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2016 FIA Formula One
World Championship
Drivers' Champion: Nico Rosberg
Constructors' Champion: Mercedes
Pole Trophy: Lewis Hamilton
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The 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 70th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)'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. Teams and drivers took part in twenty-one Grands Prix—making for the longest season in the sport's history—starting in Australia on 20 March and finishing in Abu Dhabi on 27 November as they competed for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.[1]
Nico Rosberg won his first World Drivers' Championship, shortly before announcing his retirement from the sport.
Lewis Hamilton finished runner-up, driving for Mercedes.
Daniel Ricciardo finished the season in third place, driving for Red Bull.
Mercedes successfully defended their World Constructors' title.
The 2016 season saw the grid expand to twenty-two cars with the addition of the Haas F1 Team entry.[2] Renault returned to the sport as a constructor after a four-year absence following their takeover of Lotus prior to the start of the season.[3] The calendar similarly expanded, with the return of the German Grand Prix. The European Grand Prix was also revived, with the event visiting a new circuit in Azerbaijan's capital city, Baku.[1]
Nico Rosberg won his only World Drivers' Championship title in the final race of the season. With nine wins and seven other podiums, Rosberg beat teammate and defending World Champion Lewis Hamilton by five points. In doing so, Rosberg followed the success of his father in 1982 and became the second son of a champion to become champion himself, a feat previously achieved by Damon Hill in 1996. Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport shortly after winning the title.
In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes successfully defended their title for the second consecutive year, beating Red Bull Racing by 297 points. Ferrari finished third overall, a further seventy points behind.
Team changes
Gene Haas, founder of NASCAR team Stewart-Haas Racing (top), entered a new team in 2016 (VF-16 pictured bottom).
Lotus (E23 Hybrid pictured top) were purchased by Renault (R.S.16 pictured bottom).
Several team changes took place before the season began. Haas F1 Team, a team formed by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner Gene Haas, joined the Formula One grid, becoming the first American team to compete since the unrelated Haas Lola team competed in 1986.[21][N 2] The team used power units supplied by Ferrari and a chassis developed by Dallara.[23][24] Dallara had last participated in Formula One as the chassis manufacturer for HRT in 2010.[25] Renault returned to Formula One as a full factory-supported team after they purchased Lotus from Genii Capital,[26] the venture capital firm they had originally sold the same team to in 2010, and supplied engines to up until the end of 2014. Lotus's participation in the 2016 season was in question pending the resolution of a High Court case brought against the team by HM Revenue and Customs over unpaid PAYE tax.[27][28]
Both Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso underwent changes regarding their power unit supply. The former formally ended their nine-year partnership with engine supplier Renault at the end of the 2015 season,[29] with the team citing the lack of performance from the Renault Energy-F1 2015 engine as a leading factor in the change.[30] The team continued using Renault engines, but they were rebadged as TAG Heuer. Team principal Christian Horner named Renault's partnership with Mario Illien and his company Ilmor as a reason for staying with the manufacturer.[31] Meanwhile, Scuderia Toro Rosso returned to using Ferrari power units, as they had done prior to the start of 2014, after Renault announced that they would no longer supply customer engines.[10][32] The team used the type 060 power unit used by Ferrari teams in 2015[33] after Ferrari received approval from the World Motor Sport Council to supply year-old engines.[34]
Marussia applied for their team name to be changed to Manor Racing, a request granted in January 2016.[35] The team adopted the formal name of "Manor Racing MRT" and switched from Ferrari to Mercedes power,[36] with the team upgrading to a 2016-specification engine after having used a year-old Ferrari engine in 2015.[37] The team underwent a management reshuffle following the resignation of team principal John Booth and sporting director Graeme Lowdon.[38]
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