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Japanese Grand Prix

Round 3
Suzuka International Racing Course · Suzuka, Japan · 5.807 km · 18 turns · permanent circuit
Sunday 29 March 2026
Finished

Free Practice 1

P Driver Team Best Lap Gap
FINISHED NOR Lando Norris McLaren — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi — —
FINISHED HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine — —
FINISHED PER Sergio Perez Cadillac — —
FINISHED ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes — —
FINISHED LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — —
FINISHED ALB Alexander Albon Williams — —
FINISHED HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi — —
FINISHED LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team — —
FINISHED LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED COL Franco Colapinto Alpine — —
FINISHED HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — —
FINISHED RUS George Russell Mercedes — —
FINISHED BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac — —
FINISHED PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren — —
FINISHED BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team — —

Free Practice 2

P Driver Team Best Lap Gap
FINISHED NOR Lando Norris McLaren — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi — —
FINISHED HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine — —
FINISHED PER Sergio Perez Cadillac — —
FINISHED ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes — —
FINISHED ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin — —
FINISHED LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — —
FINISHED ALB Alexander Albon Williams — —
FINISHED HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi — —
FINISHED LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team — —
FINISHED LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED COL Franco Colapinto Alpine — —
FINISHED HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — —
FINISHED RUS George Russell Mercedes — —
FINISHED BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac — —
FINISHED PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren — —
FINISHED BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team — —

Free Practice 3

P Driver Team Best Lap Gap
FINISHED NOR Lando Norris McLaren — —
FINISHED VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi — —
FINISHED HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing — —
FINISHED GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine — —
FINISHED PER Sergio Perez Cadillac — —
FINISHED ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes — —
FINISHED ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin — —
FINISHED LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari — —
FINISHED STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin — —
FINISHED ALB Alexander Albon Williams — —
FINISHED HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi — —
FINISHED LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team — —
FINISHED LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls — —
FINISHED COL Franco Colapinto Alpine — —
FINISHED HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari — —
FINISHED SAI Carlos Sainz Williams — —
FINISHED RUS George Russell Mercedes — —
FINISHED BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac — —
FINISHED PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren — —
FINISHED BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team — —

Qualifying

P Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:30.035 1:29.048 1:28.778
2 RUS George Russell Mercedes 1:29.967 1:29.686 1:29.076
3 PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:30.200 1:29.451 1:29.132
4 LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.915 1:29.303 1:29.405
5 NOR Lando Norris McLaren 1:30.401 1:29.795 1:29.409
6 HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:30.309 1:29.589 1:29.567
7 GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:30.584 1:29.874 1:29.691
8 HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 1:30.662 1:30.104 1:29.978
9 BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 1:30.359 1:29.990 1:30.274
10 LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 1:30.781 1:30.109 1:30.319
11 VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:30.519 1:30.262 —
12 OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:30.915 1:30.309 —
13 HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi 1:30.358 1:30.387 —
14 LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:30.657 1:30.495 —
15 COL Franco Colapinto Alpine 1:30.931 1:30.627 —
16 SAI Carlos Sainz Williams 1:30.927 1:31.033 —
17 ALB Alexander Albon Williams 1:31.088 — —
18 BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:31.090 — —
19 PER Sergio Perez Cadillac 1:32.206 — —
20 BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 1:32.330 — —
21 ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:32.646 — —
22 STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:32.920 — —

Race

P Driver Team Grid Gap +/- Pts
1 ANT Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1 Leader 0 25.0
2 PIA Oscar Piastri McLaren 3 +13.722s +1 18.0
3 LEC Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4 +15.270s +1 15.0
4 RUS George Russell Mercedes 2 +15.754s -2 12.0
5 NOR Lando Norris McLaren 5 +23.479s 0 10.0
6 HAM Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 6 +25.037s 0 8.0
7 GAS Pierre Gasly Alpine 7 +32.340s 0 6.0
8 VER Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 11 +32.677s +3 4.0
9 LAW Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 14 +50.180s +5 2.0
10 OCO Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 12 +51.216s +2 1.0
11 HUL Nico Hulkenberg Audi 13 +52.280s +2 —
12 HAD Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing 8 +56.154s -4 —
13 BOR Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 9 +59.078s -4 —
14 LIN Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 10 +59.848s -4 —
15 SAI Carlos Sainz Williams 16 +65.008s +1 —
16 COL Franco Colapinto Alpine 15 +65.773s -1 —
17 PER Sergio Perez Cadillac 19 +92.453s +2 —
18 ALO Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 21 +26.548s +3 —
19 BOT Valtteri Bottas Cadillac 20 +42.621s +1 —
20 ALB Alexander Albon Williams 17 +5.067s -3 —
21 STR Lance Stroll Aston Martin 22 — +1 —
22 BEA Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 18 — -4 —

Race Pace Analysis (FP2/FP3)

Driver Compound Avg Lap Best Lap Gap % Laps Std Dev
VER Max Verstappen MEDIUM 1:36.846 1:31.354 Fastest 7 11.166
VER Max Verstappen SOFT 1:37.264 1:30.910 +0.43% 4 10.649
BEA Oliver Bearman MEDIUM 1:38.314 1:31.558 +1.52% 22 11.869
ANT Kimi Antonelli SOFT 1:38.541 1:29.362 +1.75% 9 15.870
RUS George Russell MEDIUM 1:38.542 1:31.136 +1.75% 11 14.691
COL Franco Colapinto MEDIUM 1:38.900 1:32.334 +2.12% 26 10.764
HAM Lewis Hamilton MEDIUM 1:39.246 1:31.543 +2.48% 9 11.853
VER Max Verstappen HARD 1:39.925 1:32.192 +3.18% 19 10.036
PIA Oscar Piastri MEDIUM 1:39.994 1:31.067 +3.25% 13 12.322
SAI Carlos Sainz HARD 1:40.263 1:32.635 +3.53% 16 8.602
OCO Esteban Ocon SOFT 1:41.274 1:31.326 +4.57% 7 14.384
SAI Carlos Sainz MEDIUM 1:41.924 1:32.020 +5.24% 11 17.072
ANT Kimi Antonelli MEDIUM 1:41.996 1:31.174 +5.32% 13 17.860
ALB Alexander Albon MEDIUM 1:42.043 1:32.722 +5.37% 16 13.559
HAD Isack Hadjar HARD 1:42.540 1:32.335 +5.88% 16 15.174
LIN Arvid Lindblad SOFT 1:42.666 1:31.288 +6.01% 8 14.517
RUS George Russell SOFT 1:42.732 1:29.616 +6.08% 12 16.361
LEC Charles Leclerc MEDIUM 1:42.758 1:31.019 +6.11% 14 15.642
HUL Nico Hulkenberg HARD 1:42.833 1:32.129 +6.18% 11 16.520
BOT Valtteri Bottas MEDIUM 1:42.935 1:34.377 +6.29% 17 12.318

Pit Stops

Driver Stop Lap Duration Tyres
BEA Oliver Bearman 1 16 25.0s M → H
NOR Lando Norris 1 16 23.5s M → H
COL Franco Colapinto 1 17 23.5s M → H
LEC Charles Leclerc 1 17 23.0s M → H
LIN Arvid Lindblad 1 18 26.1s M → H
PIA Oscar Piastri 1 18 23.4s M → H
OCO Esteban Ocon 1 19 24.6s M → H
HAD Isack Hadjar 1 19 23.6s M → H
BOT Valtteri Bottas 1 19 25.1s H → M
ALO Fernando Alonso 1 21 26.5s M → H
PER Sergio Perez 1 21 27.4s M → H
RUS George Russell 1 21 23.0s M → H
STR Lance Stroll 1 21 25.1s M → H
LAW Liam Lawson 1 22 24.3s M → H
VER Max Verstappen 1 22 24.4s M → H
SAI Carlos Sainz 1 22 24.4s M → H
BOR Gabriel Bortoleto 1 22 24.6s M → H
ALB Alexander Albon 1 22 24.6s M → H
ANT Kimi Antonelli 1 22 23.3s M → H
GAS Pierre Gasly 1 22 24.3s M → H
HAM Lewis Hamilton 1 22 22.9s M → H
HUL Nico Hulkenberg 1 23 24.0s M → H
ALO Fernando Alonso 2 23 24.1s H → M
STR Lance Stroll 2 24 23.5s H → M
STR Lance Stroll 3 30 — M →
ALB Alexander Albon 2 45 23.0s H → S
ALB Alexander Albon 3 46 24.0s S → S
ALB Alexander Albon 4 47 26.0s S → S
ALB Alexander Albon 5 48 32.7s S → S
ALB Alexander Albon 6 49 24.2s S → M