2016 Hungarian Grand Prix
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| Race 11 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Hungaroring circuit
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| Date | 24 July 2016 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2016 | ||
| Location |
Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.381 km (2.722 mi) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 306.630 km (190.539 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:19.965 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:23.086 on lap 52 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
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The 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2016) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 July 2016 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of the 2016 Formula One season and the thirty-first running of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with a one-point lead over team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship while Mercedes led in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Ferrari. The race was won by Hamilton, with Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium, meaning Hamilton took over the lead in the Drivers' Championship after the race.
In the week before the race, the FIA revised the rules governing pit-to-car communications following criticism from the teams in light of a penalty given to Nico Rosberg at the British Grand Prix for receiving assistance outside those allowed under the regulations; and in the aftermath of Sergio Pérez's brake failure and subsequent retirement from the Austrian Grand Prix, which Force India was particularly critical of in light of the safety implications arising from Pérez's accident. The rules, first introduced during the 2015 season, were intended to crack down on driver coaching—stating that a competitor must drive the car "alone and unaided"—but allowing teams the scope to alert drivers to the imminent failure of components. Under the revisions introduced for the Hungarian Grand Prix, a car must pit or be retired immediately if an issue arises that is deemed serious enough to warrant intervention from the team. The revised regulations were poorly received, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel being particularly critical during interviews.
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