Japanese Grand Prix 2018

Suzuka
7 October 2018
53 laps
307.5 km
5.807 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:27.760
Fastest lapSebastian Vettel1:32.318 · lap 53
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayDaniel Ricciardofan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1	53	1:27:17.062	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	2	53	+12.919	18
3	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	3	53	+14.295	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	15	53	+19.495	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	4	53	+50.998	10
6	Sebastian Vettelfastest lap	5	Ferrari	8	53	+1:09.873	8
7	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	9	53	+1:19.379	6
8	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	5	53	+1:27.198	4
9	Esteban Ocon	31	Force India · Mercedes	11	53	+1:28.055	2
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Renault	13	52	+1 lap	1
11	Pierre Gasly	10	Toro Rosso · Honda	7	52	+1 lap
12	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	20	52	+1 lap
13	Brendon Hartley	28	Toro Rosso · Honda	6	52	+1 lap
14	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Renault	18	52	+1 lap
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	McLaren · Renault	19	52	+1 lap
16	Sergey Sirotkin	35	Williams · Mercedes	17	52	+1 lap
17	Lance Stroll	18	Williams · Mercedes	14	52	+1 lap
DNF	Charles Leclerc	16	Sauber · Ferrari	10	38	Mechanical
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Renault	16	37	Engine
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	12	8	Collision damage

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 53. 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	1	1	1	53
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	2	2	2
Max Verstappen	3	3	3	3	3
Daniel Ricciardo	15	5	4	4	4
Kimi Räikkönen	4	4	5	5	5
Sebastian Vettel	8	15	16	6	6
Sergio Pérez	9	8	13	8	7
Romain Grosjean	5	6	6	7	8
Esteban Ocon	11	9	15	9	9
Carlos Sainz Jr.	13	10	8	11	10
Pierre Gasly	7	7	7	10	11
Marcus Ericsson	20	18	12	12	12
Brendon Hartley	6	11	9	13	13
Fernando Alonso	18	12	19	14	14
Stoffel Vandoorne	19	19	18	15	15
Sergey Sirotkin	17	17	14	16	16
Lance Stroll	14	16	17	17	17
Charles Leclerc	10	14	11	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	16	13	10	–	out
Kevin Magnussen	12	–	–	–	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	0.0	0.0	0.0
Valtteri Bottas	+2.3	+4.8	+5.4	+12.9
Max Verstappen	+5.1	+15.0	+7.1	+14.3
Daniel Ricciardo	+16.0	+16.9	+12.1	+19.5
Kimi Räikkönen	+8.3	+22.3	+19.8	+51.0
Sebastian Vettel	+31.4	+59.5	+62.7	+69.9
Sergio Pérez	+19.7	+56.0	+74.8	+79.4
Romain Grosjean	+16.6	+33.3	+72.7	+87.2
Esteban Ocon	+21.1	+58.9	+77.4	+88.1
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+22.8	+40.4	+93.6	+103.0
Pierre Gasly	+18.2	+38.6	+85.8	+115.8
Marcus Ericsson	+34.0	+55.6	+102.9	+137.1
Brendon Hartley	+25.4	+47.7	+104.3	+137.7
Fernando Alonso	+26.9	+74.5	+113.0	+138.0
Stoffel Vandoorne	+35.7	+74.4	+128.1	+138.8
Sergey Sirotkin	+33.8	+58.7	+143.5	+141.2
Lance Stroll	+31.9	+65.7	+153.5	+145.9
Charles Leclerc	+29.6	+54.2	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	+28.4	+53.5	–	out
Kevin Magnussen	–	–	–	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	1:28.702	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	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	1:30.219	1:30.226
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	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

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Esteban Ocon	P8	P11	3 places – 3
Marcus Ericsson	P20	P20	15 places – 15

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Lewis Hamilton	1	24	22.614 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	26	22.748 s
Valtteri Bottas	1	23	22.777 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	17	22.781 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	23	22.864 s
Brendon Hartley	1	28	23.110 s
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	23	23.159 s
Marcus Ericsson	1	5	23.244 s
Esteban Ocon	1	26	23.316 s
Pierre Gasly	1	29	23.376 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	32	23.477 s
Nico Hülkenberg	1	30	23.555 s
Sergio Pérez	1	24	23.635 s
Romain Grosjean	1	29	23.692 s
Fernando Alonso	1	26	27.454 s
Max Verstappen	1	21	28.789 s
Kevin Magnussen	1	2	29.007 s
Sergey Sirotkin	2	4, 38	23.647 s
Lance Stroll	2	14, 39	23.657 s
Charles Leclerc	2	4, 35	26.672 s

Every stop, lap by lap (23)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
2	Kevin Magnussen	1	29.007 s
4	Sergey Sirotkin	1	23.660 s
4	Charles Leclerc	1	38.891 s
5	Marcus Ericsson	1	23.244 s
14	Lance Stroll	1	23.657 s
17	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.781 s
21	Max Verstappen	1	28.789 s
23	Valtteri Bottas	1	22.777 s
23	Daniel Ricciardo	1	22.864 s
23	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	23.159 s
24	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.614 s
24	Sergio Pérez	1	23.635 s
26	Sebastian Vettel	1	22.748 s
26	Esteban Ocon	1	23.316 s
26	Fernando Alonso	1	27.454 s
28	Brendon Hartley	1	23.110 s
29	Pierre Gasly	1	23.376 s
29	Romain Grosjean	1	23.692 s
30	Nico Hülkenberg	1	23.555 s
32	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.477 s
35	Charles Leclerc	2	26.672 s
38	Sergey Sirotkin	2	23.647 s
39	Lance Stroll	2	29.804 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Sebastian Vettel	53	1:32.318
2	Lewis Hamilton	51	1:32.785	+0.467
3	Valtteri Bottas	46	1:33.110	+0.792
4	Daniel Ricciardo	50	1:33.187	+0.869
5	Lance Stroll	41	1:33.354	+1.036
6	Max Verstappen	50	1:33.367	+1.049
7	Fernando Alonso	28	1:33.943	+1.625
8	Sergey Sirotkin	41	1:33.985	+1.667
9	Sergio Pérez	43	1:34.073	+1.755
10	Pierre Gasly	35	1:34.133	+1.815

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	331
2	Sebastian Vettel	264
3	Valtteri Bottas	207
4	Kimi Räikkönen	196
5	Max Verstappen	173
6	Daniel Ricciardo	146
7	Sergio Pérez	53	▲3
8	Kevin Magnussen	53	▼1
9	Nico Hülkenberg	53	▼1
10	Fernando Alonso	50	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	538
2	Ferrari	460
3	Red Bull	319
4	Renault	92
5	Haas	84
6	McLaren	58
7	Force India	43
8	Toro Rosso	30
9	Sauber	27
10	Williams	7