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Australian Grand Prix

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Sun 20th March 2016 Local
Sun 20th March 2016 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2016

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

Result Description

1 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 57 1:48:15.565 2 25
2 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 57 +8.060 1 18
3 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 57 +9.643 3 15
4 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 57 +24.330 8 12
5 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 57 +58.979 6 10
6 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 57 +1:12.081 19 8
7 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 57 +1:14.199 10 6
8 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 57 +1:15.153 16 4
9 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1:15.680 7 2
10 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1:16.833 5 1
11 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 57 +1:23.399 13
12 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Renault 57 +1:25.606 14
13 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 57 +1:31.699 9
14 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 56 +1 Lap 12
15 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 17
16 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 21
Ret 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 38 Transmission 15
Ret 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 21 Turbo 4
Ret 88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto MRT-Mercedes 17 Driveshaft 22
Ret 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 16 Collision 20
Ret 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 16 Collision 11
DNS 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 0 Electrical –1

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