Race · Round 16 of 22 · 24 September 2023

2023 Japanese Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Oscar Piastri.

Dry · High of 27 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB19	1	53	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL60	3	53	Finished	18
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	MCL60	2	53	Finished	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF-23	4	53	Finished	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W14	7	53	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF-23	6	53	Finished	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W14	8	53	Finished	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	AMR23	10	53	Finished	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A523	14	53	Finished	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	A523	12	53	Finished	1
11	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT04	11	52	Finished	0
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT04	9	52	Finished	0
13	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	C43	19	52	Finished	0
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	VF-23	18	52	Finished	0
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-23	15	52	Finished	0
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	FW45	13	26	Undertray	0
DNF	Logan Sargeant	Williams	FW45	20	22	Undertray	0
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR23	17	20	Rear wing	0
DNF	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB19	5	15	Withdrew	0
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	C43	16	7	Undertray	0

F1DB layout suzuka-2 · 5.807 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Max Verstappen	1	1	53
Lando Norris	3	2	53
Oscar Piastri	2	3	53
Charles Leclerc	4	4	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	5	53
Carlos Sainz	6	6	53
George Russell	8	7	53
Fernando Alonso	10	8	53
Esteban Ocon	14	9	53
Pierre Gasly	12	10	53
Liam Lawson	11	11	52
Yuki Tsunoda	9	12	52
Zhou Guanyu	19	13	52
Nico Hulkenberg	18	14	52
Kevin Magnussen	15	15	52
Alexander Albon	13	DNF	26
Logan Sargeant	20	DNF	22
Lance Stroll	17	DNF	20
Sergio Perez	5	DNF	15
Valtteri Bottas	16	DNF	7

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:29.878	1:29.964	1:28.877	—	0 m	—
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:30.439	1:30.122	1:29.458	+0.581	38 m	+0.581
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.063	1:30.296	1:29.493	+0.616	40 m	+0.035
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.393	1:29.940	1:29.542	+0.665	43 m	+0.049
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:30.652	1:29.965	1:29.650	+0.773	51 m	+0.108
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:30.651	1:30.067	1:29.850	+0.973	64 m	+0.200
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:30.811	1:30.040	1:29.908	+1.031	67 m	+0.058
8	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:30.811	1:30.268	1:30.219	+1.342	88 m	+0.311
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:30.733	1:30.204	1:30.303	+1.426	93 m	+0.084
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:30.971	1:30.465	1:30.560	+1.683	110 m	+0.257
11	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	40	1:30.425	1:30.508	—	—	37 m	—
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:30.843	1:30.509	—	—	37 m	—
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:30.941	1:30.537	—	—	39 m	—
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:30.960	1:30.586	—	—	42 m	—
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:30.976	1:30.665	—	—	47 m	—
16	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:31.049	—	—	—	76 m	—
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.181	—	—	—	84 m	—
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:31.299	—	—	—	92 m	—
19	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:31.398	—	—	—	98 m	—
NC	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Max Verstappen	1	53	2	16, 37	24.4, 23.7
Lando Norris	2	53	2	17, 36	23.5, 23.2
Oscar Piastri	3	53	2	13, 35	24.5, 23.2
Charles Leclerc	4	53	2	17, 34	23.2, 22.9
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	53	2	16, 34	24.8, 23.6
Carlos Sainz	6	53	2	18, 38	23.1, 23.4
George Russell	7	53	1	24	24.0
Fernando Alonso	8	53	2	11, 25	24.1, 24.3
Esteban Ocon	9	53	2	1, 28	27.1, 23.8
Pierre Gasly	10	53	2	18, 34	24.5, 24.7
Liam Lawson	11	52	2	10, 25	23.1, 23.7
Yuki Tsunoda	12	52	2	9, 30	22.9, 23.3
Zhou Guanyu	13	52	3	1, 10, 29	41.0, 24.1, 24.1
Nico Hulkenberg	14	52	3	8, 21, 37	23.5, 23.7, 23.3
Kevin Magnussen	15	52	2	12, 31	23.8, 23.9
Alexander Albon	DNF	26	2	1, 13	50.1, 52.2
Logan Sargeant	DNF	22	3	2, 5, 21	32.7, 43.9, 35.2
Lance Stroll	DNF	20	1	14	23.4
Sergio Perez	DNF	15	4	2, 12, 13, 14	32.5, 41.5, 2485.9, 30.7
Valtteri Bottas	DNF	7	2	1, 6	55.8, 53.5

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Max Verstappen · Lando Norris	1 · 3	1 · 2	16 · 17	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Oscar Piastri	1 · 2	1 · 3	16 · 13	Oscar Piastri	Kept their order
Oscar Piastri · Lando Norris	2 · 3	3 · 2	13 · 17	Oscar Piastri	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	2 · 4	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Oscar Piastri · Charles Leclerc	2 · 4	3 · 4	13 · 17	Oscar Piastri	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Sir Lewis Hamilton	4 · 7	4 · 5	17 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sir Lewis Hamilton	6 · 7	6 · 5	18 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · George Russell	7 · 8	5 · 7	16 · 24	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · George Russell	6 · 8	6 · 7	18 · 24	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
George Russell · Fernando Alonso	8 · 10	7 · 8	24 · 11	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
George Russell · Yuki Tsunoda	8 · 9	7 · 12	24 · 9	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Fernando Alonso	9 · 10	12 · 8	9 · 11	Yuki Tsunoda	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Esteban Ocon	10 · 14	8 · 9	11 · 1	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Liam Lawson	10 · 11	8 · 11	11 · 10	Liam Lawson	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Esteban Ocon	12 · 14	10 · 9	18 · 1	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Kevin Magnussen	14 · 15	9 · 15	1 · 12	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Liam Lawson · Pierre Gasly	11 · 12	11 · 10	10 · 18	Liam Lawson	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Liam Lawson	9 · 11	12 · 11	9 · 10	Yuki Tsunoda	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Zhou Guanyu	9 · 19	12 · 13	9 · 1	Zhou Guanyu	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Zhou Guanyu	18 · 19	14 · 13	8 · 1	Zhou Guanyu	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Nico Hulkenberg	15 · 18	15 · 14	12 · 8	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:31.647	—	0 m	—	25
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:32.273	+0.626	40 m	+0.626	24
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:32.392	+0.745	47 m	+0.119	24
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:32.574	+0.927	59 m	+0.182	25
5	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:32.597	+0.950	60 m	+0.023	21
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:32.650	+1.003	64 m	+0.053	23
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:32.713	+1.066	68 m	+0.063	26
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:32.991	+1.344	85 m	+0.278	24
9	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	40	1:33.005	+1.358	86 m	+0.014	28
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:33.040	+1.393	88 m	+0.035	17
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:33.043	+1.396	88 m	+0.003	25
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:33.129	+1.482	94 m	+0.086	23
13	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:33.310	+1.663	105 m	+0.181	24
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:33.448	+1.801	114 m	+0.138	24
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:33.516	+1.869	118 m	+0.068	22
16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.699	+2.052	130 m	+0.183	22
17	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:33.860	+2.213	140 m	+0.161	24
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:33.975	+2.328	148 m	+0.115	23
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:34.212	+2.565	163 m	+0.237	27
20	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:34.831	+3.184	202 m	+0.619	23

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:30.688	—	0 m	—	19
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.008	+0.320	20 m	+0.320	23
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.152	+0.464	30 m	+0.144	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:31.237	+0.549	35 m	+0.085	22
5	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:31.328	+0.640	41 m	+0.091	22
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:31.492	+0.804	51 m	+0.164	22
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:31.555	+0.867	56 m	+0.063	23
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:31.662	+0.974	62 m	+0.107	22
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.710	+1.022	65 m	+0.048	24
10	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:31.739	+1.051	67 m	+0.029	22
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.771	+1.083	69 m	+0.032	22
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.794	+1.106	71 m	+0.023	22
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:31.797	+1.109	71 m	+0.003	24
14	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.829	+1.141	73 m	+0.032	21
15	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	40	1:32.141	+1.453	93 m	+0.312	23
16	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:32.165	+1.477	95 m	+0.024	16
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.169	+1.481	95 m	+0.004	23
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:32.178	+1.490	95 m	+0.009	26
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:32.179	+1.491	95 m	+0.001	22
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:32.320	+1.632	105 m	+0.141	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:30.267	—	0 m	—	12
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.507	+0.240	15 m	+0.240	16
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:30.555	+0.288	19 m	+0.048	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.004	+0.737	47 m	+0.449	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.022	+0.755	49 m	+0.018	20
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:31.137	+0.870	56 m	+0.115	20
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.159	+0.892	57 m	+0.022	13
8	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:31.505	+1.238	80 m	+0.346	9
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:31.549	+1.282	82 m	+0.044	16
10	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:31.668	+1.401	90 m	+0.119	15
11	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:31.699	+1.432	92 m	+0.031	15
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.880	+1.613	104 m	+0.181	16
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.924	+1.657	107 m	+0.044	13
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:31.951	+1.684	108 m	+0.027	18
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:31.979	+1.712	110 m	+0.028	13
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:32.002	+1.735	112 m	+0.023	13
17	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	40	1:32.048	+1.781	115 m	+0.046	18
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:32.113	+1.846	119 m	+0.065	12
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:32.154	+1.887	121 m	+0.041	19
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:32.199	+1.932	124 m	+0.045	15

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 2023
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Sep 2023
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.