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2016 Japanese Grand Prix: race pace

True race pace at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix: each driver's typical lap time with the first lap, pit laps and safety car laps removed.

Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) won the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka on 9 October 2016, starting from P1. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton completed the podium. Nico Rosberg took pole position. Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap, 1:35.118.

Result · Qualifying · Lap chart · Race pace · Pit stops · All 2016 races

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

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