2018 Japanese Grand Prix
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Circuit | Suzuka, 53 laps |
Round | 17 of 21 |
Race numbers | The 2018 Japanese Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | 1hr 27m 17.062s | 25 | |
2 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 53 | +12.919s | 18 | |
3 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 53 | +14.295s | 15 | |
4 | +11 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 53 | +19.495s | 12 |
5 | -1 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 53 | +50.998s | 10 |
6 | +2 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 53 | +1m 09.873s | 8 |
7 | +2 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 19.379s | 6 |
8 | -3 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 53 | +1m 27.198s | 4 |
9 | +2 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 28.055s | 2 |
10 | +3 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 1 |
11 | -4 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 52 | +1 lap | |
12 | +8 | (SWE) Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | |
13 | -7 | (NZL) Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | 52 | +1 lap | |
14 | +4 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 52 | +1 lap | |
15 | +4 | (BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 52 | +1 lap | |
16 | +1 | (RUS) Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | |
17 | +3 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | |
R | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 38 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 37 | DNF | ||
R | (DNK) Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 8 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
2 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | |
3 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
4 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
5 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | |
6 | (NZL) Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | |
7 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | |
8 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | |
9 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | |
10 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | |
11 | -3 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes |
12 | (DNK) Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | |
13 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | Renault | |
14 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | |
15 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
16 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | |
17 | (RUS) Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | |
18 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | |
19 | (BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | |
20 | -15 | (SWE) Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari |
Notes
- Esteban Ocon received a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under red flag conditions in Free Practice 3.
- Marcus Ericsson received a 10-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements and a further five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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(GBR) Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | 331 |
2 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | 264 |
3 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | 207 |
4 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | 196 |
5 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | 173 |
6 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | 146 |
7 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | 53 |
8 | (DNK) Kevin Magnussen | 53 |
9 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | 53 |
10 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 50 |
11 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | 49 |
12 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | 39 |
13 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | 31 |
14 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | 28 |
15 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | 21 |
16 | (BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne | 8 |
17 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | 6 |
18 | (SWE) Marcus Ericsson | 6 |
19 | (NZL) Brendon Hartley | 2 |
20 | (RUS) Sergey Sirotkin | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Mercedes | 538 |
2 | Ferrari | 460 |
3 | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 319 |
4 | Renault | 92 |
5 | Haas-Ferrari | 84 |
6 | McLaren-Renault | 58 |
7 | Force India-Mercedes | 43 |
8 | Toro Rosso-Honda | 30 |
9 | Sauber-Ferrari | 27 |
10 | Williams-Mercedes | 7 |
Statistics & milestones
- Wins
- 71st for Lewis Hamilton
- 85th for Mercedes
- Race 1-2
- 44th for Mercedes
- Podiums
- 131st for Lewis Hamilton
- 30th for Valtteri Bottas (33rd driver to score 30 podiums, 3rd Finnish driver)
- 18th for Max Verstappen
- 175th & 176th for Mercedes
- 157th for Red Bull
- Poles
- 80th for Lewis Hamilton (1st driver to take 80 pole positions, 1st British driver)
- 98th for Mercedes
- 1-2 start
- 57th for Mercedes
- Fastest laps
- 35th for Sebastian Vettel
- 247th for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 129th for Lewis Hamilton
- 16th for Valtteri Bottas
- Points finishes
- 175th for Sebastian Vettel
- Pole & win
- 45th for Lewis Hamilton