2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

2016 Brazilian Grand Prix
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The Interlagos circuit
Race Details
Date	November 13, 2016
Official Name	Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace Interlagos, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.309 km (2.677 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.939 km (190.102 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:10.736
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Time	1:25.305 on lap 67
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Nico Rosberg
Third	Max Verstappen
Lap Leaders

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016) will be the twentieth race of the 2016 Formula One season, the forty-fourth time the Brazilian Grand Prix will be held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-fourth time it will be held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It will be held between 11 November and 13 November 2016.

Lewis Hamilton took his second pole position at the circuit, while championship leader Nico Rosberg was second on the grid.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Partly Cloudy
Practice 2	Partly Cloudy
Practice 3	Cloudy
Qualifying	Cloudy

Available Tyres
Softest	Soft
Mid	Medium
Hardest	Hard
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W07 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W07 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari	059/5	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari	059/5	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW38	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW38	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB12	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB12	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari	059/4	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari	059/4	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C35	Ferrari	059/5	P
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C35	Ferrari	059/5	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-31	Honda	RA616H	P
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-31	Honda	RA616H	P
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
Free Practice 1 only
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
50	Charles Leclerc	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
source

Practice Overview

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix are outlined below:

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:12.371	4	1:12.828	5	1:12.287	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:13.567	9	1:13.002	7	1:11.959	3
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:12.125	3	1:12.301	2	1:11.740	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:13.569	10	1:13.047	8	1:12.027	4
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.507	15	1:14.074	15	1:13.344	15
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.654	17	1:14.695	21	No Time	22
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.289	6	1:13.918	14	1:13.231	12
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.631	16	1:14.309	17	1:13.992	20
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:14.296	14	1:13.572	11	1:13.002	10
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.318	8	1:12.789	4	1:12.990	9
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	DNP	23 !	1:14.109	16	1:13.255	13
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	DNP	24 !	1:14.558	20	1:13.596	16
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:14.252	13	1:13.440	10	1:13.750	18
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.090	12	1:13.689	12	1:13.609	17
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.293	7	1:13.299	9	1:13.203	11
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:14.908	19	1:14.436	19	1:12.968	8
31	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	1:14.827	18	1:14.317	18	1:14.222	21
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:11.991	2	1:12.928	6	1:12.077	5
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.895	1	1:12.271	1	1:11.833	2
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault	1:15.800	22	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
50	Charles Leclerc	Haas-Ferrari	1:15.391	21	DNP	26 !	DNP	26 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:13.711	11	1:13.801	13	1:13.293	14
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.129	5	1:12.761	3	1:12.614	7
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:14.948	20	1:14.958	22	1:13.972	19
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:11.511		1	1:11.238		1	1:10.736	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		2	1:11.815		2	1:11.373		2	1:10.838	2
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		4	1:12.100		6	1:12.301		3	1:11.404	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		3	1:11.957		3	1:11.834		4	1:11.485	4
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		5	1:12.159		4	1:12.010		5	1:11.495	5
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		6	1:12.409		5	1:12.047		6	1:11.540	6
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		12	1:12.893		9	1:12.343		7	1:11.937	7
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		7	1:12.428		10	1:12.360		8	1:12.104	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		10	1:12.684		8	1:12.331		9	1:12.165	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		11	1:12.700		7	1:12.312		10	1:12.266	10
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes		9	1:12.680		11	1:12.420				11
12	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari		14	1:13.052		12	1:12.431				12
13	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		8	1:12.432		13	1:12.521				13
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		15	1:13.071		14	1:12.726				14
15	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		13	1:12.950		15	1:12.920				15
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		16	1:13.259		16	1:13.258				16
17	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		17	1:13.276							17
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault		18	1:13.410							18
19	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes		19	1:13.427							19
20	31	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes		20	1:13.432							22*
21	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		21	1:13.623							20
22	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari		22	1:13.681							21
107% time: 1:16.516
Source:

• * Ocon was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Palmer.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Lewis Hamilton	2
	______________	Nico Rosberg
Row 2	3	______________
	Kimi Räikkönen	4
	______________	Max Verstappen
Row 3	5	______________
	Sebastian Vettel	6
	______________	Daniel Ricciardo
Row 4	7	______________
	Romain Grosjean	8
	______________	Nico Hülkenberg
Row 5	9	______________
	Sergio Pérez	10
	______________	Fernando Alonso
Row 6	11	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	12
	______________	Esteban Gutiérrez
Row 7	13	______________
	Felipe Massa	14
	______________	Daniil Kvyat
Row 8	15	______________
	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	16
	______________	Jolyon Palmer
Row 9	17	______________
	Jenson Button	18
	______________	Kevin Magnussen
Row 10	19	______________
	Pascal Wehrlein	20
	______________	Marcus Ericsson
Row 11	21	______________
	Felipe Nasr	22
	______________	Esteban Ocon*

• * Note - Ocon penalised three grid places for impeding Palmer during Q1.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	3:01:01.335	1	25
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	+11.455	2	18
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+21.481	4	15
4	11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	71	+25.346	9	12
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	+26.334	5	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	71	+29.160	15	8
7	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	+29.827	8	6
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+30.486	6	4
9	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+42.620	21	2
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	71	+44.432	10	1
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	70	+ 1 Lap	11
12	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT-Mercedes	69	+ 2 Laps	PL
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	68	+ 3 Laps	14
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	67	+ 4 Laps	18
15	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	66	+ 5 Laps	19
16	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	65	+ 6 Laps	17
17	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	60	Hydraulics	12
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	46	Spun off/Accident	13
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	20	Accident Damage	16
Ret	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	19	Spun off/Accident	3
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	11	Spun off/Accident	20
DNS	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	0	Spun off/Accident	7
Source:

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Nico Rosberg 367 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 355 — 3 Daniel Ricciardo 246 — 4 Sebastian Vettel 197 — 5 Max Verstappen 192 ▲ 1 6 Kimi Räikkönen 178 ▼ 1 7 Sergio Pérez 97 — 8 Valtteri Bottas 85 — 9 Nico Hülkenberg 66 — 10 Fernando Alonso 53 — 11 Felipe Massa 51 — 12 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 46 — 13 Romain Grosjean 29 — 14 Daniil Kvyat 25 — 15 Jenson Button 21 — 16 Kevin Magnussen 7 — 17 Felipe Nasr 2 ▲ 5 18 Jolyon Palmer 1 ▼ 1 19 Pascal Wehrlein 1 ▼ 1 20 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 ▼ 1 21 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 ▼ 1 22 Marcus Ericsson 0 ▼ 1 23 Rio Haryanto 0 — 24 Esteban Ocon 0 — Source:

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 722 — 2 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 446 — 3 Ferrari 375 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 163 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 136 — 6 McLaren-Honda 75 — 7 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 63 — 8 Haas-Ferrari 29 — 9 Renault 8 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 2 ▲ 1 11 Manor-Mercedes 1 ▼ 1 Source:

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