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| 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 20 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
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 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 (190.083 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Rain and 16 °C (60.8 °F) | ||||
| Attendance | 136,410 (Weekend) [2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:10.736 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
| Time | 1:25.305 on lap 67 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially 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 and penultimate round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the 45th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the 44th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950. At the race duration of a little over 3 hours, the race was the longest Brazilian Grand Prix in history.[3]
Winner of the previous year's race Nico Rosberg entered the round with a 19-point lead over his teammate 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. Hamilton took pole position and won the race from Rosberg to take the championship to the final round in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen finished third, having dropped to 16th after a pit stop with 16 laps to go.
- ^ "Brazil". formula1.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "F1 attendance figures hit four million in 2017". formula1.com. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Brazil stats - Hamilton wins at record 24th different track". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.