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British Grand Prix 2016

The 2016 British Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 10 July 2016 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. This race was the seventy-first running of the British Grand Prix, the first having been held in 1926, and was the tenth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and the fiftieth time that the race was held at the Silverstone Circuit since the Formula One series inception in 1950.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with an eleven-point lead over teammate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship. Mercedes held a 103-points advantage over Ferrari in the Constructors’ Championship. During Saturday’s qualifying session, Hamilton achieved the 55th pole position of his career to start from the front of the grid, ahead of Rosberg and Max Verstappen.

The race began behind the safety car due to rain shortly before the start. Hamilton was able to convert his pole position into a third straight victory at the British Grand Prix, leading home Rosberg and Verstappen in changing conditions. Rosberg came under investigation by the race stewards after he received detailed instructions by his team how to work around a gearbox problem in the closing laps of the race, a practice forbidden under Formula One regulations. He was later handed a ten-second time penalty, demoting him to third place. The result saw Rosberg’s championship lead reduced to just a single point over Hamilton.

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2016 British Grand Prix
Race 10 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Race details
Date	10 July 2016
Official name	2016 Formula 1 British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.891 km (3.661 mi)
Distance	52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 mi)
Weather	Wet at start, dry later
Attendance	350,000 (weekend) 122,000 (race day)
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:29.287
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:35.548 on lap 44
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Lap leaders

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times	Final grid
Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.739	1:29.243	1:29.287	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:30.724	1:29.970	1:29.606	2
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:31.305	1:30.697	1:30.313	3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:31.684	1:31.319	1:30.618	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.326	1:31.385	1:30.881	5
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.606	1:30.711	1:31.490	11
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.913	1:31.478	1:31.557	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.115	1:31.708	1:31.989	7
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.349	1:31.770	1:32.172	8
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:32.281	1:31.740	1:32.343	9
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.336	1:31.875		10
12	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.146	1:32.002		12
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.283	1:32.050		13
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.237	1:32.241		14
15	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.553	1:32.306		15
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:32.729	1:37.060		16
17	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:32.788			17
18	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.905			18
19	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT-Mercedes	1:33.098			19
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	1:33.151			20
21	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.544			21
107% time: 1:37.074
—	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	No time			PL
Source:

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	1:34:55.831	1	25
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	52	+8.250	3	18
3	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	+16.911	2	15
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	52	+26.211	4	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	52	+1:09.743	5	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1:16.941	10	8
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1:17.712	8	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1:25.858	7	4
9	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	+1:31.654	11	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1:32.600	15	1
11	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	51	+1 Lap	12
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	51	+1 Lap	17
13	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	51	+1 Lap	9
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	51	+1 Lap	6
15	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+1 Lap	21
16	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	51	+1 Lap	14
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	49	Gearbox	16
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	37	Gearbox	18
Ret	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT-Mercedes	24	Spun off	19
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	17	Transmission	13
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	11	Power unit	PL
Ret	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	6	Spun off	20
Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers’ Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Nico Rosberg	168
	2	Lewis Hamilton	167
1	3	Kimi Räikkönen	106
1	4	Daniel Ricciardo	100
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	98
Source:

Constructors’ Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Mercedes	335
	2	Ferrari	204
	3	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	198
	4	Williams-Mercedes	92
	5	Force India-Mercedes	73
Source:

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Nico Rosberg	168
	2	Lewis Hamilton	167
1	3	Kimi Räikkönen	106
1	4	Daniel Ricciardo	100
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	98
Source:

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Mercedes	335
	2	Ferrari	204
	3	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	198
	4	Williams-Mercedes	92
	5	Force India-Mercedes	73
Source:

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