2026 Japanese Grand Prix

Date: 29 Mar 2026
Circuit: Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Round: 3 of 23
Winner: Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
Tyre compounds: C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source
Pole position: Andrea Kimi Antonelli (1:28.778)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	12	ANTAndrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1	53	1:28:03.403	1:32.432	25
2	81	PIAOscar Piastri	McLaren	3	53	+13.722		18
3	16	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	53	+15.270		15
4	63	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	2	53	+15.754		12
5	1	NORLando Norris	McLaren	5	53	+23.479		10
6	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Ferrari	6	53	+25.037		8
7	10	GASPierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	7	53	+32.340		6
8	3	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	11	53	+32.677		4
9	30	LAWLiam Lawson	RB F1 Team	14	53	+50.180		2
10	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	12	53	+51.216		1
11	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Audi	13	53	+52.280		0
12	6	HADIsack Hadjar	Red Bull	8	53	+56.154		0
13	5	BORGabriel Bortoleto	Audi	9	53	+59.078		0
14	41	LINArvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	10	53	+59.848		0
15	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Williams	16	53	+65.008		0
16	43	COLFranco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	15	53	+65.773		0
17	11	PERSergio Pérez	Cadillac	19	53	+92.453		0
18	14	ALOFernando Alonso	Aston Martin	21	52	+1 Lap		0
19	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Cadillac	20	52	+1 Lap		0
20	23	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	17	51	+2 Laps		0
R	18	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	30	Water pressure		0
R	87	BEAOliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	18	20	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. 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

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 57 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 1 stop (lap 22), stints of 22 medium, 31 hard laps
2nd: Oscar Piastri: 1 stop (lap 18), stints of 18 medium, 35 hard laps
3rd: Charles Leclerc: 1 stop (lap 17), stints of 17 medium, 36 hard laps
Finishers: 1 stop: 19 · 2 stops: 2 · 3 or more: 1
First stops: median lap 21 of 53

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
ANTAndrea Kimi Antonelli	1	22 (23.3 s)	2231
PIAOscar Piastri	1	18 (23.4 s)	1835
LECCharles Leclerc	1	17 (23.0 s)	1736
RUSGeorge Russell	1	21 (22.9 s)	2132
NORLando Norris	1	16 (23.3 s)	1637
HAMLewis Hamilton	1	22 (22.9 s)	2231
GASPierre Gasly	1	22 (24.3 s)	2231
VERMax Verstappen	1	22 (24.5 s)	2231
LAWLiam Lawson	1	22 (24.2 s)	2231
OCOEsteban Ocon	1	19 (24.6 s)	1934
HULNico Hülkenberg	1	23 (24.0 s)	2330
HADIsack Hadjar	1	19 (23.7 s)	1934
BORGabriel Bortoleto	1	22 (24.6 s)	2231
LINArvid Lindblad	1	18 (26.3 s)	1835
SAICarlos Sainz	1	22 (24.4 s)	2231
COLFranco Colapinto	1	17 (23.6 s)	1736
PERSergio Pérez	1	21 (27.3 s)	2132
ALOFernando Alonso	2	21 (26.5 s), 23 (24.0 s)	2129
BOTValtteri Bottas	1	19 (25.1 s)	1933
ALBAlexander Albon	6	22 (24.6 s), 45 (23.1 s), 46 (24.1 s), 47 (26.1 s), 48 (32.7 s), 49 (24.3 s)	22234
STRLance Stroll	2	21 (25.1 s), 24 (23.5 s)	2136
BEAOliver Bearman	1	16 (25.1 s)	164

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	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:30.035	1:29.048	1:28.778	fastest Q3
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.967	1:29.686	1:29.076	+0.298 Q3
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.200	1:29.451	1:29.132	+0.354 Q3
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.915	1:29.303	1:29.405	+0.525 Q2
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.401	1:29.795	1:29.409	+0.631 Q3
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:30.309	1:29.589	1:29.567	+0.789 Q3
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:30.584	1:29.874	1:29.691	+0.913 Q3
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:30.662	1:30.104	1:29.978	+1.200 Q3
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:30.359	1:29.990	1:30.274	+1.212 Q2
10	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:30.781	1:30.109	1:30.319	+1.331 Q2
11	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.519	1:30.262		+1.484 Q2
12	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:30.915	1:30.309		+1.531 Q2
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:30.358	1:30.387		+1.580 Q1
14	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:30.657	1:30.495		+1.717 Q2
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:30.931	1:30.627		+1.849 Q2
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:30.927	1:31.033		+2.149 Q1
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.088			+2.310 Q1
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:31.090			+2.312 Q1
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	1:32.206			+3.428 Q1
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:32.330			+3.552 Q1
21	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:32.646			+3.868 Q1
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.920			+4.142 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	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	2	72
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1	63
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	49
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	0	41
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	25
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	0	21
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	0	17
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	0	15
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	0	12
10	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	0	10

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	3	135
2	Ferrari	0	90
3	McLaren	0	46
4	Haas F1 Team	0	18
5	Alpine F1 Team	0	16
6	Red Bull	0	16
7	RB F1 Team	0	14
8	Audi	0	2
9	Williams	0	2
10	Cadillac	0	0

Full 2026 standings