Nico Rosberg has extended his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton to 33 points with victory in the Japanese GP. Hamilton suffered a nightmare start, falling as low as eighth off the line, but launched a spirited comeback drive to minimise the damage by finishing third at Suzuka.But Hamiltons recovery drive was rebuffed through the final laps when he caught but was unable to pass Red Bulls Max Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton drops back to eighth after a poor start in the Japanese GP. As he launched a desperate attempt to overtake the Red Bull on the penultimate lap, Hamilton was driven off track by the typically-defiant teenager. Mercedes lodged a protest against Verstappens driving several hours after the chequered flag had fallen but later withdrew it. There is no protest from myself, tweeted Hamilton. Just heard the team had but I told them it is not what we do. We are champions, we move on. We take a look at Lewis Hamiltons battle with Max Verstappen from the Japanese GP. The damage, however, was done at the start when Hamilton lost more than five positions into the first corner of a race for the fourth time this year.I made a mistake, Hamilton admitted. Working my way up from there was tricky, but I did the best I could.Nico did a great job so congrats to him. After scampering off the line while his team-mate stumbled, Rosberg was able to cruise to a straightforward victory. With just four races of the season to go, Rosbergs lead of the championship is equivalent to a full race victory and a sixth place. Even if Hamilton is to win all of the remaining races, his championship hopes would still be dependent on Rosberg finishing at least one of those races below fourth.While Rosberg, who has won four of the five races since the summer break, now has one hand on the Drivers championship, the result confirms Mercedes status as Constructors champions for a third successive season.Sebastian Vettel, who threatened to turn the air blue over the lack of blue flags for backmarkers, took a modest fourth for Ferrari ahead of stable-mate Kimi Raikkonen as just five teams monopolised the points-finishing positions. Force India extended their lead over Williams in the teams standings as both Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez beat Felipe Massa and a faltering Valtteri Bottas in a straight fight. Japanese GP result1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:26:43.3332. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, + 4.9783. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, + 5.7764. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, + 20.2695. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, + 28.3706. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, + 33.9417. Sergio Perez, Force India, + 57.4958. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, + 59.1779. Felipe Massa, Williams, 97.76310. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, + 98.32311. Romain Grosjean, Haas, + 99.25412. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, + 1 lap13. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, + 1 lap14. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, + 1 lap15. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, + 1 lap16. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, + 1 lap17. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, + 1 lap18. Jenson Button, McLaren, + 1 lap19. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, + 1 lap20. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, + 1 lap21. Esteban Ocon, Manor, + 1 lap22. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, + 1 lapDont miss The F1 Reports review of the Japanese GP on Sky Sports F1 at 8.30pm on Wednesday evening Also See: Brundle doubts Vettel stay The Formula 1 Gossip column Minkah Fitzpatrick Dolphins Jersey .ca MLB Power Rankings, the third consecutive week that the As have held top spot and the third straight week that they have been one ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Christian Wilkins Youth Jersey . - David Tomasek had two goals in regulation time and was the lone scorer in the shootout as the Belleville Bulls upset the Oshawa Generals 6-5 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Larry-Csonka-Jersey/ . So far, so good: Gonzalez has allowed one run through 12 innings this season. His second start came Tuesday night, when he gave up only three singles over six innings to lead the Nationals to a 5-0 victory over the Miami Marlins. Nat Moore Youth Jersey . "Ive still got it," Seattles ace said with a sly grin. Riding that fastball carrying a little more zip, Hernandez took a shutout bid into the ninth inning as the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Wednesday night. On the verge of a brilliant shutout and first complete game since Aug. Cameron Wake Dolphins Jersey . The teams were scoreless for most of the first two periods before Canada scored three times in a span of less than four minutes. Sarah Potomak opened the scoring on the power play.MILWAUKEE -- Miikka Salomaki scored twice to lead the Milwaukee Admirals past the Toronto Marlies 3-2 in American Hockey League play Tuesday. Colton Sissons also scored for Milwaukee (19-12-8), which went ahead with a two-goal thhird period.dddddddddddd Wade MacLeod and Greg McKegg replied for Toronto (23-12-4). Admirals goaltender Marek Mazanec stopped 25 shots, while Torontos Garret Sparks did what he could with a 43-save performance. ' ' '