2016 Japanese Grand Prix

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2016 Japanese Grand Prix
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Race details [1]
Date 9 October 2016 (2016-10-09)
Official name 2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.807 km (3.608 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 307.471 km (191.054 miles)
Weather Cloudy
Attendance 145,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:30.647
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time 1:35.118 on lap 36
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders
  • 2016 Japanese Grand Prix

The 2016 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix) [1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 9 October 2016 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie, Japan. The race marked the 42nd running of the Japanese Grand Prix, the 30th time it has been held at Suzuka (28th time as a World Championship round), and the 32nd time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural Formula One season in 1950.

Contents

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with a twenty-three-point lead over teammate Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. Rosberg started the race from pole position and won the race, extending his championship lead to thirty-three points as Hamilton finished third behind Max Verstappen. Before the race, Mercedes held a 194-point lead over Red Bull Racing in the World Constructors' Championship, and with forty points for first and third places, secured their third consecutive title. In the Drivers' Championship, the field of title contenders narrowed to just two (Rosberg and Hamilton) after the race. This was Rosberg's 30th and final pole in Formula One as well as his 23rd and final Formula One victory.

Report

Background

Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a three-place grid penalty for his role in causing an avoidable collision on the opening lap of the previous race. [3]

Race

Lewis Hamilton fell to 8th at the start of the race due to a bad start which was compounded by being on the wetter side of the grid. For the second year in succession in the Japanese Grand Prix, all entrants were classified as having finished the race.

After the race, Nico Rosberg had enough lead in the World Drivers' Championship to win the title, even if Hamilton won all the remaining four races and he finished in second place every time - with this scenario happening, Rosberg won the title with a narrow five point lead (385 points, compared to Hamilton's 380).

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.Car
no.
DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
16 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:31.8581:30.7141:30.6471
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:32.2181:31.1291:30.6602
37 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:31.6741:31.4061:30.9498 1
45 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:31.6591:31.2271:31.0286 2
533 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:32.4871:31.4891:31.1783
63 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:32.5381:31.7191:31.2404
711 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:32.6821:32.2371:31.9615
88 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:32.4581:32.1761:31.9617
927 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:32.4481:32.2001:32.1429
1021 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 1:32.6201:32.1551:32.54710
1177 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:32.3831:32.31511
1219 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:32.5621:32.38012
1326 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:32.6451:32.62313
1455 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:32.7891:32.68514
1514 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:32.8191:32.68915
1630 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer Renault 1:32.7961:32.80716
1722 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 1:32.85122 3
1820 Flag of Denmark.svg    Kevin Magnussen Renault 1:33.02317
199 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:33.22218
2012 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 1:33.33219
2131 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon MRT-Mercedes 1:33.35320
2294 Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 1:33.56121 1
107% time: 1:38.075
Source: [4]
Notes

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
16 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 531:26:43.333125
233 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 53+4.978318
344 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 53+5.776215
45 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 53+20.269612
57 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53+28.370810
63 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 53+33.94148
711 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 53+57.49556
827 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 53+59.17794
919 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 53+1:37.763122
1077 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 53+1:38.323111
118 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 53+1:39.2547
1230 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jolyon Palmer Renault 52+1 Lap16
1326 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Ferrari 52+1 Lap13
1420 Flag of Denmark.svg    Kevin Magnussen Renault 52+1 Lap17
159 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 52+1 Lap18
1614 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 52+1 Lap15
1755 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 52+1 Lap14
1822 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 52+1 Lap22
1912 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 52+1 Lap19
2021 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 52+1 Lap10
2131 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon MRT-Mercedes 52+1 Lap20
2294 Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 52+1 Lap21
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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