Race · Round 15 of 19 · 5 October 2014

2014 Japanese Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 1 of the starters was not classified.

Wet · High of 22 °C, 18.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2221 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W05	2	44	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W05	1	44	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB10	9	44	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB10	6	44	Finished	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-29	8	44	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW36	3	44	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW36	4	44	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM07	13	44	Finished	4
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	20	44	Finished	2
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM07	11	43	Finished	1
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	12	43	Finished	0
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F14 T	10	43	Finished	0
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C33	15	43	Finished	0
14	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	MP4-29	7	43	Finished	0
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E22	16	43	Finished	0
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E22	22	43	Finished	0
17	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	17	43	Finished	0
18	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03	21	43	Finished	0
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	19	43	Finished	0
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03	18	41	Fatal accident	0
21	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	C33	14	40	Accident	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F14 T	5	2	Electrical	0

F1DB layout suzuka-2 · 5.807 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	44
Nico Rosberg	1	2	44
Sebastian Vettel	9	3	44
Daniel Ricciardo	6	4	44
Jenson Button	8	5	44
Valtteri Bottas	3	6	44
Felipe Massa	4	7	44
Nico Hulkenberg	13	8	44
Jean-Éric Vergne	20	9	44
Sergio Perez	11	10	43
Daniil Kvyat	12	11	43
Kimi Raikkonen	10	12	43
Esteban Gutierrez	15	13	43
Kevin Magnussen	7	14	43
Romain Grosjean	16	15	43
Pastor Maldonado	22	16	43
Marcus Ericsson	17	17	43
Max Chilton	21	18	43
Kamui Kobayashi	19	19	43
Jules Bianchi	18	20	41
Adrian Sutil	14	21	40
Fernando Alonso	5	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.671	1:32.950	1:32.506	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.611	1:32.982	1:32.703	+0.197	12 m	+0.197
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:34.301	1:33.443	1:33.128	+0.622	39 m	+0.425
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.483	1:33.551	1:33.527	+1.021	64 m	+0.399
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:34.497	1:33.675	1:33.740	+1.234	77 m	+0.213
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.593	1:34.466	1:34.075	+1.569	98 m	+0.335
7	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:34.930	1:34.229	1:34.242	+1.736	109 m	+0.167
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.150	1:34.648	1:34.317	+1.811	114 m	+0.075
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:35.517	1:34.784	1:34.432	+1.926	121 m	+0.115
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.984	1:34.771	1:34.548	+2.042	128 m	+0.116
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:35.155	1:34.984	—	—	127 m	—
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.439	1:35.089	—	—	134 m	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.210	1:35.092	—	—	134 m	—
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.000	1:35.099	—	—	134 m	—
15	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:35.736	1:35.364	—	—	151 m	—
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:35.308	1:35.681	—	—	171 m	—
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:35.917	—	—	—	143 m	—
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:35.984	—	—	—	147 m	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:36.813	—	—	—	199 m	—
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:36.943	—	—	—	207 m	—
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:37.015	—	—	—	211 m	—
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:37.481	—	—	—	240 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	44	3	2, 14, 35	1137.3, 23.9, 23.7
Nico Rosberg	2	44	3	2, 13, 33	1136.5, 23.7, 24.9
Sebastian Vettel	3	44	3	2, 12, 29	1135.0, 23.8, 23.4
Daniel Ricciardo	4	44	3	2, 11, 36	1135.5, 24.2, 25.6
Jenson Button	5	44	4	2, 9, 31, 42	1136.1, 24.5, 28.5, 24.8
Valtteri Bottas	6	44	3	2, 11, 38	1137.0, 24.5, 25.1
Felipe Massa	7	44	3	2, 12, 37	1136.6, 24.4, 24.9
Nico Hulkenberg	8	44	4	2, 12, 26, 43	1136.6, 24.7, 23.9, 24.8
Jean-Éric Vergne	9	44	3	2, 11, 19	1136.6, 25.5, 24.4
Sergio Perez	10	43	4	2, 11, 25, 43	1135.7, 25.0, 24.6, 25.3
Daniil Kvyat	11	43	4	2, 11, 23, 39	1134.5, 24.6, 24.2, 26.6
Kimi Raikkonen	12	43	5	2, 11, 23, 34, 43	1135.3, 25.2, 32.5, 24.2, 24.8
Esteban Gutierrez	13	43	3	2, 11, 34	1134.6, 24.9, 26.9
Kevin Magnussen	14	43	5	2, 11, 15, 33, 40	1135.9, 24.6, 33.2, 23.7, 24.4
Romain Grosjean	15	43	5	2, 11, 21, 34, 43	1133.7, 24.0, 23.7, 23.7, 23.8
Pastor Maldonado	16	43	4	2, 9, 22, 40	1127.1, 25.5, 24.2, 26.0
Marcus Ericsson	17	43	4	2, 11, 25, 39	1113.9, 31.2, 26.0, 25.7
Max Chilton	18	43	3	2, 11, 23	1135.9, 25.9, 25.3
Kamui Kobayashi	19	43	5	2, 11, 26, 38, 39	1133.4, 28.7, 25.6, 25.6, 24.9
Jules Bianchi	20	41	3	2, 13, 24	1133.7, 25.1, 24.9
Adrian Sutil	21	40	4	2, 12, 22, 32	1135.8, 25.1, 24.4, 24.3
Fernando Alonso	DNF	2	1	2	1137.1

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	2 · 1	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 6	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 9	2 · 3	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel	6 · 9	4 · 3	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Sebastian Vettel	8 · 9	5 · 3	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	9 · 10	3 · 12	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Jenson Button	6 · 8	4 · 5	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kevin Magnussen	6 · 7	4 · 14	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Jenson Button	3 · 8	6 · 5	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Jenson Button	7 · 8	14 · 5	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	6 · 7	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 13	7 · 8	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	11 · 8	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Jean-Éric Vergne	13 · 20	8 · 9	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Adrian Sutil	13 · 14	8 · 21	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Jean-Éric Vergne	11 · 20	10 · 9	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Kamui Kobayashi · Jean-Éric Vergne	19 · 20	19 · 9	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Max Chilton	20 · 21	9 · 18	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	12 · 10	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Daniil Kvyat	11 · 12	10 · 11	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 12	12 · 11	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Esteban Gutierrez	10 · 15	12 · 13	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Esteban Gutierrez	7 · 15	14 · 13	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Esteban Gutierrez	14 · 15	21 · 13	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Esteban Gutierrez · Romain Grosjean	15 · 16	13 · 15	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean	7 · 16	14 · 15	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Pastor Maldonado	16 · 22	15 · 16	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 17	15 · 17	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Pastor Maldonado	17 · 22	17 · 16	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Chilton · Pastor Maldonado	21 · 22	18 · 16	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Max Chilton	17 · 21	17 · 18	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Jules Bianchi	17 · 18	17 · 20	2 · 2	Same lap	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Max Chilton	19 · 21	19 · 18	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Jules Bianchi · Kamui Kobayashi	18 · 19	20 · 19	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Jules Bianchi	14 · 18	21 · 20	2 · 2	Same lap	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.461	—	0 m	—	27
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:35.612	+0.151	9 m	+0.151	26
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:36.037	+0.576	35 m	+0.425	19
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:36.576	+1.115	68 m	+0.539	25
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.187	+1.726	105 m	+0.611	19
6	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:37.327	+1.866	114 m	+0.140	24
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.466	+2.005	122 m	+0.139	27
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:37.649	+2.188	133 m	+0.183	24
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:37.686	+2.225	135 m	+0.037	26
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:37.714	+2.253	137 m	+0.028	26
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.012	+2.551	155 m	+0.298	22
12	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	38	1:38.157	+2.696	164 m	+0.145	22
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.324	+2.863	174 m	+0.167	10
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:38.582	+3.121	190 m	+0.258	9
15	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:38.851	+3.390	206 m	+0.269	21
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:39.046	+3.585	218 m	+0.195	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:39.097	+3.636	221 m	+0.051	26
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:39.318	+3.857	235 m	+0.221	18
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:40.031	+4.570	278 m	+0.713	18
20	Roberto Merhi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	45	1:41.472	+6.011	366 m	+1.441	24
21	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:41.580	+6.119	372 m	+0.108	10
22	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:41.757	+6.296	383 m	+0.177	15

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:35.078	—	0 m	—	28
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.318	+0.240	15 m	+0.240	27
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:36.279	+1.201	73 m	+0.961	24
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:36.409	+1.331	81 m	+0.130	28
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.436	+1.358	83 m	+0.027	24
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:36.529	+1.451	89 m	+0.093	19
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:36.637	+1.559	95 m	+0.108	26
8	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:36.714	+1.636	100 m	+0.077	31
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:36.943	+1.865	114 m	+0.229	27
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.186	+2.108	129 m	+0.243	3
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:37.219	+2.141	131 m	+0.033	19
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:37.504	+2.426	148 m	+0.285	16
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:37.563	+2.485	152 m	+0.059	31
14	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.700	+2.622	160 m	+0.137	18
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.786	+2.708	165 m	+0.086	8
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:37.798	+2.720	166 m	+0.012	27
17	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:38.010	+2.932	179 m	+0.212	25
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:38.365	+3.287	201 m	+0.355	9
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:39.069	+3.991	244 m	+0.704	22
20	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:39.306	+4.228	258 m	+0.237	20
21	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:39.333	+4.255	260 m	+0.027	24
22	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:42.760	+7.682	469 m	+3.427	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:33.228	—	0 m	—	14
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.210	+0.982	61 m	+0.982	10
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:34.439	+1.211	75 m	+0.229	12
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:34.564	+1.336	83 m	+0.125	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.061	+1.833	114 m	+0.497	16
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.086	+1.858	116 m	+0.025	13
7	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:35.251	+2.023	126 m	+0.165	16
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:35.494	+2.266	141 m	+0.243	8
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.538	+2.310	144 m	+0.044	17
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.549	+2.321	145 m	+0.011	16
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.732	+2.504	156 m	+0.183	15
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.995	+2.767	172 m	+0.263	5
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.365	+3.137	195 m	+0.370	8
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:36.407	+3.179	198 m	+0.042	22
15	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:36.460	+3.232	201 m	+0.053	6
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:36.558	+3.330	207 m	+0.098	19
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:36.617	+3.389	211 m	+0.059	12
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:36.626	+3.398	212 m	+0.009	20
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:37.367	+4.139	258 m	+0.741	12
20	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:37.883	+4.655	290 m	+0.516	17
21	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:38.102	+4.874	304 m	+0.219	15
22	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:38.784	+5.556	346 m	+0.682	12

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 2014
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Oct 2014
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.