2016 Japanese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 9 October 2016
Winner	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Pole position	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Fastest lap	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Circuit	Suzuka, 53 laps
Round	17 of 21
Race numbers	The 2016 Japanese Grand Prix was the: 952nd World Championship race 32nd World Championship Japanese Grand Prix 28th World Championship race at Suzuka 2016 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	1hr 26m 43.333s	25
2	+1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+4.978s	18
3	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+5.776s	15
4	+2	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+20.269s	12
5	+3	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+28.370s	10
6	-2	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+33.941s	8
7	-2	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+57.495s	6
8	+1	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	53	+59.177s	4
9	+3	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+1m 37.763s	2
10	+1	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	53	+1m 38.323s	1
11	-4	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	53	+1m 39.254s
12	+4	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	52	+1 lap
13		(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
14	+3	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	52	+1 lap
15	+3	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
16	-1	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 lap
17	-3	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
18	+4	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 lap
19		(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
20	-10	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
21	-1	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	52	+1 lap
22	-1	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	52	+1 lap

Notes

Sebastian Vettel received a three-place penalty for causing a collision with Nico Rosberg in the previous race.
Pascal Wehrlein received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
Jenson Button received a 35-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:30.647
2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.660	0.013
3	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:30.949	0.302
4	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.028	0.381
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:31.178	0.531
6	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:31.240	0.593
7	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.961	1.314
8	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.961	1.314
9	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.142	1.495
10	(MEX) Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.547	1.900
Q2
11	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.315
12	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.380
13	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.623
14	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.685
15	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:32.689
16	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.807
Q1
17	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:32.851
18	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:33.023
19	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.222
20	(BRA) Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.332
21	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	1:33.353
22	(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:33.561

How the championship standings stood post-race.

World Champion: 3rd title for Mercedes (6th constructor to win three championships)
Wins: 23rd and last for Nico Rosberg; 60th for Mercedes (5th constructor to win 60 races)
Podiums: 100th for Lewis Hamilton (3rd driver to score 100 podiums, 1st British driver); 53rd for Nico Rosberg; 6th for Max Verstappen; 132nd for Red Bull; 119th & 120th for Mercedes
Poles: 30th and last for Nico Rosberg (8th driver to take 30 pole positions, 3rd German driver); 69th for Mercedes
1-2 start: 44th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 26th for Sebastian Vettel; 235th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 101st for Lewis Hamilton; 55th for Nico Rosberg
Pole & win: 15th and last for Nico Rosberg