The 2016 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 June 2016 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the seventh round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifty-third running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series' inception in . The race was won by Lewis Hamilton. This was also Valtteri Bottas's last podium with Williams.
Background Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson both took three-place grid penalties for causing avoidable accidents during the previous race in Monaco. After heavily damaging his car in an accident during the Monaco Grand Prix, Renault prepared a brand new Renault R.S.16 chassis for Jolyon Palmer for the race.
Tyre supplier Pirelli made the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres available to teams for the race. Renault and Haas chose radical tyre allocation strategies, with both teams avoiding the supersoft compound entirely.
This also marked the 100th race start for Force India driver Sergio Pérez.
Race report At the start Sebastian Vettel made a fast start to lead into the first corner ahead of the two Mercedes who touched slightly forcing Nico Rosberg off the track and Lewis Hamilton continued in 2nd place. However the race changed when a virtual safety car was deployed to remove Jenson Button's McLaren which had had an engine failure. Vettel pitted and lost out to Hamilton, Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene admitted later that the decision was "wrong". Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel with Valtteri Bottas in the Williams claiming the final podium spot, Championship leader Rosberg could only manage 5th after suffering from a slow puncture and being forced to make an extra stop.
Classification
Qualifying DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3 144Mercedes1:14.1211:13.0761:12.8121 26Mercedes1:13.7141:13.0941:12.8742 35Ferrari1:13.9251:13.8571:12.9903 43Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:14.0301:13.5401:13.1664 5331:14.6011:13.7931:13.4145 67Ferrari1:14.4771:13.8491:13.5796 777Williams-Mercedes1:14.3891:13.7911:13.6707 819Williams-Mercedes1:14.8151:13.8641:13.7698 9271:14.6631:14.1661:13.9529 1014McLaren-Honda1:15.0261:14.2601:14.33810 1111Force India-Mercedes1:14.8141:14.31711 1222McLaren-Honda1:14.7551:14.43712 1326Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.8291:14.45715 1421Haas-Ferrari1:15.1481:14.57113 158Haas-Ferrari1:15.4441:14.80314 1655Toro Rosso-Ferrari1:14.7141:21.95620 1730Renault1:15.45916 1894MRT-Mercedes1:15.59917 199Sauber-Ferrari1:15.63521 2012Sauber-Ferrari1:16.66318 2188MRT-Mercedes1:17.05219 107% time: 1:18.873 —20RenaultNo time22 Source: Notes – Daniil Kvyat received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with Kevin Magnussen during the previous race in Monaco. – Marcus Ericsson received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with his teammate Felipe Nasr during the previous race in Monaco. – Kevin Magnussen failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap during Q1. As a result, his participation in the race came at the discretion of the stewards. – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Race DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 1:31:05.296 1 25 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 70 +5.011 3 18 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 70 +46.422 7 15 4 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 70 +53.020 5 12 5 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 70 +1:02.093 2 10 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +1:03.017 6 8 7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 70 +1:03.634 4 6 8 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 9 4 9 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 20 2 10 11 Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 11 1 11 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 69 +1 Lap 10 12 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 15 13 21 Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 13 14 8 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 14 15 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 21 16 20 Kevin Magnussen Renault 68 +2 Laps 22 17 94 Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 68 +2 Laps 17 18 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 18 19 88 Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 68 +2 Laps 19 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 35 Overheating 8 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault 16 Water leak 16 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 9 Engine 12 Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Nico Rosberg1162 Lewis Hamilton107 23 Sebastian Vettel78 1472 15 Kimi Räikkönen69Source:
Constructors' Championship standings ConstructorPoints1 Mercedes223 2 Ferrari1473130 4 Williams-Mercedes81 5 Force India-Mercedes 42Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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