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2018 Japanese Grand Prix Results

Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 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: Hamilton and Mercedes top first free practice at Suzuka

FP2: Hamilton and Mercedes remain dominant at Suzuka

FP3: Hamilton remains in charge in tricky final practice at Suzuka

Qualifying: Hamilton on pole in rain-hit session, Vettel only ninth

Race: Hamilton breezes to victory in Suzuka as Vettel trips up

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday's practice action in Sukuza

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from the Suzuka 30th Anniversary Legends Parade

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.691s		25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.137s	+ 0.446s	26
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.373s	+ 0.682s	32
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.627s	+ 0.936s	20
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.685s	+ 0.994s	20
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.841s	+ 1.150s	30
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.591s	+ 1.900s	28
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.814s	+ 2.123s	22
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:30.929s	+ 2.238s	27
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.073s	+ 2.382s	29
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.073s	+ 2.382s	20
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:31.100s	+ 2.409s	23
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.272s	+ 2.581s	29
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.274s	+ 2.583s	28
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:31.418s	+ 2.727s	18
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.508s	+ 2.817s	27
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:31.908s	+ 3.217s	23
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.034s	+ 3.343s	21
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:32.513s	+ 3.822s	26
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.683s	+ 3.992s	30

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.217s		31
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.678s	+ 0.461s	30
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.050s	+ 0.833s	36
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.257s	+ 1.040s	32
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.498s	+ 1.281s	33
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.513s	+ 1.296s	27
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.035s	+ 1.818s	32
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.440s	+ 2.223s	32
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:30.478s	+ 2.261s	33
10	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.502s	+ 2.285s	27
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.510s	+ 2.293s	28
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.644s	+ 2.427s	36
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.795s	+ 2.578s	10
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:30.904s	+ 2.687s	31
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:30.906s	+ 2.689s	26
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.956s	+ 2.739s	25
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.988s	+ 2.771s	34
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:31.087s	+ 2.870s	39
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.215s	+ 2.998s	32
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.981s	+ 3.764s	32

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.599s		13
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.715s	+ 0.116s	14
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:30.054s	+ 0.455s	13
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.304s	+ 0.705s	13
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.422s	+ 0.823s	13
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.474s	+ 0.875s	10
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:31.088s	+ 1.489s	12
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.483s	+ 1.884s	12
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:31.513s	+ 1.914s	14
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.521s	+ 1.922s	13
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.636s	+ 2.037s	14
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:31.760s	+ 2.161s	14
13	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:32.030s	+ 2.431s	13
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:32.201s	+ 2.602s	14
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.224s	+ 2.625s	12
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.442s	+ 2.843s	10
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.608s	+ 3.009s	14
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:32.631s	+ 3.032s	14
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.034s	+ 3.435s	13
20	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:33.105s	+ 3.506s	10

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.702s	1:28.017s	1:27.760s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.297s	1:27.987s	1:28.059s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.480s	1:28.849s	1:29.057s
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.631s	1:28.595s	1:29.521s
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:29.724s	1:29.678s	1:29.761s
6	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.248s	1:29.848s	1:30.023s
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.137s	1:29.810s	1:30.093s
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:29.899s	1:29.538s	1:30.126s
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.049s	1:28.279s	1:32.192s
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.247s	1:29.567s	1:37.229s
11	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:29.706s	1:29.864s
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.219s	1:30.226s
13	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:30.236s	1:30.490s
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:30.317s	1:30.714s
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.806s
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.361s
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:30.372s
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.573s
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.041s
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.213s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:27:17.062s	1
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 12.919s	1
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 14.295s	1
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 19.495s	1
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 50.998s	1
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 69.873s	1
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 79.379s	1
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 87.198s	1
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 88.055s	1
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 1 lap	1
13	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	DNF	2
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	2
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	DNF	2

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