2016 Singapore Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 21 in the 2016 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
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| Date | 18 September 2016 | ||
| Official name | 2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore |
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| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.065 km (3.147 mi) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 308.828 km (191.897 mi) | ||
| Attendance | 73,000 (3-day average) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:42.584 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
| Time | 1:47.187 on lap 49 (lap record) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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The 2016 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the fifteenth round of the 2016 Formula One season, and marked the seventeenth running of the Singapore Grand Prix and the ninth time the race had been held at Marina Bay.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the race leading the World Drivers' Championship by two points, ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 208 points. Red Bull Racing was placed second and Ferrari third. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner.
Rosberg started the race from pole position and led throughout, holding off a late challenge by Daniel Ricciardo to win by less than half a second. Sebastian Vettel was awarded the Driver of the Day award after moving 17 spots to claim 5th position.
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