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Home / Seasons / 2017 F1 World Championship Season / 2017 Japanese Grand Prix

2017 Japanese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 8 October 2017
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round16 of 20
Race numbers

The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix was the

  • 972nd World Championship race
  • 33rd World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 29th World Championship race at Suzuka
More 2017 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes531hr 27m 31.194s25
2+2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer53+1.211s18
3 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer53+9.679s15
4+2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes53+10.580s12
5+5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53+32.622s10
6-1France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes53+1m 07.788s8
7 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes53+1m 11.424s6
8+4Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari53+1m 28.953s4
9+4France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari53+1m 29.883s2
10-2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap1
11+9Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda52+1 lap 
12+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault52+1 lap 
13+1France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault52+1 lap 
14-5Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda52+1 lap 
15+2Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari51+2 laps 
R Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes45DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault40DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari7DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari4DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
3 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
4 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
6-5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
7 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
8 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
9 Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda
10-5Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
11 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault
12 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
13 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
14 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault
15 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
16 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
17 Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari
18-20United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault
19-20Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault
20-35Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda

Notes

  • Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
  • Jolyon Palmer and Carlos Sainz received 20-place grid penalties for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Fernando Alonso received a 35-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:27.319 
2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:27.6510.332
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:27.7910.472
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:28.3060.987
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:28.3321.013
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:28.4981.179
7France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:29.1111.792
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:29.2601.941
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:29.4802.161
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:30.6873.368
Q2
11Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda1:29.778 
12Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:29.879 
13Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:29.972 
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:30.022 
15Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:30.413 
Q1
16France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:30.849 
17France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault1:31.317 
18Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:31.409 
19Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:31.597 
20Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari1:31.885 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2017 Japanese Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton306
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel247
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas234
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo192
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen148
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen111
7Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez82
8France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon65
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz48
10Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg34
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa34
12Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll32
13France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean28
14Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen15
15Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne13
16Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso10
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon Palmer8
18Germany flag lazyload Pascal Wehrlein5
19Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat4

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes540
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari395
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer303
4India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes147
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes66
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault52
7USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari43
8France flag lazyload Renault42
9United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda23
10Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari5

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Jolyon Palmer
Wins
61st for Lewis Hamilton
74th for Mercedes
Podiums
115th for Lewis Hamilton, 27th for Daniel Ricciardo, 10th for Max Verstappen (75th driver to score ten podiums, 1st Dutch driver)
149th for Mercedes, 146th & 147th for Red Bull
Poles
71st for Lewis Hamilton
85th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
2nd for Valtteri Bottas (first since 2014; first for Mercedes)
55th for Mercedes
Front row starts
116th for Lewis Hamilton, 81st for Sebastian Vettel
Points finishes
75th for Daniel Ricciardo
Pole & win
39th for Lewis Hamilton

See also

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

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