Overall, I thought it was a dominating race weekend for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton once again, dominating in qualifying with Nico Rosberg on a dry Saturday pole after a wet Friday. Come a dry and hot race day, Mercedes driver and current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton took control, pass team-mate Nico Rosberg on the first corner and didn't look back, lead all the laps at Suzuka; fastest lap of the race to conclude with a race win in this seasons Japanese Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's eighth race win of the season. With that Grand Prix win, Lewis Hamilton has now equals with his hero's record of Forty-One Grand Prix wins with the late Ayrton Senna.
While, Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg finished second place in the Mercedes to give the team its eighth one-two finish of the season, Rosberg was nineteen seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Vettel was twenty-one seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-three lap race.
Lewis Hamilton has now improve his lead of the F1 driver championship from 41 points to 49 points ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg with five races to go. While, Sebastian Vettel is still third in the standings, from 49 points from Singapore to 59 points behind Hamilton after Suzuka.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (fastest lap, and race win)
Nico Rosberg - 8 (pole, finished second)
Red Bull Racing - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Williams - 7
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished fifth)
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished third)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fourth)
McLaren - 6
Jenson Button - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Fernando Alonso - 8 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Force India - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 9 (finished sixth)
Sergio Pérez - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished tenth, lap down)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished ninth)
Lotus - 8
Romain Grosjean - 9 (finished seventh)
Pastor Maldonado - 7 (finished eighth)
Manor - 5
Will Stevens - 4 (finished nineteenth, three laps down)
Alexander Rossi - 5 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)
Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 4 (finished twentieth/DNF, four laps down/Mechanical)
Next stop Sochi Autodrom, Sochi in two weeks time for the Russian Grand Prix.
End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.
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