2019 Japanese Grand Prix

 2019 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 21 races in the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019
Date:	October 13, 2019
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	301.964 km in 52 laps of 5.807 km
Planned:	307.771 km in 53 laps of 5.807 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 27.064 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 30.983 min (lap 45)
Podium
First:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes

The Japanese Grand Prix in 2019 (officially Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix in 2019 ) took place on 13 October at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka place and was the seventeenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2019 .

Reports

backgrounds

After the Russian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 73 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 107 points ahead of Charles Leclerc . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 162 points and Red Bull Racing with 260 points .

At the Japanese Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C1 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C2 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C3 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

Sebastian Vettel (nine), Daniel Ricciardo , Lance Stroll (five each), Antonio Giovinazzi , Kevin Magnussen (four each), Romain Grosjean (three), Hamilton, Daniil Kwjat , Kimi Räikkönen , Carlos Sainz jr. , Max Verstappen (two each), Alexander Albon , Pierre Gasly , Sergio Pérez and George Russell (one each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Hamilton (five times), Vettel (four times) and Räikkönen (once), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix. Hamilton won the race once when it was held at Fuji Speedway in 2007 .

The race stewards were Dennis Dean (USA), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Tom Kristensen (DNK) and Yasuhiro Yodono (JAP).

The weather forecast predicted that Typhoon Hagibis would hit Japan on Saturday and therefore squalls and heavy rain were to be expected. The organizer therefore canceled all route activities planned for Saturday for safety reasons. The third free practice session was canceled without replacement, and qualifying was postponed to Sunday morning. A postponement of the start of the race, which should take place at 2:10 p.m. local time, was not planned. The two races planned for the Japanese Formula 4 championship on the race weekend were canceled in advance in order to have more leeway in postponing the training sessions and qualifying for the Formula 1 World Championship.

free training

In the first free practice, Bottas achieved the fastest lap time in 1: 28.731 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel.

In the second free practice, Bottas was fastest in 1: 27.785 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. Since the sporting regulations did not provide for a cancellation of the qualifying without replacement, the race stewards decided that in this case the result of the second free practice would have been used to determine the starting grid, this would have the eleventh pole position for Bottas in the Formula 1 World Championship means.

Qualifying

Qualifying was postponed to race Sunday due to Typhoon Hagibi . It was the fifth time in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship that the race and qualifying were held on the same day.

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Leclerc was the fastest. The segment was interrupted after accidents involving Robert Kubica and Magnussen. As a result, neither did a timed lap and thus did not qualify for the Grand Prix. Besides them, Russell, Pérez and Ricciardo were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest drivers qualified for the third part of the qualifying and had to start the race with the tires used here, all other drivers had a free choice of tires for the start of the race. Bottas was the fastest. Nico Hülkenberg , Kwjat, Räikkönen, Stroll and Giovinazzi were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. With a lap time of 1: 27.064 minutes, Vettel set the fastest time ahead of Leclerc and Bottas. It was the 57th pole position for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship and the fifth for a Ferrari driver in a row.

Kubica and Magnussen were allowed to start the race because they were both fast enough in free practice. Kubica had to start from the pit lane because the monocoque on his car was irreparably damaged and had to be replaced.

run

Due to a technical problem with the display of the checkered flag, the race was scored after 52 instead of the planned 53 laps.

Bottas won the race ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. The remaining points were placed by Albon, Sainz, Leclerc, Gasly, Pérez, Stroll and Kwjat. As Hamilton set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten, he received an additional point. Ricciardo and Hülkenberg, who occupied positions six and ten, were subsequently disqualified. The race stewards classified a system that automatically adjusted the brake balance several times in one lap, but did not violate the technical rules, as an unauthorized driving aid.

The first three positions in the drivers' standings remained unchanged, but only Hamilton and Bottas had a mathematical chance of winning the title. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was declared world champion early. It was the sixth constructors' title for Mercedes in a row.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
	38	Naoki Yamamoto
ROKiT Williams Racing	63	George Russell	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	88	Robert Kubica

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Toro Rosso with the starting number 38 was used in the first free practice for Yamamoto. Gasly then took over the vehicle with its number 10 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 28.988	1: 28.174	1: 27.064	01
02	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 28.405	1: 28.179	1: 27.253	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 28.896	1: 27.688	1: 27.293	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 28.735	1: 27.826	1: 27.302	04th
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 28.754	1: 28.499	1: 27.851	05
06th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 29.351	1: 28.156	1: 27.851	06th
07th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 29.018	1: 28.577	1: 28.304	07th
08th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 28.873	1: 28.571	1: 28.464	08th
09	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 29.411	1: 28.779	1: 28.836	09
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 29.572	1: 29.144	1: 29.341	10
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 29.604	1: 29.254	-	16
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 29.594	1: 29.345	-	11
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 29.636	1: 29.358	-	12
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 29.723	1: 29.563	-	13
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 29.619	1: 30.112	-	14th
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 29.822	-	-	15th
17th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 30.344	-	-	17th
18th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 30.364	-	-	18th
107 percent time : 1: 34.593 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 28.405 min)
-	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	no time	-	-	19th
-	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	no time	-	-	box

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Verstappen and Albon achieved identical times in Q3; Verstappen started before Albon because he drove his time first.
2. ↑ Although he had not qualified, Magnussen was allowed to start because he had been fast enough in free practice.
3. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Kubica was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice. He had to start out of the pits because the monocoque on his vehicle was replaced under parc fermé conditions .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest race lap
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	2	1: 21: 46.755	03	1: 31.862 (49.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	2	+ 13,343	01	1: 32,122 (38.)
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	2	+ 13.858	04th	1: 30.983 (45th)
04th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	52	2	+ 59.537	06th	1: 32.775 (36th)
05	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	52	1	+1: 09.101	07th	1: 33,563 (46.)
06th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	51	3	+ 1 lap	02	1: 31.611 (48th)
07th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	51	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 35,321 (43.)
08th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	51	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 32.621 (46.)
09	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	51	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 34.713 (26.)
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	51	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 33.239 (47.)
11	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	51	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 34.116 (31st)
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	51	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 33,190 (50.)
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	51	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 34.988 (18.)
14th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	51	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 32,369 (51st)
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 31.732 (49.)
16	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	50	1	DNF	18th	1: 35.458 (27.)
17th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	50	2	+ 2 rounds	box	1: 36.332 (44.)
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	14th	0	DNF	05	1: 37.249 (10.)
DSQ	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	51	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 33,481 (48th)
DSQ	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	51	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 34.921 (47th)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ricciardo and Hülkenberg were subsequently disqualified because Renault had installed a system for the automatic adjustment of the brake balance in both vehicles, which was classified as illegal according to the technical, but the sporting regulations.

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 338 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 274 03  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 223 04th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 212 05  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 212 06th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 76 07th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 75 08th  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda Red Bull Racing-Honda 64 9  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 37 10  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 35

Item driver constructor Points 11  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 34 12  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 34 13  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 14th  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 31 15th  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 21st 16  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 20th 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 8th 18th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 4th 19th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 612 2  Ferrari 435 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 323 4th  McLaren-Renault 111 5  Renault 68

Item constructor Points 06th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 62 07th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 57 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 35 09  Haas-Ferrari 28 10  Williams-Mercedes 1

Web links

Commons : Japanese Grand Prix 2019  - Images, Videos, and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: Officially: Formula 1 cancels Suzuka Saturday! Motorsport-Total.com, October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Maria Reyer, Jonathan Noble, Scott Mitchell, Adam Cooper: Typhoon "Hagibis": Qualifying postponement more and more likely. Motorsport-Total.com, October 10, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Decision Doc8 - Formation of the grid. FIA , October 11, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .