GPI 2016 Japanese Grand Prix | Page 72

RACE REPORT He muscled his way past Ricciardo on lap one and on the following tour breezed past Perez to take third place. Hamilton, too, was attempting to make his way forward and on lap seven he overtook Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg to claim sixth place. He now had two seconds to make up to P6 man Kimi Raikkonen. Verstappen and Ricciardo were the first of the top-10 starters to shed their opening stint soft tyres, with Red Bull pitting their drivers at the same time at the