2014 Season/Races

Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

2014-10-05

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	▲1	1:51:43.021	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	▼1	+9.180	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	9	▲6	+29.122	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	6	▲2	+38.818	Finished	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	8	▲3	+1:07.550	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	3	▼3	+1:53.773	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	4	▼3	+1:55.126	Finished	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	▲5	+1:55.948	Finished	4
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	20	▲11	+2:07.638	Finished	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	11	▲1	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	12	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	▼2	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	15	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	7	▼7	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	16	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	22	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	17	—	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Max Chilton	Marussia	21	▲3	—	+1 Lap	0
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	19	—	—	+1 Lap	0
20	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	18	▼2	—	Accident	0
21	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	14	▼7	—	Accident	0
R	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	—	—	Electronics	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.671	1:32.950	1:32.506
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.611	1:32.982	1:32.703
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:34.301	1:33.443	1:33.128
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:34.483	1:33.551	1:33.527
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.497	1:33.675	1:33.740
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:35.593	1:34.466	1:34.075
7	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	1:34.930	1:34.229	1:34.242
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:35.150	1:34.648	1:34.317
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:35.517	1:34.784	1:34.432
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.984	1:34.771	1:34.548
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:35.155	1:34.984	—
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:35.439	1:35.089	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:35.210	1:35.092	—
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:35.000	1:35.099	—
15	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	1:35.736	1:35.364	—
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:35.308	1:35.681	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	1:35.917	—	—
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	1:35.984	—	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	1:36.813	—	—
20	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	1:36.943	—	—
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	1:37.015	—	—
22	Max Chilton	Marussia	1:37.481	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

3 stops

4 stops

3 stops

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4 stops

3 stops

4 stops

Lap 1

Lap 44

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	Final
Hamilton	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1
Rosberg	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P3	P2	P2
Vettel	P8	P7	P6	P4	P4	P5	P4	P3	P3
Ricciardo	P5	P5	P7	P5	P5	P4	P2	P5	P4
Button	P7	P20	P3	P3	P3	P3	P5	P4	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Nico Rosberg	1	2	15:06:10	18:56.516
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	15:06:11	18:57.295
Valtteri Bottas	1	2	15:06:13	18:56.994
Felipe Massa	1	2	15:06:15	18:56.594
Fernando Alonso	1	2	15:06:17	18:57.051
Daniel Ricciardo	1	2	15:06:20	18:55.520
Kevin Magnussen	1	2	15:06:21	18:55.891
Jenson Button	1	2	15:06:23	18:56.054
Sebastian Vettel	1	2	15:06:26	18:54.978
Kimi Räikkönen	1	2	15:06:28	18:55.276
Sergio Pérez	1	2	15:06:30	18:55.712
Daniil Kvyat	1	2	15:06:33	18:54.529
Nico Hülkenberg	1	2	15:06:35	18:56.562
Adrian Sutil	1	2	15:06:37	18:55.797
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	2	15:06:39	18:54.553
Romain Grosjean	1	2	15:06:42	18:53.680
Jules Bianchi	1	2	15:06:44	18:53.708
Kamui Kobayashi	1	2	15:06:47	18:53.381
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	2	15:06:50	18:56.557
Max Chilton	1	2	15:06:52	18:55.937
Pastor Maldonado	1	2	15:07:03	18:47.145
Marcus Ericsson	1	2	15:07:18	18:33.851
Jenson Button	2	9	15:44:19	24.532
Pastor Maldonado	2	9	15:44:28	25.460
Valtteri Bottas	2	11	15:48:14	24.465
Daniel Ricciardo	2	11	15:48:16	24.184
Kevin Magnussen	2	11	15:48:17	24.550
Kimi Räikkönen	2	11	15:48:20	25.191
Sergio Pérez	2	11	15:48:20	24.971
Daniil Kvyat	2	11	15:48:22	24.567
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	11	15:48:25	24.873
Romain Grosjean	2	11	15:48:26	24.011
Kamui Kobayashi	2	11	15:48:28	28.656
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	11	15:48:29	25.451
Marcus Ericsson	2	11	15:48:34	31.187
Max Chilton	2	11	15:48:36	25.879
Felipe Massa	2	12	15:50:12	24.374
Sebastian Vettel	2	12	15:50:13	23.764
Nico Hülkenberg	2	12	15:50:17	24.696
Adrian Sutil	2	12	15:50:21	25.136
Nico Rosberg	2	13	15:51:49	23.696
Jules Bianchi	2	13	15:52:24	25.116
Lewis Hamilton	2	14	15:53:43	23.891
Kevin Magnussen	3	15	15:56:34	33.215
Jean-Éric Vergne	3	19	16:04:37	24.353
Romain Grosjean	3	21	16:08:25	23.656
Adrian Sutil	3	22	16:10:19	24.407
Pastor Maldonado	3	22	16:10:28	24.184
Kimi Räikkönen	3	23	16:12:06	32.466
Daniil Kvyat	3	23	16:12:08	24.222
Max Chilton	3	23	16:12:57	25.278
Jules Bianchi	3	24	16:14:29	24.910
Sergio Pérez	3	25	16:16:02	24.622
Marcus Ericsson	3	25	16:16:32	25.977
Nico Hülkenberg	3	26	16:17:49	23.873
Kamui Kobayashi	3	26	16:18:42	25.635
Sebastian Vettel	3	29	16:22:58	23.443
Jenson Button	3	31	16:26:40	28.547
Adrian Sutil	4	32	16:30:14	24.314
Nico Rosberg	3	33	16:30:17	24.862
Kevin Magnussen	4	33	16:32:03	23.701
Esteban Gutiérrez	3	34	16:33:51	26.943
Kimi Räikkönen	4	34	16:33:52	24.173
Romain Grosjean	4	34	16:33:58	23.745
Lewis Hamilton	3	35	16:34:00	23.677
Daniel Ricciardo	3	36	16:36:14	25.607
Felipe Massa	3	37	16:39:03	24.930
Valtteri Bottas	3	38	16:40:55	25.052
Kamui Kobayashi	4	38	16:42:35	25.576
Daniil Kvyat	4	39	16:43:18	26.554
Marcus Ericsson	4	39	16:44:06	25.655
Kamui Kobayashi	5	39	16:45:03	24.907
Pastor Maldonado	4	40	16:45:34	25.981
Kevin Magnussen	5	40	16:45:43	24.361
Jenson Button	4	42	16:48:03	24.757
Nico Hülkenberg	4	43	16:51:01	24.792
Sergio Pérez	4	43	16:51:21	25.313
Kimi Räikkönen	5	43	16:51:48	24.768
Romain Grosjean	5	43	16:52:21	23.785