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Japanese Grand Prix

2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 20Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 8 201753 laps

Podium

VERRed Bull

HAMMercedes

RICRed Bull

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:27:31.194 from P1

PoleHAM1:27.319

Fastest lapBOT1:33.144 on lap 50

Pit stops22recorded stops

Finishers15 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	–	53	1:27:31.194	25	1:33.780	1
2	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	4	▲2	53	+1.211s	18	1:33.730	1
3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	–	53	+9.679s	15	1:33.694	1
4	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	6	▲2	53	+10.580s	12	1:33.144	1
5	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	▲5	53	+32.622s	10	1:33.175	1
6	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	5	▼1	53	+67.788s	8	1:34.843	1
7	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	7	–	53	+71.424s	6	1:34.744	1
8	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	12	▲4	53	+88.953s	4	1:35.338	1
9	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	13	▲4	53	+89.883s	2	1:35.347	1
10	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	8	▼2	52	+1 lap	1	1:35.943	1
11	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	20	▲9	52	+1 lap		1:35.111	1
12	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	18	▲6	52	+1 lap		1:34.095	1
13	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	14	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:34.533	2
14	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	9	▼5	52	+1 lap		1:33.724	2
15	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Sauber	17	▲2	51	+2 laps		1:36.430	3
DNF	STRLance Stroll	Williams	15		45	Suspension		1:34.548	2
DNF	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	11		40	Rear wing		1:35.883	1
DNF	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	16		7	Accident		1:38.596
DNF	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2		4	Spark plugs		2:06.457
DNF	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	19		0	Accident		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	21	22.6s
2	HAM	22	22.7s
3	STR	35	22.7s
4	GRO	23	22.8s
5	BOT	30	22.9s
6	MAS	17	23.0s
7	MAG	19	23.1s
8	HUL	38	23.2s
9	GAS	22	23.3s
10	VAN	34	23.4s
11	VAN	9	23.4s
12	STR	4	23.5s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 22 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.047	1:27.819	1:27.319
2	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.332	1:28.543	1:27.651	+0.332s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.352	1:28.225	1:27.791	+0.472s
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.475	1:28.935	1:28.306	+0.987s
5	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.181	1:28.747	1:28.332	+1.013s
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.163	1:29.079	1:28.498	+1.179s
7	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.115	1:29.199	1:29.111	+1.792s
8	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:29.696	1:29.343	1:29.260	+1.941s
9	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	1:30.352	1:29.687	1:29.480	+2.161s
10	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.525	1:29.749	1:30.687	+3.368s
11	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.654	1:29.778	–	+2.459s
12	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.252	1:29.879	–	+2.560s
13	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.774	1:29.972	–	+2.653s
14	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.516	1:30.022	–	+2.703s
15	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:30.565	1:30.413	–	+3.094s
16	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.849	–	–	+3.530s
17	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.317	–	–	+3.998s
18	STRLance Stroll	Williams	1:31.409	–	–	+4.090s
19	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.597	–	–	+4.278s
20	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:31.885	–	–	+4.566s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2017. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
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

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