# 2016 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2016 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 June 2016 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 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.

## Report
### Background

Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson both took three-place grid penalties for causing avoidable accidents during the previous race in Monaco. After heavily damaging his car in an accident during the Monaco Grand Prix, Renault prepared a brand new Renault R.S.16 chassis for Jolyon Palmer for the race.
Tyre supplier Pirelli made the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres available to teams for the race. Renault and Haas chose radical tyre allocation strategies, with both teams avoiding the supersoft compound entirely.
This also marked the 100th race start for Force India driver Sergio Pérez.

### Race report

At the start Sebastian Vettel made a fast start to lead into the first corner ahead of the two Mercedes who touched slightly forcing Nico Rosberg off the track and Lewis Hamilton continued in 2nd place. However the race changed when a virtual safety car was deployed to remove Jenson Button's McLaren which had had an engine failure. Vettel pitted and lost out to Hamilton, Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene admitted later that the decision was "wrong". Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel with Valtteri Bottas in the Williams claiming the final podium spot, Championship leader Rosberg could only manage 5th after suffering from a slow puncture and being forced to make an extra stop.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos. | Car no. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Final grid |
| Pos. | Car no. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Final grid |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:14.121 | 1:13.076 | 1:12.812 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:13.714 | 1:13.094 | 1:12.874 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:13.925 | 1:13.857 | 1:12.990 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:14.030 | 1:13.540 | 1:13.166 | 4 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:14.601 | 1:13.793 | 1:13.414 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:14.477 | 1:13.849 | 1:13.579 | 6 |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:14.389 | 1:13.791 | 1:13.670 | 7 |
| 8 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:14.815 | 1:13.864 | 1:13.769 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.663 | 1:14.166 | 1:13.952 | 9 |
| 10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1:15.026 | 1:14.260 | 1:14.338 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.814 | 1:14.317 | | 11 |
| 12 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 1:14.755 | 1:14.437 | | 12 |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:14.829 | 1:14.457 | | 15 |
| 14 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas-Ferrari | 1:15.148 | 1:14.571 | | 13 |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:15.444 | 1:14.803 | | 14 |
| 16 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:14.714 | 1:21.956 | | 20 |
| 17 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:15.459 | | | 16 |
| 18 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | MRT-Mercedes | 1:15.599 | | | 17 |
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.635 | | | 21 |
| 20 | 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:16.663 | | | 18 |
| 21 | 88 | Rio Haryanto | MRT-Mercedes | 1:17.052 | | | 19 |
| 107% time: 1:18.873 ||||||||
| — | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | No time | | | 22 |
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#### Notes

* ^1 – Daniil Kvyat received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with Kevin Magnussen during the previous race in Monaco.
* ^2 – Marcus Ericsson received a three-place grid penalty for causing an accident with his teammate Felipe Nasr during the previous race in Monaco.
* ^3 – Kevin Magnussen failed to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap during Q1. As a result, his participation in the race came at the discretion of the stewards.
* ^4 – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
* ^5 – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

### Race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 70 | 1:31:05.296 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 70 | +5.011 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 70 | +46.422 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 70 | +53.020 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 70 | +1:02.093 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 70 | +1:03.017 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 70 | +1:03.634 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 69 | +1 Lap | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 69 | +1 Lap | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 69 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
| 12 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 69 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 13 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas-Ferrari | 68 | +2 Laps | 13 | |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 68 | +2 Laps | 14 | |
| 15 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 68 | +2 Laps | 21 | |
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 68 | +2 Laps | 22 | |
| 17 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | MRT-Mercedes | 68 | +2 Laps | 17 | |
| 18 | 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber-Ferrari | 68 | +2 Laps | 18 | |
| 19 | 88 | Rio Haryanto | MRT-Mercedes | 68 | +2 Laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 35 | Overheating | 8 | |
| Ret | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 16 | Water leak | 16 | |
| Ret | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 9 | Engine | 12 | |
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## Championship standings after the race

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Nico Rosberg | 116 |
| | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 107 |
| 2 | 3 | Sebastian Vettel | 78 |
| 1 | 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | 72 |
| 1 | 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | 69 |
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| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Mercedes | 223 |
| | 2 | Ferrari | 147 |
| | 3 | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 130 |
| | 4 | Williams-Mercedes | 81 |
| | 5 | Force India-Mercedes | 42 |
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* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.