2016 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2016 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016)^[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 June 2016 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1] 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 1950. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton.

2016 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date	12 June 2016
Official name	Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Street circuit
Course length	4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance	70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather	Cloudy 12 °C (54 °F) air temperature 21–23 °C (70–73 °F) track temperature 2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s) wind from the southeast[4]
Attendance	300,000 (Weekend)[5]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:12.812
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:15.599 on lap 60
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

This was Valtteri Bottas's last podium until the 2017 Australian Grand Prix.

Report

Background

Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson both took three-place grid penalties for causing avoidable accidents during the previous race in Monaco.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.121	1:13.076	1:12.812	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:13.714	1:13.094	1:12.874	2
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:13.925	1:13.857	1:12.990	3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:14.030	1:13.540	1:13.166	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:14.601	1:13.793	1:13.414	5
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:14.477	1:13.849	1:13.579	6
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:14.389	1:13.791	1:13.670	7
8	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:14.815	1:13.864	1:13.769	8
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:14.663	1:14.166	1:13.952	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:15.026	1:14.260	1:14.338	10
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:14.814	1:14.317		11
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:14.755	1:14.437		12
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.829	1:14.457		151
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:15.148	1:14.571		13
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:15.444	1:14.803		14
16	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:14.714	1:21.956		205
17	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:15.459			16
18	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	1:15.599			17
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:15.635			212
20	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:16.663			18
21	88	Rio Haryanto	MRT-Mercedes	1:17.052			19
107% time: 1:18.873
—	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	No time3			224
Source:[10]

Notes

• ^1  – Daniil Kvyat received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with Kevin Magnussen during the previous race in Monaco.^[11]
• ^2  – Marcus Ericsson received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with his teammate Felipe Nasr during the previous race in Monaco.^[12]
• ^3  – 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.^[13]
• ^4  – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[14]
• ^5  – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[15]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	35	Overheating	8
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	16	Water leak	16
Ret	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	9	Engine	12
Source:[16]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Nico Rosberg 116 2 Lewis Hamilton 107 2 3 Sebastian Vettel 78 1 4 Daniel Ricciardo 72 1 5 Kimi Räikkönen 69 Source: [17]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 223 2 Ferrari 147 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 130 4 Williams-Mercedes 81 5 Force India-Mercedes 42 Source: [17]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.