The 2019 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019)[1] was the seventeenth race of the 2019 Formula One season, the thirty-fifth time the Japanese Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-first time it was held at the Suzuka Circuit. It was held between 11 October and 13 October 2019.
In qualifying, postponed until Sunday, Sebastian Vettel took pole position ahead of Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas.
In the race, Vettel jumped the start, but immediately stalled, giving Bottas the lead. Max Verstappen also moved ahead of Lewis Hamilton, and tried to pass Leclerc, but the two of them made contact at Turn 2, sending Verstappen to the back of the field whilst Leclerc had to pit for a new front wing at the end of lap 3. In the closing stages, Hamilton closed the gap to Vettel with fresher tyres, but could not find a way past, whilst Bottas went on to take his sixth victory. Vettel and Hamilton finished second and third respectively, while Hamilton and Bottas' double podium finish gave Mercedes their sixth constructors' title.
Background[]
| Driver | Hard | Med | Soft | Driver | Hard | Med | Soft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 8 | Bottas | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Vettel | 1 | 3 | 9 | Leclerc | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Verstappen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Albon | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Ricciardo | 1 | 2 | 10 | Hülkenberg | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Magnussen | 1 | 2 | 10 | Grosjean | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Sainz | 1 | 3 | 9 | Norris | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Pérez | 2 | 2 | 9 | Stroll | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Räikkönen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Giovinazzi | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Kvyat | 1 | 3 | 9 | Gasly | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Russell | 2 | 2 | 9 | Kubica | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Source: [2] | |||||||
With news of Typhoon Hagibis approaching, race stewards declared that FP3 would not occur and qualifying would be postponed until Sunday,[3] otherwise the drivers would qualify with the fastest times from FP2.[4]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Cancelled due to bad weather.
Practice Results[]
| No. | Driver | Team | FP1 | FP2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Renault
|
1:31.563 | 14 | 1:29.859 | 17 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:31.001 | 10 | 1:29.358 | 10 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
 Ferrari
|
1:29.720 | 3 | 1:28.376 | 5 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:31.307 | 12 | 1:29.477 | 11 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:31.283 | 11 | 1:29.553 | 13 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:29.354 | 9 | |||||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:30.810 | 8 | 1:29.299 | 8 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
|
1:29.912 | 4 | 1:28.141 | 4 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:30.959 | 9 | 1:29.597 | 14 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:31.785 | 15 | 1:29.749 | 16 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:30.375 | 6 | 1:28.402 | 6 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:31.920 | 16 | 1:29.512 | 12 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
1:31.426 | 13 | 1:30.334 | 18 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:30.046 | 5 | 1:28.066 | 3 | |||||
| 38 |  Naoki Yamamoto
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:32.018 | 17 | |||||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:28.807 | 2 | 1:27.885 | 2 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:30.702 | 7 | 1:29.051 | 7 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:32.800 | 18 | 1:31.071 | 20 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1:28.731 | 1 | 1:27.785 | 1 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:33.484 | 19 | 1:30.916 | 19 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:36.887 | 20 | 1:29.651 | 15 | |||||
| Source: [6][7] | |||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
|
1:28.988 | 1:28.174 | 1 | 1:27.064 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1 | 1:28.405 | 1:28.179 | 2 | 1:27.253 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1:28.896 | 1 | 1:27.688 | 3 | 1:27.293 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:28.735 | 1:27.826 | 4 | 1:27.302 | 4 | |||||
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:28.754 | 1:28.499 | 5 | 1:27.851 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:29.351 | 1:28.156 | 6 | 1:27.851 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:29.018 | 1:28.577 | 7 | 1:28.304 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:28.873 | 1:28.571 | 8 | 1:28.464 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:29.411 | 1:28.779 | 9 | 1:28.836 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:29.572 | 1:29.144 | 10 | 1:29.341 | 10 | |||||
| 11 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:29.604 | 11 | 1:29.254 | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
1:29.594 | 12 | 1:29.345 | 12 | ||||||
| 13 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:29.636 | 13 | 1:29.358 | 13 | ||||||
| 14 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:29.723 | 14 | 1:29.563 | 14 | ||||||
| 15 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
1:29.619 | 15 | 1:30.112 | 15 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault
|
16 | 1:29.822 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
17 | 1:30.344 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
18 | 1:30.364 | 18 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:34.593 | |||||||||||||
| NC | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
20 | no time | 19* | |||||||
| NC | 88 | Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
20 | no time | PL† | |||||||
| Source: [8] | |||||||||||||
- * Magnussen failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule after crashing in Q1, but was given permission from the stewards to race.[9] He was then given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[8]
- † Kubica failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule after crashing in Q1, but was given permission from the stewards to race.[10] He was then forced to start from the pit lane after changing his chassis.[8]
Grid[]
Race[]
Report[]
Post-race[]
Results[]
- * 15 points for third place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
- † Leclerc originally finished sixth, but was given a fifteen-second time penalty for causing a collision with Verstappen and driving his car in an unsafe condition.[12][13]
- ‡ Pérez crashed after colliding with Gasly on the final lap, but because the chequered flag signal was shown a lap early, the race was classified to have finished with fifty-two laps instead of fifty-three, thus allowing Pérez to keep ninth place.[14]
- § Both Renault cars were disqualified on October 23, following a protest by Racing Point regarding brake balance adjustments being altered without driver input.[15]
Milestones[]
- The fifth time a qualifying session has been postponed to race day.
- Mercedes clinched their sixth consecutive Constructor's Championship, putting them on level with Ferrari for the record of most consecutive constructors' championships.
- Mercedes's 99th race victory.
- Valtteri Bottas's 100th points finish.
- Carlos Sainz, Jr.'s 50th points finish.
Standings[]
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2019/Japan.html. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Japanese Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 1 October 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-japanese-grand-prix---selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (11 October 2019). "Japanese GP typhoon: Qualifying postponed as Typhoon Hagibis nears". BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/50009871. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Decision Doc8 - Formation of the Grid". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 11 October 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/101617/download. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ FIA: 2019 Japanese Grand Prix - Entry List (PDF)
- ↑ "2019 Japanese Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 October 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1016/japan/practice-1.html. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Japanese Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 October 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1016/japan/practice-2.html. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2019 Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 October 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1016/japan/qualifying.html. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 20". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/101681/download. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 19". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/101679/download. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "Japan Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 October 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1016/japan/race-result.html. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 38". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/101747/download. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 40". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 October 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/101749/download. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "Chequered flag error means race distance is cut and Perez scores points despite crashing". 13 October 2019. https://www.racefans.net/2019/10/13/chequered-flag-error-means-race-distance-is-cut-and-perez-scores-points-despite-crashing/. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ↑ "Renault disqualified from results of the Japanese Grand Prix". 23 October 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.renault-disqualified-from-results-of-the-japanese-grand-prix.5lDaMU1SWKaXnpEP93CLVB.html. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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