"Japan is a great track, it’s one of the historic circuits, so one of my favourites. It’s one of the oldest circuits and has real character so it challenges the driver. It's the ultimate test of downforce, the cars that have the best aero package generally win here. The track just has a great configuration of corners, all high to medium speed so you don’t really set the car up for low speed. As I said, downforce is really important".
- Lewis Hamilton
| Year | Finish | Grid | Tyre Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5th | 9 |
Soft Laps 16
Hard Laps 15
Hard Laps 31
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| 2011 | 5th | 3 |
Soft
Soft Lap 8
Soft Lap 21
Medium Lap 35
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| 2010 | 5th | 8 |
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| 2009 | 3rd | 3 |
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| 2008 | 12th | 1 |
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| 2007 | 1st | 1 |
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| Driver | Country | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | 272 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | 195 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | 167 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Great Britain | 161 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Australia | 130 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Germany | 122 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Brazil | 89 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | France | 72 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | Great Britain | 58 |
| 10 | Paul Di Resta | Great Britain | 36 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | 31 |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Germany | 26 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Mexico | 23 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | 18 |
| 15 | Jean-Eric Vergne | France | 13 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Venice | 1 |
| 17 | Esteban Gutierrez | Mexico | 0 |
| 18 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | 0 |
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | France | 0 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | France | 0 |
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 402 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 284 |
| 3 | Mercedes | 283 |
| 4 | Lotus | 239 |
| 5 | McLaren | 81 |
| 6 | Force India | 62 |
| 7 | Sauber | 31 |
| 8 | Toro Rosso | 31 |
| 9 | Williams | 1 |
| 10 | Marussia | 0 |
| 11 | Caterham | 0 |