A Mercedes won another 2016 Formula One as Nico Rosberg led from start-to-finish at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix, putting himself closer to clinching the 2016 world championship. Rosberg took advantage of a poor start from his Snapchatting Mercedes teammate, Lewis Hamilton, to vault off from the rest of the field and enjoy a mostly easy victory over second place Max Verstappen from Red Bull while Hamilton fought back to eventually claim the third and final position on the podium.
The win by Rosberg clinched the team title for Mercedes.
The victory gives Rosberg a commanding 33-point lead over Hamilton in the season driver’s points standings with Rosberg now sitting at 313 points to Hamilton’s 280 and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo in a distant third at 207.
2016 Japanese Grand Prix Results:
1 – Nico Rosberg
2 – Max Verstappen
3 – Lewis Hamilton
4 – Sebastian Vettel
5 – Kimi Raikkonen
6 – Daniel Ricciardo
7 – Sergio Perez
8 – Nico Hulkenberg
9 – Felipe Massa
10 – Valtteri Bottas
11 – Romain Grosjean
12 – Jolyon Palmer
13 – Daniil Kvyat
14 – Kevin Magnussen
15 – Marcus Ericsson
16 – Fernando Alonso
17 – Carlos Sainz, Jr.
18 – Jenson Button
19 – Felipe Nasr
20 – Esteban Guttierez
21 – Esteban Ocon
22 – Pascal Wehrlein