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2016 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Nico Rosberg won the 2016 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Nico Rosberg clinched the 2016 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 21 of 21).

Champion
Nico Rosberg
Clinched at
Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 21 of 21
Race weekends left
0Decided in the last race
Final points
3855 ahead of Lewis Hamilton

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Nico Rosberg.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Belgian Grand PrixRound 13
    Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat, Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen, Pascal Wehrlein, Stoffel Vandoorne, Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Nasr, Marcus Ericsson, Rio Haryanto, Esteban Gutiérrez and Esteban Ocon
  2. Italian Grand PrixRound 14
    Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa
  3. Malaysian Grand PrixRound 16
    Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen
  4. Japanese Grand PrixRound 17
    Daniel Ricciardo
  5. Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 21
    Lewis Hamilton
  6. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
    Nico Rosberg is champion.

When did Nico Rosberg clinch the 2016 Drivers' Championship?

Nico Rosberg clinched the 2016 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 21 of 21).

When did Mercedes clinch the 2016 Constructors' Championship?

Mercedes clinched the 2016 Constructors' Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix (round 17 of 21), with 4 race weekends still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2016 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2016 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat, Jenson Button, Kevin Magnussen, Pascal Wehrlein, Stoffel Vandoorne, Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Nasr, Marcus Ericsson, Rio Haryanto, Esteban Gutiérrez and Esteban Ocon, after the Belgian Grand Prix (round 13).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Nico Rosberg in 2016?

Lewis Hamilton stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 21).