2017 Japanese Grand Prix

Round

16/20

Date

Oct 8, 2017 at 00:00 CEST

Location

Suzuka, Japan

Circuit

Suzuka Circuit

Circuit length

5.807 m (18 turns)

Race distance

307.471 km (53 laps)

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Hamilton

Winner

1:27:31.194

Winning time

Hamilton

Pole position

Bottas

Fastest lap

1:33.144

Fastest lap time

Verstappen

Fastest pitstop

22.620

Fastest pitstop time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27:31.194	1st	53	25
2	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+1.211	4th	53	18
3	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+9.679	3rd	53	15
4	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+10.580	6th	53	12
5	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+32.622	10th	53	10
6	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	+1:07.788	5th	53	8
7	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	+1:11.424	7th	53	6
8	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1:28.953	12th	53	4
9	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	+1:29.883	13th	53	2
10	#19 Felipe Massa	Williams	+1 lap	8th	52	1
11	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+1 lap	20th	52
12	#30 Jolyon Palmer	Renault	+1 lap	18th	52
13	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+1 lap	14th	52
14	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+1 lap	9th	52
15	#94 Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	+2 laps	17th	51
DNF	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	Suspension	15th	45
DNF	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	Rear wing	11th	40
DNF	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Accident	16th	7
DNF	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Spark plugs	2nd	4
DNF	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	Accident	19th	0

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Laps
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.047	1:27.819	1:27.319		18
2	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.332	1:28.543	1:27.651	+0.332	17
3	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.352	1:28.225	1:27.791	+0.472	19
4	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.475	1:28.935	1:28.306	+0.987	13
5	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.181	1:28.747	1:28.332	+1.013	12
6	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.163	1:29.079	1:28.498	+1.179	15
7	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.115	1:29.199	1:29.111	+1.792	16
8	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:29.696	1:29.343	1:29.260	+1.941	17
9	#19 Felipe Massa	Williams	1:30.352	1:29.687	1:29.480	+2.161	16
10	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.525	1:29.749	1:30.687	+3.368	13
11	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.654	1:29.778			11
12	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.252	1:29.879			10
13	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.774	1:29.972			11
14	#30 Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.516	1:30.022			10
15	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:30.565	1:30.413			11
16	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.849				5
17	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.317				7
18	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.409				6
19	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.597				7
20	#94 Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:31.885				7

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.055		9
2	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.069	+0.014	19
3	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.379	+0.324	23
4	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.910	+0.855	15
5	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.018	+0.963	13
6	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.109	+1.054	12
7	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.315	+1.260	19
8	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.424	+1.369	13
9	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.563	+1.508	12
10	#30 Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.764	+1.709	22
11	#19 Felipe Massa	Williams	1:30.764	+1.709	21
12	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.770	+1.715	18
13	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:30.799	+1.744	23
14	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.982	+1.927	12
15	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.011	+1.956	20
16	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.353	+2.298	25
17	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.459	+2.404	13
18	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.579	+3.524	22
19	#94 Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:32.698	+3.643	21
20	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.962	+4.907	12

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:48.719		4
2	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:49.518	+0.799	3
3	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:51.345	+2.626	3
4	#19 Felipe Massa	Williams	1:52.146	+3.427	3
5	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:52.343	+3.624	4
6	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari			1
7	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault			1
8	#30 Jolyon Palmer	Renault			1
9	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber			3
10	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1
11	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren			2
12	#94 Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber			2
13	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso			1
14	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren			1

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.166		23
2	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.377	+0.211	29
3	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.541	+0.375	27
4	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.638	+0.472	22
5	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.151	+0.985	30
6	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.762	+1.596	26
7	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.899	+1.733	22
8	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.974	+1.808	24
9	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.032	+1.866	22
10	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.202	+2.036	24
11	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.216	+2.050	15
12	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:31.235	+2.069	19
13	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.530	+2.364	23
14	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.602	+2.436	22
15	#30 Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:31.757	+2.591	22
16	#19 Felipe Massa	Williams	1:31.912	+2.746	20
17	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:32.252	+3.086	14
18	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.501	+3.335	18
19	#94 Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:32.897	+3.731	29
20	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:33.397	+4.231	28

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.144		50
2	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.175	+0.031	50
3	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.694	+0.550	52
4	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.724	+0.580	49
5	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.730	+0.586	51
6	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.780	+0.636	43
7	#30 Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:34.095	+0.951	50
8	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.533	+1.389	45
9	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:34.548	+1.404	37
10	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.744	+1.600	23
11	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.843	+1.699	50
12	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:35.111	+1.967	45
13	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.338	+2.194	50
14	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.347	+2.203	50
15	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.883	+2.739	28
16	#19 Felipe Massa	Williams	1:35.943	+2.799	50
17	#94 Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:36.430	+3.286	27
18	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.596	+5.452	7
19	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2:06.457	+33.313	2

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Percentage
1	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	8	11	306
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	10	247	-59
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	10	234	-72
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1	9	192	-114
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	4	148	-158
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	3	111	-195
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	0	0	82	-224
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	0	0	65	-241
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	0	0	48	-258
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	0	0	34	-272
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	0	0	34	-272
12	Lance Stroll	Williams	0	1	32	-274
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	0	0	28	-278
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	0	0	15	-291
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	0	0	13	-293
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	0	0	10	-296
17	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	0	0	8	-298
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	0	0	5	-301
19	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	0	0	4	-302
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	0	0	0	-306
21	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	0	0	0	-306
22	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	0	0	0	-306

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Mercedes	Mercedes	10	21	540
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	4	14	395	-145
3	Red Bull	TAG Heuer	2	12	303	-237
4	Force India	Mercedes	0	0	147	-393
5	Williams	Mercedes	0	1	66	-474
6	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	0	0	52	-488
7	Haas	Ferrari	0	0	43	-497
8	Renault	Renault	0	0	42	-498
9	McLaren	Honda	0	0	23	-517
10	Sauber	Ferrari	0	0	5	-535

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1998	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard	1:40.190 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
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1990	#20 Nelson Piquet	Roberto Moreno	Aguri Suzuki	1:44.233 - Riccardo Patrese	Ayrton Senna
1989	#19 Alessandro Nannini	Riccardo Patrese	Thierry Boutsen	1:43.506 - Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
1988	#12 Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Thierry Boutsen	1:46.326 - Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
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The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix started Oct 8, 2017 on Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. Lewis Hamilton started from pole position with Valtteri Bottas next to him. Sebastian Vettel started from third place.

In 1 hour, 27 minutes and 31 seconds Lewis Hamilton finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Max Verstappen in second and Daniel Ricciardo in third place.

After the 2017 Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 306 points. Hamilton is 59 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel.