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Australian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 20th March 2016 Local
Sun 20th March 2016 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2016

Round
Round 1

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Location
Albert Park Circuit
(90,200 Attendance)

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The 2016 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 20 March 2016 in Melbourne. The race was contested over fifty-seven laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the eightieth race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix—which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928—and the twenty-first time the event was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner.

Hamilton took the first pole position of the season and the fiftieth of his career in a qualifying session that saw the introduction of a new one-by-one elimination format that was widely criticised. His teammate Nico Rosberg took victory ahead of Hamilton and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. The race was stopped on lap 18 following an accident involving Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutiérrez. Mercedes used the break for a change of tyres that allowed their drivers to take a 1–2 finish after Vettel had initially led the race from the start. Romain Grosjean finished sixth, scoring points for the Haas F1 team on their début, the first completely new team to do so since 2002. Mercedes equalled the record for most consecutive 1–2 finishes, by achieving their fifth in a row.


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01			Nico Rosberg	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	48:15.6
02			Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+0:08.060
03			Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:09.643
04			Daniel Ricciardo	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:24.330
05			Felipe Massa	Williams Racing	+0:58.979
06			Romain Grosjean	Haas Factory Team	+1:12.081
07			Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	+1:14.199
08			Valtteri Bottas	Williams Racing	+1:15.153
09			Carlos Sainz Jr	Toro Rosso	+1:15.680
10			Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	+1:16.833
11			Jolyon Palmer	Renault F1 Team	+1:23.399
12			Kevin Magnussen	Renault F1 Team	+1:25.606
13			Sergio Perez	Force India	+1:31.699
14			Jenson Button	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
15			Felipe Nasr	Sauber	+1 Lap
16			Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing GP3	+1 Lap
17			Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	DNF
18			Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
19			Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing GP3	DNF
20			Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas Factory Team	DNF
21			Fernando Alonso	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
22			Daniil Kvyat	Oracle Red Bull Racing	DNF

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