Nico Rosberg extended his championship lead to 33 points with victory in Sunday’s 2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix, as Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton recovered from a nightmare start to finish third, just behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26:43.333 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +4.978s |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +5.776s |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | +20.269s |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | +28.370s |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | +33.941s |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India | +57.495s |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | +97.763s |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | +98.323s |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | +99.254s |
| 12 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | +1 lap |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | +1 lap |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | +1 lap |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | +1 lap |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | +1 lap |
| 17 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | +1 lap |
| 18 | Jenson Button | McLaren | +1 lap |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | +1 lap |
| 20 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | +1 lap |
| 21 | Esteban Ocon | Manor | +1 lap |
| 22 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor | +1 lap |
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