2016 FORMULA 1 EMIRATES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID

07 09 Oct 2016 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time
1	6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:30.647
2	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:30.660
3	33	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:31.178
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:31.240
5	11	Sergio Perez PER	Force India Mercedes	1:31.961
6	5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:31.028
7	8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas Ferrari	1:31.961
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Ferrari	1:30.949
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Force India Mercedes	1:32.142
10	21	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas Ferrari	1:32.547
11	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams Mercedes	1:32.315
12	19	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams Mercedes	1:32.380
13	26	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso Ferrari	1:32.623
14	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso Ferrari	1:32.685
15	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren Honda	1:32.689
16	30	Jolyon Palmer PAL	Renault	1:32.807
17	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault	1:33.023
18	9	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber Ferrari	1:33.222
19	12	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber Ferrari	1:33.332
20	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	MRT Mercedes	1:33.353
21	94	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	MRT Mercedes	1:33.561
22	22	Jenson Button BUT	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.