Race · Round 16 of 20 ·
2017 Japanese Grand Prix
Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified.
- Circuit
- Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
- Winner
- Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- Fastest lap
- Valtteri Bottas
- Entries
- 2015 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W08 | 1 | 53 | Finished | 25 | |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | RB13 | 4 | 53 | Finished | 18 | |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | RB13 | 3 | 53 | Finished | 15 | |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | F1 W08 | 6 | 53 | Finished | 12 | fastest lap |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | SF70H | 10 | 53 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | VJM10 | 5 | 53 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India | VJM10 | 7 | 53 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | VF-17 | 12 | 53 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | VF-17 | 13 | 53 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | FW40 | 8 | 52 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | MCL32 | 20 | 52 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | R.S.17 | 18 | 52 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | STR12 | 14 | 52 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | MCL32 | 9 | 52 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | C36 | 17 | 51 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Lance Stroll | Williams | FW40 | 15 | 45 | Suspension | 0 | |
| DNF | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | R.S.17 | 11 | 40 | Rear wing | 0 | |
| DNF | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | C36 | 16 | 7 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | SF70H | 2 | 4 | Spark plugs | 0 | |
| DNF | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | STR12 | 19 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
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.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:29.047 | 1:27.819 | 1:27.319 | — | — |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:29.332 | 1:28.543 | 1:27.651 | +0.332 | +0.332 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:29.352 | 1:28.225 | 1:27.791 | +0.472 | +0.140 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:29.475 | 1:28.935 | 1:28.306 | +0.987 | +0.515 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:29.181 | 1:28.747 | 1:28.332 | +1.013 | +0.026 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:29.163 | 1:29.079 | 1:28.498 | +1.179 | +0.166 |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:30.115 | 1:29.199 | 1:29.111 | +1.792 | +0.613 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:29.696 | 1:29.343 | 1:29.260 | +1.941 | +0.149 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:30.352 | 1:29.687 | 1:29.480 | +2.161 | +0.220 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:30.525 | 1:29.749 | 1:30.687 | +3.368 | +1.207 |
| 11 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | 1:30.654 | 1:29.778 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:30.252 | 1:29.879 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:30.774 | 1:29.972 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 30 | 1:30.516 | 1:30.022 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | 1:30.565 | 1:30.413 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 1:30.849 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 10 | 1:31.317 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:31.409 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:31.597 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:31.885 | — | — | — | — |
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. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen | 1 · 4 | 1 · 2 | 22 · 21 | Max Verstappen | Kept their order |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen | 3 · 4 | 3 · 2 | 25 · 21 | Max Verstappen | Swapped places |
| Max Verstappen · Esteban Ocon | 4 · 5 | 2 · 6 | 21 · 20 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Valtteri Bottas | 3 · 6 | 3 · 4 | 25 · 30 | Daniel Ricciardo | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Valtteri Bottas | 5 · 6 | 6 · 4 | 20 · 30 | Esteban Ocon | Swapped places |
| Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen | 6 · 10 | 4 · 5 | 30 · 28 | Kimi Raikkonen | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez | 6 · 7 | 4 · 7 | 30 · 21 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Kimi Raikkonen | 5 · 10 | 6 · 5 | 20 · 28 | Esteban Ocon | Swapped places |
| Stoffel Vandoorne · Kimi Raikkonen | 9 · 10 | 14 · 5 | 9 · 28 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Swapped places |
| Esteban Ocon · Sergio Perez | 5 · 7 | 6 · 7 | 20 · 21 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| Sergio Perez · Kevin Magnussen | 7 · 12 | 7 · 8 | 21 · 19 | Kevin Magnussen | Kept their order |
| Sergio Perez · Felipe Massa | 7 · 8 | 7 · 10 | 21 · 17 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean | 12 · 13 | 8 · 9 | 19 · 23 | Kevin Magnussen | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Romain Grosjean | 8 · 13 | 10 · 9 | 17 · 23 | Felipe Massa | Swapped places |
| Romain Grosjean · Pierre Gasly | 13 · 14 | 9 · 13 | 23 · 22 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso | 8 · 20 | 10 · 11 | 17 · 25 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Stoffel Vandoorne | 8 · 9 | 10 · 14 | 17 · 9 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Kept their order |
| Jolyon Palmer · Fernando Alonso | 18 · 20 | 12 · 11 | 39 · 25 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Pierre Gasly · Jolyon Palmer | 14 · 18 | 13 · 12 | 22 · 39 | Pierre Gasly | Swapped places |
| Pascal Wehrlein · Jolyon Palmer | 17 · 18 | 15 · 12 | 2 · 39 | Pascal Wehrlein | Swapped places |
| Stoffel Vandoorne · Pierre Gasly | 9 · 14 | 14 · 13 | 9 · 22 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Swapped places |
| Stoffel Vandoorne · Pascal Wehrlein | 9 · 17 | 14 · 15 | 9 · 2 | Pascal Wehrlein | Kept their order |
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:29.166 | — | — | 23 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:29.377 | +0.211 | +0.211 | 29 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:29.541 | +0.375 | +0.164 | 27 |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:29.638 | +0.472 | +0.097 | 22 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:30.151 | +0.985 | +0.513 | 30 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:30.762 | +1.596 | +0.611 | 26 |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:30.899 | +1.733 | +0.137 | 22 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:30.974 | +1.808 | +0.075 | 24 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 1:31.032 | +1.866 | +0.058 | 22 |
| 10 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | 1:31.202 | +2.036 | +0.170 | 24 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:31.216 | +2.050 | +0.014 | 15 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:31.235 | +2.069 | +0.019 | 19 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:31.530 | +2.364 | +0.295 | 23 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:31.602 | +2.436 | +0.072 | 22 |
| 15 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 30 | 1:31.757 | +2.591 | +0.155 | 22 |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:31.912 | +2.746 | +0.155 | 20 |
| 17 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | 1:32.252 | +3.086 | +0.340 | 14 |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 10 | 1:32.501 | +3.335 | +0.249 | 18 |
| 19 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:32.897 | +3.731 | +0.396 | 29 |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:33.397 | +4.231 | +0.500 | 28 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:48.719 | — | — | 4 |
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:49.518 | +0.799 | +0.799 | 3 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:51.345 | +2.626 | +1.827 | 3 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:52.146 | +3.427 | +0.801 | 3 |
| 5 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:52.343 | +3.624 | +0.197 | 4 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 30 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 12 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 14 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:29.055 | — | — | 9 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:29.069 | +0.014 | +0.014 | 19 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:29.379 | +0.324 | +0.310 | 23 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:29.910 | +0.855 | +0.531 | 15 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:30.018 | +0.963 | +0.108 | 13 |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:30.109 | +1.054 | +0.091 | 12 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:30.315 | +1.260 | +0.206 | 19 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:30.424 | +1.369 | +0.109 | 13 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:30.563 | +1.508 | +0.139 | 12 |
| 10 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 30 | 1:30.764 | +1.709 | +0.201 | 22 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:30.764 | +1.709 | +0.000 | 21 |
| 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | 1:30.770 | +1.715 | +0.006 | 18 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 55 | 1:30.799 | +1.744 | +0.029 | 23 |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:30.982 | +1.927 | +0.183 | 12 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:31.011 | +1.956 | +0.029 | 20 |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 10 | 1:31.353 | +2.298 | +0.342 | 25 |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 1:31.459 | +2.404 | +0.106 | 13 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:32.579 | +3.524 | +1.120 | 22 |
| 19 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:32.698 | +3.643 | +0.119 | 21 |
| 20 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:33.962 | +4.907 | +1.264 | 12 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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Red Bull RB13
Daniel Ricciardo 2017 Malaysia FP1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari SF70H
Sebastian Vettel 2017 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Force India VJM10
Esteban Ocon 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Haas VF-17
Kevin Magnussen 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW40
Felipe Massa 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
McLaren MCL32
Fernando Alonso 2017 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Renault R.S.17
Nico Hulkenberg 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Toro Rosso STR12
Carlos Sainz Jr 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Sauber C36
Pascal Wehrlein 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 16 of 2017
- Grand Prix
- Japanese Grand Prix
- Dates
- 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.