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2023 Japanese Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Suzuka.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen and Red Bull return to the top in Japanese first practice

FP2: Verstappen continues to set the pace in Japan second practice

FP3: Verstappen tops final Japanese GP practice from McLaren duo

Qualifying: Verstappen flies to Japan pole, Piastri on front row

Race: Verstappen's Japan victory hands constructors crown to Red Bull

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day at Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day at Suzuka

Gallery: All the pictures from race day at Suzuka

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.647s		25
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.273s	+ 0.626s	24
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.392s	+ 0.745s	24
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.574s	+ 0.927s	25
5	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.597s	+ 0.950s	21
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:32.650s	+ 1.003s	23
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.713s	+ 1.066s	26
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:32.991s	+ 1.344s	24
9	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:33.005s	+ 1.358s	28
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.040s	+ 1.393s	17
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:33.043s	+ 1.396s	25
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:33.129s	+ 1.482s	23
13	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.310s	+ 1.663s	24
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:33.448s	+ 1.801s	24
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.516s	+ 1.869s	22
16	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.699s	+ 2.052s	22
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:33.860s	+ 2.213s	24
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.975s	+ 2.328s	23
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:34.212s	+ 2.565s	27
20	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:34.831s	+ 3.184s	23

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.688s		19
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.008s	+ 0.320s	23
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.152s	+ 0.464s	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.237s	+ 0.549s	22
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.328s	+ 0.640s	22
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.492s	+ 0.804s	22
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.555s	+ 0.867s	23
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:31.662s	+ 0.974s	22
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.710s	+ 1.022s	24
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.739s	+ 1.051s	22
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.771s	+ 1.083s	22
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.794s	+ 1.106s	22
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.797s	+ 1.109s	24
14	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.829s	+ 1.141s	21
15	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:32.141s	+ 1.453s	23
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:32.165s	+ 1.477s	16
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.169s	+ 1.481s	23
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.178s	+ 1.490s	26
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.179s	+ 1.491s	22
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:32.320s	+ 1.632s	25

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.267s		12
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.507s	+ 0.240s	16
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.555s	+ 0.288s	15
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.004s	+ 0.737s	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.022s	+ 0.755s	20
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.137s	+ 0.870s	20
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.159s	+ 0.892s	13
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.505s	+ 1.238s	9
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.549s	+ 1.282s	16
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:31.668s	+ 1.401s	15
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.699s	+ 1.432s	15
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.880s	+ 1.613s	16
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.924s	+ 1.657s	13
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.951s	+ 1.684s	18
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.979s	+ 1.712s	13
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:32.002s	+ 1.735s	13
17	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:32.048s	+ 1.781s	18
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:32.113s	+ 1.846s	12
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.154s	+ 1.887s	19
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.199s	+ 1.932s	15

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.878s	1:29.964s	1:28.877s
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.439s	1:30.122s	1:29.458s
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.063s	1:30.296s	1:29.493s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.393s	1:29.940s	1:29.542s
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.652s	1:29.965s	1:29.650s
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.651s	1:30.067s	1:29.850s
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.811s	1:30.040s	1:29.908s
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.811s	1:30.268s	1:30.219s
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.733s	1:30.204s	1:30.303s
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.971s	1:30.465s	1:30.560s
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:30.425s	1:30.508s
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.843s	1:30.509s
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.941s	1:30.537s
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.960s	1:30.586s
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.976s	1:30.665s
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.049s
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.181s
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.299s
19	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:31.398s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	53 laps - 1:30:58.421s	2
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 19.387s	2
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 36.494s	2
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 43.998s	2
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 49.376s	2
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 50.221s	2
7	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 57.659s	1
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 74.725s	2
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 79.678s	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 83.155s	2
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	3
	Logan Sargeant	Williams	DNF	4
	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF	2
	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	DNF	5
	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	DNF	3

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	400
2	Sergio Pérez	223
3	Lewis Hamilton	190
4	Fernando Alonso	174
5	Carlos Sainz	150
6	Charles Leclerc	135
7	Lando Norris	115
8	George Russell	115
9	Oscar Piastri	57
10	Lance Stroll	47
11	Pierre Gasly	46
12	Esteban Ocon	38
13	Alexander Albon	21
14	Nico Hülkenberg	9
15	Valtteri Bottas	6
16	Zhou Guanyu	4
17	Yuki Tsunoda	3
18	Kevin Magnussen	3
19	Liam Lawson	2
20	Logan Sargeant	0
21	Nyck de Vries	0
22	Daniel Ricciardo	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	623
2	Mercedes	305
3	Ferrari	285
4	Aston Martin	221
5	McLaren	172
6	Alpine	84
7	Williams	21
8	Haas	12
9	Alfa Romeo	10
10	AlphaTauri	5

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