Japanese Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 27th September 2015 Local
Sun 27th September 2015 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2015

Round
Round 14

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Location

Suzuka International Racing Course

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The Japanese Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. Historically, Japan has been one of the last races of the season, and as such the Japanese Grand Prix has been the venue for many title-deciding races, with 13 World Champions being crowned over the 30 World Championship Japanese Grands Prix that have been hosted.

The first two Japanese Grands Prix in 1976 and 1977 were held at the Fuji Speedway, before Japan was taken off the calendar. It returned in 1987 at Suzuka, which hosted the Grand Prix exclusively for 20 years and gained a reputation as one of the most challenging F1 circuits. In 1994 and 1995, Japan also hosted the Pacific Grand Prix at the TI Circuit, making Japan one of only seven countries to host more than one Grand Prix in the same season (the others being Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the USA). In 2007 the Grand Prix moved back to the newly redesigned Fuji Speedway. After a second race at Fuji in 2008, the race returned to Suzuka in 2009, as part of an altenating agreement between the owners of Fuji Speedway and Suzuka Circuit, perennial rivals Toyota and Honda. However, in July 2009, Toyota announced it would not host the race at Fuji Speedway in 2010 and beyond due to a downturn in the global economy, and so the Japanese Grand Prix was held at Suzuka instead. Suzuka has hosted the Japanese Grand Prix every year since 2009.

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Result List

01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	28:06.5
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+0:18.964
03	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:20.850
04	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:33.768
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Racing	+0:36.746
06	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	+0:55.559
07	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1	+1:12.298
08	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1	+1:13.575
09	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	+1:35.315
10	Carlos Sainz Jr	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	+1 Lap
13	Daniil Kvyat	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+1 Lap
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1 Lap
16	Jenson Button	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
17	Felipe Massa	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
18	Alexander Rossi	Marussia	+2 Laps
19	Enda Stevens	Caterham	+3 Laps
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	DNF