Lewis Hamilton leads the Japanese Grand Prix grid.
| Row 1 | 1. Lewis Hamilton 1’27.760 Mercedes |
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| 2. Valtteri Bottas 1’28.059 Mercedes |
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| Row 2 | 3. Max Verstappen 1’29.057 Red Bull |
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| 4. Kimi Raikkonen 1’29.521 Ferrari |
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| Row 3 | 5. Romain Grosjean 1’29.761 Haas |
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| 6. Brendon Hartley 1’30.023 Toro Rosso |
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| Row 4 | 7. Pierre Gasly 1’30.093 Toro Rosso |
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| 8. Sebastian Vettel 1’32.192 Ferrari |
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| Row 5 | 9. Sergio Perez 1’37.229 Force India |
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| 10. Charles Leclerc 1’29.864 Sauber |
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| Row 6 | 11. Esteban Ocon* 1’30.126 Force India |
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| 12. Kevin Magnussen 1’30.226 Haas |
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| Row 7 | 13. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’30.490 Renault |
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| 14. Lance Stroll 1’30.714 Williams |
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| Row 8 | 15. Daniel Ricciardo No time Red Bull |
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| 16. Nico Hulkenberg 1’30.361 Renault |
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| Row 9 | 17. Sergey Sirotkin 1’30.372 Williams |
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| 18. Fernando Alonso 1’30.573 McLaren |
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| Row 10 | 19. Stoffel Vandoorne 1’31.041 McLaren |
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| 20. Marcus Ericsson** 1’31.213 Sauber |
*Three-place grid penalty for failing to slow sufficiently for red flags.
**10-place grid penalty for new power unit component.
2018 Japanese Grand Prix
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- Hamilton on cusp of fifth title as Vettel throws in the towel
hahostolze (@hahostolze)
6th October 2018, 8:09
That Q3 was a real shame. Such a shame some guys got a dryish banker lap in. A wet, slippery quali here would have been epic.
Pratyush P (@pratyushp276)
6th October 2018, 8:11
Moral of the story – Ferrari have learnt nothing.
Sumedh
6th October 2018, 8:12
Leclerc can’t come to the team soon enough.
Vettel’s performance in these last 7 races is rivaling that of Max and Grosjean at the start of the season and Hamilton in 2011. Unbelievable.
Tango (@tango)
6th October 2018, 8:13
Both max and Romain having a great session btw
Sumedh
6th October 2018, 8:16
Indeed. They both have turned a corner. When will Seb?
At this rate, he is going to be a worse number 2 to Leclerc than Massa was to Alonso.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
6th October 2018, 14:50
Don’t think Vettel will stick around for long at Ferrari if Leclerc shows him up next year. He might stay one more year until 2020 but if he can’t at least match Leclerc he’d have to try his luck with another team. Hard to imagine where that would be but hopefully there will be some changes in the pecking order by then to shake up the grid a bit.
Szakfer (@)
6th October 2018, 8:13
Even though they have no hope anymore for this season,Ferrari still manages to disappoint its fans
Tango (@tango)
6th October 2018, 8:16
Yep. And what’s the point of having all those super soft tyres laying around if you’re the only one who’s not going to use it come crunch time :D
Jere (@jerejj)
6th October 2018, 8:15
Incompetence at its best at Ferrari.
Patrick (@paeschli)
6th October 2018, 8:19
Ferrari strategy has been consistently abysmal this season
PaulK (@paulk)
6th October 2018, 8:32
Now all that is left to guess when Hamilton will win the championship. Mexico or USA?
What a bummer for what was once looking to be a great season finale.
Oscar (@oscar)
6th October 2018, 15:37
Ferrari’s “mistake” was deliberate. At this point they are playing “all or nothing”,and sadly they’re taking nothing…