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Japanese Grand Prix

2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Round 14 of 19Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaSep 27 201553 laps

Podium

ROSMercedes

HAMMercedes

VETFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:28:06.508 from P2

PoleROS1:32.584

Fastest lapHAM1:36.145 on lap 33

Pit stops44recorded stops

Finishers20 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	▲1	53	1:28:06.508	25	1:36.145	2
2	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	▼1	53	+18.964s	18	1:37.147	2
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	▲1	53	+20.850s	15	1:37.906	2
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	▲2	53	+33.768s	12	1:38.035	2
5	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	3	▼2	53	+36.746s	10	1:38.241	2
6	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	13	▲7	53	+55.559s	8	1:38.331	2
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	8	▲1	53	+72.298s	6	1:38.167	2
8	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus	11	▲3	53	+73.575s	4	1:38.136	2
9	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	17	▲8	53	+95.315s	2	1:38.237	2
10	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	10	–	52	+1 lap	1	1:38.686	2
11	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	12	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:39.614	2
12	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	9	▼3	52	+1 lap		1:38.591	3
13	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	PL		52	+1 lap		1:38.366	3
14	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:39.343	2
15	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	7	▼8	52	+1 lap		1:38.898	2
16	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	14	▼2	52	+1 lap		1:40.121	2
17	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	5	▼12	51	+2 laps		1:38.595	3
18	RSIAlexander Rossi	Marussia	19	▲1	51	+2 laps		1:41.467	2
19	STEWill Stevens	Marussia	18	▼1	50	+3 laps		1:41.452	3
20	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	16	▼4	49	+4 laps		1:40.088	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	RAI	28	22.6s
2	HAM	16	22.8s
3	VET	13	23.1s
4	ROS	15	23.1s
5	VET	30	23.1s
6	HAM	31	23.2s
7	KVY	20	23.2s
8	RIC	24	23.2s
9	ROS	29	23.2s
10	MAL	36	23.2s
11	KVY	8	23.3s
12	BUT	10	23.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 44 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.015	1:32.632	1:32.584
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.844	1:32.789	1:32.660	+0.076s
3	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	1:34.326	1:33.416	1:33.024	+0.440s
4	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.431	1:33.844	1:33.245	+0.661s
5	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	1:34.744	1:33.377	1:33.337	+0.753s
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.171	1:33.361	1:33.347	+0.763s
7	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.399	1:34.153	1:33.497	+0.913s
8	GRORomain Grosjean	Lotus	1:34.398	1:34.278	1:33.967	+1.383s
9	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:35.001	1:34.174	–	+1.590s
10	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1:34.646	1:34.201	–	+1.617s
11	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:35.328	1:34.390	–	+1.806s
12	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:34.873	1:34.453	–	+1.869s
13	MALPastor Maldonado	Lotus	1:34.796	1:34.497	–	+1.913s
14	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:35.467	1:34.785	–	+2.201s
15	VERMax Verstappen	Toro Rosso	1:34.522	–	–	+1.938s
16	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	1:35.664	–	–	+3.080s
17	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.673	–	–	+3.089s
18	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	1:35.760	–	–	+3.176s
19	STEWill Stevens	Marussia	1:38.783	–	–	+6.199s
20	RSIAlexander Rossi	Marussia	1:47.114	–	–	+14.530s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2015. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2012	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2011	Jenson Button	McLaren
2010	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2009	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari

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