Race · Round 3 of 23 · 29 March 2026

2026 Japanese Grand Prix

Andrea Kimi Antonelli won for Mercedes from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 19 °C, 0.4 mm of 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: Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes
Pole: Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Fastest lap: Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Entries: 2220 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	F1 W17	1	53	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	MCL40	3	53	Finished	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF-26	4	53	Finished	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W17	2	53	Finished	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL40	5	53	Finished	10
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	SF-26	6	53	Finished	8
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	A526	7	53	Finished	6
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB22	11	53	Finished	4
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	VCARB 03	14	53	Finished	2
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	VF-26	12	53	Finished	1
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	R26	13	53	Finished	0
12	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	RB22	8	53	Finished	0
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	R26	9	53	Finished	0
14	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	VCARB 03	10	53	Finished	0
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams	FW48	16	53	Finished	0
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	A526	15	53	Finished	0
17	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	CA01	19	53	Finished	0
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	AMR26	21	52	Finished	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	CA01	20	52	Finished	0
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	FW48	17	51	Finished	0
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR26	22	30	Mechanical	0
DNF	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	VF-26	18	20	Accident	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
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	1	1	53
Oscar Piastri	3	2	53
Charles Leclerc	4	3	53
George Russell	2	4	53
Lando Norris	5	5	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	6	6	53
Pierre Gasly	7	7	53
Max Verstappen	11	8	53
Liam Lawson	14	9	53
Esteban Ocon	12	10	53
Nico Hulkenberg	13	11	53
Isack Hadjar	8	12	53
Gabriel Bortoleto	9	13	53
Arvid Lindblad	10	14	53
Carlos Sainz	16	15	53
Franco Colapinto	15	16	53
Sergio Perez	19	17	53
Fernando Alonso	21	18	52
Valtteri Bottas	20	19	52
Alexander Albon	17	20	51
Lance Stroll	22	DNF	30
Oliver Bearman	18	DNF	20

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:30.035	1:29.048	1:28.778	—	0 m	—
2	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:29.967	1:29.686	1:29.076	+0.298	19 m	+0.298
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:30.200	1:29.451	1:29.132	+0.354	23 m	+0.056
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:29.915	1:29.303	1:29.405	+0.627	41 m	+0.273
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:30.401	1:29.795	1:29.409	+0.631	41 m	+0.004
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:30.309	1:29.589	1:29.567	+0.789	52 m	+0.158
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:30.584	1:29.874	1:29.691	+0.913	60 m	+0.124
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:30.662	1:30.104	1:29.978	+1.200	78 m	+0.287
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:30.359	1:29.990	1:30.274	+1.496	98 m	+0.296
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:30.781	1:30.109	1:30.319	+1.541	101 m	+0.045
11	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:30.519	1:30.262	—	—	79 m	—
12	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:30.915	1:30.309	—	—	82 m	—
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:30.358	1:30.387	—	—	87 m	—
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:30.657	1:30.495	—	—	94 m	—
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:30.931	1:30.627	—	—	103 m	—
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:30.927	1:31.033	—	—	129 m	—
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:31.088	—	—	—	76 m	—
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:31.090	—	—	—	76 m	—
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:32.206	—	—	—	148 m	—
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:32.330	—	—	—	156 m	—
21	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:32.646	—	—	—	176 m	—
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:32.920	—	—	—	194 m	—

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)
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	1	53	1	22	23.3
Oscar Piastri	2	53	1	18	23.4
Charles Leclerc	3	53	1	17	23.0
George Russell	4	53	1	21	22.9
Lando Norris	5	53	1	16	23.3
Sir Lewis Hamilton	6	53	1	22	22.9
Pierre Gasly	7	53	1	22	24.3
Max Verstappen	8	53	1	22	24.5
Liam Lawson	9	53	1	22	24.2
Esteban Ocon	10	53	1	19	24.6
Nico Hulkenberg	11	53	1	23	24.0
Isack Hadjar	12	53	1	19	23.7
Gabriel Bortoleto	13	53	1	22	24.6
Arvid Lindblad	14	53	1	18	26.3
Carlos Sainz	15	53	1	22	24.4
Franco Colapinto	16	53	1	17	23.6
Sergio Perez	17	53	1	21	27.3
Fernando Alonso	18	52	2	21, 23	26.5, 24.0
Valtteri Bottas	19	52	1	19	25.1
Alexander Albon	20	51	3	22, 45, 49	24.6, 23.1, 24.3
Lance Stroll	DNF	30	2	21, 24	25.1, 23.5
Oliver Bearman	DNF	20	1	16	25.1

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
Andrea Kimi Antonelli · Oscar Piastri	1 · 3	1 · 2	22 · 18	Oscar Piastri	Kept their order
Andrea Kimi Antonelli · George Russell	1 · 2	1 · 4	22 · 21	George Russell	Kept their order
George Russell · Oscar Piastri	2 · 3	4 · 2	21 · 18	Oscar Piastri	Swapped places
Oscar Piastri · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	2 · 3	18 · 17	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
George Russell · Charles Leclerc	2 · 4	4 · 3	21 · 17	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Lando Norris	4 · 5	3 · 5	17 · 16	Lando Norris	Kept their order
George Russell · Lando Norris	2 · 5	4 · 5	21 · 16	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Sir Lewis Hamilton	5 · 6	5 · 6	16 · 22	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Pierre Gasly	6 · 7	6 · 7	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Max Verstappen	7 · 11	7 · 8	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Isack Hadjar	7 · 8	7 · 12	22 · 19	Isack Hadjar	Kept their order
Arvid Lindblad · Max Verstappen	10 · 11	14 · 8	18 · 22	Arvid Lindblad	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Liam Lawson	11 · 14	8 · 9	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Esteban Ocon	11 · 12	8 · 10	22 · 19	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Liam Lawson	12 · 14	10 · 9	19 · 22	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Liam Lawson	13 · 14	11 · 9	23 · 22	Liam Lawson	Swapped places
Liam Lawson · Franco Colapinto	14 · 15	9 · 16	22 · 17	Franco Colapinto	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	10 · 11	19 · 23	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Isack Hadjar · Nico Hulkenberg	8 · 13	12 · 11	19 · 23	Isack Hadjar	Swapped places
Isack Hadjar · Gabriel Bortoleto	8 · 9	12 · 13	19 · 22	Isack Hadjar	Kept their order
Gabriel Bortoleto · Arvid Lindblad	9 · 10	13 · 14	22 · 18	Arvid Lindblad	Kept their order
Arvid Lindblad · Carlos Sainz	10 · 16	14 · 15	18 · 22	Arvid Lindblad	Kept their order
Franco Colapinto · Carlos Sainz	15 · 16	16 · 15	17 · 22	Franco Colapinto	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Alexander Albon	16 · 17	15 · 20	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Franco Colapinto · Sergio Perez	15 · 19	16 · 17	17 · 21	Franco Colapinto	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	19 · 21	17 · 18	21 · 21	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Valtteri Bottas	19 · 20	17 · 19	21 · 19	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Fernando Alonso	20 · 21	19 · 18	19 · 21	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Alexander Albon · Valtteri Bottas	17 · 20	20 · 19	22 · 19	Valtteri Bottas	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	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:31.666	—	0 m	—	27
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:31.692	+0.026	2 m	+0.026	26
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:31.798	+0.132	8 m	+0.106	20
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:31.865	+0.199	13 m	+0.067	23
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.955	+0.289	18 m	+0.090	25
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:32.040	+0.374	24 m	+0.085	23
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:32.457	+0.791	50 m	+0.417	27
8	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:32.529	+0.863	55 m	+0.072	27
9	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:32.601	+0.935	59 m	+0.072	23
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:32.665	+0.999	63 m	+0.064	29
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:32.759	+1.093	69 m	+0.094	27
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:32.798	+1.132	72 m	+0.039	26
13	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:32.803	+1.137	72 m	+0.005	27
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:32.900	+1.234	78 m	+0.097	27
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:32.978	+1.312	83 m	+0.078	25
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:33.361	+1.695	107 m	+0.383	24
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:33.383	+1.717	109 m	+0.022	26
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:33.697	+2.031	129 m	+0.314	22
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:34.221	+2.555	162 m	+0.524	18
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:34.490	+2.824	179 m	+0.269	24
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:35.294	+3.628	230 m	+0.804	22
22	Jak Crawford (never started a Grand Prix)	Aston Martin	34	1:36.362	+4.696	297 m	+1.068	11

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

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	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:30.133	—	0 m	—	29
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:30.225	+0.092	6 m	+0.092	28
3	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:30.338	+0.205	13 m	+0.113	29
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:30.649	+0.516	33 m	+0.311	17
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.846	+0.713	46 m	+0.197	28
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:30.980	+0.847	55 m	+0.134	27
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:31.441	+1.308	84 m	+0.461	27
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:31.496	+1.363	88 m	+0.055	30
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:31.498	+1.365	88 m	+0.002	28
10	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:31.509	+1.376	89 m	+0.011	29
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:31.532	+1.399	90 m	+0.023	30
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:31.590	+1.457	94 m	+0.058	31
13	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:31.608	+1.475	95 m	+0.018	30
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:31.734	+1.601	103 m	+0.126	29
15	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:31.759	+1.626	105 m	+0.025	29
16	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:31.933	+1.800	116 m	+0.174	11
17	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:32.438	+2.305	149 m	+0.505	28
18	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:32.615	+2.482	160 m	+0.177	28
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:33.596	+3.463	223 m	+0.981	24
20	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:33.689	+3.556	229 m	+0.093	14
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:33.951	+3.818	246 m	+0.262	21
22	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	—	—	—	—	1

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	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:29.362	—	0 m	—	18
2	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:29.616	+0.254	17 m	+0.254	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.229	+0.867	56 m	+0.613	20
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:30.364	+1.002	65 m	+0.135	19
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:30.383	+1.021	66 m	+0.019	23
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:30.600	+1.238	80 m	+0.217	13
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:30.658	+1.296	84 m	+0.058	21
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:30.910	+1.548	101 m	+0.252	22
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:31.000	+1.638	106 m	+0.090	21
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:31.082	+1.720	112 m	+0.082	20
11	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:31.094	+1.732	113 m	+0.012	21
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:31.097	+1.735	113 m	+0.003	21
13	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:31.288	+1.926	125 m	+0.191	17
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:31.326	+1.964	128 m	+0.038	22
15	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:31.558	+2.196	143 m	+0.232	18
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:31.733	+2.371	154 m	+0.175	20
17	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:31.759	+2.397	156 m	+0.026	25
18	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:31.829	+2.467	160 m	+0.070	26
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:32.503	+3.141	204 m	+0.674	20
20	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:32.540	+3.178	207 m	+0.037	18
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:33.485	+4.123	268 m	+0.945	19
22	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:33.529	+4.167	271 m	+0.044	14

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.

Timetable

Timetable
Session	At the circuit	UTC
Practice 1	Fri 27 Mar 11:30	Fri 27 Mar 02:30
Practice 2	Fri 27 Mar 15:00	Fri 27 Mar 06:00
Practice 3	Sat 28 Mar 11:30	Sat 28 Mar 02:30
Qualifying	Sat 28 Mar 15:00	Sat 28 Mar 06:00
Race	Sun 29 Mar 14:00	Sun 29 Mar 05:00

Start times on the circuit's clock and in UTC; a session's length and any change on the day are not held here.

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Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2026
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 27–29 Mar 2026
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: —
Confidence: verified

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.