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Fact File

Country:	Japan
Location:	Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture
Races held:	4
First race:	1976
Last race:	2008
No. of winning drivers:	4
No. of winning constructors:	3
Races won from pole:	2 (50.0%)
Race winner avg start position:	2.0
Home driver winners:	0

Races

DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Date	Round	Grand Prix	Race Result
1	24 October 1976 ^DT	16 of 16	Japan	1976 Japanese Grand Prix
2	23 October 1977	17 of 17	Japan	1977 Japanese Grand Prix
3	30 September 2007	15 of 17	Japan	2007 Japanese Grand Prix
4	12 October 2008	16 of 18	Japan	2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Race Winners

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin	Race Time
1976	Japan	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	1 lap	1hr 43m 58.860s
1977	Japan	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	2	1m 02.450s	1hr 31m 51.680s
2007	Japan	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	8.377s	2hr 00m 34.579s
2008	Japan	Fernando Alonso	Renault	4	5.283s	1hr 30m 21.892s

Polesitters

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin	Pole Time
1976	Japan	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1	0.030s	1:12.770
1977	Japan	Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	DNF	0.160s	1:12.230
2007	Japan	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	0.070s	1:25.368
2008	Japan	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	12	0.240s	1:18.404

Fastest Laps

Year	Grand Prix	Driver	Constructor	Lap Time
1976	Japan	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:19.970
1977	Japan	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford Cosworth	1:14.300
2007	Japan	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:28.193
2008	Japan	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:18.426

Statistics

Wins

Driver

Bold: win from pole position

Driver	Wins	From Pole	Year(s)
Mario Andretti	1	1	1976
James Hunt	1	–	1977
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	2007
Fernando Alonso	1	–	2008

Constructor

Constructor	Wins	1-2	Year(s)
McLaren	2	–	1977, 2007
Lotus (1958-94)	1	–	1976
Renault	1	–	2008

Podiums

Driver

Driver	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd	Year(s)
James Hunt	2	1	–	1	1976 1977
Patrick Depailler	2	–	1	1	1976 1977
Kimi Raikkonen	2	–	–	2	2007 2008
Mario Andretti	1	1	–	–	1976
Carlos Reutemann	1	–	1	–	1977
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	–	–	2007
Heikki Kovalainen	1	–	1	–	2007
Fernando Alonso	1	1	–	–	2008
Robert Kubica	1	–	1	–	2008

Constructor

Constructor	Podiums	1st	2nd	3rd	Year(s)
McLaren	3	2	–	1	1976 1977 2007
Ferrari	3	–	1	2	1977 2007 2008
Tyrrell	2	–	1	1	1976 1977
Renault	2	1	1	–	2007 2008
Lotus (1958-94)	1	1	–	–	1976
BMW Sauber (Sauber)	1	–	1	–	2008

Pole positions

Driver

Bold: pole & win

Driver	Poles	Pole & Win	Year(s)
Mario Andretti	2	1	1976, 1977
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	2007, 2008

Constructor

Bold: qualifying 1-2

Constructor	Poles	1-2	Year(s)
Lotus (1958-94)	2	–	1976, 1977
McLaren	2	1	2007, 2008

Fastest laps

Driver

Bold: win & fastest lap

Driver	Fastest Laps	Win & F.Lap	Year(s)
Jacques Laffite	1	–	1976
Jody Scheckter	1	–	1977
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	2007
Felipe Massa	1	–	2008

Constructor

Constructor	Fastest laps	Year(s)
Ligier	1	1976
Wolf	1	1977
McLaren	1	2007
Ferrari	1	2008