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2018 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round17 of 21
Race numbers

The 2018 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 993rd World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 30th World Championship race at Suzuka
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes531hr 27m 17.062s25
2 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes53+12.919s18
3 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer53+14.295s15
4+11(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer53+19.495s12
5-1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53+50.998s10
6+2(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari53+1m 09.873s8
7+2(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes53+1m 19.379s6
8-3(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari53+1m 27.198s4
9+2(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes53+1m 28.055s2
10+3(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault52+1 lap1
11-4(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda52+1 lap 
12+8(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari52+1 lap 
13-7(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda52+1 lap 
14+4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault52+1 lap 
15+4(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault52+1 lap 
16+1(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap 
17+3(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap 
R (MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari38DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault37DNF 
R (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari8DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
3 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
4 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
6 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
7 (FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
8 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
9 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
10 (MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
11-3(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
12 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
13 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
14 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
15 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
16 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault
17 (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
18 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
19 (BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
20-15(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-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.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:27.760 
2(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:28.0590.299
3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:29.0571.297
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:29.5211.761
5(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:29.7612.001
6(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:30.0232.263
7(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:30.0932.333
8(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:30.1262.366
9(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:32.1924.432
10(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:37.2299.469
Q2
11(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:29.864 
12(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:30.226 
13(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:30.490 
14(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:30.714 
15(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer– 
Q1
16(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault1:30.361 
17(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:30.372 
18(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:30.573 
19(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:31.041 
20(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:31.213 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton331
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel264
3(FIN) Valtteri Bottas207
4(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen196
5(NLD) Max Verstappen173
6(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo146
7(MEX) Sergio Perez53
8(DNK) Kevin Magnussen53
9(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg53
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso50
11(FRA) Esteban Ocon49
12(ESP) Carlos Sainz39
13(FRA) Romain Grosjean31
14(FRA) Pierre Gasly28
15(MCO) Charles Leclerc21
16(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne8
17(CAN) Lance Stroll6
18(SWE) Marcus Ericsson6
19(NZL) Brendon Hartley2
20(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes538
2Ferrari460
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer319
4Renault92
5Haas-Ferrari84
6McLaren-Renault58
7Force India-Mercedes43
8Toro Rosso-Honda30
9Sauber-Ferrari27
10Williams-Mercedes7

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