Round 17 · 7 October 2018
2018 Japanese Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix, round 17 of the championship, held on 7 October 2018 at Suzuka Circuit (Japan), starting from position 1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Sebastian Vettel (1:32.318).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:27:17.062 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | +12.919 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | +14.295 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 15 | +19.495 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | +50.998 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 8 | +69.873 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 9 | +79.379 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 5 | +87.198 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 11 | +88.055 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 13 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 7 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 20 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 6 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 10 | — | — | Mechanical |
| 19 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 16 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 12 | — | — | Collision damage |
Tyres and strategy at the Japanese Grand Prix 2018
Lewis Hamilton won with 2 pit stop(s): nan (laps 1-2), soft (laps 3-24), medium (laps 25-53). The top ten used 3 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 74 ± 7, soft 36 ± 7.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: nan (laps 1-2), soft (laps 3-24), medium (laps 25-53)
- 2. Valtteri Bottas: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-23), medium (laps 24-53)
- 3. Max Verstappen: nan (laps 1-1), supersoft (laps 2-21), soft (laps 22-53)
- 4. Daniel Ricciardo: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-23), medium (laps 24-53)
- 5. Kimi Räikkönen: nan (laps 1-1), supersoft (laps 2-17), medium (laps 18-53)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.