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2017 Japanese Grand Prix Results

Welcome to our coverage of the 2017 Japanese Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Suzuka

Session Reports

FP1: Vettel heads Hamilton in Japanese GP first practice

FP2: Hamilton tops rain-hit second practice in Suzuka

FP3: Bottas leads final practice but fails to complete session

Qualifying: Hamilton storms to pole for the Japanese Grand Prix

Race: Hamilton clinches win in Suzuka after early exit for Vettel

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Suzuka

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.166s		23
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.377s	+ 0.211s	29
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.541s	+ 0.375s	27
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.638s	+ 0.472s	22
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.151s	+ 0.985s	30
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.762s	+ 1.596s	26
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.899s	+ 1.733s	22
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.974s	+ 1.808s	24
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.032s	+ 1.866s	22
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.202s	+ 2.036s	24
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.216s	+ 2.050s	15
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:31.235s	+ 2.069s	19
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.530s	+ 2.364s	23
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.602s	+ 2.436s	22
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:31.757s	+ 2.591s	22
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:31.912s	+ 2.746s	20
17	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:32.252s	+ 3.086s	14
18	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.501s	+ 3.335s	18
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:32.897s	+ 3.731s	29
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:33.397s	+ 4.231s	28

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:48.719s		4
2	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:49.518s	+ 0.799s	3
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:51.345s	+ 2.626s	3
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:52.146s	+ 3.427s	3
5	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:52.343s	+ 3.624s	4
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari			1
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault			1
8	Jolyon Palmer	Renault			1
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber			3
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari			1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren			2
12	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber			2
13	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso			1
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren			1

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.055s		9
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.069s	+ 0.014s	19
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.379s	+ 0.324s	23
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.910s	+ 0.855s	15
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.018s	+ 0.963s	13
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.109s	+ 1.054s	12
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.315s	+ 1.260s	19
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.424s	+ 1.369s	13
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.563s	+ 1.508s	12
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.764s	+ 1.709s	22
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:30.764s	+ 1.709s	21
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.770s	+ 1.715s	18
13	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:30.799s	+ 1.744s	23
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.982s	+ 1.927s	12
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.011s	+ 1.956s	20
16	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.353s	+ 2.298s	25
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.459s	+ 2.404s	13
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.579s	+ 3.524s	22
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:32.698s	+ 3.643s	21
20	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.962s	+ 4.907s	12

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.047s	1:27.819s	1:27.319s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.332s	1:28.543s	1:27.651s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.352s	1:28.225s	1:27.791s
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.475s	1:28.935s	1:28.306s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.181s	1:28.747s	1:28.332s
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.163s	1:29.079s	1:28.498s
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.115s	1:29.199s	1:29.111s
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:29.696s	1:29.343s	1:29.260s
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:30.352s	1:29.687s	1:29.480s
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.525s	1:29.749s	1:30.687s
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.654s	1:29.778s
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.252s	1:29.879s
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.774s	1:29.972s
14	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:30.516s	1:30.022s
15	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:30.565s	1:30.413s
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.849s
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.317s
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.409s
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.597s
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:31.885s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:27:31.193s	1
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 1.211s	1
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 9.679s	1
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 10.580s	1
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 32.622s	1
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 1:07.788s	1
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 1:11.424s	1
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1:28.953s	1
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1:29.883s	1
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	2
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
15	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	+ 2 laps	3
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	DNF	2
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	2
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	DNF	0
19	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	DNF	1
20	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	DNF	0

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