2016 Australian Grand Prix

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The 2016 Australian Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2016 Formula One World Championship, held at Melbourne’s Albert Park Circuit and notable for its dramatic crashes, strategic battles, and the debut of the new qualifying format.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Formula One Grand Prix
sporting event
attendance over 260000 (weekend)
championshipPointsForWinner 25
circuit Albert Park Circuit NERFINISHED
city Melbourne
country Australia
courseLengthKm 5.303
courseType temporary street circuit
crashLapNumber 17
date 2016-03-20
fastestLapCountry Australia NERFINISHED
fastestLapDriver Daniel Ricciardo NERFINISHED
fastestLapLapNumber 49
fastestLapTeam Red Bull Racing NERFINISHED
fastestLapTime 1:28.997
grandPrixNumberInSeason 1
gridSecondDriver Nico Rosberg NERFINISHED
gridSecondTeam Mercedes NERFINISHED
gridThirdDriver Sebastian Vettel NERFINISHED
gridThirdTeam Ferrari NERFINISHED
location Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
newQualifyingFormatDebut true
notableCrashDriver Esteban Gutiérrez GENERATED
Fernando Alonso GENERATED
officialName 2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix NERFINISHED
openingRoundOfSeason true
organisingBody Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile NERFINISHED
polePositionCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED
polePositionDriver Lewis Hamilton NERFINISHED
polePositionTeam Mercedes NERFINISHED
polePositionTime 1:23.837
qualifyingFormatSessions Q1, Q2, Q3
qualifyingFormatType elimination-style qualifying
raceDistanceKm 302.271
raceDistanceLaps 57
raceWinner Nico Rosberg NERFINISHED
raceWinnerCountry Germany NERFINISHED
raceWinnerTeam Mercedes NERFINISHED
redFlagged true
redFlagReason Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutiérrez crash
roundNumber 1
safetyCarDeployed true
season 2016 Formula One World Championship NERFINISHED
secondPlaceDriver Lewis Hamilton NERFINISHED
secondPlaceTeam Mercedes NERFINISHED
thirdPlaceDriver Sebastian Vettel NERFINISHED
thirdPlaceTeam Ferrari NERFINISHED
tyreCompoundsAvailable soft
supersoft
ultrasoft
tyreSupplier Pirelli NERFINISHED
winningMarginSeconds 8.060
year 2016

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