Nico Rosberg made no mistakes as he powered to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver took advantage as his teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton slipped up, he acknowledged his start-line error and recovered to finish third with second place so near yet so far.
In his way was Max Verstappen who, despite older tyres and a car that is no Mercedes, simply would not budge...
This is the story of a tense and dramatic weekend at Suzuka. Plus
