2016 Formula One season

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The 2016 Formula One season was the fifth Formula One championship contested over 20 circuits in 19 countries. It saw Kimi Raikkonen claim his first championship, in the Lotus–Ford. His constructor and its new engine, Ford, won their respective championships, too.

Signed teams and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rounds
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Italy Ferrari 1 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All
2 Spain Fernando Alonso All
The United Kingdom Team Lotus Ford Lotus-Ford The United States Ford 3 France Romain Grosjean All
4 Finland Kimi Raikkonen All
France Red Bull Renault Works Team Renault France Renault 5 China Ma Quinghua 1-11
Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 12-20
6 Brazil Fabiano Cruz All
The United Kingdom Team McLaren Honda McLaren-Honda Japan Honda 7 Australia Daniel Ricciardo All
8 Taiwan Tu Yu All
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber-Ferrari Italy Ferrari 9 Germany Dieter Aeschelman All
10 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta 1-10
Canada Bernard Babineaux 11-20
Russia Com Hem Marussia Cosworth Marussia-Cosworth Germany Cosworth 11 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton All
12 Germany Timo Glock All
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Germany Mercedes 14 France Jean-Eric Vergne All
15 Canada Ferdinand Wells All
The United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Germany BMW 16 Brazil Felipe Massa All
17 Germany Nico Rosberg All
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Honda Japan Honda 18 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe All
19 France Philbert Rome All
The Netherlands Team Aethra EADS EADS-BMW Germany BMW 20 Italy Federico Piazza All
21 Russia Ilya Alkaev All
Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham-Cosworth Germany Cosworth 22 India Narain Karthikeyan 4-20
Italy Nino Magro 1-3
23 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde All
South Korea Hyundai F1 Team Hyundai-BMW Germany BMW 24 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All
25 Spain Jaime Alguersuari All

Team changes[edit | edit source]

  • Lotus: Renault → Ford; Lotus F1 Team → Team Lotus Ford. Following the German Grand Prix, when driver contract negotiations started, Lotus and Renault announced their departure as partners. Lotus claimed they did so as Ford offered them an exclusive engine supply deal, whereas Renault claimed it was for strategic reasons. Both engine suppliers, therefore, became exclusive de facto as of the deal's signing. The deal was to last five years, until the 2021 season.
  • Toro Rosso: Ferrari → Honda. Toro Rosso also announced their termination of Ferrari partnership for their engines. Their engine change has been a long time coming, since they were being pressured until 2014 by Red Bull to have Renault engine suppliers. Nevertheless, they were experiencing a lull in terms of the constructor's standings, and hoped Honda would revitalize them like they did McLaren. Honda was happy to expand its customer base, though McLaren offered a neutral stance on the subject. Their deal was to last five years.
  • Vodafone McLaren Team → Team McLaren Honda. Vodafone withdrew its title sponsorship of McLaren, stating its contract had ended and it did not wish to renew it. McLaren announced it was looking for a new title sponsor.

Driver changes[edit | edit source]

  • Michael Schumacher retires. After a 22-season career in Formula One, yielding seven world driver's championships, the great Schumacher retires. His return to Formula One has undoubtedly not been as successful as he had hoped. He seemed sad to announce it, but said he had begun thinking of it until Vettel joined Mercedes in 2013.
  • Jean-Eric Vergne: Toro Rosso → Mercedes. Vergne finally gets a good seat in Formula One, after 4 years of competing in back-marker teams. However, some doubt his abilities to perform much better in what is seen to be a declining team.
  • Philbert Rome joins Toro Rosso. Frenchman Philbert Rome replaces his compatriot and entourage at Red Bull's old sister team.
  • Sebastian Vettel retires. Schumacher's entourage followed his lead and retired also from Mercedes. After a disappointing four years with Red Bull and Mercedes, he decided to end his fight for a third world championship.
  • Ferdinand Wells joins Mercedes. The first Canadian driver since Jacques Villeneuve, Ferdinand hopes to progress quickly. Starting with a midfield team, he has a great potential to be spotted by the front-runners.

Mid season[edit | edit source]

  • Caterham: Nino Magro → Narain Karthikeyan. Karthikeyan had recovered fully from his injuries by the Bahrain Grand Prix, and retook his seat from novice Italian Nino Magro. The Indian scored a retirement on his first return race, but soon caught up with his old replacement.
  • Sauber: Paul di Resta → Bernard Babineaux. A very serious crash during the German Grand Prix hospitalized Paul di Resta. He was unconscious when being recovered from his car, and was later put in to a coma for medical reasons. Sauber announced they did not expect him to participate in any races for the rest of the season, but that he would definitely be back on his feet. They signed Canadian Ferrari Driver's Academy candidate Bernard Babineaux as his replacement. Di Resta later announced he was signed as reserve driver for the 2017 season, since his injuries did not allow him to participate in around half of the season.
  • Renault: Ma Quinghua → Pastor Maldonado. Ma Quinghua had a nasty accident in the chaotic Hungary race. He was driving in wet conditions on dry tires, and violently slammed his car in to the barrier. The safety car was brought outwhile medical staff treated him on-track, and he was later hospitalized. He remained conscious during the whole ordeal, and was expected to be back racing before the end of the season.

Results and standings[edit | edit source]

See also: Results table
Rd Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning Championship leaders
driver constructor engine Driver Lead Constructor Lead Engine Lead
1 Australia Australia Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari Finland Kimi Raikkonen 7 The United Kingdom Lotus 2 Italy Ferrari 14
2 Malaysia Malaysia Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault Italy Ferrari Brazil Fabiano Cruz 5 France Renault 3 32
3 China China Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford Finland Kimi Raikkonen 3 Italy Ferrari 5 40
4 Bahrain Bahrain Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Taiwan Tu Yu The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 11 The United Kingdom Lotus 17 20
5 Spain Spain Brazil Fabiano Cruz Sweden Marcus Ericsson China Ma Quinghua France Renault Italy Ferrari Sweden Marcus Ericsson 7 12 37
6 Monaco Monaco Finland Kimi Raikkonen Taiwan Tu Yu China Ma Quinghua France Renault France Renault Finland Kimi Raikkonen 5 12 21
7 Canada Canada France Romain Grosjean Sweden Marcus Ericsson Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault 1 France Renault 6 11
8 Spain Europe Finland Kimi Raikkonen Brazil Fabiano Cruz Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 8 1 France Renault 1
9 The United Kingdom British Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 30 The United Kingdom Lotus 27 The United States Ford 27
10 Germany Germany Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 36 40 40
11 Hungary Hungary Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Spain Fernando Alonso Switzerland Sauber Italy Ferrari 48 54 7
12 Belgium Belgium Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Germany Dieter Aeschelman Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 73 77 1
13 Italy Italy Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 80 100 32
14 Singapore Singapore Finland Kimi Raikkonen Brazil Fabiano Cruz Sweden Marcus Ericsson Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 95 97 16
15 Japan Japan Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault Italy Ferrari 73 84 Italy Ferrari 2
16 South Korea Korea Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 66 117 2
17 India India Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 56 130 5
18 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 84 163 The United States Ford 22
19 The United States United States Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 77 158 16
20 Brazil Brazil Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 70 166 8

Final standings[edit | edit source]

Driver Constructor Engine
1 Finland Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 1 The United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 1 The United States Ford
2 Sweden Marcus Ericsson (Ferrari) 2 Italy Ferrari 2 Italy Ferrari
3 France Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 3 France Renault 3 France Renault
4 Brazil Fabiano Cruz (Renault) 4 The United Kingdom McLaren-Honda 4 Japan Honda
5 Taiwan Tu Yu (McLaren) 5 Germany Mercedes 5 Germany Mercedes
6 China Ma Quinghua (Renualt) 6 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 6 Germany BMW
7 Spain Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 7 Russia Marussia-Cosworth 7 The United Kingdom Cosworth
8 Australia Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 8 The Netherlands EADS-BMW N/A
9 Canada Ferdinand Wells (Mercedes) 9 The United Kingdom Williams-BMW
10 France Jean-Eric Vergne (Mercedes) 10 Malaysia Caterham-Cosworth
11 Germany Dieter Aeschelman (Sauber) 11 Italy Toro-Rosso Honda
12 Canada Bernard Babineaux (Sauber) 12 South Korea Hyundai-BMW
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado (Renault) N/A
14 Germany Timo Glock (Marussia)
15 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta (Sauber)
16 Russia Ilya Alkaev (EADS)
17 Germany Nico Rosberg (Williams)
18 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Marussia)
19 Brazil Felipe Massa (Williams)
20 Italy Federico Piazza (EADS)
21 India Narain Karthikeyan (Caterham)
22 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
23 France Philbert Rome (Toro Rosso)
24 South Africa Callan O'Keeffe (Toro Rosso)
25 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne (Hyundai)
26 Spain Jaime Alguersuari (Hyundai)
27 Italy Nino Magro (Caterham)