Round 17 · 7 October 2018
Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka, Japan
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
20 drivers
After Round 16
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
306
pts
2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
256
pts
3
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
189
pts
4
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
186
pts
5
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
158
pts
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6
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
134
pts
7
Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team
53
pts
8
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
53
pts
9
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
50
pts
10
Sergio Pérez
Force India
47
pts
11
Esteban Ocon
Force India
47
pts
12
Carlos Sainz
Renault
38
pts
13
Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso
28
pts
14
Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team
27
pts
15
Charles Leclerc
Sauber
21
pts
16
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
8
pts
17
Lance Stroll
Williams
6
pts
18
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
6
pts
19
Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso
2
pts
20
Sergey Sirotkin
Williams
1
pts
After the race
20 drivers
After Round 17
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
—
331
+25
2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
—
264
+8
3
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
—
207
+18
4
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
—
196
+10
5
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
—
173
+15
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6
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
—
146
+12
7
Sergio Pérez
Force India
↑3
53
+6
8
Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team
↓1
53
+0
9
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
↓1
53
+0
10
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
↓1
50
+0
11
Esteban Ocon
Force India
—
49
+2
12
Carlos Sainz
Renault
—
39
+1
13
Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team
↑1
31
+4
14
Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso
↓1
28
+0
15
Charles Leclerc
Sauber
—
21
+0
16
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
—
8
+0
17
Lance Stroll
Williams
—
6
+0
18
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
—
6
+0
19
Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso
—
2
+0
20
Sergey Sirotkin
Williams
—
1
+0
Circuit map
Suzuka Circuit
The correct circuit geometry is now available for this race. Named segments and race events will be layered onto it as the editorial dataset is authored.
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Race classification
20 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAM Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:27:17.062 | 25 |
| 2 | BOT Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | +12.919 | 18 |
| 3 | VER Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | +14.295 | 15 |
| 4 | RIC Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 15 | +19.495 | 12 |
| 5 | RAI Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | +50.998 | 10 |
| 6 | VET Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 8 | +1:09.873 | 8 |
| 7 | PER Sergio Pérez | Force India | 9 | +1:19.379 | 6 |
| 8 | GRO Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 5 | +1:27.198 | 4 |
| 9 | OCO Esteban Ocon | Force India | 11 | +1:28.055 | 2 |
| 10 | SAI Carlos Sainz | Renault | 13 | 1L | 1 |
| 11 | GAS Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 7 | 1L | 0 |
| 12 | ERI Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 13 | HAR Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 6 | 1L | 0 |
| 14 | ALO Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 18 | 1L | 0 |
| 15 | VAN Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 19 | 1L | 0 |
| 16 | SIR Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 17 | 1L | 0 |
| 17 | STR Lance Stroll | Williams | 14 | 1L | 0 |
| R | LEC Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | HUL Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | MAG Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 12 | — | 0 |