Starting Grid 2018 Japanese F1 GP
Starting grid Suzuka Circuit Japan
Event: Japanese F1 Grand Prix
Track: Suzuka Circuit
The final start grid for the 2018 Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix did change.
In the provisional version Esteban Ocon (Force India) alreday got a 3 place grid penalty for driving to fast during the red flag situation.Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc moved up a grid place because of Ocon's penalty. In the final version Marcus Ericsson also got a 15 grid place penalty for replacing his gearbox and additional power unit elements. But the Swedish driver was already on P20. so nothing changed in the order because of the penalty.
See all used power unit elements in 2018.
Read our race preview in What to expect from the 2018 Japanese F1 GP.
F1 Start Grid 2018 Japanese GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Quali Time | 1st Gap |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:27,760 | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:28,059 | 0,299 |
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29,057 | 1,297 |
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:29,521 | 1,761 |
| 5 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:29,761 | 2,001 |
| 6 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:30,023 | 2,263 |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:30,093 | 2,333 |
| 8 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32,192 | 4,432 |
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:37,229 | 9,469 |
| 10 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:29,864 | 2,104 |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:30,126 | 2,366 |
| 12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:30,226 | 2,466 |
| 13 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:30,490 | 2,730 |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:30,714 | 2,954 |
| 15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | no time | - |
| 16 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:30,361 | 2,601 |
| 17 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:30,372 | 2,612 |
| 18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:30,573 | 2,813 |
| 19 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:31,041 | 3,281 |
| 20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31,213 | 3,453 |
Penalties:
- Car 31 - Esteban Ocon (Force India) received a 3 place grid penalty for driving to fast during red flag period.
- Car 9 - Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) 15 places grid penalty for gearbox and power unit elements replacements.
The used tyre sets overview for the Japanese GP shows us that Lewis Hamilton is the only one who has a new Supersoft tyre left.
F1 Race tyre sets 2018 Japanese GP
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This is utter nonsense. Half the positions are incorrect amd verstappens listed twice!
Thanks Dave, we fixed the errors.
It is sad that Red Bull can't give Daniel Ricciardo a dependable car this year. He and Max could have made this a very interesting season with three teams going for the championship rather than two. Glad to see the Haas team with Romain up to fifth on the grid.