Summary

  • Hamilton wins after overtaking Rosberg on lap one

  • Rosberg 2nd, Vettel 3rd, Raikkonen 4th, Bottas 5th

  • Alonso says McLaren pace is "embarrassing" over radio

  • Nasr out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Team radio

    Race winner Lewis Hamilton: "Fantastic job guys, you did a flawless job all weekend as always. It's great to be back up here."

  2. Ben Edwards
    BBC F1 commentator

    "Now Lewis Hamilton has matched Ayrton Senna's 41 career victories - it took him one race more than Senna."

  3. Back-to-back wins for Lewis Hamilton after he got the jump on Nico Rosberg at the start. A 41st win of his career, putting him level with Ayrton Senna.

    Nico Rosberg takes second place to cement a Mercedes one-two, with Sebastian Vettel third.

    Lewis Hamilton punches the airBBC Sport
  4. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Lewis HamiltonGetty Images

    LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

  5. LAST LAP

    Ah, Felipe Nasr has retired. Oh so close to a race without retirement.

    Meanwhile, we are on to the last lap, Lewis Hamilton cruising to victory...

  6. Team radio

    Engineer to Sauber's Marcus Ericsson (currently 14th): "Fight the Red Bulls, fight the Red Bulls."

    He has just been passed by Daniil Kvyat, wheel -to-wheel racing as the Red Bull squeezes past, and Ericsson has Daniel Ricciardo behind him.

  7. Five laps to go and it is all to easy for Lewis Hamilton, who is surely having a whale of a time today. He leads by 16s and will have barely had an easier race all season.

    A poor start has ultimately cost Nico Rosberg, and he needs to be mindful of Sebastian Vettel, who is 2.2s behind in third.

  8. Formula 1Formula 1

    Max Verstappen, who turns 18 in three days, started this race 17th. He is ninth now, picking off his team-mate Carlos Sainz at the chicane. This lad is born to race.

  9. Will Stevens spinsBBC Sport

  10. Spin!

    Gulp. I almost, ALMOST spoke too soon there. Will Stevens spins at 130R but reacts superbly to catch it and recover, just avoiding a collision with his team-mate Alexander Rossi.

    Will Stevens spinsBBC Sport

  11. TEN LAPS TO GO

    Sergio Perez continues his pursuit of Marcus Ericsson in 12th. He tries to make his move on the outside at Turn 1 but Ericsson holds him off.

    Amazingly, there has not been a single retirement in this race with just 10 laps remaining.

  12. Team radio

    Force India's Sergio Perez (currently 13th): "Ericsson is moving under braking."

  13. Lewis Hamilton is sitting pretty out in front and is surely cruising to a second successive win at Suzuka. He leads Nico Rosberg by 12 seconds with 11 laps to go.

    It doesn't look like Rosberg is danger of troubling that advantage as well, with little between their latest laps.

  14. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Vettel is only 1.7 seconds behind Rosberg. Vettel has a big bunch of traffic in front of him as well - this is going to be interesting."

  15. Mansell says 'lay off McLaren-Honda'

  16. Get involved - #bbcf1

    James Matthews: Oh well, Honda. You tried, that’s the main thing.

    Sean Ranson: What's the point in paying all that money to the best driver in F1 & delivering such an awful car? Looks like Nando's realised it too!

    Martijn Kosters: Maldonado is in sixth and I haven't seen him at all!  

  17. Sergio Perez, on fresh tyres, is the third fastest man on the track and he breezes past Jenson Button and into 13th.

    Sebastian Vettel is currently the fastest and pushing for second place. Nico Rosberg is less than two seconds down the road.

  19. LAP 37/53

    Here's the top 10 after 37 laps:

    1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Vettel 4) Raikkonnen 5) Bottas 6) Hulkenberg 7) Grosjean 8) Maldonado 9) Sainz 10) Verstappen

  20. Race control confirms Will Stevens is under investigation for speeding in the pits. The Brit, currently 18th, had just made his second stop of the race.