2016 Season/Races

Japanese Grand Prix

Round 17 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

2016-10-09

Winner: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	—	1:26:43.333	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	3	▲1	+4.978	Finished	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	▼1	+5.776	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	▲2	+20.269	Finished	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	8	▲3	+28.370	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	4	▼2	+33.941	Finished	8
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	5	▼2	+57.495	Finished	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	9	▲1	+59.177	Finished	4
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	12	▲3	+1:37.763	Finished	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	11	▲1	+1:38.323	Finished	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	7	▼4	+1:39.254	Finished	0
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	16	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	13	—	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	17	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	18	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	15	▼1	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	14	▼3	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	19	—	—	+1 Lap	0
20	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	10	▼10	—	+1 Lap	0
21	Esteban Ocon	Manor Marussia	20	▼1	—	+1 Lap	0
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	21	▼1	—	+1 Lap	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31.858	1:30.714	1:30.647
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.218	1:31.129	1:30.660
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.674	1:31.406	1:30.949
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.659	1:31.227	1:31.028
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.487	1:31.489	1:31.178
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:32.538	1:31.719	1:31.240
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:32.682	1:32.237	1:31.961
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:32.458	1:32.176	1:31.961
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:32.448	1:32.200	1:32.142
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:32.620	1:32.155	1:32.547
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:32.383	1:32.315	—
12	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:32.562	1:32.380	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:32.645	1:32.623	—
14	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:32.789	1:32.685	—
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.819	1:32.689	—
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.796	1:32.807	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:32.851	—	—
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:33.023	—	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:33.222	—	—
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:33.332	—	—
21	Esteban Ocon	Manor Marussia	1:33.353	—	—
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	1:33.561	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

Lap 53

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Rosberg	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Verstappen	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Hamilton	P8	P6	P4	P4	P4	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Vettel	P3	P2	P3	P3	P3	P1	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Räikkönen	P7	P5	P8	P6	P6	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Fernando Alonso	1	9	14:19:03	22.786
Daniel Ricciardo	1	10	14:20:26	22.996
Max Verstappen	1	10	14:20:15	22.855
Romain Grosjean	1	10	14:20:36	23.741
Daniil Kvyat	1	10	14:20:38	22.990
Nico Hülkenberg	1	11	14:22:12	22.832
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	11	14:22:18	24.110
Sergio Pérez	1	12	14:23:45	23.605
Nico Rosberg	1	12	14:23:28	22.673
Sebastian Vettel	1	12	14:23:35	23.226
Kimi Räikkönen	1	12	14:23:45	23.244
Esteban Ocon	1	12	14:24:19	24.973
Lewis Hamilton	1	13	14:25:25	22.989
Carlos Sainz	1	13	14:25:40	22.986
Pascal Wehrlein	1	13	14:26:05	24.630
Jenson Button	1	19	14:36:02	24.375
Daniil Kvyat	2	23	14:42:46	22.943
Felipe Massa	1	24	14:44:11	22.463
Kevin Magnussen	1	25	14:46:04	23.072
Jolyon Palmer	1	25	14:45:55	23.452
Felipe Nasr	1	25	14:46:10	25.131
Valtteri Bottas	1	26	14:47:27	25.007
Marcus Ericsson	1	26	14:47:42	24.011
Kimi Räikkönen	2	26	14:47:00	22.762
Fernando Alonso	2	27	14:49:28	23.032
Max Verstappen	2	28	14:49:53	22.788
Nico Hülkenberg	2	28	14:50:32	22.952
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	28	14:51:13	23.792
Sergio Pérez	2	29	14:52:07	22.721
Nico Rosberg	2	29	14:51:24	23.150
Romain Grosjean	2	30	14:54:06	25.429
Esteban Ocon	2	31	14:56:24	24.256
Pascal Wehrlein	2	32	14:58:22	25.461
Daniel Ricciardo	2	32	14:56:52	25.861
Lewis Hamilton	2	33	14:58:11	22.732
Sebastian Vettel	2	34	14:59:47	22.887
Jenson Button	2	36	15:04:30	23.342
Carlos Sainz	2	37	15:06:04	22.938