2018 Japanese Grand Prix

Round

17/21

Date

Oct 7, 2018 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

1:27:17.062

Winning time

Hamilton

Pole position

Vettel

Fastest lap

1:32.318

Fastest lap time

Hamilton

Fastest pitstop

22.614

Fastest pitstop time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27:17.062	1st	53	25
2	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+12.919	2nd	53	18
3	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+14.295	3rd	53	15
4	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+19.495	15th	53	12
5	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+50.998	4th	53	10
6	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+1:09.873	8th	53	8
7	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	+1:19.379	9th	53	6
8	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	+1:27.198	5th	53	4
9	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	+1:28.055	11th	53	2
10	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	+1 lap	13th	52	1
11	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+1 lap	7th	52
12	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+1 lap	20th	52
13	#28 Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+1 lap	6th	52
14	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+1 lap	18th	52
15	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+1 lap	19th	52
16	#35 Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+1 lap	17th	52
17	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	+1 lap	14th	52
DNF	#16 Charles Leclerc	Sauber	Mechanical	10th	38
DNF	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	Engine	16th	37
DNF	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Collision damage	12th	8

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Laps
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.702	1:28.017	1:27.760		11
2	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.297	1:27.987	1:28.059	+0.299	12
3	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.480	1:28.849	1:29.057	+1.297	10
4	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.631	1:28.595	1:29.521	+1.761	13
5	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:29.724	1:29.678	1:29.761	+2.001	17
6	#28 Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.248	1:29.848	1:30.023	+2.263	15
7	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.137	1:29.810	1:30.093	+2.333	15
8	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:29.899	1:29.538	1:30.126	+2.366	13
9	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.049	1:28.279	1:32.192	+4.432	13
10	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.247	1:29.567	1:37.229	+9.469	16
11	#16 Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:29.706	1:29.864			12
12	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.219	1:30.226			13
13	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:30.236	1:30.490			12
14	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:30.317	1:30.714			10
15	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.806				4
16	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.361				7
17	#35 Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:30.372				8
18	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.573				6
19	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.041				10
20	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.213				4

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.599		13
2	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.715	+0.116	14
3	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:30.054	+0.455	13
4	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.304	+0.705	13
5	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.422	+0.823	13
6	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.474	+0.875	10
7	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:31.088	+1.489	12
8	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.483	+1.884	12
9	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:31.513	+1.914	14
10	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.521	+1.922	13
11	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.636	+2.037	14
12	#16 Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:31.760	+2.161	14
13	#28 Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:32.030	+2.431	13
14	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:32.201	+2.602	14
15	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.224	+2.625	12
16	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.442	+2.843	10
17	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.608	+3.009	14
18	#35 Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:32.631	+3.032	14
19	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.034	+3.435	13
20	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:33.105	+3.506	10

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.217		31
2	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.678	+0.461	30
3	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.050	+0.833	36
4	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.257	+1.040	32
5	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.498	+1.281	33
6	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.513	+1.296	27
7	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.035	+1.818	32
8	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.440	+2.223	32
9	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:30.478	+2.261	33
10	#28 Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.502	+2.285	27
11	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.510	+2.293	28
12	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.644	+2.427	36
13	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.795	+2.578	10
14	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:30.904	+2.687	31
15	#16 Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:30.906	+2.689	26
16	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.956	+2.739	25
17	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.988	+2.771	34
18	#35 Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:31.087	+2.870	39
19	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.215	+2.998	32
20	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.981	+3.764	32

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.691		25
2	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.137	+0.446	26
3	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.373	+0.682	32
4	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.627	+0.936	20
5	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.685	+0.994	20
6	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.841	+1.150	30
7	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.591	+1.900	28
8	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.814	+2.123	22
9	#16 Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:30.929	+2.238	27
10	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.073	+2.382	29
11	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.073	+2.382	20
12	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:31.100	+2.409	23
13	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.272	+2.581	29
14	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.274	+2.583	28
15	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:31.418	+2.727	18
16	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.508	+2.817	27
17	#28 Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:31.908	+3.217	23
18	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.034	+3.343	21
19	#35 Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:32.513	+3.822	26
20	#47 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.683	+3.992	30

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:32.318		53
2	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.785	+0.467	51
3	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.110	+0.792	46
4	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.187	+0.869	50
5	#18 Lance Stroll	Williams	1:33.354	+1.036	41
6	#33 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.367	+1.049	50
7	#14 Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:33.943	+1.625	28
8	#35 Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:33.985	+1.667	41
9	#11 Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.073	+1.755	43
10	#10 Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.133	+1.815	35
11	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:34.197	+1.879	50
12	#7 Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.223	+1.905	28
13	#16 Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:34.515	+2.197	37
14	#31 Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.670	+2.352	50
15	#8 Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:34.786	+2.468	47
16	#28 Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:34.857	+2.539	30
17	#27 Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.934	+2.616	32
18	#2 Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:35.023	+2.705	25
19	#9 Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:36.294	+3.976	8
20	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:39.908	+7.590	6

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Percentage
1	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	9	14	331
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	10	264	-67
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	0	8	207	-124
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	9	196	-135
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	7	173	-158
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	2	2	146	-185
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	0	1	53	-278
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	0	0	53	-278
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	0	0	53	-278
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	0	0	50	-281
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	0	0	49	-282
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	0	0	39	-292
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	0	0	31	-300
14	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	0	0	28	-303
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	0	0	21	-310
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	0	0	8	-323
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	0	0	6	-325
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	0	0	6	-325
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	0	0	2	-329
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	0	0	1	-330

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Mercedes	Mercedes	9	22	538
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	5	19	460	-78
3	Red Bull	TAG Heuer	3	9	319	-219
4	Renault	Renault	0	0	92	-446
5	Haas	Ferrari	0	0	84	-454
6	McLaren	Renault	0	0	58	-480
7	Force India	Mercedes	0	1	43	-495
8	Toro Rosso	Honda	0	0	30	-508
9	Sauber	Ferrari	0	0	27	-511
10	Williams	Mercedes	0	0	7	-531

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2012	#1 Sebastian Vettel	Felipe Massa	Kamui Kobayashi	1:35.774 - Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
2011	#4 Jenson Button	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	1:36.568 - Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel
2010	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	1:33.474 - Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel
2009	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Jarno Trulli	Lewis Hamilton	1:32.569 - Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel
2008	#5 Fernando Alonso	Robert Kubica	Kimi Räikkönen	1:18.426 - Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton
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2006	#1 Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:32.676 - Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa
2005	#9 Kimi Räikkönen	Giancarlo Fisichella	Fernando Alonso	1:31.540 - Kimi Räikkönen	Ralf Schumacher
2004	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Jenson Button	1:32.730 - Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher
2003	#2 Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen	David Coulthard	1:33.408 - Ralf Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello
2002	#1 Michael Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen	1:36.125 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2001	#1 Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	David Coulthard	1:36.944 - Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2000	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	1:39.189 - Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
1999	#1 Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	1:41.319 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1998	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard	1:40.190 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1997	#5 Michael Schumacher	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Eddie Irvine	1:38.942 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jacques Villeneuve
1996	#5 Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	1:44.043 - Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve
1995	#1 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Johnny Herbert	1:42.976 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1994	#0 Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Jean Alesi	1:56.597 - Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher
1993	#8 Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Mika Häkkinen	1:41.176 - Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1992	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Gerhard Berger	Martin Brundle	1:40.646 - Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1991	#2 Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna	Riccardo Patrese	1:41.532 - Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger
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
1987	#28 Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna	Stefan Johansson	1:43.844 - Alain Prost	Gerhard Berger
1977	#1 James Hunt	Carlos Reutemann	Patrick Depailler	1:14.300 - Jody Scheckter	Mario Andretti
1976	#5 Mario Andretti	Patrick Depailler	James Hunt	1:19.970 - Jacques Laffite	Mario Andretti

The 2018 Japanese Grand Prix started Oct 7, 2018 on Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. Lewis Hamilton started from pole position with Valtteri Bottas next to him. Max Verstappen started from third place.

In 1 hour, 27 minutes and 17 seconds Lewis Hamilton finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Valtteri Bottas in second and Max Verstappen in third place.

After the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 331 points. Hamilton is 67 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel.