Japan 2017: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.047	1:27.819	1:27.319
2	Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.332	1:28.543	1:27.651	+0.332
3	Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.352	1:28.225	1:27.791	+0.472
4	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.475	1:28.935	1:28.306	+0.987
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.181	1:28.747	1:28.332	+1.013
6	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.163	1:29.079	1:28.498	+1.179
7	Ocon	Force India	1:30.115	1:29.199	1:29.111	+1.792
8	Pérez	Force India	1:29.696	1:29.343	1:29.260	+1.941
9	Massa	Williams	1:30.352	1:29.687	1:29.480	+2.161
10	Alonso	McLaren	1:30.525	1:29.749	1:30.687	+3.368
11	Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.654	1:29.778		+1.959
12	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.252	1:29.879		+2.060
13	Magnussen	Haas	1:30.774	1:29.972		+2.153
14	Palmer	Renault	1:30.516	1:30.022		+2.203
15	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:30.565	1:30.413		+2.594
16	Grosjean	Haas	1:30.849			+1.802
17	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.317			+2.270
18	Stroll	Williams	1:31.409			+2.362
19	Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.597			+2.550
20	Wehrlein	Sauber	1:31.885			+2.838

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	53	1:27:31.194	1	Mercedes
2	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	4	53	+1.211	1	TAG Heuer
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	53	+9.679	1	TAG Heuer
4	Valtteri BottasFastest lap	Mercedes	6	53	+10.580	1	Mercedes
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	10	53	+32.622	1	Ferrari
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	5	53	+1:07.788	1	Mercedes
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	7	53	+1:11.424	1	Mercedes
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	12	53	+1:28.953	1	Ferrari
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	13	53	+1:29.883	1	Ferrari
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	8	52	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	20	52	+1 lap	1	Honda
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	18	52	+1 lap	1	Renault
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	14	52	+1 lap	2	Toro Rosso
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	9	52	+1 lap	2	Honda
15	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	17	51	+2 laps	3	Ferrari
DNF	Lance Stroll	Williams	15	45	Suspension	2	Mercedes
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	11	40	Rear wing	1	Renault
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	16	7	Accident	0	Ferrari
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	4	Spark plugs	0	Ferrari
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	19	0	Accident	0	Toro Rosso

Starting grid vs qualifying

Bottas Qualified 2, started 6 · 5-place penalty
Räikkönen Qualified 6, started 10 · 5-place penalty
Palmer Qualified 14, started 18 · 20-place penalty
Sainz Jr. Qualified 15, started 19 · 20-place penalty
Alonso Qualified 10, started 20 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Alonso20→11+9
Palmer18→12+6
Räikkönen10→5+5
Magnussen12→8+4
Grosjean13→9+4
Verstappen4→2+2
Bottas6→4+2
Wehrlein17→15+2
Gasly14→13+1
Hamilton1→10
Ricciardo3→30
Pérez7→70
Ocon5→6-1
Massa8→10-2
Vandoorne9→14-5

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Verstappen22.620R21
2Hamilton22.724R22
3Stroll22.736R35
4Grosjean22.781R23
5Bottas22.876R30
6Massa22.956R17
7Magnussen23.065R19
8Hülkenberg23.199R38
9Gasly23.344R22
10Vandoorne23.399R34

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton22311 stop
Verstappen21321 stop
Ricciardo25281 stop
Bottas30231 stop
Räikkönen28251 stop
Ocon20331 stop
Pérez21321 stop
Magnussen19341 stop
Grosjean23301 stop
Massa17351 stop · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

28 races here since 1987Won from pole: 13 of 28

Win from furthest back (P17): Kimi Räikkönen 2005

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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