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2016 Hungarian Grand Prix

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Date
  
24 July 2016

Course length
  
4.381 km (2.722 mi)

2016 Hungarian Grand Prix

Official name
  
Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2016

Location
  
HungaroringMogyoród, Hungary

Course
  
Permanent racing facility

Distance
  
70 laps, 306.630 km (190.539 mi)

The 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2016) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of the 2016 Formula One season and the thirty-first running of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with a one-point lead over team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship while Mercedes led in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Ferrari. The race was won by Hamilton, with Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium, meaning Hamilton took over the lead in the Drivers' Championship after the race.

Report

In the week before the race, the FIA revised the rules governing pit-to-car communications following criticism from the teams in light of a penalty given to Nico Rosberg at the British Grand Prix for receiving assistance outside those allowed under the regulations; and in the aftermath of Sergio Pérez's brake failure and subsequent retirement from the Austrian Grand Prix, which Force India was particularly critical of in light of the safety implications arising from Pérez's accident. The rules, first introduced during the 2015 season, were intended to crack down on driver coaching—stating that a competitor must drive the car "alone and unaided"—but allowing teams the scope to alert drivers to the imminent failure of components. Under the revisions introduced for the Hungarian Grand Prix, a car must pit or be retired immediately if an issue arises that is deemed serious enough to warrant intervention from the team. The revised regulations were poorly received, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel being particularly critical during interviews.

After introducing "baguette" kerbs at the Austrian Grand Prix as a means of policing track limits and prevent drivers from deliberately running wide to gain an advantage, the Hungarian Grand Prix saw the introduction of electronic monitoring at selected corners, with pressure-sensitive plates placed under kerbs to detect cars running wide, with the system tied to the car transponders to detect when a driver had run too wide.

Qualifying

Notes:

  • ^1Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, Nico Hülkenberg, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez all failed to set lap times within 107% of the fastest time set in Q1. However, they were allowed to progress to Q2 with their Q1 times intact.
  • ^2Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Massa, Kevin Magnussen, Marcus Ericsson, Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto all failed to set lap times within 107% of the fastest time set in Q1. Their participation in the race was permitted at the discretion of the stewards.
  • ^3Marcus Ericsson was required to start from the pit lane after getting a new survival cell.
  • ^4Rio Haryanto received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
  • Race

    Notes
  • ^1Esteban Gutiérrez was handed a five-second time penalty after the race for ignoring blue flags, which demoted him from 12th to 13th place.
  • Standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  • References

    2016 Hungarian Grand Prix Wikipedia


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