2016 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula One Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2016) will be the twentieth race of the 2016 Formula One season, the forty-fourth time the Brazilian Grand Prix will be held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-fourth time it will be held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It will be held between 11 November and 13 November 2016.
Lewis Hamilton took his second pole position at the circuit, while championship leader Nico Rosberg was second on the grid.
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==Background==
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W07 Hybrid 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W07 Hybrid 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF16-H 	 	059/5 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF16-H 	 	059/5 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW38 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW38 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB12 	 	TAG Heuer 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB12 	 	TAG Heuer 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR11 	 	059/4 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR11 	 	059/4 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C35 	 	059/5 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C35 	 	059/5 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-31 	 	RA616H 	
22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-31 	 	RA616H 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
46 	Sergey Sirotkin 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
50 	Charles Leclerc 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
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==Practice Overview==
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:12.371	4 	1:12.828	5 	1:12.287	6
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:13.567	9 	1:13.002	7 	1:11.959	3
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:12.125	3 	1:12.301	2 	1:11.740	1
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:13.569	10 	1:13.047	8 	1:12.027	4
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:14.507	15 	1:14.074	15 	1:13.344	15
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:14.654	17 	1:14.695	21 	No Time 	22
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:13.289	6 	1:13.918	14 	1:13.231	12
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:14.631	16 	1:14.309	17 	1:13.992	20
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:14.296	14 	1:13.572	11 	1:13.002	10
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:13.318	8 	1:12.789	4 	1:12.990	9
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	1:14.109	16 	1:13.255	13 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	 	1:14.558	20 	1:13.596	16 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:14.252	13 	1:13.440	10 	1:13.750	18
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:14.090	12 	1:13.689	12 	1:13.609	17
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:13.293	7 	1:13.299	9 	1:13.203	11
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:14.908	19 	1:14.436	19 	1:12.968	8
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:14.827	18 	1:14.317	18 	1:14.222	21
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:11.991	2 	1:12.928	6 	1:12.077	5
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:11.895	1 	1:12.271	1 	1:11.833	2
46 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	1:15.800	22 	 	 	 	
50 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:15.391	21 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:13.711	11 	1:13.801	13 	1:13.293	14
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:13.129	5 	1:12.761	3 	1:12.614	7
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	1:14.948	20 	1:14.958	22 	1:13.972	19
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==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:11.511 	 	1 	1:11.238 	 	1 	1:10.736 	1
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	2 	1:11.815 	 	2 	1:11.373 	 	2 	1:10.838 	2
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	4 	1:12.100 	 	6 	1:12.301 	 	3 	1:11.404 	3
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	3 	1:11.957 	 	3 	1:11.834 	 	4 	1:11.485 	4
5 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	5 	1:12.159 	 	4 	1:12.010 	 	5 	1:11.495 	5
6 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	6 	1:12.409 	 	5 	1:12.047 	 	6 	1:11.540 	6
7 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	12 	1:12.893 	 	9 	1:12.343 	 	7 	1:11.937 	7
8 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	7 	1:12.428 	 	10 	1:12.360 	 	8 	1:12.104 	8
9 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	10 	1:12.684 	 	8 	1:12.331 	 	9 	1:12.165 	9
10 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	11 	1:12.700 	 	7 	1:12.312 	 	10 	1:12.266 	10
11 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	9 	1:12.680 	 	11 	1:12.420 	 	 	 	11
12 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	 	14 	1:13.052 	 	12 	1:12.431 	 	 	 	12
13 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	8 	1:12.432 	 	13 	1:12.521 	 	 	 	13
14 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	15 	1:13.071 	 	14 	1:12.726 	 	 	 	14
15 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	13 	1:12.950 	 	15 	1:12.920 	 	 	 	15
16 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	 	16 	1:13.259 	 	16 	1:13.258 	 	 	 	16
17 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	17 	1:13.276 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	18 	1:13.410 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	19 	1:13.427 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	20 	1:13.432 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22*
21 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	21 	1:13.623 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
22 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	22 	1:13.681 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516	107% time: 1:16.516
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** Ocon was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Palmer.
===Grid===
** Note - Ocon penalised three grid places for impeding Palmer during Q1.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes 	71 	3:01:01.335 	1 	25
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes 	71 	+11.455 	2 	18
3 	33 	Max Verstappen 	Red Bull-TAG Heuer 	71 	+21.481 	4 	15
4 	11 	Sergio Perez 	Force India-Mercedes	71 	+25.346 	9 	12
5 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Ferrari 	71 	+26.334 	5 	10
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz Jr. 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	71 	+29.160 	15 	8
7 	27 	Nico Hulkenberg 	Force India-Mercedes	71 	+29.827 	8 	6
8 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull-TAG Heuer 	71 	+30.486 	6 	4
9 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	Sauber-Ferrari 	71 	+42.620 	21 	2
10 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren-Honda 	71 	+44.432 	10 	1
11 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams-Mercedes 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	
12 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	MRT-Mercedes 	69 	+ 2 Laps 	PL 	
13 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Toro Rosso-Ferrari 	68 	+ 3 Laps 	14 	
14 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Renault 	67 	+ 4 Laps 	18 	
15 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	MRT-Mercedes 	66 	+ 5 Laps 	19 	
16 	22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren-Honda 	65 	+ 6 Laps 	17 	
17 	21 	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari 	60 	Hydraulics 	12 	
Ret 	19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams-Mercedes 	46 	Spun off/Accident	13 	
Ret 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	Renault 	20 	Accident Damage 	16 	
Ret 	7 	Kimi Raikkonen 	Ferrari 	19 	Spun off/Accident	3 	
Ret 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber-Ferrari 	11 	Spun off/Accident	20 	
DNS 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas-Ferrari 	0 	Spun off/Accident	7 	
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==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Nico Rosberg 	367 	 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	355 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	246 	 	
4 	Sebastian Vettel 	197 	 	
5 	Max Verstappen 	192 	1 	
6 	Kimi Räikkönen 	178 	1 	
7 	Sergio Pérez 	97 	 	
8 	Valtteri Bottas 	85 	 	
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	66 	 	
10 	Fernando Alonso 	53 	 	
11 	Felipe Massa 	51 	 	
12 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	46 	 	
13 	Romain Grosjean 	29 	 	
14 	Daniil Kvyat 	25 	 	
15 	Jenson Button 	21 	 	
16 	Kevin Magnussen 	7 	 	
17 	Felipe Nasr 	2 	5 	
18 	Jolyon Palmer 	1 	1 	
19 	Pascal Wehrlein 	1 	1 	
20 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	1 	1 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	0 	1 	
22 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	1 	
23 	Rio Haryanto 	0 	 	
24 	Esteban Ocon 	0 	 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	722 	 	
2 	 	446 	 	
3 	 	375 	 	
4 	 	163 	 	
5 	 	136 	 	
6 	 	75 	 	
7 	 	63 	 	
8 	 	29 	 	
9 	 	8 	 	
10 	 	2 	1 	
11 	 	1 	1 	
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==Notes==
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