2016 Canadian Grand Prix

2016 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date 12 June 2016
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016[1][2][3]
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Cloudy
12 °C (54 °F) air temperature
21–23 °C (70–73 °F) track temperature
2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s) wind from the southeast[4]
Attendance 300,000 (Weekend)[5]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:12.812
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:15.599 on lap 60
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Ferrari
Third Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2016 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2016)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 June 2016 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The race was the seventh round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifty-third running of the Canadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series' inception in 1950. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton.

This was Valtteri Bottas's last podium until the 2017 Australian Grand Prix.

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  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ "GP Kanada in Montreal / Rennen". motorsport-total.com (in German). Archived from the original on 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ^ "F1 attendance figures hit four million in 2017". formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2018.