2016 Formula One World Championship
The 2016 Formula One World Championship is the 67th season of the Formula One World Championship. The motor racing championship is the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. German racing driver Nico Rosberg won the title.[1] The Mercedes team also won the title.[2]
Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso changed drivers during the season, when Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat switched places with Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen.[3] Verstappen won his first race with Red Bull at the Spanish Grand Prix.[4]
2016 Formula One World Championship Media
Mercedes successfully defended their World Constructors' title in a highly dominant performance, winning 19 of the 21 races ran during the season.
Nations that hosted a Grand Prix in 2016 are highlighted in green, with circuit locations marked with a black dot. Former host nations are shown in dark grey, and former host circuits are marked with a white dot.
Formula One visited Azerbaijan for the first time in 2016 for the revival of the European Grand Prix. The race was run on a street circuit in the capital, Baku.
Jolyon Palmer performing a practice pit stop in his Renault R.S.16. The black testing livery was later replaced.
Stoffel Vandoorne made his debut in the Bahrain Grand Prix, scoring his first Formula One career point for McLaren.
Max Verstappen became the youngest ever winner in Formula One when he won the Spanish Grand Prix.
Following the Austrian Grand Prix, Sauber was the last remaining team that had not scored a single point in the 2016 Formula One World Championship.
Lewis Hamilton's engine failure in Malaysia was a key moment in the Drivers' Championship fight.
Nico Rosberg became the first reigning champion to retire from Formula One since Alain Prost in 1993.
Daniel Ricciardo took the first pole position of his career in Monaco.
References
- ↑ Barretto, Lawrence; Freeman, Glenn (27 November 2016). "Nico Rosberg did not enjoy Formula 1 title decider in Abu Dhabi". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ↑ Parkes, Ian (9 October 2016). "Nico Rosberg wins F1 Japanese Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton third". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ↑ Barretto, Lawrence (5 May 2016). "Max Verstappen replaces Daniil Kvyat in Red Bull F1 line-up". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ↑ Parkes, Ian (15 May 2016). "Max Verstappen becomes F1's youngest winner on Red Bull debut". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 January 2021.