2016 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 November 2016 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. The race was the 20th and penultimate round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the 45th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the 44th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950. At 3h 1m 1.335s, the race was the longest Brazilian race in history.[3]
| 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 20 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship | |||
 Layout of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace | |||
| Race details[1] | |||
| Date | 13 November 2016 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 | ||
| Location |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.309 km (2.677 mi) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 mi) | ||
| Weather | Rain and 16 °C (60.8 °F) | ||
| Attendance | 136,410 (Weekend) [2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:10.736 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |
| Time | 1:25.305 on lap 67 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||
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Lap leaders
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Winner of the previous year's race Nico Rosberg entered the round with a 19-point lead over his teammate Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. Their team, Mercedes, had already clinched the World Constructors' Championship, holding a lead of two hundred and fifty-two points over Red Bull Racing, with third place Scuderia Ferrari another sixty-two points behind. Hamilton took pole position and won the race from Rosberg to take the championship to the final round in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen finished third, having dropped to 16th after a pit stop with 16 laps to go. His drive was widely acclaimed as one of Formula One's finest wet-weather drives.[4]
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | Car no. |
Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | 1:11.511 | 1:11.238 | 1:10.736 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 |  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 1:11.815 | 1:11.373 | 1:10.838 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari | 1:12.100 | 1:12.301 | 1:11.404 | 3 |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:11.957 | 1:11.834 | 1:11.485 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari | 1:12.159 | 1:12.010 | 1:11.495 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:12.409 | 1:12.047 | 1:11.540 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:12.893 | 1:12.343 | 1:11.937 | 7 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:12.428 | 1:12.360 | 1:12.104 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:12.684 | 1:12.331 | 1:12.165 | 9 |
| 10 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso |
McLaren-Honda | 1:12.700 | 1:12.312 | 1:12.266 | 10 |
| 11 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:12.680 | 1:12.420 | 11 | |
| 12 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:13.052 | 1:12.431 | 12 | |
| 13 | 19 |  Felipe Massa |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:12.432 | 1:12.521 | 13 | |
| 14 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:13.071 | 1:12.726 | 14 | |
| 15 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:12.950 | 1:12.920 | 15 | |
| 16 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer |
Renault | 1:13.259 | 1:13.258 | 16 | |
| 17 | 22 | Jenson Button |
McLaren-Honda | 1:13.276 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen |
Renault | 1:13.410 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein |
MRT-Mercedes | 1:13.427 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 31 | Esteban Ocon |
MRT-Mercedes | 1:13.432 | 221 | ||
| 21 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:13.623 | 20 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Felipe Nasr |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:13.681 | 21 | ||
| 107% time: 1:16.516 | |||||||
| Source:[5] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Esteban Ocon received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jolyon Palmer during Q1.
Race
- Notes
- ^1 – Daniel Ricciardo received a 5-second penalty for entering the pit lane when the entry was closed.[6]
- ^2 – Felipe Massa received a 5-second penalty for overtaking before the safety car line.[6]
- ^3 – Romain Grosjean crashed on the way from the pit lane to the starting grid.
Championship standings after the race
- Bold text indicates who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for the sets of standings.
References
- "Brazil". formula1.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "F1 attendance figures hit four million in 2017". formula1.com. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- "Brazil stats - Hamilton wins at record 24th different track". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- Strickland, Jamie (14 November 2016). "Did Verstappen produce one of F1's greatest drives?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- "Brazil 2016 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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