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Japanese Grand Prix

2018  ·  Suzuka Circuit  ·  7 October 2018  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Lewis Hamilton Mercedes · 01:27:17.062
  2. 2nd Valtteri Bottas Mercedes · +12.919
  3. 3rd Max Verstappen Red Bull · +14.295

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes  —  Pole position

02 Lap 38

Charles Leclerc

Retirement Sauber  —  Mechanical

03 Fastest Lap

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

04 On the Charge

Daniel Ricciardo

Red Bull  —  P15 → P4

05 Victory

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1 53 01:27:17.062 25
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 2 53 +12.919 18
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 3 53 +14.295 15
4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 15 53 +19.495 12
5 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 4 53 +50.998 10
6 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 8 53 +1:09.873FL 8
7 Sergio Pérez Force India 9 53 +1:19.379 6
8 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team 5 53 +1:27.198 4
9 Esteban Ocon Force India 11 53 +1:28.055 2
10 Carlos Sainz Renault 13 52 +1 Lap 1
11 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 7 52 +1 Lap
12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 20 52 +1 Lap
13 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 6 52 +1 Lap
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 18 52 +1 Lap
15 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 19 52 +1 Lap
16 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 17 52 +1 Lap
17 Lance Stroll Williams 14 52 +1 Lap
18 Charles Leclerc Sauber 10 38 Mechanical
19 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 16 37 Engine
20 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 12 8 Collision damage

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