Lewis Hamilton claimed his eighth victory of the year in the Japanese Grand Prix after passing his team mate at the start.
Hamilton brushed Nico Rosberg aside as they went side-by-side through the first corners, leaving Rosberg to fall back to fourth place.
Rosberg reclaimed second place at the finish after passing Valtteri Bottas at the chicane and jumping ahead of Sebastian Vettel via the pits. Bottas subsequently lost fourth place to the other Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.
Lotus took their second two-car points finish of the year, Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado following Nico Hulkenberg home.
The two Toro Rosso drivers took the final two points places. Fernando Alonso, who repeatedly complained about his engine’s lack of straight-line speed, came within 13 seconds of scoring a point at Honda’s home race.
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naser
27th September 2015, 7:52
yesterday I said Nico is right of the track … I am sorry Lewis was … and he used Nico`s weak start … congratulation to Lewis.
Egorov (@egorov)
27th September 2015, 9:32
Didn’t Nico have a heartache or something
zekeri
27th September 2015, 9:36
LOL it wasn’t a heartache! It was a headache. Now he might have both :D
johanness
27th September 2015, 7:52
Cruises is right.
2 things that impressed – consistent 2.2sec stops for Ferrari and Maldonado in the points
MrBoerns (@mrboerns)
27th September 2015, 7:55
And Not a single track limits problem was had. Grass, everbody.
Chris (@tophercheese21)
27th September 2015, 9:44
COTY
HS (@hsvdt15)
27th September 2015, 8:02
Hamilton forces teammate off track to win*
David Not Coulthard (@davidnotcoulthard)
27th September 2015, 8:05
@hsvdt15 2 wheelsoff track isn’t off track (just like VET’s overtake at the Curva Grande in 2011).
HS (@hsvdt15)
27th September 2015, 8:09
He still stuffed Rosberg up
William Jones (@williamjones)
27th September 2015, 8:30
Heaven forbid that a driver slows down his rival as he overtakes on the inside of a corner
Ju88sy (@)
27th September 2015, 8:35
+1 not even a racing incident, just racing.
zekeri
27th September 2015, 9:37
That was beautiful. Curva Grande, 2011.
JohnBt
27th September 2015, 8:19
Business as usual for Mercedes.
Why is the diva so aloof when he’s winning and surely will bag the WDC. Vettel is all smiles and chirpy with Rosberg knowing his slim chance to fight for the championship.
Consolation for both McLaren completing the race though 1 lap down.
Overall race was kinda borefest.
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
27th September 2015, 9:10
Rosberg really are a disappointment. He can’t justified his annoyed feeling on press conference of he don’t give a fight in the first place. Lewis really did push him out and looks a bit uneasy when Brundle show first turn replay on Sky.
Maybe is just a simple case of Nature vs Nurture. Keke should start to threatened to kick Rosberg’s nuts from now on.
zekeri
27th September 2015, 9:38
:D Last part is hilarious. Now I remember Keke’s reaction to Schumacher at Monaco, 2006 too.
ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
27th September 2015, 10:15
Ha! Keke should told his daughter-in law to cut off Rosberg’s supply of sex too then…
:)
Matthew Coyne
27th September 2015, 9:21
Great but risky move by Lewis at T2 which i’d describe as firm but fair, if they had been the other way round I think Rosberg would have backed out though as he doesn’t have that “win at any cost” attitude that Hamilton has which you really need to win a title.
Nico this season is a man who I feel now know’s he just isn’t good enough to challenge his team mate over a season, he is slowly becoming the Mark Webber of Mercedes.
I do get annoyed at the Senna comparisons and feel Lewis has been baited into it by the media, he has never even mentioned it or made a big deal out of it until the media started hyping it up leading up to Singapore, he rolled his eyes about it when getting asked on Sky by brundle and co.