2014 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2221 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W05	2	44	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W05	1	44	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB10	9	44	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB10	6	44	Finished	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-29	8	44	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW36	3	44	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW36	4	44	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM07	13	44	Finished	4
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	20	44	Finished	2
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM07	11	43	Finished	1
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	12	43	Finished	0
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F14 T	10	43	Finished	0
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C33	15	43	Finished	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	MP4-29	7	43	Finished	0
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E22	16	43	Finished	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E22	22	43	Finished	0
17	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	17	43	Finished	0
18	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03	21	43	Finished	0
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	19	43	Finished	0
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03	18	41	Fatal accident	0
21	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	C33	14	40	Accident	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F14 T	5	2	Electrical	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	44
Nico Rosberg	1	2	44
Sebastian Vettel	9	3	44
Daniel Ricciardo	6	4	44
Jenson Button	8	5	44
Valtteri Bottas	3	6	44
Felipe Massa	4	7	44
Nico Hulkenberg	13	8	44
Jean-Éric Vergne	20	9	44
Sergio Perez	11	10	43
Daniil Kvyat	12	11	43
Kimi Raikkonen	10	12	43
Esteban Gutierrez	15	13	43
Kevin Magnussen	7	14	43
Romain Grosjean	16	15	43
Pastor Maldonado	22	16	43
Marcus Ericsson	17	17	43
Max Chilton	21	18	43
Kamui Kobayashi	19	19	43
Jules Bianchi	18	20	41
Adrian Sutil	14	21	40
Fernando Alonso	5	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.671	1:32.950	1:32.506	—	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.611	1:32.982	1:32.703	+0.197	+0.197
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.301	1:33.443	1:33.128	+0.622	+0.425
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.483	1:33.551	1:33.527	+1.021	+0.399
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:34.497	1:33.675	1:33.740	+1.234	+0.213
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.593	1:34.466	1:34.075	+1.569	+0.335
7	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:34.930	1:34.229	1:34.242	+1.736	+0.167
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.150	1:34.648	1:34.317	+1.811	+0.075
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:35.517	1:34.784	1:34.432	+1.926	+0.115
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.984	1:34.771	1:34.548	+2.042	+0.116
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:35.155	1:34.984	—	—	—
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.439	1:35.089	—	—	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.210	1:35.092	—	—	—
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.000	1:35.099	—	—	—
15	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:35.736	1:35.364	—	—	—
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:35.308	1:35.681	—	—	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:35.917	—	—	—	—
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:35.984	—	—	—	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:36.813	—	—	—	—
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:36.943	—	—	—	—
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:37.015	—	—	—	—
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:37.481	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	44	3	2, 14, 35
Nico Rosberg	2	44	3	2, 13, 33
Sebastian Vettel	3	44	3	2, 12, 29
Daniel Ricciardo	4	44	3	2, 11, 36
Jenson Button	5	44	4	2, 9, 31, 42
Valtteri Bottas	6	44	3	2, 11, 38
Felipe Massa	7	44	3	2, 12, 37
Nico Hulkenberg	8	44	4	2, 12, 26, 43
Jean-Éric Vergne	9	44	3	2, 11, 19
Sergio Perez	10	43	4	2, 11, 25, 43
Daniil Kvyat	11	43	4	2, 11, 23, 39
Kimi Raikkonen	12	43	5	2, 11, 23, 34, 43
Esteban Gutierrez	13	43	3	2, 11, 34
Kevin Magnussen	14	43	5	2, 11, 15, 33, 40
Romain Grosjean	15	43	5	2, 11, 21, 34, 43
Pastor Maldonado	16	43	4	2, 9, 22, 40
Marcus Ericsson	17	43	4	2, 11, 25, 39
Max Chilton	18	43	3	2, 11, 23
Kamui Kobayashi	19	43	5	2, 11, 26, 38, 39
Jules Bianchi	20	41	3	2, 13, 24
Adrian Sutil	21	40	4	2, 12, 22, 32
Fernando Alonso	DNF	2	1	2

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	2 · 1	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 6	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 9	2 · 3	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel	6 · 9	4 · 3	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sebastian Vettel	8 · 9	5 · 3	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	9 · 10	3 · 12	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jenson Button	6 · 8	4 · 5	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kevin Magnussen	6 · 7	4 · 14	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Jenson Button	3 · 8	6 · 5	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Jenson Button	7 · 8	14 · 5	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	6 · 7	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 13	7 · 8	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	11 · 8	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Jean-Éric Vergne	13 · 20	8 · 9	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Adrian Sutil	13 · 14	8 · 21	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Jean-Éric Vergne	11 · 20	10 · 9	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Jean-Éric Vergne	19 · 20	19 · 9	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Max Chilton	20 · 21	9 · 18	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	12 · 10	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Daniil Kvyat	11 · 12	10 · 11	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 12	12 · 11	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Esteban Gutierrez	10 · 15	12 · 13	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Esteban Gutierrez	7 · 15	14 · 13	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Esteban Gutierrez	14 · 15	21 · 13	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Romain Grosjean	15 · 16	13 · 15	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean	7 · 16	14 · 15	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Pastor Maldonado	16 · 22	15 · 16	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 17	15 · 17	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Pastor Maldonado	17 · 22	17 · 16	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Chilton · Pastor Maldonado	21 · 22	18 · 16	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Max Chilton	17 · 21	17 · 18	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Jules Bianchi	17 · 18	17 · 20	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Max Chilton	19 · 21	19 · 18	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Jules Bianchi · Kamui Kobayashi	18 · 19	20 · 19	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Jules Bianchi	14 · 18	21 · 20	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.461	—	—	27
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:35.612	+0.151	+0.151	26
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:36.037	+0.576	+0.425	19
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:36.576	+1.115	+0.539	25
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.187	+1.726	+0.611	19
6	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:37.327	+1.866	+0.140	24
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.466	+2.005	+0.139	27
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:37.649	+2.188	+0.183	24
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.686	+2.225	+0.037	26
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:37.714	+2.253	+0.028	26
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.012	+2.551	+0.298	22
12	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	38	1:38.157	+2.696	+0.145	22
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.324	+2.863	+0.167	10
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:38.582	+3.121	+0.258	9
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:38.851	+3.390	+0.269	21
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:39.046	+3.585	+0.195	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:39.097	+3.636	+0.051	26
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:39.318	+3.857	+0.221	18
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:40.031	+4.570	+0.713	18
20	Roberto Merhi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	45	1:41.472	+6.011	+1.441	24
21	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:41.580	+6.119	+0.108	10
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:41.757	+6.296	+0.177	15

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:35.078	—	—	28
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.318	+0.240	+0.240	27
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:36.279	+1.201	+0.961	24
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:36.409	+1.331	+0.130	28
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.436	+1.358	+0.027	24
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:36.529	+1.451	+0.093	19
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:36.637	+1.559	+0.108	26
8	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:36.714	+1.636	+0.077	31
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:36.943	+1.865	+0.229	27
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.186	+2.108	+0.243	3
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:37.219	+2.141	+0.033	19
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:37.504	+2.426	+0.285	16
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.563	+2.485	+0.059	31
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.700	+2.622	+0.137	18
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.786	+2.708	+0.086	8
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:37.798	+2.720	+0.012	27
17	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:38.010	+2.932	+0.212	25
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:38.365	+3.287	+0.355	9
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:39.069	+3.991	+0.704	22
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:39.306	+4.228	+0.237	20
21	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:39.333	+4.255	+0.027	24
22	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:42.760	+7.682	+3.427	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.228	—	—	14
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.210	+0.982	+0.982	10
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:34.439	+1.211	+0.229	12
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.564	+1.336	+0.125	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.061	+1.833	+0.497	16
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.086	+1.858	+0.025	13
7	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:35.251	+2.023	+0.165	16
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:35.494	+2.266	+0.243	8
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.538	+2.310	+0.044	17
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.549	+2.321	+0.011	16
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.732	+2.504	+0.183	15
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.995	+2.767	+0.263	5
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.365	+3.137	+0.370	8
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:36.407	+3.179	+0.042	22
15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.460	+3.232	+0.053	6
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:36.558	+3.330	+0.098	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:36.617	+3.389	+0.059	12
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:36.626	+3.398	+0.009	20
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:37.367	+4.139	+0.741	12
20	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:37.883	+4.655	+0.516	17
21	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:38.102	+4.874	+0.219	15
22	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:38.784	+5.556	+0.682	12

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 2014
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Oct 2014
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.