The race itself was a good race to watch. With Typhoon Hagibis causing havoc on a very wet Saturday. Qualifying was moved to a dry and windy Sunday with Sebastian Vettel taking pole and team-mate Charles Leclerc on the front row. Come the race, both Ferrari drivers' had a poor start, while Valtteri Bottas had a lighting of a start from third place and never looked back; lead all but seven laps to win this seasons Japanese Grand Prix for Valtteri Bottas's third race win of the season.
While, Sebastian Vettel finished in second place in the Ferrari, Vettel was thirteen seconds behind Bottas at the end.
Meanwhile, Bottas's team-mate Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, hamilton was fourteen seconds behind Bottas at the end of the fifty-two lap race.
With Valtteri Bottas win and Lewis Hamilton third place was enough for Mercedes to win this seasons F1 Constructors' Championship with one hundred and seventy-nine points ahead of Ferrari with four races to go. Contracts to Mercedes for winning their sixth Constructors' Championship in Formula 1.
Now with four races to go, Valtteri Bottas win in Suzuka and Lewis Hamilton only managing a third place finish, Lewis Hamilton's lead of the F1 Drivers' Standings has been reduce from seventy-three points to sixty-four points ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the standings with four races to go.
Lewis Hamilton could win his sixth Drivers' Championship in Mexico. If Hamilton wins the race, with Bottas no higher than fifth at the Mexican Grand Prix.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished third, fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 10 (race win)
Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (pole, finished second)
Charles Leclerc - 5 (finished seventh, lap down)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Max Verstappen - 6 (DNF, Brakes)
Alexander Albon - 9 (finished fourth)
Renault - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 10 (finished sixth, lap down)
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (finished tenth, lap down)
Haas - 4
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 4 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
McLaren - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 10 (finished fifth)
Lando Norris - 7 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Racing Point - 6
Sergio Pérez- 7 (finished ninth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Alfa Romeo - 5
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 7
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Pierre Gasly - 9 (finished eighth, lap down)
Williams - 3
George Russell - 4 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)
Robert Kubica - 3 (finished nineteenth, two laps down)
Next stop Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City in two weeks time for the Mexican Grand Prix.
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