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.
Qualifying DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3144Mercedes1:21.8541:21.4981:21.135126Mercedes1:22.4971:21.8091:21.613235Ferrari1:23.0771:22.2751:21.972347Ferrari1:23.2171:22.5681:22.0654577Williams-Mercedes1:23.2641:22.4991:22.388563Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:23.1581:22.6381:22.38967331:23.2291:22.8571:22.4117811Force India-Mercedes1:23.4391:22.9221:22.81489271:23.2591:22.9511:22.83691021Haas-Ferrari1:23.3861:22.8561:23.184101119Williams-Mercedes1:23.4891:22.96711128Haas-Ferrari1:23.4211:23.092171314McLaren-Honda1:23.7831:23.273121494MRT-Mercedes1:23.7601:23.315131522McLaren-Honda1:23.6661:23.399141655Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.6611:23.496151726Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.825161812Sauber-Ferrari1:23.95618199Sauber-Ferrari1:24.087192030Renault1:24.230202120Renault1:24.43621107% time: 1:27.583–31MRT-MercedesNo timeSource: Notes – Romain Grosjean and Esteban Ocon received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. – Esteban Ocon failed to set a lap time in qualifying. His participation in the race was at the discretion of the stewards.
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.
Race classification DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints16 Nico RosbergMercedes531:17:28.089225244 Lewis HamiltonMercedes53 +15.07011835 Sebastian VettelFerrari53 +20.99031547 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari53 +27.56141253 Daniel Ricciardo53 +45.295610677 Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes53 +51.01558733 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer53 +54.23676811 Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes53 +1:04.95484919 Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes53 +1:05.6171121027 Nico HülkenbergForce India-Mercedes53 +1:18.65691118 Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari52 +1 Lap171222 Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda52 +1 Lap141321Haas-Ferrari52 +1 Lap101414 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda52 +1 Lap121555 Carlos Sainz Jr.Toro Rosso-Ferrari52 +1 Lap15169 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari52 +1 Lap191720Renault52 +1 Lap211831 Esteban OconMRT-Mercedes51 +2 Laps22 26 Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari36Battery16 94 Pascal WehrleinMRT-Mercedes26Oil leak13 30 Jolyon PalmerRenault7Collision damage20 12 Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari618Source: Notes – Daniil Kvyat received a 5-second time penalty for speeding in the pit-lane, which was added to his finishing time (despite his being retired and not classified in the race). – Felipe Nasr received a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Jolyon Palmer, which, unlike Kvyat's penalty, was not added to his finishing time.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 250 2 Nico Rosberg 248 3 161 4 Sebastian Vettel 143 5 Kimi Räikkönen 136Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 498 2 290 3 Ferrari 279 1 4 Williams-Mercedes 111 1 5 Force India-Mercedes 108Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2016 Monza GP2 Series round 2016 Monza GP3 Series round
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