Date 4 September 2016 | Course length 5.793 km (3.600 mi) | |
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Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016 Course Permanent racing facility Distance 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 mi) |
The 2016 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the fourteenth round of the 2016 Formula One season, and marked the eighty-sixth running of the Italian Grand Prix and the eighty-second time the race was held at Monza.
Contents
Mercedes driver and winner of the previous year's race, Lewis Hamilton, entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by nine points ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 181 points. Red Bull Racing was placed second and Ferrari third.
Tyres
Pirelli provided the teams with medium, soft and supersoft tyres. Pirelli anticipated that the difference between the different compounds would be less than one second per lap, with the differences between soft and supersoft to be around 0.7 of a second, and the difference between soft and medium about 0.9 seconds.
Qualifying
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