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

Podium

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016)^[1] 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	Practice 2	Practice 3
Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Cloudy

Qualifying
Cloudy

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
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Practice Overview

FP1

FP2

FP3

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	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
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Qualifying

Q1

Q2

Q3

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
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: ^[5]

* Ocon was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Palmer.^[6]

Grid

Race

Report

Results

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

Milestones

Standings after race

Notes

↑ "Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2016/Brazil.html. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
↑ "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/practice-1.html. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
↑ "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/practice-2.html. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
↑ "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 12 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/practice-3.html. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 12 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/qualifying.html. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 23" (PDF). FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 November 2016. http://www.fia.com/file/50262/download?token=s9jMPKDG. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
↑ "Brazilian Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 November 2016.

V T E	2016 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Haas • Manor • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers alphabetically	Alonso • Bottas • Button • Ericsson • Grosjean • Gutiérrez • Hamilton • Haryanto • Hülkenberg • Kvyat • Magnussen • Massa • Nasr • Ocon • Palmer • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Rosberg • Sainz • Vandoorne • Verstappen • Vettel • Wehrlein
Drivers by number	3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Vandoorne • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 88 Haryanto • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers	Celis • di Resta • Fong • Fuoco • Gasly • Jordá • Kari • King • Leclerc • Lynn • Matsushita • Mazepin • Paffett • Rossi • Stoneman • Stroll • Turvey • Vergne
Cars	Ferrari SF16-H • Force India VJM09 • Haas VF-16 • Manor MRT05 • McLaren MP4-31 • Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid • Red Bull RB12 • Renault RS16 • Sauber C35 • Toro Rosso STR11 • Williams FW38
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Bahrain • China • Russia • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Baku • Austria • Britain • Hungary • Germany • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Malaysia • Japan • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Paul Ricard • Barcelona: 1 • 2 • 3
See also	2015 Formula One Season • 2017 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Brazilian Grand Prix
Circuits	Interlagos (1972–1977, 1979–1980, 1990–2019), Jacarepaguá (1978, 1981–1989)
Races (Brazilian GP)	1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • ~~2020~~
Non-Championship Race	1972

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[1] "Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2016/Brazil.html. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[2] "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/practice-1.html. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[3] "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/practice-2.html. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[4] "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 12 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/practice-3.html. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[BRA_quali-5] "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 12 November 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/956/brazil/qualifying.html. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[Ocon-6] "2016 Brazilian Grand Prix - Stewards' decisions document 23" (PDF). FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 November 2016. http://www.fia.com/file/50262/download?token=s9jMPKDG. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[results-7] "Brazilian Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 November 2016.

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