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[[2015 Brazilian Grand Prix|Defending]] race winner [[Nico Rosberg]] entered the round with a nineteen point lead over team-mate [[Lewis Hamilton]] in the World Drivers' Championship. Their team, [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]], had already clinched the World Constructors' Championship, holding a lead of two hundred and fifty-two points over [[Red Bull Racing]], with third place [[Scuderia Ferrari]] another sixty-two points behind. |
[[2015 Brazilian Grand Prix|Defending]] race winner [[Nico Rosberg]] entered the round with a nineteen point lead over team-mate [[Lewis Hamilton]] in the World Drivers' Championship. Their team, [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]], had already clinched the World Constructors' Championship, holding a lead of two hundred and fifty-two points over [[Red Bull Racing]], with third place [[Scuderia Ferrari]] another sixty-two points behind. |
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==Story Of the Race== |
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Persistent rain in the build up to the race delayed the start by ten minutes and meant the race got underway behind the safety car. Hamilton made a strong start once the safety car peeled into the pits on lap seven and he immediately started building a lead over Rosberg. Verstappen nipped past Kimi Raikkonen at Turn 1 to take third and started to mount his challenge on the Mercedes ahead. The rain continued throughout the first racing laps, but did not stop several drivers changing to intermediates in the hope of finding more performance. Marcus Ericsson in the Sauber was among them, but his race ended on lap 13 when he aquaplaned coming out of the final corner and smashed into the wall by the pit lane exit. |
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Red Bull reacted immediately by pitting for intermediates, with Verstappen making it into the pit lane just before it was closed to remove Ericsson's smashed up Sauber. Ricciardo wasn't quite so lucky and peeled into the pits just after the entrance had been closed, incurring a five-second penalty as a result. The safety car was deployed for six laps to clear up the mess, but the rain continued to fall and made conditions treacherous when the race restarted. Kimi Raikkonen proved just how dangerous the conditions were as he aquaplaned into the pit wall moments after the restart. He was lucky not to collect another driver, but the debris and carnage that followed convinced race control to red flag the race. |
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The race restarted under the safety car once the rain had eased again and full racing resumed on lap 32 with all cars on the wet tyres. Verstappen seized his chance to pass Rosberg at Turn 1 on the restart by finding a remarkable amount of grip around the outside of Turn 3, slingshotting his Red Bull past the Mercedes. He then started to take time out of race leader Hamilton, but as he got within a second of the lead Mercedes, Hamilton upped his pace and pulled away. |
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Verstappen continued to push regardless and on lap 38 lost the rear of his car on the painted line at the inside of the final corner. The Red Bull slewed sideways up the hill, with the 19-year-old somehow managing to regain control as he approached the wall where Ericsson destroyed his Sauber. Remarkably he retained some forward momentum and even managed to hold off Rosberg into Turn 1 at the start of the next lap. |
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Unperturbed by the loss of control, Verstappen pitted for intermediates five laps later as Red Bull again gambled on the faster of the two wet-weather tyres. He dropped to fifth behind Perez and Sainz as a result of the pit stop but was quicker than the cars in front and was preparing to line up the Toro Rosso for a passing move when Felipe Massa slammed his Williams into the wall on lap 48. It was an emotional moment for the Brazilian at his final home race and he was afforded a guard of honour by Mercedes and Ferrari as he walked down the pit lane in tears. He finally arrived to a very warm welcome at the Williams garage where he hugged every mechanic on the team. |
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SAO PAULO -- The 2016 title race will go down to the final round in Abu Dhabi after Lewis Hamilton won a chaotic Brazilian Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who scored the necessary points to continue his steady march towards his first world championship. |
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The wet race was stopped twice by red flags and featured five safety car periods as rain fell throughout the afternoon, testing the nerves of the drivers and, at times, the patience of the fans. But the tedious stops were outweighed by the thrilling restarts, with Max Verstappen providing the majority of the entertainment with a remarkable drive up and down the field to finally finish on the podium in third. |
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Even with all the interruptions, Hamilton never looked under threat and finished with a healthy 11.4s margin over Rosberg. Verstappen got ahead of Rosberg when the race started under the safety car for the second time, but gambles on intermediate tyres failed to pay off and he dropped down to 16th under the final safety car period, prompting a stunning recovery drive. In the final 12 laps he carved his was past Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat, Esteban Ocon, Felipe Nasr, Nico Hulkenberg, Sebastian Vettel, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez to take a very well deserved third at the flag. Of that group Nasr was one of the other heroes of the race, driving home to an invaluable ninth position on home tarmac which moves Sauber above Manor for tenth in the championship. |
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The one-two finish for Mercedes leaves Rosberg 12 points ahead of Hamilton going to the final round, meaning another podium would secure the title for Rosberg in Abu Dhabi, regardless of where Hamilton finishes. Hamilton, meanwhile, has to aim for victory in the hope Rosberg finishes fourth or lower. |
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Persistent rain in the build up to the race delayed the start by ten minutes and meant the race got underway behind the safety car. Hamilton made a strong start once the safety car peeled into the pits on lap seven and he immediately started building a lead over Rosberg. Verstappen nipped past Kimi Raikkonen at Turn 1 to take third and started to mount his challenge on the Mercedes ahead. The rain continued throughout the first racing laps, but did not stop several drivers changing to intermediates in the hope of finding more performance. Marcus Ericsson in the Sauber was among them, but his race ended on lap 13 when he aquaplaned coming out of the final corner and smashed into the wall by the pit lane exit. |
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Red Bull reacted immediately by pitting for intermediates, with Verstappen making it into the pit lane just before it was closed to remove Ericsson's smashed up Sauber. Ricciardo wasn't quite so lucky and peeled into the pits just after the entrance had been closed, incurring a five-second penalty as a result. The safety car was deployed for six laps to clear up the mess, but the rain continued to fall and made conditions treacherous when the race restarted. Kimi Raikkonen proved just how dangerous the conditions were as he aquaplaned into the pit wall moments after the restart. He was lucky not to collect another driver, but the debris and carnage that followed convinced race control to red flag the race. |
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The race restarted under the safety car once the rain had eased again and full racing resumed on lap 32 with all cars on the wet tyres. Verstappen seized his chance to pass Rosberg at Turn 1 on the restart by finding a remarkable amount of grip around the outside of Turn 3, slingshotting his Red Bull past the Mercedes. He then started to take time out of race leader Hamilton, but as he got within a second of the lead Mercedes, Hamilton upped his pace and pulled away. |
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Verstappen continued to push regardless and on lap 38 lost the rear of his car on the painted line at the inside of the final corner. The Red Bull slewed sideways up the hill, with the 19-year-old somehow managing to regain control as he approached the wall where Ericsson destroyed his Sauber. Remarkably he retained some forward momentum and even managed to hold off Rosberg into Turn 1 at the start of the next lap. |
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Unperturbed by the loss of control, Verstappen pitted for intermediates five laps later as Red Bull again gambled on the faster of the two wet-weather tyres. He dropped to fifth behind Perez and Sainz as a result of the pit stop but was quicker than the cars in front and was preparing to line up the Toro Rosso for a passing move when Felipe Massa slammed his Williams into the wall on lap 48. It was an emotional moment for the Brazilian at his final home race and he was afforded a guard of honour by Mercedes and Ferrari as he walked down the pit lane in tears. He finally arrived to a very warm welcome at the Williams garage where he hugged every mechanic on the team. |
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With conditions worsening once more, both Red Bulls pitted under the resulting safety car to return to full wet tyres for the final laps of the race. The decision dropped Ricciardo to 12th and Verstappen to 16th, but the fresher tyres gave both drivers an advantage when racing resumed on lap 55. Ricciardo's pace was not bad, but Verstappen's pace was remarkable and the Dutch teenager passed his teammate for tenth position on lap 59 as his comeback drive kicked into its highest gear. |
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Perhaps the most satisfying of the following seven overtakes to third was the one on Vettel, who he edged wide and off the track into the final corner to take fifth. Vettel complained over team radio, but his message fell on deaf ears as almost everyone at Interlagos willed Verstappen back towards a podium finish. |
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The top two finishers had good reasons to be satisfied with their results -- Hamilton because he finally won at his hero Ayrton Senna's home race and Rosberg because he continued on course to his first title -- but it was Verstappen's drive to third that will be the defining memory of the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix. |
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==Classification== |
==Classification== |
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Revision as of 20:36, 14 November 2016
| 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 20 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship | |||
 Layout of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace | |||
| Race details[1] | |||
| Date | 13 November 2016 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 | ||
| Location |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.309 km (2.677 miles) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:10.736 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
| Time | 1:25.305 on lap 67 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 November 2016 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. The race was the 20th round of the 2016 season and marked the forty-fifth running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the forty-fourth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.
Defending race winner Nico Rosberg entered the round with a nineteen point lead over team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. Their team, Mercedes, had already clinched the World Constructors' Championship, holding a lead of two hundred and fifty-two points over Red Bull Racing, with third place Scuderia Ferrari another sixty-two points behind.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
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| 1 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:11.511 | 1:11.238 | 1:10.736 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 |  Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes | 1:11.815 | 1:11.373 | 1:10.838 | 2 |
| 3 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | 1:12.100 | 1:12.301 | 1:11.404 | 3 |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:11.957 | 1:11.834 | 1:11.485 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari | 1:12.159 | 1:12.010 | 1:11.495 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:12.409 | 1:12.047 | 1:11.540 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:12.893 | 1:12.343 | 1:11.937 | 7 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:12.428 | 1:12.360 | 1:12.104 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:12.684 | 1:12.331 | 1:12.165 | 9 |
| 10 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda | 1:12.700 | 1:12.312 | 1:12.266 | 10 |
| 11 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:12.680 | 1:12.420 | 11 | |
| 12 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:13.052 | 1:12.431 | 12 | |
| 13 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:12.432 | 1:12.521 | 13 | |
| 14 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:13.071 | 1:12.726 | 14 | |
| 15 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:12.950 | 1:12.920 | 15 | |
| 16 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault | 1:13.259 | 1:13.258 | 16 | |
| 17 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda | 1:13.276 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Renault | 1:13.410 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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MRT-Mercedes | 1:13.427 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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MRT-Mercedes | 1:13.432 | 221 | ||
| 21 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:13.623 | 20 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:13.681 | 21 | ||
| 107% time: 1:16.516 | |||||||
| Source:[2] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Esteban Ocon received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Jolyon Palmer during Q1.
Race
- Notes
- ^1 — Daniel Ricciardo received a 5-second penalty for entering the pit lane when the entry was closed.[3]
- ^2 — Felipe Massa received a 5-second penalty for overtaking before the safety car line.[3]
- ^3 — Romain Grosjean crashed on the way from the pit lane to the starting grid.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for the sets of standings.
References
- ^ "Brazil". formula1.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.