Race · Round 17 of 21 · 9 October 2016

2016 Japanese Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from pole at Suzuka Circuit. Every starter was classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 23 °C, 17 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Nico RosbergMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2222 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst17 mm of rain on the day, modelled

The race's Wikipedia article's words are read as dry: by data/harvest.py's rule, which finds no rain, showers or wet track in them, or by a reading declared there (race_weather_reported holds the words). ERA5's reanalysis of 9 October 2016, through Open-Meteo, holds 17 mm of rain over 9 hours of that day in the grid cell the circuit is in - a heavy-precipitation day, 10 mm or more. A daily total cannot say whether the rain fell during the race, and a grid cell is not the track, so neither is overruled. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Japanese_Grand_Prix; weather data by Open-Meteo.com, https://open-meteo.com/

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	53	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	3	53	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	53	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	6	53	Finished	12	fastest lap
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	8	53	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	4	53	Finished	8
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	5	53	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	9	53	Finished	4
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	12	53	Finished	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	11	53	Finished	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	7	53	Finished	0
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	16	52	Finished	0
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	13	52	Finished	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	17	52	Finished	0
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	18	52	Finished	0
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	15	52	Finished	0
17	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	14	52	Finished	0
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	22	52	Finished	0
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	19	52	Finished	0
20	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	10	52	Finished	0
21	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	52	Finished	0
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	21	52	Finished	0

F1DB layout suzuka-2 · 5.807 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nico Rosberg	1	1	53
Max Verstappen	3	2	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	3	53
Sebastian Vettel	6	4	53
Kimi Raikkonen	8	5	53
Daniel Ricciardo	4	6	53
Sergio Perez	5	7	53
Nico Hulkenberg	9	8	53
Felipe Massa	12	9	53
Valtteri Bottas	11	10	53
Romain Grosjean	7	11	53
Jolyon Palmer	16	12	52
Daniil Kvyat	13	13	52
Kevin Magnussen	17	14	52
Marcus Ericsson	18	15	52
Fernando Alonso	15	16	52
Carlos Sainz	14	17	52
Jenson Button	22	18	52
Felipe Nasr	19	19	52
Esteban Gutierrez	10	20	52
Esteban Ocon	20	21	52
Pascal Wehrlein	21	22	52

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:31.858	1:30.714	1:30.647	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.218	1:31.129	1:30.660	+0.013	1 m	+0.013
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:31.674	1:31.406	1:30.949	+0.302	19 m	+0.289
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.659	1:31.227	1:31.028	+0.381	24 m	+0.079
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:32.487	1:31.489	1:31.178	+0.531	34 m	+0.150
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:32.538	1:31.719	1:31.240	+0.593	38 m	+0.062
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:32.682	1:32.237	1:31.961	+1.314	84 m	+0.721
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:32.458	1:32.176	1:31.961	+1.314	84 m	+0.000
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:32.448	1:32.200	1:32.142	+1.495	96 m	+0.181
10	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:32.620	1:32.155	1:32.547	+1.900	122 m	+0.405
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:32.383	1:32.315	—	—	102 m	—
12	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:32.562	1:32.380	—	—	107 m	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:32.645	1:32.623	—	—	122 m	—
14	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:32.789	1:32.685	—	—	126 m	—
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:32.819	1:32.689	—	—	126 m	—
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:32.796	1:32.807	—	—	134 m	—
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:32.851	—	—	—	76 m	—
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:33.023	—	—	—	86 m	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:33.222	—	—	—	99 m	—
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:33.332	—	—	—	106 m	—
21	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:33.353	—	—	—	107 m	—
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:33.561	—	—	—	121 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Nico Rosberg	1	53	2	12, 29	22.7, 23.1
Max Verstappen	2	53	2	10, 28	22.9, 22.8
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	53	2	13, 33	23.0, 22.7
Sebastian Vettel	4	53	2	12, 34	23.2, 22.9
Kimi Raikkonen	5	53	2	12, 26	23.2, 22.8
Daniel Ricciardo	6	53	2	10, 32	23.0, 25.9
Sergio Perez	7	53	2	12, 29	23.6, 22.7
Nico Hulkenberg	8	53	2	11, 28	22.8, 23.0
Felipe Massa	9	53	1	24	22.5
Valtteri Bottas	10	53	1	26	25.0
Romain Grosjean	11	53	2	10, 30	23.7, 25.4
Jolyon Palmer	12	52	1	25	23.5
Daniil Kvyat	13	52	2	10, 23	23.0, 22.9
Kevin Magnussen	14	52	1	25	23.1
Marcus Ericsson	15	52	1	26	24.0
Fernando Alonso	16	52	2	9, 27	22.8, 23.0
Carlos Sainz	17	52	2	13, 37	23.0, 22.9
Jenson Button	18	52	2	19, 36	24.4, 23.3
Felipe Nasr	19	52	1	25	25.1
Esteban Gutierrez	20	52	2	11, 28	24.1, 23.8
Esteban Ocon	21	52	2	12, 31	25.0, 24.3
Pascal Wehrlein	22	52	2	13, 32	24.6, 25.5

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Max Verstappen	1 · 3	1 · 2	12 · 10	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 3	12 · 13	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	2 · 3	3 · 2	13 · 10	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 4	2 · 6	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 6	3 · 4	13 · 12	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 6	7 · 4	12 · 12	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 8	4 · 5	12 · 12	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Romain Grosjean	6 · 7	4 · 11	12 · 10	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 8	6 · 5	10 · 12	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 8	11 · 5	10 · 12	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	8 · 9	5 · 8	12 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	4 · 5	6 · 7	10 · 12	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 9	7 · 8	12 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Felipe Massa	9 · 12	8 · 9	11 · 24	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Esteban Gutierrez	9 · 10	8 · 20	11 · 11	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	11 · 12	10 · 9	26 · 24	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Daniil Kvyat	12 · 13	9 · 13	24 · 10	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Valtteri Bottas	7 · 11	11 · 10	10 · 26	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Valtteri Bottas	10 · 11	20 · 10	11 · 26	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Jolyon Palmer	7 · 16	11 · 12	10 · 25	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Jolyon Palmer	13 · 16	13 · 12	10 · 25	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Jolyon Palmer	15 · 16	16 · 12	9 · 25	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Kevin Magnussen	16 · 17	12 · 14	25 · 25	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Kevin Magnussen	13 · 17	13 · 14	10 · 25	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Carlos Sainz	13 · 14	13 · 17	10 · 13	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Marcus Ericsson	17 · 18	14 · 15	25 · 26	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Marcus Ericsson	15 · 18	16 · 15	9 · 26	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Felipe Nasr	18 · 19	15 · 19	26 · 25	Felipe Nasr	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Fernando Alonso	14 · 15	17 · 16	13 · 9	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Jenson Button	14 · 22	17 · 18	13 · 19	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Felipe Nasr · Jenson Button	19 · 22	19 · 18	25 · 19	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Pascal Wehrlein · Jenson Button	21 · 22	22 · 18	13 · 19	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Felipe Nasr	10 · 19	20 · 19	11 · 25	Esteban Gutierrez	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Esteban Ocon	19 · 20	19 · 21	25 · 12	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Esteban Ocon	10 · 20	20 · 21	11 · 12	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Pascal Wehrlein	20 · 21	21 · 22	12 · 13	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:32.431	—	0 m	—	24
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.646	+0.215	14 m	+0.215	21
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.525	+1.094	69 m	+0.879	19
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.817	+1.386	87 m	+0.292	17
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.112	+1.681	106 m	+0.295	23
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.379	+1.948	122 m	+0.267	26
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:34.530	+2.099	132 m	+0.151	28
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:34.767	+2.336	147 m	+0.237	30
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:35.003	+2.572	162 m	+0.236	10
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.381	+2.950	185 m	+0.378	31
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.446	+3.015	189 m	+0.065	23
12	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:35.672	+3.241	204 m	+0.226	27
13	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.677	+3.246	204 m	+0.005	24
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.688	+3.257	205 m	+0.011	17
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:35.967	+3.536	222 m	+0.279	15
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:36.169	+3.738	235 m	+0.202	23
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:36.219	+3.788	238 m	+0.050	21
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.294	+3.863	243 m	+0.075	19
19	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:36.822	+4.391	276 m	+0.528	30
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:37.797	+5.366	337 m	+0.975	29
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:37.966	+5.535	348 m	+0.169	24
22	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:37.992	+5.561	349 m	+0.026	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:32.250	—	0 m	—	35
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.322	+0.072	5 m	+0.072	35
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:32.573	+0.323	20 m	+0.251	26
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.061	+0.811	51 m	+0.488	29
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.103	+0.853	54 m	+0.042	34
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:33.570	+1.320	83 m	+0.467	37
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:33.873	+1.623	102 m	+0.303	35
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:33.985	+1.735	109 m	+0.112	37
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.028	+1.778	112 m	+0.043	33
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34.086	+1.836	116 m	+0.058	33
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.127	+1.877	118 m	+0.041	33
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.150	+1.900	120 m	+0.023	29
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:34.241	+1.991	125 m	+0.091	33
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:34.305	+2.055	129 m	+0.064	27
15	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:34.339	+2.089	131 m	+0.034	36
16	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:34.398	+2.148	135 m	+0.059	29
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:34.643	+2.393	151 m	+0.245	11
18	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:34.760	+2.510	158 m	+0.117	40
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:34.824	+2.574	162 m	+0.064	26
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:35.292	+3.042	191 m	+0.468	30
21	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:35.400	+3.150	198 m	+0.108	37
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.318	+4.068	256 m	+0.918	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:32.092	—	0 m	—	14
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:32.394	+0.302	19 m	+0.302	10
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:32.731	+0.639	40 m	+0.337	13
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:32.784	+0.692	44 m	+0.053	9
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.011	+0.919	58 m	+0.227	12
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:33.271	+1.179	74 m	+0.260	13
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.284	+1.192	75 m	+0.013	12
8	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:33.639	+1.547	98 m	+0.355	13
9	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:33.639	+1.547	98 m	+0.000	10
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:33.646	+1.554	98 m	+0.007	11
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:33.714	+1.622	102 m	+0.068	12
12	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:33.787	+1.695	107 m	+0.073	16
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:33.865	+1.773	112 m	+0.078	9
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:33.921	+1.829	115 m	+0.056	11
15	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:34.037	+1.945	123 m	+0.116	12
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:34.272	+2.180	137 m	+0.235	13
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:34.388	+2.296	145 m	+0.116	12
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:34.544	+2.452	155 m	+0.156	13
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:34.548	+2.456	155 m	+0.004	11
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:35.230	+3.138	198 m	+0.682	13
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:37.256	+5.164	326 m	+2.026	10
22	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:56.323	+24.231	1,528 m	+19.067	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 17 of 2016
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 9 Oct 2016
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.