=== Løbet ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! Pos.
! Nr
! Kører
! Konstruktør
! Omgange
! Tid/Udgået
! Startpos.
! Point
|-
! 1
|align="center"|6
|{{Flagikon|GER}} '''[[Nico Rosberg]]'''
|'''[[Mercedes GP|Mercedes]]'''
|53
|1.26.43,333	
|1
|align="center"|'''25'''
|-
! 2
|align="center"|33
|{{Flagikon|NED}} '''[[Max Verstappen]]'''
|'''[[Red Bull Racing]]-[[TAG Heuer]]'''
|53
| +4,978	
|3
|align="center"|'''18'''
|-
! 3
|align="center"|44
|{{Flagikon|GBR}} '''[[Lewis Hamilton]]'''
|'''[[Mercedes GP|Mercedes]]'''
|53
| +5,776
|2
|align="center"|'''15'''
|-
! 4
|align="center"|5
|{{Flagikon|GER}} '''[[Sebastian Vettel]]'''[[#fn 2|{{sup|2}}]]
|'''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
|53
| +20,269	
|6[[#fn 2|{{sup|2}}]]
|align="center"|'''12'''
|-
! 5
|align="center"|7
|{{Flagikon|FIN}} '''[[Kimi Räikkönen]]'''[[#fn 1|{{sup|1}}]]
|'''[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'''
|53
| +28,370
|8[[#fn 1|{{sup|1}}]]
|align="center"|'''10'''
|-
! 6
|align="center"|3
|{{Flagikon|AUS}} '''[[Daniel Ricciardo]]'''
|'''[[Red Bull Racing]]-[[TAG Heuer]]'''
|53
| +33,941
|4
|align="center"|'''8'''
|-
! 7
|align="center"|11
|{{Flagikon|MEX}} '''[[Sergio Pérez]]'''
|'''[[Force India]]-[[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]'''
|53
| +57,495
|5
|align="center"|'''6'''
|-
! 8
|align="center"|27
|{{Flagikon|GER}} '''[[Nico Hülkenberg]]'''
|'''[[Force India]]-[[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]'''
|53
| +59,177
|9
|align="center"|'''4'''
|-
! 9
|align="center"|19
|{{Flagikon|BRA}} '''[[Felipe Massa]]'''
|'''[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]'''
|53
| +1.37,076
|12
|align="center"|'''2'''
|-
! 10
|align="center"|77
|{{Flagikon|FIN}} '''[[Valtteri Bottas]]'''
|'''[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]'''
|53
| +1.38,323
|11
|align="center"|'''1'''
|-
! 11
|align="center"|8
|{{Flagikon|FRA}} [[Romain Grosjean]]
|[[Haas F1 Team|Haas]]-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|53
| +1.39,254
|7
|
|-
! 12
|align="center"|30
|{{Flagikon|GBR}} [[Jolyon Palmer]]
|[[Renault F1|Renault]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|16
|
|-
! 13
|align="center"|26
|{{Flagikon|RUS}} [[Daniil Kvjat]]
|[[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]]-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|13
|
|-
! 14
|align="center"|20
|{{Flagikon|DEN}} [[Kevin Magnussen]]
|[[Renault F1|Renault]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|17
|
|-
! 15
|align="center"|9
|{{Flagikon|SWE}} [[Marcus Ericsson]]
|[[Sauber]]-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|18
|
|-
! 16
|align="center"|14
|{{Flagikon|ESP}} [[Fernando Alonso]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|15
|
|-
! 17
|align="center"|55
|{{Flagikon|ESP}} [[Carlos Sainz, Jr.]]
|[[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]]-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|14
|
|-
! 18
|align="center"|22
|{{Flagikon|GBR}} [[Jenson Button]][[#fn 3|{{sup|3}}]]
|[[McLaren]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|22[[#fn 3|{{sup|3}}]]
|
|-
! 19
|align="center"|12
|{{Flagikon|BRA}} [[Felipe Nasr]]
|[[Sauber]]-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|19
|
|-
! 20
|align="center"|21
|{{Flagikon|MEX}} [[Esteban Gutiérrez]]
|[[Haas F1 Team|Haas]]-[[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|10
|
|-
! 21
|align="center"|31
|{{Flagikon|FRA}} [[Esteban Ocon]]
|[[Manor Racing|MRT]]-[[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|20
|
|-
! 22
|align="center"|94
|{{Flagikon|GER}} [[Pascal Wehrlein]][[#fn 1|{{sup|1}}]]
|[[Manor Racing|MRT]]-[[Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains|Mercedes]]
|52
| +1 omgang
|21[[#fn 1|{{sup|1}}]]
|
|-
!colspan=8|Kilde:<ref name="FOM-Race">{{Cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/953/japan/race-result.html |title=2016 Formula 1 Emirates Japanese Grand Prix – Race result |work=formula1.com |publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited |date=9. oktober 2016 |accessdate=9. oktober 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091738/http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/953/japan/race-result.html |archivedate=11. oktober 2016 |url-status=ok }}</ref>
|-
|}
'''Noter til tabellerne:'''
* {{fnb|1}} - [[Kimi Räikkönen]] og [[Pascal Wehrlein]] fik gridstraffe på fem placeringer hver for ikke-planlagte udskiftninger af gearkasse.<ref name="FOM-Quali"/>
* {{fnb|2}} - [[Sebastian Vettel]] fik en gridstraf på 3 placeringer for at have forårsaget en kollision i [[Malaysias Grand Prix 2016|forrige løb]].<ref name="FOM-Quali"/>
* {{fnb|3}} - [[Jenson Button]] fik en gridstraf på 35 placeringer efter at McLaren valgte at skifte en række elementer i hans motorenhed.<ref name="FOM-Quali"/>
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