F1 season 2016

2016 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON


The 2016 Formula One World Championship is GO!

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Teams and Drivers

Team
Constructor
Chassis
Power Unit
Drivers

Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari
SF16-H
Ferrari 059/5
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen

Sahara Force India Formula One Team
Force India-Mercedes
VJM09
Mercedes PU106C Hybrid
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg

Haas F1 Team
Haas-Ferrari
VF-16
Ferrari 059/5
8 France Romain Grosjean
21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez

McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team
McLaren-Honda
MP4-31
Honda RA616H
14 Spain Fernando Alonso
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button

Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Mercedes
F1 W07 Hybrid
Mercedes PU106C Hybrid
6 Germany Nico Rosberg
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton

Manor Racing MRT
MRT-Mercedes
MRT05
Mercedes PU106C Hybrid
88 Indonesia Rio Haryanto
94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein

Red Bull Racing
Red Bull-TAG Heuer
RB12
TAG Heuer
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat

Renault Sport Formula One Team
Renault
RS16
Renault RE16
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer

Sauber F1 Team
Sauber-Ferrari
C35
Ferrari 059/5
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson
12 Brazil Felipe Nasr

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
STR11
Ferrari 059/4
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen
55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr.

Williams Martini Racing
Williams-Mercedes
FW38
Mercedes PU106C Hybrid
19 Brazil Felipe Massa
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas


2016 FIA Formula One World Championship® Race Calendar
1 Australian Grand Prix Albert Park March 18 – 20
2 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit April 1 – 3
3 Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit April 15 – 17
4 Russian Grand Prix Sochi Autodrom April 29 – May 1
5 Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Catalunya May 13 – 15
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monte-Carlo May 26 – 29
7 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve June 10 – 12
8 European Grand Prix Baku City Circuit June 17 – 19
9 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring July 1 – 3
10 British Grand Prix Silverstone July 8 – 10
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring July 22 – 24
12 German Grand Prix Hockenheimring July 29 – 31
13 Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps August 26 – 28
14 Italian Grand Prix Monza September 2 – 4
15 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore September 16 – 18
16 Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit September 30 – October 2
17 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka October 7 – 9
18 United States Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas October 21 – 23
19 Mexican Grand Prix Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez October 28 – 30
20 Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos November 11 – 13
21 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina November 25 – 27

Tyres

Full Wet - Blue
Intermediate - Green
Hard - Orange
Medium - White
Soft - Yellow
Super Soft - Red
Ultra Soft - Purple

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Team Changes

- Haas F1 Team will join the Formula One grid, becoming the first American team to compete since 1986. The team will use power units supplied by Ferrari and a chassis developed by Dallara.
- Marussia changed to Manor Racing and will switch from Ferrari to 2016 Mercedes power units.
- Red Bull Racing formally ended their nine-year partnership with engine supplier Renault at the end of the 2015 season. The team will continue to use Renault engines, however they will be rebadged as TAG Heuer and adapted by Ilmor.
- Renault will return to Formula One as a full factory-supported team after they purchased Lotus from Genii Capital.
- Scuderia Toro Rosso will return to using Ferrari power units, as they had done prior to the start of 2014, after Renault announced that they would no longer supply customer engines. The team will use the 059/4 power unit used by Ferrari teams in 2015.


Driver Changes

OUT
Pastor Maldonado (Lotus)
Will Stevens (Marussia)
Roberto Merhi (Marussia)
Alexander Rossi (Marussia)

IN
Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas)
Jolyon Palmer (Renault)
Kevin Magnussen (Renault)
Pascal Wehrlein (Manor)
Rio Haryanto (Manor)

MOVED
Romain Grosjean (Lotus to Haas)

Technical Regulation Changes

- Cars will be required to be designed with a separate wastegate for exhaust gases to pass through—colloquially dubbed the "screamer pipe"—in a bid to increase the noise of the cars following criticism since the introduction of the 2014 generation of engines.
- Tyre supplier Pirelli will introduce a fifth tyre compound known as "ultrasoft", with the manufacturer stating that they would only be available on street circuits.
- Pirelli will change their approach to tyre supply in 2016, bringing three dry compounds to races instead of two. The compounds will be made public two weeks before each event. Pirelli will assign two "choice" compounds, and a third set (the softest available regardless of Pirelli's selection) will be given to teams reaching Q3. Drivers will select their remaining ten tyre sets for the event between the three compounds and must use at least any two dry compounds of their choosing during the race, so long as at least one set is of the two Pirelli "choice" sets.
- The FIA has opted to increase the number of tokens available for power unit development starting in 2016. While the initial plans would have given manufacturers fifteen tokens for the season, the number was raised to thirty-two, the same number as 2014, in order to allow struggling manufacturers such as Renault and Honda to improve their development. This decision also allows further development on parts that were initially planned to be closed off, including the upper and lower crankcase, valve drive, crankshaft, air-valve system and ancillaries drive.

Sporting Regulation Changes

- The stewards will be given greater powers in enforcing track limits, with drivers required to stay between the white lines marking the edges of the circuit, except in cases of driver error. The change was introduced after an investigation by Pirelli into Sebastian Vettel's high-speed blow-out at the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix that concluded that Vettel's off-track excursions had been a significant factor in the incident.
- Any driver who causes the start of the race to be aborted will be required to start the race from pit lane at the restart.
- The procedure for issuing gearbox penalties will be amended so that penalties are applied in the order that they are awarded, bringing the system in line with the wider grid penalty system.
- The Virtual Safety Car system will be used in practice sessions as well to avoid the unnecessary use of red flags and session stoppages.
- The drag reduction system, which is deactivated when under Virtual Safety Car periods and full-course yellow flags, will be available as soon as a Virtual Safety Car period has ended;[64] drivers previously had to wait two laps before the system was reactivated.

Qualifying Changes

The Q1, Q2, and Q3 format that has been in place since 2006 will be retained, but with a progressive "knock-out" style of elimination. Drivers conducting a lap at the end of each session will still be allowed to complete their lap, though this does not apply to mid-session eliminations.

Q1 will last 16 minutes, with the slowest driver being eliminated every 90 seconds after the first 7 minutes until 15 cars remain.
Q2 will last 15 minutes, with the slowest driver being eliminated every 90 seconds after the first 6 minutes until 8 cars remain.
Q3 will last 14 minutes, with the slowest driver being eliminated every 90 seconds after the first 5 minutes until pole position is determined.

Betting Odds

Drivers Championship 2016

Lewis Hamilton 1.57
Nico Rosberg 3.75
Sebastian Vettel 5.00
Fernando Alonso 29.00
Kimi Raikkonen 41.00
Jenson Button 51.00
Daniel Ricciardo 67.00
Valtteri Bottas 101.00
Daniil Kvyat 151.00
Felipe Massa 151.00
Kevin Magnussen 251.00
Max Verstappen 501.00
Nico Hulkenberg 501.00
Sergio Perez 501.00
Carlos Sainz Jr 751.00
Romain Grosjean 751.00
Esteban Gutierrez 1001.00
Feilpe Nasr 1001.00
Jolyon Palmer 1001.00
Marcus Ericsson 1001.00
Pascal Wehrlein 1001.00
Rio Haryanto 1001.00


Constructors Championship 2016

1.12 Mercedes
6.00 Ferrari
21.00 Red Bull
26.00 McLaren
51.00 Williams
751.00 Renault
751.00 Toro Rosso
751.00 Force India
751.00 Haas
2501.00 Sauber
2501.00 Manor


2016 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX


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Melbourne
Lap length 5.303km (3.295 miles)
Race laps 58
Race distance 307.574km (191.118 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’24.125 (226.934 kph) by Michael Schumacher, 2004
Fastest lap 1’23.529 (228.553 kph) by Sebastian Vettel, 2011
Maximum speed 312kph (193.868 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) First and second straight
Distance from grid to turn one 380m

UK Times
Friday 18th March 2016
Australian Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 12:30-14:00 (UK time: 1:30-3:00)
Australian Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 16:30-18:00 (UK time: 5:30-7:00)
Saturday 19th March 2016
Australian Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 14:00-15:00 (UK time: 3:00-4:00)
Australian Grand Prix Qualifying: 17:00 (UK time: 6:00)
Sunday 20th March 2016
Australian Grand Prix: 16:00 (UK time: 5:00)

Previous Winners
2015 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Melbourne
2014 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Melbourne
2013 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Melbourne
2012 Jenson Button McLaren Melbourne
2011 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Melbourne
2010 Jenson Button McLaren Melbourne
2009 Jenson Button Brawn GP Melbourne
2008 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Melbourne
2007 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Melbourne
2006 Fernando Alonso Renault Melbourne
2005 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Melbourne
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne
2003 David Coulthard McLaren Melbourne
2002 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne
2001 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne
2000 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne

Videos
Kimi on board 2015 Qually 3
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGUZqtD18dk


Johnny Dumfries on board Adelaide 1986
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGgu_HA9y8


Drivers’ Chosen Tyres
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Pic of the reno livery
https://joesaward.wordpress.com

one thing not commented on much is the radio restrictions that have come into force 2016
If you believe the race is going to be between Nico and Lewis then the restrictions will be hard for Nico
Plus Nico and Lewis are on different selection of tyres from each other selected by there engineers for Aus (which were selected before the musical chairs qualifying was put in place )
It will be (I hope ) interesting to see what happens between the merc pair
Lewis on the restrictions
http://www.pitpass.com/55642/Hamilton-Radio-restrictions-will-have-a-big-impact
 
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channel 4 makes an F1 start with guy martin vs DC an entertaing programme even if it was an apples vs pears competition
But it makes you want to see Aus now
 
I wonder how long it will be before red bull are running an Aston Martin branded engine? I bet force India are gutted they missed out on that deal.
 
jonoooo125 said:
I wonder how long it will be before red bull are running an Aston Martin branded engine? I bet force India are gutted they missed out on that deal.
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The background at force India probably put them off
Aston use a merc engine for there cars so maybe a tag heur merc in the future Then matchitz can slag Merc off
 
What on earth was that qualifying setup - how rubbish was that. Cars sat in the pits being excluded, qualifying over 5 minutes before the end of time. Rubbish!

Now it might work if they are allowed to complete the lap they are on, like at the end of the period, but this current format needs scrapping, and fast.
 
Yep, agree with that. When you're watching the pole sitter being weighed with 3 minutes still on the clock you know something needs changing. Completing the lap may be way too confusing though for the spectators if not everyone else.
 
F1 is seriously on a slippery slope . My 3 year old grand daughter could've come up with a better format than that .

Interesting fact ,Alonsos merchandise isn't available on the Mclaren website anymore . .... I wonder ?
 
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I thought the first two sessions were much more exciting to watch.

As for the last session, time to lose that 90 second rule!
 
Not ideal, is it? Then again, as a first try at the new format, there were bound to be some confuzzled tacticians out there and hopefully they'll learn.

BTW, thanks to all for not posting any spoilers before quali was shown on free-to-view - much appreciated.
 
Yes, I was quite pleased with Channel 4 coverage too.
 
Draw lots for final grid position. After running last year's quali system to see in what order the drivers draw their lots. ALL drivers MUST complete at least 25 laps during the qualifying hour - every lap under the 25 means a similar drop in grid position.
 
PaulF said:
Looks like the qualifying is going back to the 2015 version for the next race http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35850766
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It is now F1 law
It needs all teams to agree then the boys at the top have to pass it by majority vote before it can be dumped
Personally Q1 got rid of the back markers and made the top teams go for it Q2 should have been a longer than 90 secs cut off maybe getting rid of 2 cars at a time then Q3 should have reverted to those left just going for it
As Lewis said he enjoyed going for it but the system as it stands wasn't good enough
Lets see how radio ga ga pans out in the race and which team will be the first to cheat
 
Well I didn't like the quali format and thought it was confusing and boring. 4 minutes before the end of quali and positions already decided doesn't seem the right wy to go to me. I undertand what they were trying to do, but it obviously didn't work.

Not sure on C4's coverag yet, wasn't keen on the presenter Steve Jones, dunno what it was, but there was something about him that I didn't like....
 
I enjoyed the race. Great result for Haas, frightening crash for Fernando, Verstappen throwing his toys out of the pram, solid drive from Palmer. Good start to the season!
 
Agreed and also thought Channel 4 coverage was good too!
 
I also enjoyed the Channel 4 coverage, the ad breaks were a pain but as it was only the highlights I can live with them. I think they said they wouldn't be shown during their live races. Thought Mark Webber and David Coultard were good, didn't miss Eddy Jordan , Suzy Perry however.....
 
Yes, I thought DC and Mark worked well together as a team, still don't like Steve Jones... dunno what it is though
 
Ryewolf said:
Yes, I thought DC and Mark worked well together as a team, still don't like Steve Jones... dunno what it is though
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Maybe its because he dosnt seem to naturally connect with the camera He certainly seems to be trying to be natural unlike Mark and DC
 
Bet he's aching a bit this morning though!

Shows a couple of things - #1, speed doesn't necessarily kill and #2, F1 cars are incredibly strong these days!
 
mxfun said:
Apart From Steve Jones i thought CH4 did a great job ....
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Presenter wise I would agree, but I wasn't impressed with the adverts every 15 or so minutes through the race. I presume their promise of no adverts during the races will only be applied to the live races.

I had a half price offer for Sky Sports last week, after the chopped up and disjointed race highlights I'm seriously considering it.
 
Quali - rubbish, glad they are binning it.
Race - quite exciting - glad that Alonso was OK - don't look forward to seeing crashes like that.
Coulthard good as a commentator/advisor/expert - the rest a bit flaky.
Adverts - put me off, went for a half hour walk during the race.

I really hope that the Maclarens improve.

Jolyon Palmer - what a debut race in F1!!!
 
Dave1 said:
I had a half price offer for Sky Sports last week, after the chopped up and disjointed race highlights I'm seriously considering it.
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They will have to stop mucking about with the rules and the races will have to be constantly good before I will shell out for F1
Qualifying rules changed then binned
Radio ban rule brought in then modified as parts were senseless
Even a rule about disposing of rip of visors was revoked
All before the start of Melbourne
If the idiots making up these rules arnt listening to people that know and keep ignoring the drivers and engineers more and more stupidity is going to rule
Has any one noticed the news rabble are suddenly talking about the F1 sport and the word show seems to have disappeared
Forget quick fixes and set up a working party that can find a way to keep respectable down force but not the turbulance that upsets the following car and we are on our way to good races again
 
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