2016 Italian Grand Prix Explained

Details Ref:[1]
Type:F1
Country:Italy
Grand Prix:Italian
Image-Size:250px
Date:4 September
Year:2016
Official Name:Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016[2] [3]
Race No:14
Season No:21
Location:Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:3.600
Course Km:5.793
Distance Laps:53
Distance Mi:190.587
Distance Km:306.720
Weather:Sunny, warm
Attendance:147,500 (Weekend) [4]
Pole Driver:Lewis Hamilton
Pole Team:Mercedes
Pole Time:1:21.135
Pole Country:GBR
Fast Driver:Fernando Alonso
Fast Team:McLaren-Honda
Fast Time:1:25.340
Fast Lap:51
Fast Country:ESP
First Driver:Nico Rosberg
First Team:Mercedes
First Country:DEU
Second Driver:Lewis Hamilton
Second Team:Mercedes
Second Country:GBR
Third Driver:Sebastian Vettel
Third Team:Ferrari
Third Country:DEU
Previous Round:2016 Belgian Grand Prix
Next Round:2016 Singapore Grand Prix

The 2016 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the fourteenth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 86th running of the Italian Grand Prix and the 81st time the race was held at Monza.

Mercedes driver and winner of the previous year's race, Lewis Hamilton, entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by nine points ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 181 points. Red Bull Racing was placed second and Ferrari third.

Background

Tyres

Pirelli provided the teams with medium, soft and supersoft tyres. Pirelli anticipated that the difference between the different compounds would be less than one second per lap, with the differences between soft and supersoft to be around 0.7 of a second, and the difference between soft and medium about 0.9 seconds.[5]

Qualifying

DriverConstructor
Q1Q2Q3
144Mercedes1:21.8541:21.4981:21.1351
26Mercedes1:22.4971:21.8091:21.6132
35Ferrari1:23.0771:22.2751:21.9723
47Ferrari1:23.2171:22.5681:22.0654
577Williams-Mercedes1:23.2641:22.4991:22.3885
63Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:23.1581:22.6381:22.3896
7331:23.2291:22.8571:22.4117
811Force India-Mercedes1:23.4391:22.9221:22.8148
9271:23.2591:22.9511:22.8369
1021Haas-Ferrari1:23.3861:22.8561:23.18410
1119Williams-Mercedes1:23.4891:22.96711
128Haas-Ferrari1:23.4211:23.09217
1314McLaren-Honda1:23.7831:23.27312
1494MRT-Mercedes1:23.7601:23.31513
1522McLaren-Honda1:23.6661:23.39914
1655Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.6611:23.49615
1726Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.82516
1812Sauber-Ferrari1:23.95618
199Sauber-Ferrari1:24.08719
2030Renault1:24.23020
2120Renault1:24.43621
107% time

1:27.583

31MRT-MercedesNo time
Source:[6]
Notes

Race

Lewis Hamilton started poorly and was overtaken by his teammate Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Räikkönen, Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo. Rosberg went into a comfortable lead with Hamilton slowly recovering, firstly picking off Ricciardo then Bottas shortly afterwards. Hamilton didn't have the pace or tyres to catch his teammate Rosberg who went on to win the race. Sebastian Vettel finished third ahead of his Ferrari teammate Räikkönen. Ricciardo took 5th ahead of Bottas.[7]

Race classification

DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Nico RosbergMercedes531:17:28.089225
244 Lewis HamiltonMercedes53+15.070118
35 Sebastian VettelFerrari53+20.990315
47 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari53+27.561412
53 Daniel Ricciardo53+45.295610
677 Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes53+51.01558
733 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer53+54.23676
811 Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes53+1:04.95484
919 Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes53+1:05.617112
1027 Nico HülkenbergForce India-Mercedes53+1:18.65691
118 Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari52+1 Lap17
1222 Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda52+1 Lap14
1321Haas-Ferrari52+1 Lap10
1414 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda52+1 Lap12
1555 Carlos Sainz Jr.Toro Rosso-Ferrari52+1 Lap15
169 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari52+1 Lap19
1720Renault52+1 Lap21
1831 Esteban OconMRT-Mercedes51+2 Laps22
Ret26 Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari36Battery16
Ret94 Pascal WehrleinMRT-Mercedes26Oil leak13
Ret30 Jolyon PalmerRenault7Collision damage20
Ret12 Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari618
Source:[8] [9] [10]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Lewis Hamilton250
2 Nico Rosberg248
3161
4 Sebastian Vettel143
5 Kimi Räikkönen136
Source:[14]
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Mercedes498
2290
3 Ferrari279
14 Williams-Mercedes111
15 Force India-Mercedes108
Source:

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 2016 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
  3. Web site: Monza - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com. 2 December 2018. 18 August 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20040818181911/http://www.progcovers.com/motor/monza.html. dead.
  4. Web site: F1 attendance figures hit four million in 2017. www.formula1.com.
  5. Web site: Italian Grand Prix technical preview. 1 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016 – Qualifying . formula1.com . Formula One World Championship Limited . 3 September 2016 . 28 March 2017 . 3 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160903142721/http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/950/italy/qualifying.html.
  7. News: Benson. Andrew. 4 September 2016. Lewis Hamilton battles to second as Nico Rosberg wins Italian Grand Prix. BBC Sport. 20 February 2021.
  8. News: 2016 Italian Grand Prix Race – Official Classification . 4 September 2016 . 9 September 2016 . FIA.com . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . https://web.archive.org/web/20160905055642/http://www.fia.com/file/47393/download?token=V2jPs0kl . 5 September 2016 . live .
  9. Web site: Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016 – Race Result . formula1.com . Formula One World Championship Limited . 4 September 2016 . 28 March 2017.
  10. Web site: Standings . 2022-09-07 . Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website . en.
  11. News: 2016 Italian Grand Prix Race – Lap Analysis . 4 September 2016 . 9 September 2016 . FIA.com . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910000736/http://www.fia.com/file/47350/download?token=oo7JqYeB . 10 September 2016 . live .
  12. Web site: 04.09 – Stewards Decision Doc 35 – D. Kvyat . FIA.com . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) . 4 September 2016 . 9 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910000951/http://www.fia.com/file/47346/download?token=FaJunaLt . 10 September 2016 . live .
  13. Web site: 04.09 – Stewards Decision Doc 34 – F. Nasr . FIA.com . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) . 4 September 2016 . 9 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160910002019/http://www.fia.com/file/47345/download?token=k35AmgQM . 10 September 2016 . live .
  14. Web site: Italy 2016 - Championship • STATS F1. www.statsf1.com. 18 March 2019.