![]() Plans to hold a Formula One race in Azerbaijan were first announced by Bernie Ecclestone – the sport's commercial rights holder – in May 2014, when he declared that the race in Baku would replace the Korean Grand Prix for the 2015 season. Valtteri Bottas recorded the highest ever clocked speed in an official Formula One session, at 378 kilometres per hour (235 mph) during qualifying, breaking the previous record of 369.6 kilometres per hour (229.7 mph), set by Antônio Pizzonia at Monza during the 2004 Italian Grand Prix.īarriers erected in the streets of Baku for the race In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes extended their lead over Ferrari to eighty-one points. Sebastian Vettel finished second, with Force India driver Sergio Pérez completing the podium. ![]() The result also marked Rosberg's second career Grand Slam. Rosberg went on to win the race-his first race win since the Russian Grand Prix-and extended his championship lead to twenty-four points. Their team, Mercedes, came in leading Ferrari by seventy-six points in the World Constructors' Championship. ![]() Nico Rosberg entered the round holding a nine-point lead in the World Drivers' Championship ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. It was the first time that the race has been held at the circuit and the first time that a Grand Prix has been held in Azerbaijan. The race was the eighth round of the 2016 season, and marked the twenty-third running of the European Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. ![]() The 2016 European Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 19 June 2016 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. ![]()
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