Furious rows, joyous celebrations and simmering controversies: The team radios again provided some of the most dramatic moments of the season in 2016.
2016 F1 season articles archive
Articles and news on the 2016 Formula One world championship season.
Mercedes crush the competition but lose their champion
2016 F1 season review
Posted onMercedes’ rivals will be relishing the uncertainty the champions have been plunged into as the year comes to an end.
Red Bull win twice on the track and once off it
2016 F1 season review
Posted onRed Bull bounced back from a difficult 2015 with victories in Spain and Malaysia. But their biggest win in 2016 came off the track.
Vettel’s Ferrari honeymoon ends with win-less year
2016 F1 season review
Posted onSebastian Vettel couldn’t hide his frustration as Ferrari failed to build on recent progress in his second season with the team.
Have Force India peaked with another best-ever season?
2016 F1 season review
Posted onForce India’s deputy team principal Bob Fernley is optimistic that fourth place does not represent the limit of what they can achieved.
Development struggle sees Williams sink to fifth
2016 F1 season review
Posted onWilliams might have expected to be beaten by Red Bull in 2016, but losing to fellow Mercedes customers Force India was a bitter pill.
Symonds to leave Williams at end of year
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Posted onWilliams chief technical officer Pat Symonds will step down from his role at the end of the season, the team has confirmed.
Changes continue as McLaren and Honda make gains
2016 F1 season review
Posted onWas McLaren’s second season of using Honda’s V6 hybrid turbo really that much better than the first?
Toro Rosso deliver another year of the usual – mostly
2016 F1 season review
Posted onIt was another season of little change at Red Bull’s kindergarten squad – with one significant exception.
“Still many things missing” at Ferrari – Marchionne
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Posted onFerrari president Sergio Marchionne admitted his team still has much to do following its second win-less campaign in three years.
Dream start for Haas but life will only get tougher
2016 F1 season review
Posted onF1’s newest team Haas succeeded in their debut season and crucially were able to shift their priorities to 2017 early in the year.
Renault had good reason to set their sights low in 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onWhen the covers came off the first true Renault F1 car for seven years at the beginning of 2016, the team’s expectations were startlingly low.
The 2016 F1 season in pictures: Fans
2016 F1 season review
Posted onThe 2016 season saw the rise of Max-mania, the British Grand Prix winner go crowd-surfing and an emotional Brazilian Grand Prix farewell for Felipe Massa.
Sauber on firmer footing after difficult start to 2016
2016 F1 season review
Posted onSauber were in a difficult position as the 2016 started but the team turned their situation around by the end of the season.
Manor’s season of progress has a sting in the tail
2016 F1 season review
Posted onManor made a huge leap forward in 2016 but their season ended on a slightly sour note as they fell to last in the constructors’ championship.
Top ten F1 fans’ videos of the 2016 season
2016 F1 season review
Posted onFrom Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg colliding in Spain to Max Verstappen’s immense save in Brazil, here are ten of the best F1 fan videos from 2016.
Vote for your 2016 F1 Driver of the Year
2016 F1 season review
Posted onWho was your Driver of the Year? It’s time to cast your vote and pick the driver who impressed you the most throughout 2016.
2016 F1 season driver rankings #1: Ricciardo
2016 F1 season review
Posted onComfortably the most successful non-Mercedes driver this year, Daniel Ricciardo won just once in 2016 but was owed two more.
2016 F1 season driver rankings #2: Hamilton
2016 F1 season review
Posted onA fourth world championship title eluded Lewis Hamilton in 2016. Technical trouble made it hard for him to hold onto his crown but it wasn’t impossible.
2016 F1 season driver rankings #3: Verstappen
2016 F1 season review
Posted onMax Verstappen received a surprise promotion to Red Bull just four races into the year and was arguably the team’s leading driver by the end of the season.