2017 Japanese Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 8 October 2017
Winner:	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit:	Suzuka, 53 laps
Round:	16 of 20

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1hr 27m 31.194s	25
2	+2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+1.211s	18
3		Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+9.679s	15
4	+2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	+10.580s	12
5	+5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+32.622s	10
6	-1	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1m 07.788s	8
7		Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1m 11.424s	6
8	+4	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	53	+1m 28.953s	4
9	+4	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	53	+1m 29.883s	2
10	-2	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	1
11	+9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 lap
12	+6	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	52	+1 lap
13	+1	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	+1 lap
14	-5	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 lap
15	+2	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+2 laps
R		Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	45	DNF
R		Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	40	DNF
R		Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	7	DNF
R		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	DNF
R		Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.319
2		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:27.791
3		Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.306
4		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.332
5		Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.111
6	-5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:27.651
7		Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.260
8		Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:29.480
9		Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:29.778
10	-5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:28.498
11		Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:29.879
12		Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.972
13		Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:30.849
14		Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:31.317
15		Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.409
16		Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.597
17		Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.885
18	-20	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.022
19	-20	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:30.413
20	-35	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:30.687

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.319
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:27.651	0.332
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:27.791	0.472
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.306	0.987
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.332	1.013
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:28.498	1.179
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.111	1.792
8	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.260	1.941
9	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:29.480	2.161
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:30.687	3.368
Q2
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:29.778
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:29.879
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.972
14	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.022
15	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:30.413
Q1
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:30.849
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:31.317
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.409
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.597
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.885

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	306
2	Sebastian Vettel	247
3	Valtteri Bottas	234
4	Daniel Ricciardo	192
5	Kimi Raikkonen	148
6	Max Verstappen	111
7	Sergio Perez	82
8	Esteban Ocon	65
9	Carlos Sainz	48
10	Nico Hulkenberg	34
11	Felipe Massa	34
12	Lance Stroll	32
13	Romain Grosjean	28
14	Kevin Magnussen	15
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	13
16	Fernando Alonso	10
17	Jolyon Palmer	8
18	Pascal Wehrlein	5
19	Daniil Kvyat	4

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	540
2	Ferrari	395
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	303
4	Force India-Mercedes	147
5	Williams-Mercedes	66
6	Toro Rosso-Renault	52
7	Haas-Ferrari	43
8	Renault	42
9	McLaren-Honda	23
10	Sauber-Ferrari	5

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Jolyon Palmer

Wins

Driver: 61st for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 74th for Mercedes

Podiums

Driver: 115th for Lewis Hamilton, 27th for Daniel Ricciardo, 10th for Max Verstappen

Constructor: 149th for Mercedes, 146th & 147th for Red Bull

Poles

Driver: 71st for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 85th for Mercedes

Fastest laps

Driver: 2nd for Valtteri Bottas

Constructor: 55th for Mercedes

Front row starts

Driver: 116th for Lewis Hamilton, 81st for Sebastian Vettel

Points finishes

Driver: 75th for Daniel Ricciardo

Pole & win

Driver: 39th for Lewis Hamilton

See also

• Japanese Grand Prix
• Suzuka Circuit
• 2017 World Championship season