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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.
Nico Rosberg has the highest number of Grand Prix starts before winning his first title, a period of 206 Grands Prix between the 2006 Bahrain and the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. [12] [13] Sebastian Vettel is the youngest winner of the World Drivers' Championship; he was 23 years and 134 days old when he won the 2010 championship. [14]
The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, held usually on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. [3] Each winner is presented with a trophy and the results of each race are combined to determine two annual Championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. [4]
The race was the twenty-first and final round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and determined the 2016 World Drivers' Championship. It marked the eighth running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the eighth time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural race in 2009.
The World Constructors' Championship is awarded to the most successful Formula One constructor over the course of the season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. [12] The Constructors' Championship was first awarded as the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers in 1958, and its current name was adopted in 1981.
The 2016 Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix) [1] was a Formula One motor race held on 28 August 2016 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the thirteenth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship , and marks the seventy-second running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the ...
15 May 2016: Official name: Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2016 [1] [2] [3] Location: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain: Course: Permanent racing facility: Course length: 4.655 km (2.892 miles) Distance: 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.826 miles) Weather: Partly cloudy 20–22 °C (68–72 °F) air temperature 39–41 °C (102 ...
It was the fifteenth round of the 2016 Formula One World Championship, and marked the seventeenth running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the ninth time the race had been held at Marina Bay. Nico Rosberg started the race from pole position [ 4 ] and led throughout, holding off a late challenge by Daniel Ricciardo to win by less than half a ...