Japanese Grand Prix 2017

Suzuka
8 October 2017
53 laps
307.5 km
5.807 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:27.319
Fastest lapValtteri Bottas1:33.144 · lap 50
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayMax Verstappenfan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1	53	1:27:31.194	25
2	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	4	53	+1.211	18
3	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	3	53	+9.679	15
4	Valtteri Bottasfastest lap	77	Mercedes	6	53	+10.580	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	10	53	+32.622	10
6	Esteban Ocon	31	Force India · Mercedes	5	53	+1:07.788	8
7	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	7	53	+1:11.424	6
8	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	12	53	+1:28.953	4
9	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	13	53	+1:29.883	2
10	Felipe Massa	19	Williams · Mercedes	8	52	+1 lap	1
11	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Honda	20	52	+1 lap
12	Jolyon Palmer	30	Renault	18	52	+1 lap
13	Pierre Gasly	10	Toro Rosso	14	52	+1 lap
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	McLaren · Honda	9	52	+1 lap
15	Pascal Wehrlein	94	Sauber · Ferrari	17	51	+2 laps
DNF	Lance Stroll	18	Williams · Mercedes	15	45	Suspension
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Renault	11	40	Rear wing
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	16	7	Accident
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	2	4	Spark plugs
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Toro Rosso	19	0	Accident

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 48, Daniel Ricciardo 3, Valtteri Bottas 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	2	1	1	48
Max Verstappen	4	2	3	2	2
Daniel Ricciardo	3	3	5	3	3	3
Valtteri Bottas	6	4	1	4	4	2
Kimi Räikkönen	10	8	4	5	5
Esteban Ocon	5	5	7	6	6
Sergio Pérez	7	6	8	7	7
Kevin Magnussen	12	10	11	9	8
Romain Grosjean	13	11	12	10	9
Felipe Massa	8	7	10	8	10
Fernando Alonso	20	14	16	12	11
Jolyon Palmer	18	13	9	13	12
Pierre Gasly	14	12	13	14	13
Stoffel Vandoorne	9	16	15	16	14
Pascal Wehrlein	17	17	17	17	15
Lance Stroll	15	15	14	15	out
Nico Hülkenberg	11	9	6	11	out
Marcus Ericsson	16	–	–	–	out
Sebastian Vettel	2	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	+1.4	0.0	0.0
Max Verstappen	+3.6	+2.5	+2.4	+1.2
Daniel Ricciardo	+10.2	+16.2	+11.5	+9.7
Valtteri Bottas	+13.0	0.0	+20.0	+10.6
Kimi Räikkönen	+20.2	+13.1	+36.3	+32.6
Esteban Ocon	+15.3	+34.9	+52.9	+67.8
Sergio Pérez	+16.3	+36.7	+54.7	+71.4
Kevin Magnussen	+25.3	+46.2	+74.5	+89.0
Romain Grosjean	+26.5	+50.0	+75.0	+89.9
Felipe Massa	+19.8	+44.8	+73.7	+98.2
Fernando Alonso	+33.6	+63.7	+84.3	+99.1
Jolyon Palmer	+30.9	+42.5	+98.0	+99.7
Pierre Gasly	+28.7	+53.1	+98.4	+102.3
Stoffel Vandoorne	+53.1	+62.5	+103.7	+115.5
Pascal Wehrlein	+60.5	+115.3	+163.4	+216.4
Lance Stroll	+52.1	+60.8	+101.9	out
Nico Hülkenberg	+22.5	+27.5	+80.1	out
Marcus Ericsson	–	–	–	out
Sebastian Vettel	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

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

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Valtteri Bottas	P2	P6	5 places – 5
Kimi Räikkönen	P6	P10	5 places – 5
Jolyon Palmer	P14	P18	20 places – 20
Carlos Sainz Jr.	P15	P19	20 places – 20
Fernando Alonso	P10	P20	35 places – 35

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Max Verstappen	1	21	22.620 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	22	22.724 s
Romain Grosjean	1	23	22.781 s
Valtteri Bottas	1	30	22.876 s
Felipe Massa	1	17	22.956 s
Kevin Magnussen	1	19	23.065 s
Nico Hülkenberg	1	38	23.199 s
Sergio Pérez	1	21	23.634 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	28	23.699 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	25	23.796 s
Esteban Ocon	1	20	24.078 s
Fernando Alonso	1	25	24.636 s
Jolyon Palmer	1	39	25.618 s
Lance Stroll	2	4, 35	22.736 s
Pierre Gasly	2	22, 39	23.344 s
Stoffel Vandoorne	2	9, 34	23.399 s
Pascal Wehrlein	3	2, 3, 25	24.424 s

Every stop, lap by lap (22)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
2	Pascal Wehrlein	1	24.424 s
3	Pascal Wehrlein	2	24.918 s
4	Lance Stroll	1	23.475 s
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	23.430 s
17	Felipe Massa	1	22.956 s
19	Kevin Magnussen	1	23.065 s
20	Esteban Ocon	1	24.078 s
21	Max Verstappen	1	22.620 s
21	Sergio Pérez	1	23.634 s
22	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.724 s
22	Pierre Gasly	1	23.344 s
23	Romain Grosjean	1	22.781 s
25	Daniel Ricciardo	1	23.796 s
25	Fernando Alonso	1	24.636 s
25	Pascal Wehrlein	3	24.952 s
28	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.699 s
30	Valtteri Bottas	1	22.876 s
34	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	23.399 s
35	Lance Stroll	2	22.736 s
38	Nico Hülkenberg	1	23.199 s
39	Pierre Gasly	2	24.413 s
39	Jolyon Palmer	1	25.618 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	50	1:33.144
2	Kimi Räikkönen	50	1:33.175	+0.031
3	Daniel Ricciardo	52	1:33.694	+0.550
4	Stoffel Vandoorne	49	1:33.724	+0.580
5	Max Verstappen	51	1:33.730	+0.586
6	Lewis Hamilton	43	1:33.780	+0.636
7	Jolyon Palmer	50	1:34.095	+0.951
8	Pierre Gasly	45	1:34.533	+1.389
9	Lance Stroll	37	1:34.548	+1.404
10	Sergio Pérez	23	1:34.744	+1.600

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	306
2	Sebastian Vettel	247
3	Valtteri Bottas	234
4	Daniel Ricciardo	192
5	Kimi Räikkönen	148
6	Max Verstappen	111
7	Sergio Pérez	82
8	Esteban Ocon	65
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	48
10	Nico Hülkenberg	34

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	540
2	Ferrari	395
3	Red Bull	303
4	Force India	147
5	Williams	66
6	Toro Rosso	52
7	Haas	43	▲1
8	Renault	42	▼1
9	McLaren	23
10	Sauber	5