2016 Russian Grand Prix 2016 Russian Grand Prix The 2016 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix; ) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 1 May 2016. The race, contested over fifty-three laps, was held at the Sochi Autodrom. It was the fourth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifth running of the Russian Grand Prix, the third time as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in . Nico Rosberg of Mercedes came into the race leading the championship ahead of his
1993 Australian Grand Prix was the last race for cars with active suspension, which was to be banned from 1994 along with other driver aids. Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick also retired from F1 after this race, Patrese having competed in a then-record 256 Grands Prix. It was also to be Senna's final F1 victory, the last for a Brazilian driver until 2000 when Rubens Barrichello won the German Grand Prix that year, and would also prove to be the final victory for McLaren while they were sponsored by Marlboro. Senna took his first pole position since the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix, in the