2016 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
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![]() Layout of the Monza circuit | |||||
Race details[1] | |||||
Date | 4 September 2016 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016[2][3] | ||||
Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 miles) | ||||
Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny, warm | ||||
Attendance | 147,500 (Weekend) [4] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:21.135 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
![]() | McLaren-Honda | |||
Time | 1:25.340 on lap 51 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2016 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016)[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the fourteenth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 86th running of the Italian Grand Prix and the 81st time the race was held at Monza.
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 teammate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 181 points. Red Bull Racing was placed second and Ferrari third.