2016 Canadian Grand Prix

2016 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date 12 June 2016
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016[1][2][3]
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Cloudy
12 °C (54 °F) air temperature
21–23 °C (70–73 °F) track temperature
2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s) wind from the southeast[4]
Attendance 300,000 (Weekend)[5]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:12.812
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:15.599 on lap 60
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Ferrari
Third Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2016 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 June 2016 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifty-third running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series' inception in 1950. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton.

This was Valtteri Bottas's last podium until the 2017 Australian Grand Prix.

Report

Background

Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson both took three-place grid penalties for causing avoidable accidents during the previous race in Monaco.[6] After heavily damaging his car in an accident during the Monaco Grand Prix, Renault prepared a brand new Renault R.S.16 chassis for Jolyon Palmer for the race.

Tyre supplier Pirelli made the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres available to teams for the race.[7] Renault and Haas chose radical tyre allocation strategies, with both teams avoiding the supersoft compound entirely.

This also marked the 100th race start for Force India driver Sergio Pérez.[8]

Race report

At the start Sebastian Vettel made a fast start to lead into the first corner ahead of the two Mercedes who touched slightly forcing Nico Rosberg off the track and Lewis Hamilton continued in 2nd place. However the race changed when a virtual safety car was deployed to remove Jenson Button's McLaren which had had an engine failure. Vettel pitted and lost out to Hamilton, Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene admitted later that the decision was "wrong". Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel with Valtteri Bottas in the Williams claiming the final podium spot, Championship leader Rosberg could only manage 5th after suffering from a slow puncture and being forced to make an extra stop.[9]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. Car
no.
Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:14.121 1:13.076 1:12.812 1
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:13.714 1:13.094 1:12.874 2
3 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:13.925 1:13.857 1:12.990 3
4 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:14.030 1:13.540 1:13.166 4
5 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:14.601 1:13.793 1:13.414 5
6 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:14.477 1:13.849 1:13.579 6
7 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:14.389 1:13.791 1:13.670 7
8 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:14.815 1:13.864 1:13.769 8
9 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:14.663 1:14.166 1:13.952 9
10 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:15.026 1:14.260 1:14.338 10
11 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:14.814 1:14.317 11
12 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:14.755 1:14.437 12
13 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:14.829 1:14.457 151
14 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 1:15.148 1:14.571 13
15 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:15.444 1:14.803 14
16 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:14.714 1:21.956 205
17 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:15.459 16
18 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 1:15.599 17
19 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.635 212
20 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.663 18
21 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 1:17.052 19
107% time: 1:18.873
20 Denmark  Kevin Magnussen Renault No time3 224
Source:[10]
Notes
  • ^1  – Daniil Kvyat received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with Kevin Magnussen during the previous race in Monaco.[11]
  • ^2  – Marcus Ericsson received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with his teammate Felipe Nasr during the previous race in Monaco.[12]
  • ^3  – Kevin Magnussen failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap during Q1. As a result, his participation in the race came at the discretion of the stewards.[13]
  • ^4  – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[14]
  • ^5  – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[15]

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 1:31:05.296 1 25
2 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 70 +5.011 3 18
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 70 +46.422 7 15
4 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 70 +53.020 5 12
5 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 70 +1:02.093 2 10
6 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +1:03.017 6 8
7 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 70 +1:03.634 4 6
8 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 9 4
9 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 20 2
10 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 11 1
11 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 69 +1 Lap 10
12 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 15
13 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 13
14 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 14
15 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 21
16 20 Denmark  Kevin Magnussen Renault 68 +2 Laps 22
17 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 68 +2 Laps 17
18 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 18
19 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 68 +2 Laps 19
Ret 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 35 Overheating 8
Ret 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 16 Water leak 16
Ret 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 9 Engine 12
Source:[16]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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