The 2016 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016)[1] was the fourteenth race of the 2016 Formula One season, and the 86th time the Italian Grand Prix has been held. It was held between 2 September and 4 September 2016.
Background[]
After Nico Rosberg won the Belgian Grand Prix with Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium, the gap between Hamilton and Rosberg in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to nine points, with Hamilton on 232 points. Ricciardo remained third, twenty-three points ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who overtook Kimi Räikkönen in the championship despite them both finishing outside the top five in Belgium.[2] Mercedes was once again the leader of the Constructors' Championship, with 455 points. Ricciardo's podium kept Red Bull ahead of Ferrari, leaving both of them separated by twenty-two points. Force India's double points finish in the top five put them ahead of Williams, who only received five points in Belgium.[2]
In the Belgian Grand Prix, Magnussen received an injury to his ankle when his car crashed heavily into the tyre barrier during the race. However, he was still confident that he was fit enough to compete in Italy.[3]
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| Mercedes | Hamilton | 7 | 5 | 1 | Rosberg | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ferrari | Vettel | 7 | 5 | 1 | Räikkönen | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Williams | Bottas | 7 | 5 | 1 | Massa | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Red Bull | Ricciardo | 6 | 5 | 2 | Verstappen | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Renault | Magnussen | 7 | 5 | 1 | Palmer | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Force India | Hülkenberg | 8 | 2 | 3 | Pérez | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Toro Rosso | Kvyat | 7 | 4 | 2 | Sainz | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| McLaren | Alonso | 7 | 4 | 2 | Button | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Sauber | Ericsson | 6 | 5 | 2 | Nasr | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Manor | Wehrlein | 7 | 4 | 2 | Ocon | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Haas | Grosjean | 9 | 3 | 1 | Gutiérrez | 9 | 2 | 2 |
Medium, soft and supersoft tyres are to be used, with the supersoft tyres being used at the Italian Grand Prix for the first time. Most drivers chose either six or seven sets of supersoft tyres, while Nico Hülkenberg chose eight, and the Haas drivers chose nine. Force India were the only team to choose three sets of mediums, as the others chose either one or two, which Hamilton and Vettel were a couple of those who chose just one set.[4]
On 1 September, Williams driver Felipe Massa gave news that was surprising to some, that 2016 would be his last year in F1 and Abu Dhabi would be the last time he has taken part in a Grand Prix. However, he ended up retaining his seat at Williams in 2017 due to Nico Rosberg's retirement, which caused Mercedes to sign Valtteri Bottas [5][6][7]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
Practice Results[]
The full practice results for the 2016 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:
| No | Driver | Team | ||||||
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| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:25.120 | 10 | 1:24.003 | 6 | 1:23.709 | 7 |
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:24.307 | 4 | 1:23.254 | 3 | 1:22.946 | 3 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1:22.959 | 1 | 1:22.994 | 2 | 1:22.401 | 2 |
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:24.047 | 3 | 1:23.427 | 4 | 1:23.149 | 4 |
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Haas-Ferrari
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1:24.763 | 6 | 1:24.516 | 9 | 1:24.463 | 14 |
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:25.853 | 15 | 1:24.981 | 15 | 1:24.542 | 16 |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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1:24.650 | 5 | 1:24.653 | 13 | 1:23.917 | 9 |
| 12 |  Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:26.439 | 19 | 1:25.643 | 21 | 1:24.715 | 18 |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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 McLaren Honda
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1:25.507 | 13 | 1:24.259 | 7 | 1:24.658 | 17 |
| 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:25.840 | 14 | 1:24.556 | 11 | 1:23.647 | 6 |
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Renault
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1:26.956 | 22 | 1:25.555 | 19 | 1:24.793 | 19 |
| 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
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Haas-Ferrari
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1:25.113 | 9 | 1:24.674 | 14 | 1:24.034 | 10 |
| 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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1:25.351 | 11 | 1:24.549 | 10 | 1:24.104 | 12 |
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:26.074 | 17 | 1:25.614 | 20 | 1:24.845 | 20 |
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:24.587 | 12 | 1:24.041 | 11 | ||
| 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault
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1:26.811 | 21 | 1:25.833 | 22 | 1:24.533 | 15 |
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Manor Racing MRT
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1:26.391 | 18 | 1:25.275 | 18 | 1:24.938 | 22 |
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari
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1:24.982 | 8 | 1:23.732 | 5 | 1:23.740 | 8 |
| 34 | Alfonso Celis, Jr.
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:25.367 | 12 | ||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:23.162 | 2 | 1:22.801 | 1 | 1:22.008 | 1 |
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari
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1:25.973 | 16 | 1:25.240 | 17 | 1:24.240 | 13 |
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:24.785 | 7 | 1:24.299 | 8 | 1:23.500 | 5 |
| 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Manor-Mercedes
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1:26.762 | 20 | 1:25.083 | 16 | 1:24.893 | 21 |
| Source: [8][9][10] | ||||||||
Qualifying[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1 | 1:21.854 | 1 | 1:21.498 | 1 | 1:21.135 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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2 | 1:22.497 | 2 | 1:21.809 | 2 | 1:21.613 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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3 | 1:23.077 | 3 | 1:22.275 | 3 | 1:21.972 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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5 | 1:23.217 | 5 | 1:22.568 | 4 | 1:22.065 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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8 | 1:23.264 | 4 | 1:22.499 | 5 | 1:22.388 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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4 | 1:23.158 | 6 | 1:22.638 | 6 | 1:22.389 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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6 | 1:23.229 | 8 | 1:22.857 | 7 | 1:22.411 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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11 | 1:23.439 | 9 | 1:22.922 | 8 | 1:22.814 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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7 | 1:23.259 | 10 | 1:22.951 | 9 | 1:22.836 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
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Haas-Ferrari
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9 | 1:23.386 | 7 | 1:22.856 | 10 | 1:23.184 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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12 | 1:23.489 | 11 | 1:22.967 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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10 | 1:23.421 | 12 | 1:23.092 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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16 | 1:23.783 | 13 | 1:23.273 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Manor-Mercedes
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15 | 1:23.760 | 14 | 1:23.315 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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14 | 1:23.666 | 15 | 1:23.399 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari
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13 | 1:23.661 | 16 | 1:23.496 | 16 | |||||
| 17 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari
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17 | 1:23.825 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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18 | 1:23.956 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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19 | 1:24.087 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault
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20 | 1:24.230 | 20 | |||||||
| 21 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Renault
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21 | 1:24.436 | 21 | |||||||
| NC | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Manor-Mercedes
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22 | DNF | 22 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:28.812 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [11] | |||||||||||||
Grid[]
The starting grid of the 2016 Italian Grand Prix is as below:
| Pos. | Pos. | |
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| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
| ______________ | Nico Rosberg | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Sebastian Vettel | 4 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Raikkonen | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 6 | |
| ______________ | Daniel Ricciardo | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Max Verstappen | 8 | |
| ______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | |
| ______________ | Esteban Gutiérrez | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Felipe Massa | 12 | |
| ______________ | Fernando Alonso | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Pascal Wehrlein | 14 | |
| ______________ | Jenson Button | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Carlos Sainz, Jr. | 16 | |
| ______________ | Daniil Kvyat | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Romain Grosjean | 18 | |
| ______________ | Felipe Nasr | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Marcus Ericsson | 20 | |
| ______________ | Jolyon Palmer | |
| Row 11 | 21 | ______________ |
| Kevin Magnussen | 22 | |
| ______________ | Esteban Ocon |
Note - Grosjean and Ocon penalised 5 grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes. Ocon failed to set a time within the Q1 107% requirement - races at stewards' discretion.
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Milestones[]
- Nico Rosberg's 50th podium finish.
- Daniil Kvyat's 50th start (52nd entry).
- First time since the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix that a McLaren car has set the fastest lap, and the first time since Honda returned to supply their engines starting from 2015.
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016/Italy.html. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wood, Will (28 August 2016). "2016 Belgian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Will Wood). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/08/28/2016-belgian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (28 August 2016). "Belgian Grand Prix: Kevin Magnussen says he will be racing in Italy". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/37210440. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "Pirelli reveal tyre selections for Italy". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 August 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/8/pirelli-reveal-tyre-selections-for-italy.html. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (1 September 2016). "Felipe Massa: Williams driver to retire from F1". http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/37245221. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ Barretto, Lawrence (1 September 2016). "Felipe Massa to retire from Formula 1 at end of 2016 season". http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/125958/massa-to-retire-from-f1-at-end-of-2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "Massa announces retirement from Formula One racing". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 1 September 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2016/9/massa-announces-retirement-from-formula-one-racing.html. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Italian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/950/italy/practice-1.html.
- ↑ "2016 Italian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/950/italy/practice-2.html.
- ↑ "2016 Italian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/950/italy/practice-3.html.
- ↑ "2016 Italian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/950/italy/qualifying.html.
- ↑ "Italian Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 4 September 2016. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/950/italy/race-result.html. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Wood, Will (28 August 2016). "2016 Belgian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Will Wood). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/08/28/2016-belgian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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