0.532 11
12 Max Verstappen Red Bull 28.854 0.539 44
13 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 28.890 0.575 15
14 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 28.921 0.606 32
15 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 28.924 0.609 24
16 Max Verstappen Red Bull 28.948 0.633 27
17 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 28.954 0.639 46
18 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 28.970 0.655 33
19 Jenson Button McLaren 28.998 0.683 15
20 Jenson Button McLaren 29.025 0.710 27
21 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 29.041 0.726 17
22 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 29.135 0.820 33
23 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 29.150 0.835 15
24 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 29.205 0.890 37
25 Carlos Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso 29.320 1.005 27
26 Carlos Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso 29.377 1.062 48
27 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 29.391 1.076 42
28 Fernando Alonso McLaren 29.401 1.086 14
29 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 29.468 1.153 25
30 Felipe Nasr Sauber 29.537 1.222 35
31 Felipe Massa Williams 29.578 1.263 28
32 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 29.680 1.365 36
33 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 29.706 1.391 8
34 Kevin Magnussen Renault 29.754 1.439 38
35 Carlos Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso 29.846 1.531 7
36 Felipe Massa Williams 29.903 1.588 43
37 Esteban Gutierrez Haas 30.160 1.845 36
38 Felipe Nasr Sauber 30.297 1.982 17
39 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 30.301 1.986 15
40 Esteban Gutierrez Haas 30.307 1.992 18
41 Fernando Alonso McLaren 30.381 2.066 34
42 Pascal Wehrlein Manor 30.471 2.156 36
43 Pascal Wehrlein Manor 30.532 2.217 18
44 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 30.546 2.231 16
45 Esteban Ocon Manor 30.614 2.299 34
46 Valtteri Bottas Williams 32.709 4.394 1
47 Sergio Perez Force India 32.821 4.506 1
48 Esteban Ocon Manor 42.368 14.053 45
49 Jenson Button McLaren 42.815 14.500 1
50 Valtteri Bottas Williams 63.680 35.365 32
51 Esteban Ocon Manor 104.383 76.068 19

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5 comments on “2016 Singapore Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops”

  1. I was just wondering… could Mercedes have double stacked their cars? No right? Because if they would… Ric would have had it easy? But given… nico’s pace… he would have caught Ric in the end had he been in the same position as Ric? I was also thinking this…. because i would assume nico would have been put on supersofts and he had a better setup… though this would be a lot risky right?

  2. I don’t understand why Red Bull did not use the Ultra Soft tyres in the race. The strategic choice for SS on the start clearly did not pay off because they did not pit later than the other teams with Ultra Softs. Why not switch to ultra soft earlier or at least the last stint of the race? All the other teams used them and vettel even managed a two stop strategy on Ultra Softs and jumped from last to 5th.

  3. I have to say that the new tyre rules have been successful in creating variety. Why not allow all five compounds? Might be even better.

    There were 15 different strategies, and not a single one was used by more than two drivers. Only Rosberg/Perez (US/S/S), Palmer/Nasr (SS/SS/S), Raikkonen/Sainz (US/SS/S/US), Kvyat/Magnussen (US/SS/SS) and Button/Ericsson (US/SS/US/S) used the same strategies.

    1. +1

      I too like these new tyre rules.

  4. The race was/ became interesting due to the time. It allowed more differentiation in strategies. Is there a case for more 2 hour races of greater distance. Maybe one 2.5/ 3 hour race per season?!

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