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2022 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
9 Oct 2022
Circuit
Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Round
18 of 22
Winner
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Tyre compounds
C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source
Pole position
Max Verstappen (1:29.304)

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Race classification

PosNoDriverTeamGridLapsTime / statusFLPts
1 1 VERMax Verstappen Red Bull 1 28 1:01:44.004 25
2 11 PERSergio Pérez Red Bull 4 28 +27.066 18
3 16 LECCharles Leclerc Ferrari 2 28 +31.763 15
4 31 OCOEsteban Ocon Alpine F1 Team 5 28 +39.685 12
5 44 HAMLewis Hamilton Mercedes 6 28 +40.326 10
6 5 VETSebastian Vettel Aston Martin 9 28 +46.358 8
7 14 ALOFernando Alonso Alpine F1 Team 7 28 +46.369 6
8 63 RUSGeorge Russell Mercedes 8 28 +47.661 4
9 6 LATNicholas Latifi Williams 20 28 +70.143 2
10 4 NORLando Norris McLaren 10 28 +70.782 1
11 3 RICDaniel Ricciardo McLaren 11 28 +72.877 0
12 18 STRLance Stroll Aston Martin 19 28 +73.904 0
13 22 TSUYuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 13 28 +75.599 0
14 20 MAGKevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 18 28 +86.016 0
15 77 BOTValtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 12 28 +86.496 0
16 24 ZHOGuanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 14 28 +87.043 1:44.411 0
17 47 MSCMick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 15 28 +92.523 0
18 10 GASPierre Gasly AlphaTauri 17 28 +108.091 0
R 55 SAICarlos Sainz Ferrari 3 0 Accident 0
R 23 ALBAlexander Albon Williams 16 0 Hydraulics 0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Safety car, laps 1 to 6 123456789101112131415161718 Lap 1Lap 7Lap 14Lap 21Lap 28 Pierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 1Lewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 2Fernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 2Sebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 2Sergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 2Daniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 2Valtteri Bottas: pit stop on lap 2Kevin Magnussen: pit stop on lap 2Max Verstappen: pit stop on lap 2Esteban Ocon: pit stop on lap 2Lance Stroll: pit stop on lap 2Pierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 2Charles Leclerc: pit stop on lap 2Lando Norris: pit stop on lap 2George Russell: pit stop on lap 2Nicholas Latifi: pit stop on lap 2Yuki Tsunoda: pit stop on lap 2Mick Schumacher: pit stop on lap 2Guanyu Zhou: pit stop on lap 2Sebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 5Nicholas Latifi: pit stop on lap 5Valtteri Bottas: pit stop on lap 6Lando Norris: pit stop on lap 6Lewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 7Sergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 7Kevin Magnussen: pit stop on lap 7Max Verstappen: pit stop on lap 7Esteban Ocon: pit stop on lap 7Lance Stroll: pit stop on lap 7Pierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 7Charles Leclerc: pit stop on lap 7George Russell: pit stop on lap 7Yuki Tsunoda: pit stop on lap 7Fernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 8Daniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 8Guanyu Zhou: pit stop on lap 9Mick Schumacher: pit stop on lap 11Guanyu Zhou: pit stop on lap 18Lance Stroll: pit stop on lap 19Pierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 19Yuki Tsunoda: pit stop on lap 20Fernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 22 VERLECPEROCOHAMALORUSRICTSUMSCSTRMAGNORBOTLATVETZHOGAS
Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Shaded bands are safety-car periods. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Safety car, laps 1 to 6 +0.0 s+20.0 s+40.0 s+60.0 s Lap 1Lap 5Lap 9Lap 13Lap 16Lap 20Lap 24Lap 28 Pierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 1, 41.3 s in the pit laneLewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 2, 396.5 s in the pit laneFernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 2, 396.8 s in the pit laneSebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 2, 409.6 s in the pit laneSergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 2, 392.5 s in the pit laneDaniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 2, 401.7 s in the pit laneValtteri Bottas: pit stop on lap 2, 407.6 s in the pit laneKevin Magnussen: pit stop on lap 2, 402.0 s in the pit laneMax Verstappen: pit stop on lap 2, 387.4 s in the pit laneEsteban Ocon: pit stop on lap 2, 393.6 s in the pit laneLance Stroll: pit stop on lap 2, 400.5 s in the pit lanePierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 2, 409.0 s in the pit laneCharles Leclerc: pit stop on lap 2, 390.0 s in the pit laneLando Norris: pit stop on lap 2, 406.3 s in the pit laneGeorge Russell: pit stop on lap 2, 401.1 s in the pit laneNicholas Latifi: pit stop on lap 2, 407.7 s in the pit laneYuki Tsunoda: pit stop on lap 2, 402.5 s in the pit laneMick Schumacher: pit stop on lap 2, 400.9 s in the pit laneGuanyu Zhou: pit stop on lap 2, 410.0 s in the pit laneSebastian Vettel: pit stop on lap 5, 24.2 s in the pit laneNicholas Latifi: pit stop on lap 5, 24.8 s in the pit laneValtteri Bottas: pit stop on lap 6, 24.9 s in the pit laneLando Norris: pit stop on lap 6, 24.6 s in the pit laneLewis Hamilton: pit stop on lap 7, 25.1 s in the pit laneSergio Pérez: pit stop on lap 7, 25.3 s in the pit laneKevin Magnussen: pit stop on lap 7, 25.6 s in the pit laneMax Verstappen: pit stop on lap 7, 24.3 s in the pit laneEsteban Ocon: pit stop on lap 7, 25.2 s in the pit laneLance Stroll: pit stop on lap 7, 24.0 s in the pit lanePierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 7, 25.0 s in the pit laneCharles Leclerc: pit stop on lap 7, 25.9 s in the pit laneGeorge Russell: pit stop on lap 7, 28.7 s in the pit laneYuki Tsunoda: pit stop on lap 7, 24.4 s in the pit laneFernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 8, 24.1 s in the pit laneDaniel Ricciardo: pit stop on lap 8, 25.4 s in the pit laneGuanyu Zhou: pit stop on lap 9, 24.6 s in the pit laneMick Schumacher: pit stop on lap 11, 24.6 s in the pit laneGuanyu Zhou: pit stop on lap 18, 24.3 s in the pit laneLance Stroll: pit stop on lap 19, 23.9 s in the pit lanePierre Gasly: pit stop on lap 19, 24.0 s in the pit laneYuki Tsunoda: pit stop on lap 20, 23.8 s in the pit laneFernando Alonso: pit stop on lap 22, 24.1 s in the pit lane VERLECPEROCOHAMALORUSRICTSUMSCSTRMAGNORBOTLATVETZHOGAS
Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods; red flag on lap 2. Drivers more than 78 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner
Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 2, 7), stints of 2, 5, 21 laps
2nd
Sergio Pérez: 2 stops (laps 2, 7), stints of 2, 5, 21 laps
3rd
Charles Leclerc: 2 stops (laps 2, 7), stints of 2, 5, 21 laps
Finishers
2 stops: 13 · 3 or more: 5
First stops
median lap 2 of 28

Pit stops

DriverStopsLaps (pit-lane time)Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
VERMax Verstappen22 (387.4 s), 7 (24.3 s)
521
PERSergio Pérez22 (392.5 s), 7 (25.3 s)
521
LECCharles Leclerc22 (390.0 s), 7 (25.9 s)
521
OCOEsteban Ocon22 (393.6 s), 7 (25.2 s)
521
HAMLewis Hamilton22 (396.5 s), 7 (25.1 s)
521
VETSebastian Vettel22 (409.6 s), 5 (24.2 s)
323
ALOFernando Alonso32 (396.8 s), 8 (24.1 s), 22 (24.1 s)
6146
RUSGeorge Russell22 (401.1 s), 7 (28.7 s)
521
LATNicholas Latifi22 (407.7 s), 5 (24.8 s)
323
NORLando Norris22 (406.3 s), 6 (24.6 s)
422
RICDaniel Ricciardo22 (401.7 s), 8 (25.4 s)
620
STRLance Stroll32 (400.5 s), 7 (24.0 s), 19 (23.9 s)
5129
TSUYuki Tsunoda32 (402.5 s), 7 (24.4 s), 20 (23.8 s)
5138
MAGKevin Magnussen22 (402.0 s), 7 (25.6 s)
521
BOTValtteri Bottas22 (407.6 s), 6 (24.9 s)
422
ZHOGuanyu Zhou32 (410.0 s), 9 (24.6 s), 18 (24.3 s)
7910
MSCMick Schumacher22 (400.9 s), 11 (24.6 s)
917
GASPierre Gasly41 (41.3 s), 2 (409.0 s), 7 (25.0 s), 19 (24.0 s)
5129

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap
1Max VerstappenRed Bull1:30.2241:30.3461:29.304fastest Q3
2Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.4021:30.4861:29.314+0.010 Q3
3Carlos SainzFerrari1:30.3361:30.4441:29.361+0.057 Q3
4Sergio PérezRed Bull1:30.6221:29.9251:29.709+0.405 Q3
5Esteban OconAlpine F1 Team1:30.6961:30.3571:30.165+0.861 Q3
6Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:30.9061:30.4431:30.261+0.957 Q3
7Fernando AlonsoAlpine F1 Team1:30.6031:30.3431:30.322+1.018 Q3
8George RussellMercedes1:30.8651:30.4651:30.389+1.085 Q3
9Sebastian VettelAston Martin1:31.2561:30.6561:30.554+1.250 Q3
10Lando NorrisMcLaren1:30.8811:30.4731:31.003+1.169 Q2
11Daniel RicciardoMcLaren1:30.8801:30.659+1.355 Q2
12Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo1:31.2261:30.709+1.405 Q2
13Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri1:31.1301:30.808+1.504 Q2
14Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo1:30.8941:30.953+1.590 Q1
15Mick SchumacherHaas F1 Team1:31.1521:31.439+1.848 Q1
16Alexander AlbonWilliams1:31.311+2.007 Q1
17Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri1:31.322+2.018 Q1
18Kevin MagnussenHaas F1 Team1:31.352+2.048 Q1
19Lance StrollAston Martin1:31.419+2.115 Q1
20Nicholas LatifiWilliams1:31.511+2.207 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

PosDriverTeamWinsPoints
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 12 366
2 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 2 253
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 3 252
4 George Russell Mercedes 0 207
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1 202
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0 180
7 Lando Norris McLaren 0 101
8 Esteban Ocon Alpine F1 Team 0 78
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine F1 Team 0 65
10 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 0 46

Constructors

PosConstructorWinsPoints
1 Red Bull 14 619
2 Ferrari 4 454
3 Mercedes 0 387
4 Alpine F1 Team 0 143
5 McLaren 0 130
6 Alfa Romeo 0 52
7 Aston Martin 0 45
8 Haas F1 Team 0 34
9 AlphaTauri 0 34
10 Williams 0 8

Full 2022 standings