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2019 Japanese Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Suzuka International Racing Course.

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas sets the pace in Japanese GP first practice

FP2: Bottas and Mercedes remain in charge in second session

Qualifying: Vettel beats Leclerc as Ferrari lock-out Suzuka front row

Race: Bottas wins at Suzuka as Mercedes clinch sixth title

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from the race in Suzuka

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.731s		26
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.807s	+ 0.076s	25
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.720s	+ 0.989s	26
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.912s	+ 1.181s	20
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.046s	+ 1.315s	22
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:30.375s	+ 1.644s	24
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:30.702s	+ 1.971s	21
8	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:30.810s	+ 2.079s	21
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:30.959s	+ 2.228s	27
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.001s	+ 2.270s	24
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.283s	+ 2.552s	25
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.307s	+ 2.576s	27
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:31.426s	+ 2.695s	29
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:31.563s	+ 2.832s	25
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.785s	+ 3.054s	22
16	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:31.920s	+ 3.189s	23
17	Naoki Yamamoto	Toro Rosso	1:32.018s	+ 3.287s	30
18	George Russell	Williams	1:32.800s	+ 4.069s	23
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:33.484s	+ 4.753s	27
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.887s	+ 8.156s	4

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:27.785s		33
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.885s	+ 0.100s	34
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.066s	+ 0.281s	24
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.141s	+ 0.356s	28
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.376s	+ 0.591s	37
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:28.402s	+ 0.617s	34
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:29.051s	+ 1.266s	29
8	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:29.299s	+ 1.514s	28
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:29.354s	+ 1.569s	34
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.358s	+ 1.573s	35
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.477s	+ 1.692s	29
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:29.512s	+ 1.727s	35
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:29.553s	+ 1.768s	28
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:29.597s	+ 1.812s	27
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:29.651s	+ 1.866s	33
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:29.749s	+ 1.964s	31
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.859s	+ 2.074s	30
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.334s	+ 2.549s	29
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:30.916s	+ 3.131s	35
20	George Russell	Williams	1:31.071s	+ 3.286s	36

Free Practice 3 results

Session cancelled due to typhoon

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.988s	1:28.174s	1:27.064s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.405s	1:28.179s	1:27.253s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.896s	1:27.688s	1:27.293s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.735s	1:27.826s	1:27.302s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.754s	1:28.499s	1:27.851s
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:29.351s	1:28.156s	1:27.851s
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:29.018s	1:28.577s	1:28.304s
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.873s	1:28.571s	1:28.464s
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:29.411s	1:28.779s	1:28.836s
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:29.572s	1:29.144s	1:29.341s
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:29.604s	1:29.254s
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:29.594s	1:29.345s
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.636s	1:29.358s
14	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:29.723s	1:29.563s
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:29.619s	1:30.112s
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.822s
17	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:30.344s
18	George Russell	Williams	1:30.364s
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
20	Robert Kubica	Williams

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52 laps - 1:21:46.755s	2
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 13.343s	2
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 13.858s	2
4	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	+ 59.537s	2
5	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	+ 69.101s	1
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 1 lap *	3
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
8	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	2
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	1
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	3
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
16	George Russell	Williams	+ 2 laps	1
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
18	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	1
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	EXC †	1
-	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	EXC †	1

* Includes five second penalty for causing a collision and a further ten second penalty for continuing to drive the car in an unsafe condition after an incident on lap 1

† Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg excluded from the race results after Renault deemed to be using illegal driver aids on their cars.

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