2016 Italian Grand Prix

The 2016 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016)^[1] 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.

2016 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Monza circuit
Race details[1]
Date	4 September 2016
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016[2][3]
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles)
Weather	Sunny, warm
Attendance	147,500 (Weekend) [4]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:21.135
Fastest lap
Driver	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:25.340 on lap 51
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Lap leaders

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.^[5]

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.854	1:21.498	1:21.135	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:22.497	1:21.809	1:21.613	2
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.077	1:22.275	1:21.972	3
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.217	1:22.568	1:22.065	4
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:23.264	1:22.499	1:22.388	5
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:23.158	1:22.638	1:22.389	6
7	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:23.229	1:22.857	1:22.411	7
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:23.439	1:22.922	1:22.814	8
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:23.259	1:22.951	1:22.836	9
10	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.386	1:22.856	1:23.184	10
11	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:23.489	1:22.967		11
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.421	1:23.092		171
13	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:23.783	1:23.273		12
14	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	1:23.760	1:23.315		13
15	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:23.666	1:23.399		14
16	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:23.661	1:23.496		15
17	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:23.825			16
18	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:23.956			18
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:24.087			19
20	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:24.230			20
21	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:24.436			21
107% time: 1:27.583
–	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT-Mercedes	No time			221, 2
Source:[6]

Notes

• ^1 – Romain Grosjean and Esteban Ocon received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^2 – 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.^[7]

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	1:17:28.089	2	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+15.070	1	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+20.990	3	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+27.561	4	12
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	53	+45.295	6	10
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	53	+51.015	5	8
7	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	53	+54.236	7	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1:04.954	8	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+1:05.617	11	2
10	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1:18.656	9	1
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	17
12	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 Lap	14
13	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	10
14	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 Lap	12
15	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	15
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	19
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	52	+1 Lap	21
18	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT-Mercedes	51	+2 Laps	22
Ret1	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	36	Battery	16
Ret	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	26	Oil leak	13
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	7	Collision damage	20
Ret2	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	6	Collision damage	18
Source:[8][9][10]

Notes

• ^1 – Daniil Kvyat received a 5-second time penalty for speeding in the pit-lane,^[9] which was added to his finishing time (despite his being retired and not classified in the race).^[8][11][12]
• ^2 – Felipe Nasr received a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Jolyon Palmer,^[9] which, unlike Kvyat's penalty, was not added to his finishing time.^[8][11][13]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 250 2 Nico Rosberg 248 3 Daniel Ricciardo 161 4 Sebastian Vettel 143 5 Kimi Räikkönen 136 Source:[14]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 498 2 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 290 3 Ferrari 279 1 4 Williams-Mercedes 111 1 5 Force India-Mercedes 108 Source:[14]

• 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