The 2016 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that took place on 31 July 2016. After a one-year absence, the race returned to the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, which last held the race in 2014. It was the twelfth round of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the seventy-sixth running of the German Grand Prix, and the sixty-second time the race has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Round 12 of 21 · 2016 Formula One World Championship July 31, 2016 at 12:00 UTC Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany Podium: 1. Lewis Hamilton · 2. Daniel Ricciardo · 3. Max Verstappen Pole position: Nico Rosberg Wiki link