Ninth round of the 2016 Formula One World Championship
2016 Austrian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
3 July 2016
Official name
Formula 1 Pirelli Grosser Preis von Österreich 2016[1][2][3]
Location
Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.326 km (2.684 miles)
Distance
71 laps, 307.146 km (190.564 miles)
Weather
Cloudy
Attendance
85,000 (Weekend)[4]
Pole position
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Time
1:07.922
Fastest lap
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Time
1:08.411 on lap 67
Podium
First
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Second
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2016 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2016) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 3 July 2016 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race, which was contested over 71 laps, was the ninth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 30th running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 29th time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round as the defending race winner and championship leader, with a 24-point advantage over his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton started the race from pole and went on to win the race after colliding with Rosberg on the final lap; as a result, Rosberg finished fourth behind Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen, and saw his championship lead cut to eleven points. Mercedes led rivals Ferrari by 81 points in the Constructors' standings at the start of the round, extending their lead to 103 after Sebastian Vettel retired.
^"Austria". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^Mitchell, Malcolm. "Red Bull Ring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
^"F1 attendance figures hit four million in 2017". formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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