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2024 Japanese Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Suzuka.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen tops FP1 in Suzuka as Sargeant crashes

FP2: Piastri quickest as showers thwart second practice

FP3: Verstappen and Perez top final Japanese GP practice

Qualifying: Verstappen and Perez lock out Suzuka front row

Race: Verstappen and Perez back in charge with Red Bull 1-2 in Suzuka

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.056s		18
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.237s	+ 0.181s	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.269s	+ 0.213s	20
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.530s	+ 0.474s	18
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.543s	+ 0.487s	23
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.558s	+ 0.502s	18
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.599s	+ 0.543s	20
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:31.165s	+ 1.109s	23
9	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:31.230s	+ 1.174s	20
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.240s	+ 1.184s	22
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.935s	+ 1.879s	19
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.943s	+ 1.887s	18
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.958s	+ 1.902s	19
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:32.054s	+ 1.998s	17
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.055s	+ 1.999s	17
16	Ayumu Iwasa	RB	1:32.103s	+ 2.047s	22
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.277s	+ 2.221s	23
18	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:32.638s	+ 2.582s	18
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.803s	+ 2.747s	21
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:33.204s	+ 3.148s	10

Free Practice 2 results

2024 Japanese Grand Prix - Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:34.725s		6
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.226s	+ 0.501s	5
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:38.760s	+ 4.035s	3
4	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:40.946s	+ 6.221s	7
5	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:41.913s	+ 7.188s	8
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:44.977s	+ 10.252s	3
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:52.579s	+ 17.854s	3
8	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber			6
9	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber			6
10	Alexander Albon	Williams			4
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas			3
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas			4
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine			2

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.563s		23
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.832s	+ 0.269s	25
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.918s	+ 0.355s	24
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.037s	+ 0.474s	21
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.082s	+ 0.519s	24
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.137s	+ 0.574s	14
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.171s	+ 0.608s	27
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.226s	+ 0.663s	19
9	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:30.341s	+ 0.778s	21
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.383s	+ 0.820s	25
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.533s	+ 0.970s	23
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:30.546s	+ 0.983s	26
13	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:30.682s	+ 1.119s	24
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.022s	+ 1.459s	18
15	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:31.067s	+ 1.504s	16
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.139s	+ 1.576s	21
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.141s	+ 1.578s	19
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.342s	+ 1.779s	23
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:31.452s	+ 1.889s	20
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.462s	+ 1.899s	22

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.866s	1:28.740s	1:28.197s
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.303s	1:28.752s	1:28.263s
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.536s	1:28.940s	1:28.489s
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.513s	1:29.099s	1:28.682s
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.254s	1:29.082s	1:28.686s
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.425s	1:29.148s	1:28.760s
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.661s	1:28.887s	1:28.766s
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.338s	1:29.196s	1:28.786s
9	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.799s	1:29.140s	1:29.008s
10	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:29.775s	1:29.417s	1:29.413s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:29.727s	1:29.472s
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:29.821s	1:29.494s
13	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:29.602s	1:29.593s
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.963s	1:29.714s
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.811s	1:29.816s
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.024s
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.119s
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.131s
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.139s
20	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:30.143s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	53 laps - 1:54:23.566s	3
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 12.535s	3
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 20.866s	3
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 26.522s	2
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 29.700s	3
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 44.272s	3
7	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 45.951s	3
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 47.525s	3
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 48.626s	3
10	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+ 1 lap	3
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	4
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+ 1 lap	3
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 1 lap	4
	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	DNF	4
	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	DNF	0
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	0

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	77
2	Sergio Pérez	64
3	Charles Leclerc	59
4	Carlos Sainz	55
5	Lando Norris	37
6	Oscar Piastri	32
7	George Russell	24
8	Fernando Alonso	24
9	Lewis Hamilton	10
10	Lance Stroll	9
11	Yuki Tsunoda	7
12	Oliver Bearman	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	3
14	Kevin Magnussen	1
15	Alexander Albon	0
16	Zhou Guanyu	0
17	Daniel Ricciardo	0
18	Esteban Ocon	0
19	Pierre Gasly	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	0
21	Logan Sargeant	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	141
2	Ferrari	120
3	McLaren	69
4	Mercedes	34
5	Aston Martin	33
6	RB	7
7	Haas	4
8	Williams	0
9	Sauber	0
10	Alpine	0

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