Romain Grosjean made the most progress during the Australian Grand Prix. He brought his Haas home 13 places higher than he started.
Both Toro Rosso drivers, however, lost places compared to their starting positions as they had to pit after the red flag interruption. Carlos Sainz Jnr finished two places below where he started and his unhappy team mate lost five places.
See the positions of every driver and the gaps between them throughout the 2016 Australian Grand Prix with the interactive charts below.
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2016 Australian Grand Prix lap chart
The positions of each driver on every lap. Toggle drivers using controls below:
Position change summary
| Driver | Start position | Lap one position change | Race position change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | -5 | -1 |
| Nico Rosberg | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 4 | 2 | |
| Felipe Massa | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 16 | -1 | 8 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| Daniil Kvyat | 18 | ||
| Nico Hulkenberg | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| Sergio Perez | 9 | -2 | -4 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 14 | -7 | 2 |
| Jolyon Palmer | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Verstappen | 5 | 1 | -5 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | 7 | 0 | -2 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 15 | 0 | |
| Felipe Nasr | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Fernando Alonso | 11 | 1 | |
| Jenson Button | 12 | 0 | -2 |
| Pascal Wehrlein | 21 | 7 | 5 |
| Rio Haryanto | 22 | 3 | |
| Romain Grosjean | 19 | 1 | 13 |
| Esteban Gutierrez | 20 | 0 |
2016 Australian Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
2016 Australian Grand Prix
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- Third Driver of the Weekend win for Grosjean
- F1 enjoys best season-opening race since 2009
Palle (@palle)
20th March 2016, 19:18
Hello Keith, Race position change for for Magnussen and Palmer are 2 not 3 as written in Your otherwise good table.
Palle (@palle)
20th March 2016, 19:25
Pascals race position change should be 5 not 6.
How many of the overtakes did we actually see? The last two of the race was not shown to us. How many of Grosjeans position gains were overtakes? None as far as I can see from the diagram.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
21st March 2016, 10:57
Thanks guys I’ve corrected this.
F1 in Figures (@f1infigures)
20th March 2016, 19:33
Grosjean was a bit lucky to get a free pitstop during the interruption, but that’s the benefit of staying out as long as possible. He drove faultlessly and he managed to keep the likely faster cars behind him for a pretty long time.
Steven Robertson (@emu55)
21st March 2016, 13:10
The red flag sure broke Hamilton’s race, he lost 16 seconds between laps 19 and 31 stuck behind the Torro Rossos, when they finally pitted, he managed to pull the gap from rosberg down from 19 to 8 seconds.