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Japan Grand Prix — 2018

Japan · Formula 1

Race

Completed

7 Oct 2018, 05:10

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) won the race at Suzuka International Racing Course in 1:27:17.062, with 20 drivers classified. Full race results with grid positions, gaps, pit stops, and championship points are shown below.

#DriverTime / Gap
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:27:17.062
Mercedes-AMG Petronas25 PointsGrid: 1
2
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
+12.919
Mercedes-AMG Petronas18 PointsGrid: 2
3
MV
Max VerstappenVER
+14.295
Red Bull Racing15 PointsGrid: 3
4
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
+19.495
Red Bull Racing12 PointsGrid: 15
5
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
+50.998
Scuderia Ferrari10 PointsGrid: 4
6
SV
Sebastian VettelVET⚡FL
+1:09.873
Scuderia Ferrari9 PointsGrid: 8⚡ FL
7
SP
Sergio PerezPER
+1:19.379
Force India6 PointsGrid: 9
8
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
+1:27.198
Haas F1 Team4 PointsGrid: 5
9
EO
Esteban OconOCO
+1:28.055
Force India2 PointsGrid: 11
10
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
—
Alpine F1 Team1 PointsGrid: 13
11
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
—
Racing BullsGrid: 7
12
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
—
Sauber F1 TeamGrid: 20
13
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
—
Racing BullsGrid: 6
14
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
—
McLaren RacingGrid: 18
15
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
—
McLaren RacingGrid: 19
16
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
—
Williams F1 TeamGrid: 17
17
LS
Lance StrollSTR
—
Williams F1 TeamGrid: 14
0
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
—
Sauber F1 TeamGrid: 10
0
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
—
Alpine F1 TeamGrid: 16
0
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
—
Haas F1 TeamGrid: 12

3rd Qualifying

Completed

6 Oct 2018, 06:40

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:27.760 during 3rd Qualifying at Suzuka International Racing Course, ahead of 10 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:27.760
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:28.059
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.299
3
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:29.057
Red Bull Racing+1.297
4
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:29.521
Scuderia Ferrari+1.761
5
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:29.761
Haas F1 Team+2.001
6
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:30.023
Racing Bulls+2.263
7
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:30.093
Racing Bulls+2.333
8
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:30.126
Force India+2.366
9
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:32.192
Scuderia Ferrari+4.432
10
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:37.229
Force India+9.469

2nd Qualifying

Completed

6 Oct 2018, 06:20

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:27.987 during 2nd Qualifying at Suzuka International Racing Course, ahead of 15 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:27.987
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:28.017
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.030
3
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:28.279
Scuderia Ferrari+0.292
4
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:28.595
Scuderia Ferrari+0.608
5
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:28.849
Red Bull Racing+0.862
6
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:29.538
Force India+1.551
7
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:29.567
Force India+1.580
8
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:29.678
Haas F1 Team+1.691
9
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:29.810
Racing Bulls+1.823
10
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:29.848
Racing Bulls+1.861
11
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:29.864
Sauber F1 Team+1.877
12
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:30.226
Haas F1 Team+2.239
13
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:30.490
Alpine F1 Team+2.503
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:30.714
Williams F1 Team+2.727
15
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
—
Red Bull Racing

1st Qualifying

Completed

6 Oct 2018, 06:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:28.702 during 1st Qualifying at Suzuka International Racing Course, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:28.702
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:29.049
Scuderia Ferrari+0.347
3
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:29.297
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.595
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:29.480
Red Bull Racing+0.778
5
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:29.631
Scuderia Ferrari+0.929
6
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:29.706
Sauber F1 Team+1.004
7
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:29.724
Haas F1 Team+1.022
8
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:29.806
Red Bull Racing+1.104
9
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:29.899
Force India+1.197
10
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:30.137
Racing Bulls+1.435
11
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:30.219
Haas F1 Team+1.517
12
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:30.236
Alpine F1 Team+1.534
13
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:30.247
Force India+1.545
14
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:30.248
Racing Bulls+1.546
15
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:30.317
Williams F1 Team+1.615
16
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:30.361
Alpine F1 Team+1.659
17
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:30.372
Williams F1 Team+1.670
18
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:30.573
McLaren Racing+1.871
19
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:31.041
McLaren Racing+2.339
20
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:31.213
Sauber F1 Team+2.511

3rd Practice

Completed

6 Oct 2018, 03:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:29.599 during 3rd Practice at Suzuka International Racing Course, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:29.599
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:29.715
Scuderia Ferrari+0.116
3
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:30.054
Scuderia Ferrari+0.455
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:30.304
Red Bull Racing+0.705
5
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:30.422
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.823
6
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:30.474
Red Bull Racing+0.875
7
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:31.088
Force India+1.489
8
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:31.483
Force India+1.884
9
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:31.513
Alpine F1 Team+1.914
10
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:31.521
Haas F1 Team+1.922
11
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:31.636
Haas F1 Team+2.037
12
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:31.760
Sauber F1 Team+2.161
13
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:32.030
Racing Bulls+2.431
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:32.201
Williams F1 Team+2.602
15
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:32.224
Alpine F1 Team+2.625
16
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:32.442
Sauber F1 Team+2.843
17
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:32.608
McLaren Racing+3.009
18
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:32.631
Williams F1 Team+3.032
19
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:33.034
McLaren Racing+3.435
20
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:33.105
Racing Bulls+3.506

2nd Practice

Completed

5 Oct 2018, 05:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:28.217 during 2nd Practice at Suzuka International Racing Course, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:28.217
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:28.678
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.461
3
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:29.050
Scuderia Ferrari+0.833
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:29.257
Red Bull Racing+1.040
5
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:29.498
Scuderia Ferrari+1.281
6
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:29.513
Red Bull Racing+1.296
7
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:30.035
Force India+1.818
8
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:30.440
Haas F1 Team+2.223
9
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:30.478
Sauber F1 Team+2.261
10
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:30.502
Racing Bulls+2.285
11
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:30.510
Force India+2.293
12
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:30.644
Alpine F1 Team+2.427
13
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:30.795
Racing Bulls+2.578
14
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:30.904
Alpine F1 Team+2.687
15
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:30.906
Sauber F1 Team+2.689
16
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:30.956
Haas F1 Team+2.739
17
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:30.988
McLaren Racing+2.771
18
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:31.087
Williams F1 Team+2.870
19
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:31.215
Williams F1 Team+2.998
20
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:31.981
McLaren Racing+3.764

1st Practice

Completed

5 Oct 2018, 01:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:28.691 during 1st Practice at Suzuka International Racing Course, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:28.691
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:29.137
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.446
3
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:29.373
Red Bull Racing+0.682
4
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:29.627
Scuderia Ferrari+0.936
5
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:29.685
Scuderia Ferrari+0.994
6
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:29.841
Red Bull Racing+1.150
7
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:30.591
Force India+1.900
8
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:30.814
Haas F1 Team+2.123
9
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:30.929
Sauber F1 Team+2.238
10
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:31.073
Sauber F1 Team+2.382
11
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:31.073
Racing Bulls+2.382
12
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:31.100
Alpine F1 Team+2.409
13
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:31.272
Force India+2.581
14
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:31.274
Haas F1 Team+2.583
15
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:31.418
Alpine F1 Team+2.727
16
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:31.508
Williams F1 Team+2.817
17
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:31.908
Racing Bulls+3.217
18
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:32.034
McLaren Racing+3.343
19
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:32.513
Williams F1 Team+3.822
20
LN
Lando NorrisNOR
1:32.683
McLaren Racing+3.992

2018 Drivers' Championship

The 2018 Drivers' Championship standings across 20 drivers. Lewis Hamilton leads with 408 points and 11 wins, followed by Sebastian Vettel (320) and Kimi Raikkonen (251). The field has accumulated 2,121 points combined.

#DriverPoints
1
LH
Lewis Hamilton#44 HAM
408
Mercedes-AMG Petronas11 Wins
2
SV
Sebastian Vettel#5 VET
320
Scuderia Ferrari5 Wins
3
KR
Kimi Raikkonen#7 RAI
251
Scuderia Ferrari1 Wins
4
MV
Max Verstappen#3 VER
249
Red Bull Racing2 Wins
5
VB
Valtteri Bottas#77 BOT
247
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
6
DR
Daniel Ricciardo#3 RIC
170
Red Bull Racing2 Wins
7
NH
Nico Hulkenberg#27 HUL
69
Alpine F1 Team
8
SP
Sergio Perez#11 PER
62
Force India
9
KM
Kevin Magnussen#20 MAG
56
Haas F1 Team
10
CJ
Carlos Sainz Jr#55 SAI
53
Alpine F1 Team
11
FA
Fernando Alonso#14 ALO
50
McLaren Racing
12
EO
Esteban Ocon#31 OCO
49
Force India
13
CL
Charles Leclerc#16 LEC
39
Sauber F1 Team
14
RG
Romain Grosjean#28 GRO
37
Haas F1 Team
15
PG
Pierre Gasly#10 GAS
29
Racing Bulls
16
SV
Stoffel Vandoorne#5 VAN
12
McLaren Racing
17
ME
Marcus Ericsson#8 ERI
9
Sauber F1 Team
18
LS
Lance Stroll#18 STR
6
Williams F1 Team
19
BH
Brendon Hartley#28 HAR
4
Racing Bulls
20
SS
Sergey Sirotkin#35 SIR
1
Williams F1 Team

2018 Constructors' Championship

The 2018 Constructors' Championship featuring 10 teams. Mercedes-AMG Petronas lead with 655 points and 0 wins, ahead of Scuderia Ferrari (571). All teams have scored 2,062 points combined.

#TeamPoints
1
MPMercedes-AMG Petronas
655
2
SFScuderia Ferrari
571
3
RRRed Bull Racing
419
4
ATAlpine F1 Team
122
5
HTHaas F1 Team
93
6
MRMcLaren Racing
62
7
FIForce India
52
8
STSauber F1 Team
48
9
RBRacing Bulls
33
10
WTWilliams F1 Team
7

API data: 22 Apr 2026