2018 Japanese Grand Prix

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	1	53	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	2	53	Finished	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	3	53	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	15	53	Finished	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	4	53	Finished	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	8	53	Finished	8	fastest lap
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	9	53	Finished	6
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	5	53	Finished	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	11	53	Finished	2
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	13	52	Finished	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	7	52	Finished	0
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	20	52	Finished	0
13	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	6	52	Finished	0
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	18	52	Finished	0
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	19	52	Finished	0
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	17	52	Finished	0
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	14	52	Finished	0
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	10	38	Mechanical	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	16	37	Engine	0
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	12	8	Collision damage	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	1	1	53
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	53
Max Verstappen	3	3	53
Daniel Ricciardo	15	4	53
Kimi Raikkonen	4	5	53
Sebastian Vettel	8	6	53
Sergio Perez	9	7	53
Romain Grosjean	5	8	53
Esteban Ocon	11	9	53
Carlos Sainz	13	10	52
Pierre Gasly	7	11	52
Marcus Ericsson	20	12	52
Brendon Hartley	6	13	52
Fernando Alonso	18	14	52
Stoffel Vandoorne	19	15	52
Sergey Sirotkin	17	16	52
Lance Stroll	14	17	52
Charles Leclerc	10	DNF	38
Nico Hulkenberg	16	DNF	37
Kevin Magnussen	12	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:28.702	1:28.017	1:27.760	—	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:29.297	1:27.987	1:28.059	+0.299	+0.299
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:29.480	1:28.849	1:29.057	+1.297	+0.998
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:29.631	1:28.595	1:29.521	+1.761	+0.464
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:29.724	1:29.678	1:29.761	+2.001	+0.240
6	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:30.248	1:29.848	1:30.023	+2.263	+0.262
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:30.137	1:29.810	1:30.093	+2.333	+0.070
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:29.899	1:29.538	1:30.126	+2.366	+0.033
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:29.049	1:28.279	1:32.192	+4.432	+2.066
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:30.247	1:29.567	1:37.229	+9.469	+5.037
11	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:29.706	1:29.864	—	—	—
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:30.219	1:30.226	—	—	—
13	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:30.236	1:30.490	—	—	—
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:30.317	1:30.714	—	—	—
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:29.806	—	—	—	—
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:30.361	—	—	—	—
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:30.372	—	—	—	—
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:30.573	—	—	—	—
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:31.041	—	—	—	—
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:31.213	—	—	—	—

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	53	1	24
Valtteri Bottas	2	53	1	23
Max Verstappen	3	53	1	21
Daniel Ricciardo	4	53	1	23
Kimi Raikkonen	5	53	1	17
Sebastian Vettel	6	53	1	26
Sergio Perez	7	53	1	24
Romain Grosjean	8	53	1	29
Esteban Ocon	9	53	1	26
Carlos Sainz	10	52	1	32
Pierre Gasly	11	52	1	29
Marcus Ericsson	12	52	1	5
Brendon Hartley	13	52	1	28
Fernando Alonso	14	52	1	26
Stoffel Vandoorne	15	52	1	23
Sergey Sirotkin	16	52	2	4, 38
Lance Stroll	17	52	2	14, 39
Charles Leclerc	DNF	38	2	4, 35
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	37	1	30
Kevin Magnussen	DNF	8	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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 2	24 · 23	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	2 · 3	2 · 3	23 · 21	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 15	3 · 4	21 · 23	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 4	3 · 5	21 · 17	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 15	5 · 4	17 · 23	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Daniel Ricciardo	14 · 15	17 · 4	14 · 23	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Sebastian Vettel	4 · 8	5 · 6	17 · 26	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Romain Grosjean	4 · 5	5 · 8	17 · 29	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Sebastian Vettel	7 · 8	11 · 6	29 · 26	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	8 · 9	6 · 7	26 · 24	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	5 · 9	8 · 7	29 · 24	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Esteban Ocon	5 · 11	8 · 9	29 · 26	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Brendon Hartley	5 · 6	8 · 13	29 · 28	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Carlos Sainz	11 · 13	9 · 10	26 · 32	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Carlos Sainz	7 · 13	11 · 10	29 · 32	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Lance Stroll	13 · 14	10 · 17	32 · 14	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Brendon Hartley · Pierre Gasly	6 · 7	13 · 11	28 · 29	Brendon Hartley	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Marcus Ericsson	7 · 20	11 · 12	29 · 5	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Brendon Hartley · Marcus Ericsson	6 · 20	13 · 12	28 · 5	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places
Stoffel Vandoorne · Marcus Ericsson	19 · 20	15 · 12	23 · 5	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places
Brendon Hartley · Fernando Alonso	6 · 18	13 · 14	28 · 26	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sergey Sirotkin · Fernando Alonso	17 · 18	16 · 14	4 · 26	Sergey Sirotkin	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Stoffel Vandoorne	18 · 19	14 · 15	26 · 23	Stoffel Vandoorne	Kept their order
Sergey Sirotkin · Stoffel Vandoorne	17 · 19	16 · 15	4 · 23	Sergey Sirotkin	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Sergey Sirotkin	14 · 17	17 · 16	14 · 4	Sergey Sirotkin	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:28.691	—	—	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:29.137	+0.446	+0.446	26
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:29.373	+0.682	+0.236	32
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:29.627	+0.936	+0.254	20
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:29.685	+0.994	+0.058	20
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:29.841	+1.150	+0.156	30
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:30.591	+1.900	+0.750	28
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:30.814	+2.123	+0.223	22
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:30.929	+2.238	+0.115	27
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:31.073	+2.382	+0.144	29
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:31.073	+2.382	+0.000	20
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:31.100	+2.409	+0.027	23
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:31.272	+2.581	+0.172	29
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.274	+2.583	+0.002	28
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:31.418	+2.727	+0.144	18
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:31.508	+2.817	+0.090	27
17	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:31.908	+3.217	+0.400	23
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:32.034	+3.343	+0.126	21
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:32.513	+3.822	+0.479	26
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	47	1:32.683	+3.992	+0.170	30

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	1:28.217	—	—	31
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:28.678	+0.461	+0.461	30
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:29.050	+0.833	+0.372	36
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:29.257	+1.040	+0.207	32
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:29.498	+1.281	+0.241	33
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:29.513	+1.296	+0.015	27
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:30.035	+1.818	+0.522	32
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:30.440	+2.223	+0.405	32
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:30.478	+2.261	+0.038	33
10	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:30.502	+2.285	+0.024	27
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:30.510	+2.293	+0.008	28
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:30.644	+2.427	+0.134	36
13	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:30.795	+2.578	+0.151	10
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:30.904	+2.687	+0.109	31
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:30.906	+2.689	+0.002	26
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:30.956	+2.739	+0.050	25
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:30.988	+2.771	+0.032	34
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:31.087	+2.870	+0.099	39
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:31.215	+2.998	+0.128	32
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:31.981	+3.764	+0.766	32

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:29.599	—	—	13
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:29.715	+0.116	+0.116	14
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:30.054	+0.455	+0.339	13
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:30.304	+0.705	+0.250	13
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:30.422	+0.823	+0.118	13
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:30.474	+0.875	+0.052	10
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:31.088	+1.489	+0.614	12
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:31.483	+1.884	+0.395	12
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:31.513	+1.914	+0.030	14
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.521	+1.922	+0.008	13
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:31.636	+2.037	+0.115	14
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:31.760	+2.161	+0.124	14
13	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:32.030	+2.431	+0.270	13
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:32.201	+2.602	+0.171	14
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:32.224	+2.625	+0.023	12
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:32.442	+2.843	+0.218	10
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:32.608	+3.009	+0.166	14
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:32.631	+3.032	+0.023	14
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:33.034	+3.435	+0.403	13
20	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:33.105	+3.506	+0.071	10

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: 17 of 2018
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Oct 2018
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.