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2016 Season Formula One World Championship
The 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 70th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's Formula One motor racing. It featured the 67th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the FIA, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers took part in twenty-one Grands Prix —making for the longest season in the sport's history—starting in Australia on 20 March and finishing in Abu Dhabi on 27 November as they competed for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.
The 2016 season saw the grid expand to twenty-two cars with the addition of the Haas F1 Team entry. Renault returned to the sport as a constructor after a four-year absence following their takeover of Lotus prior to the start of the season. The calendar similarly expanded, with the return of the German Grand Prix. The European Grand Prix was also revived, with the event visiting a new circuit in Azerbaijan's capital city, Baku.
Nico Rosberg won his only World Drivers' Championship title in the final race of the season. With nine wins and seven other podiums, Rosberg beat teammate and defending World Champion Lewis Hamilton by five points, ending Hamilton's 2 year dominance. In doing so, Rosberg followed the success of his father in 1982 - becoming the second son of a champion to become champion himself, a feat previously achieved by Damon Hill in 1996 and the third title winner for Mercedes. Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport shortly after winning the title.
In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes successfully defended their title for the second consecutive year, beating Red Bull Racing by 297 points. Ferrari finished third overall, a further seventy points behind.
Drivers' Champion:
Nico Rosberg
Constructors' Champion:
Mercedes
Previous Season: 2015 Season
Next Season: 2017 Season
Other Champions:
IndyCar Series: Simon Pagenaud
Formula E: Sébastien Buemi
Formula V8 3.5: Tom Dillmann
GP2 Series: Pierre Gasly
GP3 Series: Charles Leclerc
Atlantic Championship: Ryan Norman
Euroformula Open Championship: Leonardo Pulcini
Spanish Formula Three Championship: Leonardo Pulcini
Indy Lights: Ed Jones
Super Formula Championship: Yuji Kunimoto
Toyota Racing Series: Lando Norris
All-Japan Formula Three Championship: Kenta Yamashita
Australian Formula 3 Championship: Tim Macrow
Brazilian Formula Three Championship: Matheus Iorio
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship: Matheus Leist
FIA Formula 3 European Championship: Lance Stroll
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: Lando Norris
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup: Lando Norris
French F4 Championship: Ye Yifei
Asian Formula Renault Series: Josh Burdon
ADAC Formula 4 Championship: Joey Mawson
Australian Formula 4 Championship: Will Brown
F4 British Championship: Max Fewtrell
China Formula 4 Championship (2015-16): Julio Acosta
China Formula 4 Championship (2016): Bruno Carneiro
Italian F4 Championship: Marcos Siebert
F4 Japanese Championship: Ritomo Miyata
NACAM Formula 4 Championship: Axel Matus
SMP F4 Championship: Richard Verschoor
F4 Spanish Championship: Richard Verschoor
Formula 4 Sudamericana: Facundo Garese
United States Formula 4 Championship: Cameron Das
Japan Formula 4: Toshiki Ōyu
Australian Formula Ford Championship: Leanne Tander
F2000 Championship Series: Steve Bamford
U.S. F2000 National Championship: Anthony Martin
F1600 Championship Series: Neil Verhagen
| Grands Prix | Date | Winning Driver |
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| 2016-05-29 | ||
| 2016-06-12 | ||
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| 2016-07-24 | ||
| 2016-07-31 | ||
| 2016-08-28 | ||
| 2016-09-04 | ||
| 2016-09-18 | ||
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| 2016-10-09 | ||
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| 2016-10-30 | ||
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| 2016-11-27 |