GPI 2016 Japanese Grand Prix | Page 73

2016 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX EDITION end of lap 11. Both took on hard compound Pirelli tyres. Their halt for tyres triggered a steady stream of pit stops as the main contenders all filed towards pit lane over the following few laps. All took hard tyres. After 23 laps Rosberg was comfortably in the lead, holding a four-second advantage over Verstappen. Vettel was 2.7 seconds further back in third place, while Hamilton, after a few subdued early laps, soon had worked his way back up to fourth ahead of Ricciardo and Raikkonen. GPI