2017 Season/Races

Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 · Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan

2017-10-08

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	—	1:27:31.194	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	4	▲2	+1.211	Finished	18
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	—	+9.679	Finished	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	6	▲2	+10.580	Finished	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	▲5	+32.622	Finished	10
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	5	▼1	+1:07.788	Finished	8
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	7	—	+1:11.424	Finished	6
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	12	▲4	+1:28.953	Finished	4
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	13	▲4	+1:29.883	Finished	2
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	8	▼2	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	20	▲9	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	18	▲6	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	14	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	9	▼5	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	17	▲2	—	+2 Laps	0
R	Lance Stroll	Williams	15	—	—	Wheel	0
R	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	11	—	—	Front wing	0
R	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	16	—	—	Accident	0
R	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	—	—	Spark plugs	0
R	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	19	—	—	Accident	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.047	1:27.819	1:27.319
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.332	1:28.543	1:27.651
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.352	1:28.225	1:27.791
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.475	1:28.935	1:28.306
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.181	1:28.747	1:28.332
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.163	1:29.079	1:28.498
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.115	1:29.199	1:29.111
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:29.696	1:29.343	1:29.260
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:30.352	1:29.687	1:29.480
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.525	1:29.749	1:30.687
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.654	1:29.778	—
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.252	1:29.879	—
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:30.774	1:29.972	—
14	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.516	1:30.022	—
15	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:30.565	1:30.413	—
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:30.849	—	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.317	—	—
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.409	—	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.597	—	—
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:31.885	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

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Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P1	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Verstappen	P2	P2	P2	P2	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Ricciardo	P4	P4	P3	P3	P1	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Bottas	P5	P5	P4	P4	P2	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Räikkönen	P9	P8	P7	P5	P5	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Pascal Wehrlein	1	2	14:07:36	24.424
Pascal Wehrlein	2	3	14:09:55	24.918
Lance Stroll	1	4	14:11:34	23.475
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	9	14:20:17	23.430
Felipe Massa	1	17	14:33:15	22.956
Kevin Magnussen	1	19	14:36:33	23.065
Esteban Ocon	1	20	14:37:56	24.078
Max Verstappen	1	21	14:39:13	22.620
Sergio Pérez	1	21	14:39:37	23.634
Lewis Hamilton	1	22	14:40:43	22.724
Pierre Gasly	1	22	14:41:29	23.344
Romain Grosjean	1	23	14:43:03	22.781
Daniel Ricciardo	1	25	14:45:43	23.796
Fernando Alonso	1	25	14:46:28	24.636
Pascal Wehrlein	3	25	14:47:08	24.952
Kimi Räikkönen	1	28	14:50:46	23.699
Valtteri Bottas	1	30	14:53:46	22.876
Stoffel Vandoorne	2	34	15:01:19	23.399
Lance Stroll	2	35	15:02:52	22.736
Nico Hülkenberg	1	38	15:07:08	23.199
Jolyon Palmer	1	39	15:09:02	25.618
Pierre Gasly	2	39	15:09:07	24.413