2018 Season/Races

Japanese Grand Prix

Round 17 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

2018-10-07

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	—	1:27:17.062	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	—	+12.919	Finished	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	3	—	+14.295	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	15	▲11	+19.495	Finished	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	▼1	+50.998	Finished	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	8	▲2	+1:09.873	Finished	8
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	9	▲2	+1:19.379	Finished	6
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	5	▼3	+1:27.198	Finished	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	11	▲2	+1:28.055	Finished	2
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	13	▲3	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	7	▼4	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	20	▲8	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	6	▼7	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	18	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	19	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	17	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	14	▼3	—	+1 Lap	0
R	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	10	—	—	Mechanical	0
R	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	16	—	—	Engine	0
R	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	12	—	—	Collision damage	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.702	1:28.017	1:27.760
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.297	1:27.987	1:28.059
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.480	1:28.849	1:29.057
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.631	1:28.595	1:29.521
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:29.724	1:29.678	1:29.761
6	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.248	1:29.848	1:30.023
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.137	1:29.810	1:30.093
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:29.899	1:29.538	1:30.126
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.049	1:28.279	1:32.192
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.247	1:29.567	1:37.229
11	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:29.706	1:29.864	—
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:30.219	1:30.226	—
13	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:30.236	1:30.490	—
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:30.317	1:30.714	—
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.806	—	—
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.361	—	—
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:30.372	—	—
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.573	—	—
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.041	—	—
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.213	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

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Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Bottas	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Verstappen	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Ricciardo	P10	P8	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Räikkönen	P5	P4	P4	P8	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Kevin Magnussen	1	2	14:17:48	29.007
Charles Leclerc	1	4	14:20:44	38.891
Sergey Sirotkin	1	4	14:20:51	23.660
Marcus Ericsson	1	5	14:23:11	23.244
Lance Stroll	1	14	14:39:30	23.657
Kimi Räikkönen	1	17	14:43:53	22.781
Max Verstappen	1	21	14:50:08	28.789
Valtteri Bottas	1	23	14:53:12	22.777
Daniel Ricciardo	1	23	14:53:24	22.864
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	23	14:54:14	23.159
Lewis Hamilton	1	24	14:54:41	22.614
Sergio Pérez	1	24	14:55:30	23.635
Esteban Ocon	1	26	14:58:45	23.316
Sebastian Vettel	1	26	14:58:49	22.748
Fernando Alonso	1	26	14:58:57	27.454
Brendon Hartley	1	28	15:02:08	23.110
Romain Grosjean	1	29	15:03:29	23.692
Pierre Gasly	1	29	15:03:37	23.376
Nico Hülkenberg	1	30	15:05:33	23.555
Carlos Sainz	1	32	15:08:30	23.477
Charles Leclerc	2	35	15:13:39	26.672
Sergey Sirotkin	2	38	15:18:43	23.647
Lance Stroll	2	39	15:20:25	29.804