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Race Notes – Rosberg wins in Japan
- Updated: October 9, 2016
F12016 Japanese GP Thursday Press Conference Friday Practice 1 Results Practice 1 Report Practice 2 Results Practice 2 Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Saturday Practice 3 Results Practice 3 Report Qualifying Results Qualifying Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Sunday Race Notes Race Results Race Incidents Race Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Rosberg wins in Japan
Nico Rosberg, Japanese GP 2016
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By Mark Karp
Nico Rosberg won the Japanese GP at Suzuka today in his Mercedes GP, 4.9 seconds over the Red Bull of Max Verstappen in second place, followed just behind by Lewis Hamilton in the Merecedes in third, 5.7 second behind the winner.
Mercedes GP with the result locks up the Constructors title for the third straight year. Rosberg now leads Hamilton by 33 points in the Drivers championship with four races remaining.
Sebastian Vettel (20.2s), in the Ferrari finished fourth, followed by his team mate Kimi Raikkonen (28.3s) in fifth place, Daniel Ricciardo (33.9s) in the second Red Bull was sixth, Sergio Perez (57.4s) in the Force India-Mercedes was seventh, his team mate Nico Hulkenberg (59.1s) was eighth, Felipe Massa (97.7s) in the Williams-Mercedes was ninth and his team mate Valtteri Bottas (98.3s) was the final points finisher in tenth place.
Before the start, earlier in the day there was rain, but the weather has appeared to have settled and it not expected to rain during the race. Rosberg has never won at Suzuka, while Vettel has finished first or third in every race he has competed in here. Also, no one has won in the past having started on the second row of the grid.
Once again this weekend the drivers will have the same three compound tyres to choose from as in Malaysia – the yellow-sided soft tyre, white-sided medium tyre and the orange-sided hard compound Pirelli tyre. The drivers must use the hard compound tyre at some point during the race alongside one of the other two compounds. The top ten will start on soft tyres, and it is expected the drivers will make two pitstops.
Rosberg sits on pole ahead of Hamilton on the front row, the Red Bull’s of Verstappen and Ricciardo start on row two, Perez in the Force India and Vettel – with a three-spot penalty – start on the third row, Grosjean in the Haas and Raikkonen – with a gearbox penalty – start from the fourth row, and Hulkenberg and Gutierrez round out the top 10 on the …
