The 2018 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One racing event held on 7 October 2018 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka in the Mie Prefecture, Japan. The race was the seventeenth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the 44th running of the Japanese Grand Prix. The 2018 event was the 34th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 30th time that it had been held at Suzuka. Round 17 of 21 · 2018 Formula One World Championship October 7, 2018 at 05:00 UTC Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Japan Podium: 1. Lewis Hamilton · 2. Valtteri Bottas · 3. Max Verstappen Pole position: Lewis Hamilton Wiki link