2019 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 17 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 13 October 2019 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019 | ||||
Location | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.807 km (3.608 miles) | ||||
Distance | 52 laps, 301.664 km (187.445 miles) | ||||
Scheduled distance | 53 laps, 307.471 km (191.054 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||
Attendance | 122,000[1] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:27.064 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:30.983 on lap 45 (lap record) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2019 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One racing event held on 13 October 2019 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka in the Mie Prefecture, Japan. The race was the 17th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 45th running of the Japanese Grand Prix. The 2019 event was the 35th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 31st time that it had been held at Suzuka.