Japanese Grand Prix 2016

Suzuka
9 October 2016
53 laps
307.5 km
5.807 km a lap

Pole positionNico RosbergMercedes · 1:30.647
Fastest lapSebastian Vettel1:35.118 · lap 36
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayMax Verstappenfan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	6	Mercedes	1	53	1:26:43.333	25
2	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	3	53	+4.978	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	53	+5.776	15
4	Sebastian Vettelfastest lap	5	Ferrari	6	53	+20.269	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	8	53	+28.370	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	4	53	+33.941	8
7	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	5	53	+57.495	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Force India · Mercedes	9	53	+59.177	4
9	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	12	53	+1:37.763	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	77	Williams · Mercedes	11	53	+1:38.323	1
11	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	7	53	+1:39.254
12	Jolyon Palmer	30	Renault	16	52	+1 lap
13	Daniil Kvyat	26	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	13	52	+1 lap
14	Kevin Magnussen	20	Renault	17	52	+1 lap
15	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	18	52	+1 lap
16	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	15	52	+1 lap
17	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	14	52	+1 lap
18	Jenson Button	22	McLaren · Honda	22	52	+1 lap
19	Felipe Nasr	12	Sauber · Ferrari	19	52	+1 lap
20	Esteban Gutiérrez	21	Haas · Ferrari	10	52	+1 lap
21	Esteban Ocon	31	Manor · Mercedes	20	52	+1 lap
22	Pascal Wehrlein	94	Manor · Mercedes	21	52	+1 lap

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Nico Rosberg 48, Sebastian Vettel 5. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Nico Rosberg	1	1	1	1	1	48
Max Verstappen	3	3	2	2	2
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	4	3	3
Sebastian Vettel	6	4	3	4	4	5
Kimi Räikkönen	8	11	8	5	5
Daniel Ricciardo	4	8	5	6	6
Sergio Pérez	5	10	6	7	7
Nico Hülkenberg	9	12	7	8	8
Felipe Massa	12	7	11	9	9
Valtteri Bottas	11	5	13	10	10
Romain Grosjean	7	16	9	11	11
Jolyon Palmer	16	9	16	12	12
Daniil Kvyat	13	18	18	13	13
Kevin Magnussen	17	14	19	14	14
Marcus Ericsson	18	13	20	15	15
Fernando Alonso	15	19	12	16	16
Carlos Sainz Jr.	14	6	10	17	17
Jenson Button	22	17	15	18	18
Felipe Nasr	19	15	22	19	19
Esteban Gutiérrez	10	20	14	20	20
Esteban Ocon	20	22	17	21	21
Pascal Wehrlein	21	21	21	22	22

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Nico Rosberg	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Verstappen	+2.5	+5.0	+5.7	+5.0
Lewis Hamilton	+0.5	+16.7	+9.7	+5.8
Sebastian Vettel	+7.2	+6.8	+11.3	+20.3
Kimi Räikkönen	+20.8	+47.9	+18.8	+28.4
Daniel Ricciardo	+18.9	+28.7	+31.4	+33.9
Sergio Pérez	+20.7	+40.8	+47.8	+57.5
Nico Hülkenberg	+23.0	+44.8	+51.0	+59.2
Felipe Massa	+16.7	+80.6	+73.2	+97.8
Valtteri Bottas	+15.3	+81.1	+76.2	+98.3
Romain Grosjean	+28.1	+59.4	+77.0	+99.3
Jolyon Palmer	+20.4	+86.5	+88.4	+115.0
Daniil Kvyat	+33.8	+92.4	+95.6	+121.0
Kevin Magnussen	+25.8	+93.7	+101.5	+130.7
Marcus Ericsson	+23.9	+94.8	+104.4	+131.5
Fernando Alonso	+34.7	+81.1	+105.3	+133.6
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+15.6	+80.0	+108.8	+134.5
Jenson Button	+33.3	+84.9	+111.6	+138.0
Felipe Nasr	+27.5	+103.6	+118.6	+146.8
Esteban Gutiérrez	+35.1	+84.2	+119.8	+149.8
Esteban Ocon	+55.3	+91.2	+129.4	+152.0
Pascal Wehrlein	+41.0	+103.4	+143.1	+171.8

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

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	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	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 Jr.	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	1:33.353
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1:33.561

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Sebastian Vettel	P4	P6	3 places – 3
Kimi Räikkönen	P3	P8	5 places – 5
Pascal Wehrlein	P22	P21	5 places – 5
Jenson Button	P17	P22	35 places – 35

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Felipe Massa	1	24	22.463 s
Kevin Magnussen	1	25	23.072 s
Jolyon Palmer	1	25	23.452 s
Marcus Ericsson	1	26	24.011 s
Valtteri Bottas	1	26	25.007 s
Felipe Nasr	1	25	25.131 s
Nico Rosberg	2	12, 29	22.673 s
Sergio Pérez	2	12, 29	22.721 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	13, 33	22.732 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	12, 26	22.762 s
Fernando Alonso	2	9, 27	22.786 s
Max Verstappen	2	10, 28	22.788 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	11, 28	22.832 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	12, 34	22.887 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	13, 37	22.938 s
Daniil Kvyat	2	10, 23	22.943 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	10, 32	22.996 s
Jenson Button	2	19, 36	23.342 s
Romain Grosjean	2	10, 30	23.741 s
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	11, 28	23.792 s
Esteban Ocon	2	12, 31	24.256 s
Pascal Wehrlein	2	13, 32	24.630 s

Every stop, lap by lap (38)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
9	Fernando Alonso	1	22.786 s
10	Max Verstappen	1	22.855 s
10	Daniil Kvyat	1	22.990 s
10	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.996 s
10	Romain Grosjean	1	23.741 s
11	Nico Hülkenberg	1	22.832 s
11	Esteban Gutiérrez	1	24.110 s
12	Nico Rosberg	1	22.673 s
12	Sebastian Vettel	1	23.226 s
12	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.244 s
12	Sergio Pérez	1	23.605 s
12	Esteban Ocon	1	24.973 s
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	22.986 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.989 s
13	Pascal Wehrlein	1	24.630 s
19	Jenson Button	1	24.375 s
23	Daniil Kvyat	2	22.943 s
24	Felipe Massa	1	22.463 s
25	Kevin Magnussen	1	23.072 s
25	Jolyon Palmer	1	23.452 s
25	Felipe Nasr	1	25.131 s
26	Kimi Räikkönen	2	22.762 s
26	Marcus Ericsson	1	24.011 s
26	Valtteri Bottas	1	25.007 s
27	Fernando Alonso	2	23.032 s
28	Max Verstappen	2	22.788 s
28	Nico Hülkenberg	2	22.952 s
28	Esteban Gutiérrez	2	23.792 s
29	Sergio Pérez	2	22.721 s
29	Nico Rosberg	2	23.150 s
30	Romain Grosjean	2	25.429 s
31	Esteban Ocon	2	24.256 s
32	Pascal Wehrlein	2	25.461 s
32	Daniel Ricciardo	2	25.861 s
33	Lewis Hamilton	2	22.732 s
34	Sebastian Vettel	2	22.887 s
36	Jenson Button	2	23.342 s
37	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	22.938 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	36	1:35.118
2	Lewis Hamilton	36	1:35.152	+0.034
3	Daniel Ricciardo	36	1:35.511	+0.393
4	Kimi Räikkönen	33	1:35.990	+0.872
5	Nico Rosberg	31	1:36.049	+0.931
6	Max Verstappen	43	1:36.386	+1.268
7	Sergio Pérez	31	1:36.756	+1.638
8	Romain Grosjean	32	1:37.020	+1.902
9	Jenson Button	39	1:37.177	+2.059
10	Nico Hülkenberg	39	1:37.351	+2.233

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Nico Rosberg	313
2	Lewis Hamilton	280
3	Daniel Ricciardo	212
4	Kimi Räikkönen	170
5	Max Verstappen	165	▲1
6	Sebastian Vettel	165	▼1
7	Valtteri Bottas	81
8	Sergio Pérez	80
9	Nico Hülkenberg	54
10	Felipe Massa	43	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	593
2	Red Bull	385
3	Ferrari	335
4	Force India	134
5	Williams	124
6	McLaren	62
7	Toro Rosso	47
8	Haas	28
9	Renault	8
10	Manor	1