2024 Japanese Grand Prix

Date: 7 Apr 2024
Circuit: Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Round: 4 of 24
Winner: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Tyre compounds: C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source
Pole position: Max Verstappen (1:28.197)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	53	1:54:23.566	1:33.706	26
2	11	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	53	+12.535		18
3	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	53	+20.866		15
4	16	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	8	53	+26.522		12
5	4	NORLando Norris	McLaren	3	53	+29.700		10
6	14	ALOFernando Alonso	Aston Martin	5	53	+44.272		8
7	63	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	9	53	+45.951		6
8	81	PIAOscar Piastri	McLaren	6	53	+47.525		4
9	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	53	+48.626		2
10	22	TSUYuki Tsunoda	RB F1 Team	10	52	+1 Lap		1
11	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	12	52	+1 Lap		0
12	18	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	16	52	+1 Lap		0
13	20	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	18	52	+1 Lap		0
14	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Sauber	13	52	+1 Lap		0
15	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	15	52	+1 Lap		0
16	10	GASPierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	17	52	+1 Lap		0
17	2	SARLogan Sargeant	Williams	19	52	+1 Lap		0
R	24	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Sauber	20	12	Gearbox		0
R	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	RB F1 Team	11	0	Accident		0
R	23	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	14	0	Accident		0

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

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

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 1. Drivers more than 107 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Max Verstappen: 3 stops (laps 1, 16, 34), stints of 16 medium, 18 medium, 19 hard laps
2nd: Sergio Pérez: 3 stops (laps 1, 15, 33), stints of 15 medium, 18 medium, 20 hard laps
3rd: Carlos Sainz: 3 stops (laps 1, 15, 36), stints of 1 medium, 14 medium, 21 medium, 17 hard laps
Finishers: 2 stops: 2 · 3 or more: 15
First stops: median lap 1 of 53

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
VERMax Verstappen	3	1 (1575.6 s), 16 (23.2 s), 34 (23.2 s)	161819
PERSergio Pérez	3	1 (1577.7 s), 15 (23.0 s), 33 (23.0 s)	151820
SAICarlos Sainz	3	1 (1580.1 s), 15 (23.1 s), 36 (23.6 s)	142117
LECCharles Leclerc	2	1 (1583.3 s), 26 (23.3 s)	2527
NORLando Norris	3	1 (1580.1 s), 11 (23.0 s), 26 (23.2 s)	111527
ALOFernando Alonso	3	1 (1580.9 s), 13 (23.0 s), 33 (23.2 s)	132020
RUSGeorge Russell	3	1 (1581.2 s), 22 (23.6 s), 37 (23.0 s)	211516
PIAOscar Piastri	3	1 (1580.2 s), 12 (23.4 s), 32 (22.8 s)	122021
HAMLewis Hamilton	3	1 (1580.7 s), 23 (23.3 s), 39 (24.0 s)	221614
TSUYuki Tsunoda	3	1 (1584.6 s), 7 (23.4 s), 22 (23.5 s)	61530
HULNico Hülkenberg	3	1 (1580.9 s), 5 (23.6 s), 33 (24.0 s)	52819
STRLance Stroll	4	1 (1585.9 s), 12 (23.4 s), 22 (23.2 s), 34 (22.9 s)	11101218
MAGKevin Magnussen	2	1 (1584.6 s), 22 (26.2 s)	2130
BOTValtteri Bottas	3	1 (1582.5 s), 6 (24.8 s), 22 (25.9 s)	61630
OCOEsteban Ocon	3	1 (1586.1 s), 19 (23.4 s), 33 (24.2 s)	181419
GASPierre Gasly	3	1 (1586.8 s), 16 (23.8 s), 32 (23.1 s)	151620
SARLogan Sargeant	4	1 (1585.3 s), 22 (25.5 s), 34 (24.2 s), 41 (23.3 s)	2112711
ZHOGuanyu Zhou	3	1 (1582.9 s), 7 (23.9 s), 11 (26.7 s)	65

Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).

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

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.866	1:28.740	1:28.197	fastest Q3
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.303	1:28.752	1:28.263	+0.066 Q3
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.536	1:28.940	1:28.489	+0.292 Q3
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.513	1:29.099	1:28.682	+0.485 Q3
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.254	1:29.082	1:28.686	+0.489 Q3
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.425	1:29.148	1:28.760	+0.563 Q3
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.661	1:28.887	1:28.766	+0.569 Q3
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.338	1:29.196	1:28.786	+0.589 Q3
9	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.799	1:29.140	1:29.008	+0.811 Q3
10	Yuki Tsunoda	RB F1 Team	1:29.775	1:29.417	1:29.413	+1.216 Q3
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB F1 Team	1:29.727	1:29.472		+1.275 Q2
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:29.821	1:29.494		+1.297 Q2
13	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:29.602	1:29.593		+1.396 Q2
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.963	1:29.714		+1.517 Q2
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:29.811	1:29.816		+1.614 Q1
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.024			+1.827 Q1
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:30.119			+1.922 Q1
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:30.131			+1.934 Q1
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.139			+1.942 Q1
20	Guanyu Zhou	Sauber	1:30.143			+1.946 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

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	3	77
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	0	64
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	59
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1	55
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	37
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	0	32
7	George Russell	Mercedes	0	24
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0	24
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	10
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0	9

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Red Bull	3	141
2	Ferrari	1	120
3	McLaren	0	69
4	Mercedes	0	34
5	Aston Martin	0	33
6	RB F1 Team	0	7
7	Haas F1 Team	0	4
8	Williams	0	0
9	Sauber	0	0
10	Alpine F1 Team	0	0

Full 2024 standings