Japanese Grand Prix 2014: Live Lap-by-Lap Updates, Highlights, Report and More
Lewis Hamilton won a rain-interrupted Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Sunday morning—the Mercedes drivers' first-ever triumph at the circuit and his third in a row this season—but the Briton’s victory was overshadowed by a serious head injury suffered by Marussia driver Jules Bianchi.
The race was finally brought to a halt for the second and last time on Lap 44 after the Frenchman’s car had aquaplaned off the track and collided with a vehicle that was trying to remove Adrian Sutil’s Sauber after the German had also spun off on the previous lap.
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All of which meant that with now just four grands prix left this season, the championship leader was able to further extend his advantage over team-mate Nico Rosberg at the top of the drivers’ standings to 10 points after the pole-sitter was only able to finish in second.
Elsewhere, world champion Sebastian Vettel grabbed the final podium position ahead of Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, while McLaren's Jenson Button was fifth and the Williams duo of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa in sixth and seventh places respectively, with Nico Hulkenberg, Jean-Eric Vergne and Sergio Perez completing the top 10.
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