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2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/952-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2016 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26:43.333 · 53 laps · mercedes	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:26:48.311 · 53 laps · tag-heuer	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:26:49.109 · 53 laps · mercedes	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:27:03.602 · 53 laps · ferrari	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:27:11.703 · 53 laps · ferrari	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:27:17.274 · 53 laps · tag-heuer	8
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:27:40.828 · 53 laps · mercedes	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:27:42.510 · 53 laps · mercedes	4
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:28:21.096 · 53 laps · mercedes	2
10	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:28:21.656 · 53 laps · mercedes	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:28:22.587 · 53 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
17	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
20	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
21	Esteban Ocon	Manor	Time not recorded · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	Time not recorded · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:31.858 · 13 laps · mercedes
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:32.218 · 13 laps · mercedes
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:31.674 · 12 laps · ferrari
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Q1 1:31.659 · 12 laps · ferrari
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:32.487 · 14 laps · tag-heuer
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Q1 1:32.538 · 14 laps · tag-heuer
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Q1 1:32.682 · 12 laps · mercedes
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Q1 1:32.458 · 17 laps · ferrari
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Q1 1:32.448 · 12 laps · mercedes
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	Q1 1:32.620 · 15 laps · ferrari
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Q1 1:32.383 · 11 laps · mercedes
12	Felipe Massa	Williams	Q1 1:32.562 · 11 laps · mercedes
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:32.645 · 11 laps · ferrari
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:32.789 · 12 laps · ferrari
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Q1 1:32.819 · 12 laps · honda
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Q1 1:32.796 · 12 laps · renault
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:32.851 · 6 laps · honda
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	Q1 1:33.023 · 6 laps · renault
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Q1 1:33.222 · 7 laps · ferrari
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	Q1 1:33.332 · 7 laps · ferrari
21	Esteban Ocon	Manor	Q1 1:33.353 · 9 laps · mercedes
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	Q1 1:33.561 · 9 laps · mercedes

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:30.647 · mercedes
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.660 · mercedes
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.178 · tag-heuer
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:31.240 · tag-heuer
5	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.961 · mercedes
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.028 · ferrari
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.961 · ferrari
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:30.949 · ferrari
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:32.142 · mercedes
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	1:32.547 · ferrari
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:32.315 · mercedes
12	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:32.380 · mercedes
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:32.623 · ferrari
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:32.685 · ferrari
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.689 · honda
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.807 · renault
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:33.023 · renault
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:33.222 · ferrari
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:33.332 · ferrari
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor	1:33.353 · mercedes
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	1:33.561 · mercedes
22	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:32.851 · honda

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	313
2	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	280
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	212
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	170
5	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	165
6	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	165
7	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	81
8	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	80
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	54
10	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
11	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	42
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
13	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	28
14	Daniil Kvyat	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
15	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
16	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
17	Jolyon Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
20	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Marcus Ericsson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Felipe Nasr	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Rio Haryanto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:32.431
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:32.646
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:33.525
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	4	1:33.817
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	5	1:34.112
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	6	1:34.379
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	7	1:34.530
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	8	1:34.767
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:35.003
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	10	1:35.381
freePractice1Results	Daniil Kvyat	11	1:35.446
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	12	1:35.672
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	13	1:35.677
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	14	1:35.688
freePractice1Results	Felipe Nasr	15	1:35.967
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	16	1:36.169
freePractice1Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	17	1:36.219
freePractice1Results	Marcus Ericsson	18	1:36.294
freePractice1Results	Kevin Magnussen	19	1:36.822
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	20	1:37.797
freePractice1Results	Pascal Wehrlein	21	1:37.966
freePractice1Results	Jolyon Palmer	22	1:37.992
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:32.250
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:32.322
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:32.573
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	4	1:33.061
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:33.103
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	6	1:33.570
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	7	1:33.873
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	8	1:33.985
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	9	1:34.028
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	10	1:34.086
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:34.127
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1:34.150
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	13	1:34.241
freePractice2Results	Daniil Kvyat	14	1:34.305
freePractice2Results	Kevin Magnussen	15	1:34.339
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	16	1:34.398
freePractice2Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	17	1:34.643
freePractice2Results	Jolyon Palmer	18	1:34.760
freePractice2Results	Felipe Nasr	19	1:34.824
freePractice2Results	Pascal Wehrlein	20	1:35.292
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	21	1:35.400
freePractice2Results	Marcus Ericsson	22	1:36.318
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:32.092
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	2	1:32.394
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:32.731
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	4	1:32.784
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	5	1:33.011
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:33.271
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:33.284
freePractice3Results	Jolyon Palmer	8	1:33.639
freePractice3Results	Kevin Magnussen	9	1:33.639
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:33.646
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	11	1:33.714
freePractice3Results	Esteban Gutiérrez	12	1:33.787
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	13	1:33.865
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	14	1:33.921
freePractice3Results	Daniil Kvyat	15	1:34.037
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	16	1:34.272
freePractice3Results	Felipe Nasr	17	1:34.388
freePractice3Results	Marcus Ericsson	18	1:34.544
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	19	1:34.548
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	20	1:35.230
freePractice3Results	Pascal Wehrlein	21	1:37.256
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	22	1:56.323

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Fernando Alonso	1	9	22.786
Max Verstappen	1	10	22.855
Daniel Ricciardo	1	10	22.996
Romain Grosjean	1	10	23.741
Daniil Kvyat	1	10	22.990
Nico Hülkenberg	1	11	22.832
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	11	24.110
Nico Rosberg	1	12	22.673
Sebastian Vettel	1	12	23.226
Sergio Pérez	1	12	23.605
Kimi Räikkönen	1	12	23.244
Esteban Ocon	1	12	24.973
Lewis Hamilton	1	13	22.989
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	13	22.986
Pascal Wehrlein	1	13	24.630
Jenson Button	1	19	24.375
Daniil Kvyat	2	23	22.943
Felipe Massa	1	24	22.463
Jolyon Palmer	1	25	23.452
Kevin Magnussen	1	25	23.072
Felipe Nasr	1	25	25.131
Kimi Räikkönen	2	26	22.762
Valtteri Bottas	1	26	25.007
Marcus Ericsson	1	26	24.011
Fernando Alonso	2	27	23.032
Max Verstappen	2	28	22.788
Nico Hülkenberg	2	28	22.952
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	28	23.792
Nico Rosberg	2	29	23.150
Sergio Pérez	2	29	22.721
Romain Grosjean	2	30	25.429
Esteban Ocon	2	31	24.256
Daniel Ricciardo	2	32	25.861
Lewis Hamilton	2	33	22.732
Pascal Wehrlein	2	32	25.461
Sebastian Vettel	2	34	22.887
Jenson Button	2	36	23.342
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	37	22.938