2016 German Grand Prix

2016 German Grand Prix
Race 12 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
The layout of the Hockenheimring
Race details[1]
Date	31 July 2016
Official name	Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016[2][3]
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 miles)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy and dry
Attendance	60,000 (Race Day)
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:14.363
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time	1:18.442 on lap 48
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2016 German Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 2016) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 31 July 2016. After a one-year absence, the race returned to the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, which last held the race in 2014. It was the twelfth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the seventy-sixth running of the German Grand Prix, and the sixty-second time the race has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a six-point lead in the World Drivers' Championship over teammate and defending race winner Nico Rosberg. Hamilton won the race and extended his lead over Rosberg to nineteen points. Their team, Mercedes, further extended its lead in the World Constructors' Championship.