2016 Japanese Grand Prix

Date

9 Oct 2016

Circuit

Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

Round

17 of 21

Winner

Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

Pole position

Nico Rosberg (1:30.647)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 12 drivers: Kimi Räikkönen qualified 3rd, started 8th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 4th, started 6th; Max Verstappen qualified 5th, started 3rd; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 6th, started 4th; Sergio Pérez qualified 7th, started 5th; Romain Grosjean qualified 8th, started 7th; Jenson Button qualified 17th, started 22nd; Kevin Magnussen qualified 18th, started 17th; Marcus Ericsson qualified 19th, started 18th; Felipe Nasr qualified 20th, started 19th; Esteban Ocon qualified 21st, started 20th; Pascal Wehrlein qualified 22nd, started 21st. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Nico Rosberg: 2 stops (laps 12, 29), stints of 12, 17, 24 laps

2nd

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 10, 28), stints of 10, 18, 25 laps

3rd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 13, 33), stints of 13, 20, 20 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 6 · 2 stops: 16

First stops

median lap 12 of 53

Pit stops

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Full 2016 standings