2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

2016 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 20 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Race details[1]
Date	13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 miles)
Weather	Rain and 16 °C (60.8 °F)
Attendance	136,410 (Weekend) [2]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:10.736
Fastest lap
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time	1:25.305 on lap 67
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 November 2016 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. The race was the 20th and penultimate round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the 45th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the 44th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950. At the race duration of a little over 3 hours, the race was the longest Brazilian Grand Prix in history.^[3]

Winner of the previous year's race Nico Rosberg entered the round with a 19-point lead over his teammate Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. Their team, Mercedes, had already clinched the World Constructors' Championship, holding a lead of two hundred and fifty-two points over Red Bull Racing, with third place Scuderia Ferrari another sixty-two points behind. Hamilton took pole position and won the race from Rosberg to take the championship to the final round in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen finished third, having dropped to 16th after a pit stop with 16 laps to go.