2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
20th of 21 races in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016
Date:	November 13, 2016
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 10.736 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Time:	1: 25.305 min (lap 67)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 ) took place on November 13th at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the twentieth race of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Mexican Grand Prix , Nico Rosberg led the drivers' standings with 19 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 107 points ahead of Daniel Ricciardo . So with 50 points still to be awarded only Rosberg and Hamilton had a chance of winning the title, Rosberg could win the title if he scored at least six points more than Hamilton in this race. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was unassailable with 252 points ahead of Red Bull and 314 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (orange), P Zero Medium (white) and P Zero Soft (yellow), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

The two DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone began 20 meters after the Senna-S , the measuring point is at the apex of curve two , the right -hand bend of the Senna-S . The measuring point for the second DRS zone, which was on the start-finish straight , was 30 meters after the Junção , and the DRS could then be activated 60 meters after turn 15 , the last bend before the start-finish line.

McLaren contested his 800th race in the Formula 1 World Championship at this Grand Prix.

Daniil Kwjat (eight), Felipe Nasr , Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel (six each), Esteban Gutiérrez (five), Valtteri Bottas , Max Verstappen , Pascal Wehrlein (four each), Sergio Pérez , Kimi Räikkönen (three each), Fernando Alonso , Marcus Ericsson , Romain Grosjean , Kevin Magnussen , Nico Hülkenberg , Esteban Ocon , Jolyon Palmer (two each) and Carlos Sainz jr. went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Felipe Massa , Vettel, Rosberg (twice each), Räikkönen and Jenson Button (once each) five former winners competed in this race.

Felipe Giaffone (BRA), Tim Mayer (USA), Mika Salo (FIN) and Nish Shetty (SIN) acted as race stewards.

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 11.895 minutes, ahead of Verstappen and Rosberg. Ericsson, Grosjean, Hülkenberg, Palmer and Räikkönen tested the Halo system in this training .

In the second free practice too, Hamilton was fastest with a lap time of 1: 12.271 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Bottas.

In the third free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time in 1: 11.740 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 16 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton was fastest. The Sauber and Manor pilots, Magnussen and Button were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was fastest here too. Palmer, the Toro Rosso and Williams drivers and Gutiérrez were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 10.736 minutes, ahead of Rosberg and Raikkonen. It was Hamilton's 60th pole position, eleventh of the season.

Ocon was moved back three starting positions because he had obstructed Palmer in Q1.

run

As it was raining heavily at the time of the start of the race, the race management decided, for safety reasons, not to start the Grand Prix and instead start behind the safety car .

The race was released after seven laps. On the tenth lap, Ericsson crashed his car against the barrier . The safety car was sent out again to rescue the vehicle.

When the race was reopened on lap 19, there was another accident when Raikkonen lost control of his vehicle and also crashed into the track barrier. The race management then decided to interrupt the race.

After the restart, the race was interrupted again on the 28th lap due to heavy rain and restarted after about 35 minutes of interruption.

On the 50th lap the safety car was sent out again after Massa crashed into the track barrier. On lap 54, Verstappen pitted and switched to fresh rain tires. He fell back in eleventh place. Hamilton led ahead of Rosberg, Pérez, Sainz, Vettel, Nasr, Hülkenberg, Ocon, Kwjat and Ricciardo.

Verstappen took advantage of his fresh rain tires and moved up to third place after the race was released.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Verstappen. It was the ninth win of the season and the 52nd victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship. Rosberg achieved the 15th podium finish of the season, so Mercedes achieved a double victory for the sixth time in 2016. For Verstappen it was the seventh podium finish of the season. The remaining points were achieved by Pérez, Vettel, Sainz, Hülkenberg, Ricciardo, Nasr and Alonso. It was the first points for Nasr and the Sauber team this season. Verstappen drove the fastest lap of the race; at 19 years and 44 days, he was the youngest driver to have achieved this before.

The top three positions in the drivers 'and constructors' championships remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	06th	Nico Rosberg
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 059/5	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW38	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB12	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM09	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	11	Sergio Perez
Renault Sport F1 Team	20th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault RS16	Renault Energy F1 2016	P
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
	46	Sergei Sirotkin
Scuderia Toro Rosso	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari 059/4	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C35	Ferrari 059/5	P
	12	Felipe Nasr
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MP4-31	Honda RA616H	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Manor Racing MRT	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor MRT05	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-16	Ferrari 059/5	P
	21st	Esteban Gutiérrez
	50	Charles Leclerc

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Renault with starting number 46 was used in the first free practice for Sirotkin. Magnussen then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend with its starting number 20.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Haas with the starting number 50 was used in the first free practice for Leclerc. Gutiérrez then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend with his number 21.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 11.511	1: 11.238	1: 10.736	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 11.815	1: 11.373	1: 10.838	02
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 12,100	1: 12.301	1: 11.404	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 11.957	1: 11.834	1: 11.485	04th
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 12.159	1: 12.010	1: 11.495	05
06th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 12.409	1: 12.047	1: 11.540	06th
07th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 12.893	1: 12.343	1: 11.937	07th
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 12.428	1: 12.360	1: 12.104	08th
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 12.684	1: 12.331	1: 12.165	09
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 12.700	1: 12.312	1: 12.266	10
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 12.680	1: 12.420	-	11
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1: 13.052	1: 12.431	-	12
13	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 12.432	1: 12.521	-	13
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 13.071	1: 12.726	-	14th
15th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 12,952	1: 12.920	-	15th
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 13.259	1: 13.258	-	16
17th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 13.278	-	-	17th
18th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1: 13.410	-	-	18th
19th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	1: 13.427	-	-	19th
20th	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	1: 13.432	-	-	22nd
21st	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 13.623	-	-	20th
22nd	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 13.681	-	-	21st
107 percent time : 1: 16.516 min (based on the Q1 best time of 1: 11.511 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Ocon was relocated three places on the grid because he interfered with Palmer in qualifying

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	2	3: 01: 01.335	01	1: 25.639 (44th)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	2	+ 11.455	02	1: 26.222 (47.)
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	5	+ 21,481	04th	1: 25.305 (67.)
04th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	71	2	+ 25,346	09	1: 27.093 (41st)
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	3	+ 26,334	05	1: 26.195 (70th)
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	2	+ 29.160	15th	1: 27,153 (38.)
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	3	+ 29.827	08th	1: 26.728 (69.)
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	5	+ 30.486	06th	1: 25.532 (42nd)
09	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	71	2	+ 42.620	21st	1: 27,547 (70th)
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	71	3	+ 44.432	10	1: 27.104 (70th)
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	71	4th	+ 45.292	11	1: 26.062 (70th)
12	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	71	2	+ 45,809	22nd	1: 27.796 (47th)
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	4th	+ 51.192	14th	1: 27.476 (42nd)
14th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	71	4th	+ 51.555	18th	1: 26,524 (69.)
15th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	71	3	+1: 00.498	19th	1: 27.919 (69.)
16	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	71	5	+1: 21.994	17th	1: 26.983 (38th)
-	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	60	4th	DNF	12	1: 27.805 (43.)
-	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	46	4th	DNF	13	1: 26.767 (39.)
-	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	20th	2	DNF	16	1: 34.334 (11th)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	19th	0	DNF	03	1: 28.847 (12.)
-	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	11	1	DNF	20th	1: 31.265 (11.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	00	0	DNS	07th	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 367 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 355 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 246 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 197 05  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 192 06th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 178 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 97 08th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 85 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 66 10  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 53 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 51 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 46

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 29 14th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 25th 15th  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 21st 16  Kevin Magnussen Renault 7th 17th  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 2 18th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 1 19th  Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 1 20th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 21st  Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 0 22nd  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 23  Esteban Ocon Manor Mercedes 0 24  Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 722 2  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 446 3  Ferrari 375 4th  Force India-Mercedes 163 5  Williams-Mercedes 136 6th  McLaren Honda 75

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 63 08th  Haas-Ferrari 29 09  Renault 8th 10  Clean Ferrari 2 11  Manor Mercedes 1

Web links

Commons : Brazilian Grand Prix 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ GP Brazil in Interlagos / 1st free practice. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016 . 
2. ^ GP Brazil in Interlagos / 2nd free practice. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016 . 
3. ^ GP Brazil in Interlagos / 3rd free practice. November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .