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2016 Monaco Grand Prix
2016 Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One race, 29 May 2016, Circuit de Monaco; won by Lewis Hamilton from Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez after a wet-to-dry race decided by tyre strategy and a botched Red Bull pit stop.
2016 MotoGP World Championship
2016 MotoGP World Championship: premier-class motorcycle racing season won by Marc Marquez (298 pts) over Rossi and Lorenzo; 18 races, Michelin sole tyres, spec ECU, record nine different winners.
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the 68th and final Sprint-sponsored season: 36 races from the 58th Daytona 500 to Homestead, where Jimmie Johnson won his seventh title; introduced the 36-team Charter system, 40-car fields, and a low-downforce rules package.
2016 Spanish Grand Prix
2016 Spanish Grand Prix, 15 May 2016, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, round 5 of the 2016 F1 season. Max Verstappen won his first race for Red Bull after Hamilton and Rosberg collided on lap 1; Räikkönen second, Vettel third.
2016 Tour de France
2016 Tour de France, 103rd edition (2–24 July 2016), won by Chris Froome, his third title, ahead of Nairo Quintana; marked by the Mont Ventoux motorbike crash and Froome's Peyresourde descent attack.
2016 Tour of Flanders
2016 Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), 100th edition, 3 April 2016, 255 km Brugge-Oudenaarde. Peter Sagan won his first Monument from Cancellara and Vanmarcke after a Paterberg attack; Cancellara's final Flanders.
2016 Vuelta a España
2016 Vuelta a España, 71st edition (La Vuelta 2016), UCI WorldTour stage race, 20 August to 11 September, Ourense to Madrid, 3,314.7 km. Nairo Quintana won ahead of Froome and Chaves; Formigal stage decisive.
2016 World Rally Championship
2016 FIA World Rally Championship season; 13 rallies, Monte Carlo to Australia; Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won a fourth consecutive title (268 points) for Volkswagen, which then withdrew; Neuville runner-up on 160.
2017 24 Hours of Le Mans
2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, 85th running: won by Porsche #2 919 Hybrid (Bernhard, Bamber, Hartley) after both leading Toyotas failed; #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca second overall; Kobayashi set record 3:14.791 pole.
2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, inaugural Baku race under its new name, round 8 of F1 2017 on 25 June. Daniel Ricciardo won after three safety cars, a red flag, and the Vettel-Hamilton collision; Bottas second, Stroll third.
2017 Formula One World Championship
2017 FIA Formula One World Championship: 20-race F1 season won by Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 363 points) over Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari, 317), under new wider-car, wider-tyre regulations and Liberty Media's first season of ownership.
2017 Indianapolis 500
2017 Indianapolis 500 (101st running), May 28, 2017: Takuma Sato, Andretti Autosport Honda, first Japanese winner, beat Helio Castroneves by 0.2011s; Dixon crashed from pole; Alonso was Rookie of the Year.
2017 IndyCar Series
2017 Verizon IndyCar Series, 17 races, won by Josef Newgarden (Team Penske Chevrolet, 642 points); Takuma Sato won the 101st Indy 500; final year of Chevrolet-Honda manufacturer aero kits before the 2018 universal kit.
2017 Monaco Grand Prix
2017 Monaco Grand Prix, round 6 of the 2017 F1 season, won by Sebastian Vettel for Ferrari from Kimi Räikkönen; decided by the overcut pit strategy, Ferrari's first Monaco win since 2001.
2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, first season under Monster Energy sponsorship, introduced three-stage racing and playoff points; Martin Truex Jr. won the title at Homestead-Miami with a series-best eight wins.
2017 Tour de France
The 2017 Tour de France, a three-week professional road cycling stage race, was held from July 1 to 23, 2017, and won by Chris Froome of Team Sky.
2017 World Rally Championship
2017 FIA World Rally Championship, 45th season under new 380 bhp World Rally Car rules. Four manufacturers (M-Sport, Hyundai, Citroën, Toyota). Ogier won drivers' title with 232 points; M-Sport took manufacturers' with 428.
2017–18 Formula E Championship
2017/18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the series' fourth season and last for the GEN1 car: 12 ePrix in 10 countries, Vergne drivers' champion over di Grassi, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler teams' champion.
2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (Tissot series): five-round elite track cycling series by nation, opened 4–5 November 2017 in Pruszków, Poland; first five-round edition since 2008–09 and first cash prizes in series history.
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, 86th running, Circuit de la Sarthe, 16-17 June 2018. Won by #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid (Buemi, Nakajima, Alonso), Toyota's first win at its 20th attempt; #7 Toyota second; Porsche took both GTE classes.
2018 Australian Grand Prix
2018 Australian Grand Prix, round 1 of the 2018 F1 season at Albert Park, Melbourne, 25 March 2018; won by Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) from Hamilton after a Virtual Safety Car caused by Haas pit stop errors.
2018 Dakar Rally
2018 Dakar Rally: 40th edition, January 6–20, run through Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina from Lima to Córdoba. Winners: Carlos Sainz (Peugeot, cars), Matthias Walkner (KTM, bikes), Ignacio Casale (quads), Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz trucks).
2018 Formula One World Championship
The 2018 Formula One World Championship was the 69th F1 season, contested over 21 Grands Prix and won by Lewis Hamilton, who sealed his fifth title in Mexico.
2018 Indianapolis 500
The 2018 Indianapolis 500 was an IndyCar race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 27, 2018, won by Will Power, whose team owner Roger Penske earned a record 17th victory.
2018 IndyCar Series
2018 Verizon IndyCar Series: 17-race season, first year of the Dallara-built universal aero kit (UAK18) on the IR-12 chassis. Scott Dixon won his fifth title with 678 points; Will Power won the Indianapolis 500.
2018 Monaco Grand Prix
2018 Monaco Grand Prix, Formula One round 6, 27 May 2018: Daniel Ricciardo won from pole for Red Bull despite an MGU-K failure costing 25 percent power, beating Vettel (+7.336s) and Hamilton; Verstappen started last after an FP3 crash and finished ninth.
2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR's 70th premier season. Joey Logano won the title at Homestead over Harvick, Busch, and Truex; 36 races, 13 winners, Camaro ZL1 debut, Ford Fusion's final season.
2018 Rally Catalunya
2018 Rally Catalunya (RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, Rally de España), 54th edition, 25–28 October 2018, penultimate WRC round; won by Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena, Citroën C3 WRC, his 79th WRC win and ninth in Spain, 2.9s over Ogier.
2018 Rally Finland
2018 Rally Finland (Neste Rally Finland), WRC round 8, 26–29 July 2018, Jyväskylä. Won by Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja, Toyota Yaris WRC, by 32.7s; Østberg second, Latvala third; first Estonian win since 2003.
2018 Rally Mexico
The 2018 Rally Mexico, held 8 to 11 March, was the third round of the World Rally Championship, won by Sébastien Ogier in a Ford Fiesta WRC.