2018 Japanese Grand Prix

Championship standings

Lewis Hamilton leads Sebastian Vettel by fifty points in the Drivers’ Championship. Bottas sits third, sixty-seven points further back. Mercedes hold a fifty-three point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors’, with Red Bull a further one hundred and fifty points adrift in third.

Previous race

Hamilton won in Russia, though the race was contentious: Mercedes ordered Bottas, who had led from pole for the first half of the race, to yield to Hamilton on lap 26. Hamilton won, Bottas second, Vettel third.

Car upgrades

Ferrari introduces a new livery this weekend carrying the Mission Winnow branding, a joint promotion with title sponsor Philip Morris International.

Tyre choices

Pirelli brings the supersoft, soft, and medium compounds.

Weather

Rain is a potential factor across multiple sessions this weekend.