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2022 Japanese Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Suzuka.

Session Reports

FP1: Alonso leads washed out first practice in Suzuka

FP2: Russell tops extra-long wet Suzuka second practice

FP3: Verstappen leads Ferrari pair in final Japanese GP practice

Qualifying: Verstappen sets sights on title with Suzuka pole

Race: Verstappen crowned champion after cruising to Suzuka win

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Suzuka

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:42.248s		7
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:42.563s	+ 0.315s	15
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.634s	+ 0.386s	16
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:43.022s	+ 0.774s	5
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.258s	+ 1.010s	15
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.362s	+ 1.114s	4
7	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:43.761s	+ 1.513s	13
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.889s	+ 1.641s	7
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:43.969s	+ 1.721s	13
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:44.234s	+ 1.986s	4
11	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:44.429s	+ 2.181s	15
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:44.486s	+ 2.238s	8
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:44.558s	+ 2.310s	6
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:44.570s	+ 2.322s	10
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:44.791s	+ 2.543s	9
16	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:44.878s	+ 2.630s	12
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:45.424s	+ 3.176s	11
18	George Russell	Mercedes	1:46.103s	+ 3.855s	4
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:46.192s	+ 3.944s	16
20	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:48.090s	+ 5.842s	8

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:41.935s		23
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.170s	+ 0.235s	21
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.786s	+ 0.851s	23
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:42.834s	+ 0.899s	26
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.187s	+ 1.252s	16
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:43.204s	+ 1.269s	23
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:43.533s	+ 1.598s	14
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:43.733s	+ 1.798s	20
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:43.884s	+ 1.949s	12
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:44.525s	+ 2.590s	16
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:44.709s	+ 2.774s	10
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:44.962s	+ 3.027s	16
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:45.039s	+ 3.104s	15
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.257s	+ 3.322s	26
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:45.261s	+ 3.326s	23
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:45.885s	+ 3.950s	11
17	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:46.030s	+ 4.095s	9
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:46.776s	+ 4.841s	20
19	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:47.109s	+ 5.174s	13
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas			0

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.671s		21
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.965s	+ 0.294s	27
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.980s	+ 0.309s	26
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:31.320s	+ 0.649s	20
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.514s	+ 0.843s	24
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.530s	+ 0.859s	28
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.589s	+ 0.918s	25
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.747s	+ 1.076s	26
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.750s	+ 1.079s	21
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.838s	+ 1.167s	24
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:31.860s	+ 1.189s	27
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.946s	+ 1.275s	26
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.971s	+ 1.300s	23
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.222s	+ 1.551s	24
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.290s	+ 1.619s	22
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:32.366s	+ 1.695s	23
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.377s	+ 1.706s	26
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:32.385s	+ 1.714s	23
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:32.868s	+ 2.197s	25
20	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:32.881s	+ 2.210s	24

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.224s	1:30.346s	1:29.304s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.402s	1:30.486s	1:29.314s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.336s	1:30.444s	1:29.361s
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.622s	1:29.925s	1:29.709s
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.696s	1:30.357s	1:30.165s
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.906s	1:30.443s	1:30.261s
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.603s	1:30.343s	1:30.322s
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.865s	1:30.465s	1:30.389s
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.256s	1:30.656s	1:30.554s
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.881s	1:30.473s	1:31.003s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.880s	1:30.659s
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.226s	1:30.709s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.130s	1:30.808s
14	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:30.894s	1:30.953s
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:31.152s	1:31.439s
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.311s
17	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.322s
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.352s
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.419s
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.511s

Race results

2022 Japanese Grand Prix - Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	28 laps - 3:01:44.004s	2
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 27.066s	2
3	Charles Leclerc *	Ferrari	+ 31.763s	2
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 39.685s	2
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 40.326s	2
6	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 46.358s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 46.369s	3
8	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 47.661s	2
9	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 70.143s	2
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 70.782s	2
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 72.877s	2
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 73.904s	3
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 75.599s	3
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 86.016s	2
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 86.496s	2
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 87.043s	3
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 92.523s	2
18	Pierre Gasly **	AlphaTauri	+ 108.091s	4
	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	DNF	0
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	0

* Five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage
** Drive-through penalty for speeding under Red Flag conditions, converted into 20-second penalty

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