2019 Japanese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 13 October 2019
Winner	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Fastest lap	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Circuit	Suzuka, 52 laps
Round	17 of 21
Race numbers	The 2019 Japanese Grand Prix was the: 1,014th World Championship race 35th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix 31st World Championship race at Suzuka 2019 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	1hr 21m 46.755s	25
2	-1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	+13.343s	18
3	+1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	+13.858s	16 FL
4	+2	(THA) Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	52	+59.537s	12
5	+2	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	52	+1m 09.101s	10
DQ		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	51	+1 lap
6	-4	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	51	+1 lap (15.000s)	8
7	+2	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	51	+1 lap	6
8	+9	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	51	+1 lap	4
DQ		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	51	+1 lap
9	+3	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	51	+1 lap	2
10	+4	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	51	+1 lap	1
11	-3	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	51	+1 lap
12	+1	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	51	+1 lap
13	-3	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	51	+1 lap
14	-3	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	51	+1 lap
15	+4	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	+1 lap
16	+2	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	50	+2 laps
17	PL	(POL) Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	50	+2 laps
R		(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	14	DNF

Notes

Renault drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg were disqualified post-race for the use of driver aids on their cars.
Charles Leclerc received a post-race five-second time penalty for causing a collision and a further 10-second time penalty for driving his car in an unsafe condition. His final race position was unaffected.

Notes

Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Robert Kubica was required to start from the pit lane due to changes made to his car under parc ferme conditions.
Robert Kubica and Kevin Magnussen were permitted to race by the stewards despite not setting lap times in qualifying.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:27.064
2	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:27.253	0.189
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:27.293	0.229
4	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.302	0.238
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1:27.851	0.787
6	(THA) Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1:27.851	0.787
7	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	1:28.304	1.240
8	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:28.464	1.400
9	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:28.836	1.772
10	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.341	2.277
Q2
11	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:29.254
12	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:29.345
13	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:29.358
14	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:29.563
15	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:30.112
Q1
16	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.822
17	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:30.344
18	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:30.364
19	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	–
20	(POL) Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	–

Driver	Constructor
(JPN) Naoki Yamamoto	Toro Rosso-Honda

How the championship standings stood post-race.

World Champion: 6th title for Mercedes (5th constructor to win six championships)
Wins: 6th for Valtteri Bottas; 99th for Mercedes
Podiums: 148th for Lewis Hamilton; 119th for Sebastian Vettel; 43rd for Valtteri Bottas; 768th for Ferrari; 205th & 206th for Mercedes
Poles: 57th and last for Sebastian Vettel; 227th for Ferrari
1-2 start: 78th for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 46th for Lewis Hamilton; 73rd for Mercedes
Front row starts: 98th for Sebastian Vettel; 7th for Charles Leclerc
Points finishes: 100th for Valtteri Bottas; 50th for Carlos Sainz; 25th for Charles Leclerc