2024 Japanese Grand Prix Index

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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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