Race Results 2017 Japanese F1 Grand Prix

2017 Japanese GP podium: 1. Hamlton 2. Verstappen 3. Ricciardo

Event: Japanese Grand Prix
Track: Suzuka Circuit.

Weather: 26°C dry & sunny
Tarmac: 43°C dry

Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka today. It was his 61st victory of his F1 career and the 74th for the Mercedes F1 team.

Hamilton started from pole position and lead almost the entire race. Max Verstappen who finished 2nd was able to follow the pace of Hamilton, but could not really attack him. Hamilton was able to keep the gap around 3 seconds until the last 2 laps, where Verstappen was right on his tail.

Max Verstappen had a very good start en jumped from 4th to 3rd place after the red lights turned off by passing his Red Bull team mate Daniel Ricciardo. He also passed Sebastian Vettel in the first lap of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Ferrari driver and title contender  Sebastian Vettel again had technical problems with the SF70H and had to retire his car in the 4th lap of the race.

Daniel Ricciardo had a solid drive and finished 3rd with Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas right on his tail.

F1 classification 2017 Japanese GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	44	LewisHamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes W08Mercedes M08 EQ Power+	1	53	48	1:27:31.194	25
2	33	MaxVerstappen	Red Bull	Red Bull RB13Renault R.E.17	4	53		1:27:32.405+1.211s	18
3	3	DanielRicciardo	Red Bull	Red Bull RB13Renault R.E.17	3	53	3	1:27:40.873+9.679s	15
4	77	ValtteriBottas	Mercedes	Mercedes W08Mercedes M08 EQ Power+	6	53	2	1:27:41.774+10.580s	12
5	7	KimiRäikkönen	Ferrari	Ferrari SF70-HFerrari 062	10	53		1:28:03.816+32.622s	10
6	31	EstebanOcon	Force India	Force India VJM10Mercedes M08 EQ Power+	5	53		1:28:38.982+1:07.788	8
7	11	SergioPérez	Force India	Force India VJM10Mercedes M08 EQ Power+	8	53		1:28:42.618+1:11.424	6
8	20	KevinMagnussen	Haas	Haas VF-17Ferrari 062	12	53		1:29:00.147+1:28.953	4
9	8	RomainGrosjean	Haas	Haas VF-17Ferrari 062	13	53		1:29:01.077+1:29.883	2
10	19	FelipeMassa	Williams	Williams FW40Mercedes M08 EQ Power+	8	52		1:27:34.905+3.711s	1
11	14	FernandoAlonso	McLaren	McLaren MCL32Honda RA617H	20	52		1:27:35.765+4.571s
12	30	JolyonPalmer	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.17Renault R.E.17	18	52		1:27:36.400+5.206s
13	10	PierreGasly	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR12Renault R.E.17	14	52		1:27:38.999+7.805s
14	2	StoffelVandoorne	McLaren	McLaren MCL32Honda RA617H	9	52		1:27:52.232+21.038s
15	94	PascalWehrlein	Sauber	Sauber C36Ferrari 062	17	51		1:27:57.431+26.237s
DNF	18	LanceStroll	Williams	Williams FW40Mercedes M08 EQ Power+	15	45		Tyre failure
DNF	27	NicoHülkenberg	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.17Renault R.E.17	11	40		DRS failure
DNF	9	MarcusEricsson	Sauber	Sauber C36Ferrari 062	16	7		Crashed
DNF	5	SebastianVettel	Ferrari	Ferrari SF70-HFerrari 062	2	4		Power unit
DNF	55	CarlosSainz	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR12Renault R.E.17	19	0		Spun off

Fastest lap: 1:33.144 min by Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W08 in lap 50 @224,439 km/h
Highest speed: 316.0 km/h by Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari SF70H

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