Japanese GP race results: Lewis Hamilton wins in drama
Lewis Hamilton gets his win before the checkered flag due to a second red flag. Rosberg in P2 and second podium for Vettel in P3.
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The race started with pace and it ended behind it. Mercedes drivers swapped their leading positions few times but Briton managed to make some good strategy moves and clinched his P1.
Jenson Button had the best strategy changing to inters first. But than, after his last pitstop the pace car were out and it spoiled all his game.
Jules Bianchi crashed into a recovery vehicle before the race was stopped. Transfered to a hospital.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:51:43.021 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 44 | +0:09.180 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 44 | +0:29.122 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 44 | +0:38.818 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 44 | +1:07.550 | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 44 | +1:53.773 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 44 | +1:55.126 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 44 | +1:55.945 | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 44 | +2:07.638 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 43 | +1lap | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 43 | +1 laps | 13 | |
| 12 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 43 | +1 laps | 10 | |
| 13 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 43 | +1 laps | 16 | |
| 14 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 43 | +1 laps | 7 | |
| 15 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 43 | +1 laps | 17 | |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 43 | +1 laps | 18 | |
| 17 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 43 | +1 laps | 19 | |
| 18 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 43 | +1 laps | 22 | |
| 19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 43 | +1 laps | 21 | |
| 20 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 41 | +3 laps | 20 | |
| 21 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 40 | +4 laps | 15 | |
| 22 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 2 | +42 laps | 5 |
For the complete results, visit our Formula One result pages.
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