2016 FORMULA 1 EMIRATES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID

07 - 09 Oct 2016

Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka

Pos

No

Driver

Car

Time

1

6

Nico RosbergROS

Mercedes

1:30.647

2

44

Lewis HamiltonHAM

Mercedes

1:30.660

3

33

Max VerstappenVER

Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer

1:31.178

4

3

Daniel RicciardoRIC

Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer

1:31.240

5

11

Sergio PerezPER

Force India Mercedes

1:31.961

6

5

Sebastian VettelVET

Ferrari

1:31.028

7

8

Romain GrosjeanGRO

Haas Ferrari

1:31.961

8

7

Kimi RäikkönenRAI

Ferrari

1:30.949

9

27

Nico HulkenbergHUL

Force India Mercedes

1:32.142

10

21

Esteban Gutierrez GUT

Haas Ferrari

1:32.547

11

77

Valtteri BottasBOT

Williams Mercedes

1:32.315

12

19

Felipe MassaMAS

Williams Mercedes

1:32.380

13

26

Daniil KvyatKVY

Toro Rosso Ferrari

1:32.623

14

55

Carlos SainzSAI

Toro Rosso Ferrari

1:32.685

15

14

Fernando AlonsoALO

McLaren Honda

1:32.689

16

30

Jolyon PalmerPAL

Renault

1:32.807

17

20

Kevin MagnussenMAG

Renault

1:33.023

18

9

Marcus EricssonERI

Sauber Ferrari

1:33.222

19

12

Felipe NasrNAS

Sauber Ferrari

1:33.332

20

31

Esteban OconOCO

MRT Mercedes

1:33.353

21

94

Pascal WehrleinWEH

MRT Mercedes

1:33.561

22

22

Jenson ButtonBUT

McLaren Honda

1:32.851

Note - Vettel penalised 3 grid places for causing a collision at previous round. Wehrlein and Raikkonen penalised 5 grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes. Button penalised 35 grid places for unscheduled power unit element changes.