Big in Japan Hamilton won his 41st GP, matching legend Ayrton Senna. Although he didn't start from pole, he passed his teammate at the first corner and never looked back. On the other hand, Rosberg who was fastest at Qualifying, dropped a few places and managed to finish second thanks to pit-stop strategy. After a short break, Mercedes returned to winning, with their 8th 1-2 victory this year. Now they have to score 3 points more than Ferrari to secure the Constructors' Championship. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Raikkonen Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Grosjean Lotus 8 Maldonado Lotus 9 Verstappen Toro Rosso 10 Sainz Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Sainz FP2 Kvyat FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 277 2 Rosberg

Dominant Vettel That was the first DNF for championship leader, Hamilton. But he still has a big difference, bigger than 1 victory. Race Results 1 Vettel Ferrari 2 Ricciardo Red Bull 3 Raikkonen Ferrari 4 Rosberg Mercedes 5 Bottas Williams 6 Kvyat Red Bull 7 Perez Force India 8 Verstappen Toro Rosso 9 Sainz Toro Rosso 10 Nasr Sauber Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Kvyat FP3 Vettel QP Vettel Race Ricciardo Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 252 2 Rosberg 211 3 Vettel 203 4 Raikkonen 107 5 Bottas 101 6 Massa 97 7 Ricciardo 73 8 Kvyat 66 9 Perez 39 10 Grosjean 38 14 Hulkenberg 30 11 Verstappen 30 12 Nasr 17 13 Maldonado 12 18 Alonso 11 15 Sainz 11 16 Ericsson 9 17 Button 6 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points

Faster than the fastest Hamilton was unstoppable in Italy. He set the fastest lap in each session (3* FP, Qualifying and Race) of the fastest track and of course he won. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Vettel Ferrari 3 Massa Williams 4 Bottas Williams 5 Raikkonen Ferrari 6 Perez Force India 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Ricciardo Red Bull 9 Ericsson Sauber 10 Kvyat Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 252 2 Rosberg 199 3 Vettel 178 4 Massa 97 5 Raikkonen 92 6 Bottas 91 7 Kvyat 58 8 Ricciardo 55 9 Grosjean 38 10 Perez 33 14 Hulkenberg 30 11 Verstappen 26 12 Nasr 16 13 Maldonado 12 18 Alonso 11 15 Sainz 9 16 Ericsson 9 17 Button 6 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors&#