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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.
The World Drivers' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful Formula One driver over the course of the season through a points system based on individual Grand Prix results. [4] The World Championship is won when it is no longer mathematically possible for another competitor to overtake their points total regardless of the ...
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 .
FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship: Fittipaldi/Stewart: Michael Lyons 2016 FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship: Head/Lauda: Nick Padmore Formula STCC Nordic: Linus Lundqvist [9] 2016 Formula STCC Nordic season: Indy Lights: Ed Jones: 2016 Indy Lights: MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship: Pietro Fittipaldi [10]
The World Constructors' Championship is presented by the FIA to the most successful F1 constructor over the course of the season through a points system based on individual Grand Prix results. Constructors' Championship points are calculated by adding points scored in each race by any driver for that constructor. [4]
The race was the seventh round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifty-third running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series' inception in 1950. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton. This was Valtteri Bottas's last podium until the 2017 Australian Grand Prix.