2018 FIA Formula One World Championship
2018 Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka International Racing Course
Suzuka, Japan
06-07 October
The
2018 Japanese Grand Prix will be held between 6 and 7 October in Suzuka this weekend.
It is the 17th round of this year's Championship and it will be held at the at Suzuka International Racing Course which has a capacity of 155,000.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is looking to defend his Japanese Grand Prix title having won last year's race.
Red Bull Racing duo Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo finished second, and third respectively.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton now has a 50-point lead over second-placed Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship standings.
This is after Hamilton won the recent 2018 Russian Grand Pix ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari driver Vettel.
Mercedes also extended their lead at the top of the World Constructors' Championship to 53 ahead of second-placed Ferrari.
The most successful driver in the history of the Japanese Grand Prix is legendary German driver Michael Schumacher, who won six titles.
Vettel and Hamilton are joint second having both clinched four titles in Japan.
2017 Japanese Grand Prix results
Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Runner-up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing
Third-place: Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing
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