The Belgian Grand Prix did not cause many changes in the drivers' world championship. Formula One world championship standings ahead of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, the sixth round of the 2020 series: Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton during the first practice session of the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone on August 7, 2020 in …
For the video game based on the 2016 Formula One season, see Nico Rosberg won his first World Drivers' Championship, shortly before announcing his retirement from the sport.Red Bull Racing used Renault R.E.16 power units. This weekend's race will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the inaugural world championship race, held at Silverstone in 1950. The three-period format first introduced in The stewards' powers to monitor pit-to-car communications were broadened for the 2016 season, with race control able to monitor the radio feeds for each driver in real time and consult with engineering advisors to further monitor the content in a bid to crack down on driver coaching and the use of coded messages.The process new drivers go through in order to qualify for a For the second year in a row, Hamilton decided not to exercise his option of switching his car number to 1, as was his prerogative as reigning World Champion, and would instead race with his career number 44.The season started with the Australian Grand Prix, and featured the newly introduced elimination-style qualifying format.At the next race in Bahrain, Alonso was ruled out of taking part on medical grounds and was later revealed to have suffered broken ribs and a pneumothorax as a result of the previous race's collision, and was replaced by rookie Stoffel Vandoorne.At the next Grand Prix in China, the elimination style qualifying format was permanently dropped in favour of the previous format used between 2006 and 2015.Before the race in Spain, Daniil Kvyat and Max Verstappen swapped places with Kvyat going to Toro Rosso and Verstappen to Red Bull.At the next round in Monaco, Ricciardo took the first pole position of his career.Hamilton took pole position at the next round in Austria while Rosberg started sixth after a grid penalty.Lewis Hamilton took the championship lead from Nico Rosberg at the next round in Hungary, leading another Mercedes 1–2 finish to gain a six-point lead in the Drivers' Championship standings.Following penalties for Rosberg and Button for unauthorised pit-to-car communications in the previous races, the FIA repealed all regulations for the next round in Germany.With Mercedes opting to take a series of grid penalties to build up a stockpile of components, Hamilton was forced to start the next race in Belgium from the back of the grid.Rosberg reduced Hamilton's championship lead to two points at the next round in Italy, taking advantage of a slow start by Hamilton to establish an early lead that went unchallenged through the race.Rosberg reclaimed the championship lead in Singapore, qualifying on pole while Hamilton was forced to settle for third after struggling with mechanical issues and driving errors.Mercedes's streak of ten consecutive wins came to an end in Malaysia.Rosberg further extended his championship lead to thirty-three points in Japan, starting the race from pole and winning it.With the championship leaving Asia for the Americas, Hamilton gradually started to erode Rosberg's championship lead.Going into the final round at Abu Dhabi, Rosberg led Hamilton by twelve points.Five days after winning the title, Rosberg announced his immediate retirement from the sport at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony in Vienna.
(Photo: Bryn Lennon / POOL / AFP)Bui Duc Hai, Nguyen Van Hong and Lewis Hamilton has extended his lead in the Formula 1 World Championship after his victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona. The race was moved from its previous home in Three races were contracted for 2016 but did not feature on the calendar.Cars were required to be designed with a separate wastegate for exhaust gases to pass through in a bid to increase the noise of the cars following criticism since the introduction of the Starting in 2016, the number of pre-season tests were reduced from three to two.The stewards were 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 qualifying process was heavily revised two weeks before the season began.
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Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton during the first practice session of the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone on August 7, 2020 in Northampton. AlphaTauri-Honda 14, 8. Alexander Albon (THA) 36 7.
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