Japan 2019: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.988	1:28.174	1:27.064
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.405	1:28.179	1:27.253	+0.189
3	Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.896	1:27.688	1:27.293	+0.229
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.735	1:27.826	1:27.302	+0.238
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.754	1:28.499	1:27.851	+0.787
6	Albon	Red Bull	1:29.351	1:28.156	1:27.851	+0.787
7	Sainz Jr.	McLaren	1:29.018	1:28.577	1:28.304	+1.240
8	Norris	McLaren	1:28.873	1:28.571	1:28.464	+1.400
9	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:29.411	1:28.779	1:28.836	+1.772
10	Grosjean	Haas	1:29.572	1:29.144	1:29.341	+2.277
11	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:29.604	1:29.254		+1.566
12	Stroll	Racing Point	1:29.594	1:29.345		+1.657
13	Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.636	1:29.358		+1.670
14	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:29.723	1:29.563		+1.875
15	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:29.619	1:30.112		+2.424
16	Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.822			+1.417
17	Pérez	Racing Point	1:30.344			+1.939
18	Russell	Williams	1:30.364			+1.959
NC	Magnussen	Haas
NC	Kubica	Williams

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	Valtteri BottasDriver of the Day	Mercedes	3	52	1:21:46.755	2	Mercedes
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	52	+13.343	2	Ferrari
3	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	4	52	+13.858	2	Mercedes
4	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	6	52	+59.537	2	Honda
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	7	52	+1:09.101	1	Renault
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	51	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	9	51	+1 lap	1	Honda
8	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	17	51	+1 lap	2	BWT Mercedes
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	12	51	+1 lap	1	BWT Mercedes
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	14	51	+1 lap	1	Honda
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	8	51	+1 lap	2	Renault
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	13	51	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	10	51	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	11	51	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	19	51	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
16	George Russell	Williams	18	50	+2 laps	1	Mercedes
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	PL	50	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5	14	Collision damage	0	Honda
DSQ	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	16	51	Brake bias	1	Renault
DSQ	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	15	51	Brake bias	1	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Magnussen Qualified NC, started 19 · 5-place penalty
Kubica Qualified NC, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

Pérez17→8+9
Kvyat14→10+4
Magnussen19→15+4
Stroll12→9+3
KubicaPL→17+3
Bottas3→1+2
Albon6→4+2
Sainz Jr.7→5+2
Gasly9→7+2
Russell18→16+2
Hamilton4→3+1
Räikkönen13→12+1
Vettel1→2-1
Norris8→11-3
Grosjean10→13-3
Giovinazzi11→14-3
Leclerc2→6-4

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

Fastest pit stops

1Pérez22.880R19
2Kubica22.970R33
3Bottas23.000R17
4Bottas23.157R36
5Räikkönen23.164R36
6Gasly23.180R18
7Vettel23.213R31
8Leclerc23.280R46
9Ricciardo23.292R29
10Stroll23.292R18

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

Stints of the top 10

Bottas1719162 stops
Vettel1615212 stops
Hamilton2121102 stops
Albon1519182 stops
Sainz Jr.26261 stop
Leclerc3222153 stops · +1 lap
Gasly18331 stop · +1 lap
Pérez1922102 stops · +1 lap
Stroll18331 stop · +1 lap
Kvyat27241 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

VerstappenCollision damageRed Bull
RicciardoBrake biasRenault
HülkenbergBrake biasRenault

This race in history

30 races here since 1987Won from pole: 15 of 30

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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