2023 Japanese Grand Prix

2023 Japanese Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	September 24, 2023
Race Number	1095
Official Name	Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023
Location	Suzuka International Racing Course Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.807 km (3.608 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 307.771 km (191.240 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:28.877
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:34.183 on lap 39
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Lando Norris
Third	Oscar Piastri
Lap Leaders

The 2023 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023) was the seventeenth round of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Suzuka International Racing Course on the weekend of September 22 to September 24 2023.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Sunny
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Sunny
Race	Sunny

Available Tyres
Hard	C1
Medium	C2
Soft	C3
Inter	Inters
Wet	Wet

Pre-Race Championship Standings

Going into the race weekend, Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship by 151 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, with Lewis Hamilton following with 29 points behind Pérez. Red Bull Racing leads the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes by 308 points with Ferrari following with 24 points behind Mercedes.

Current Constructors' Championship leader Red Bull Racing is able to secure their sixth title, second in a row as long as they outscore Mercedes by just one point.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix is outlined below:

Official Entry List of 2023 Japanese Grand Prix

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
2	Logan Sargeant	Gulf Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT04	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
23	Alexander Albon	Gulf Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
27	Nico Hulkenberg	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
40	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT04	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
63	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
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Practice

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:31.647	1	1:30.688	1	1:30.267	1
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.212	19	1:32.320	20	1:32.002	16
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.392	3	1:31.152	3	1:30.507	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:33.129	12	1:32.179	19	1:32.199	20
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:33.043	11	1:31.710	9	1:31.004	4
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:32.650	6	1:31.492	6	1:31.549	9
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.574	4	1:31.008	2	1:31.022	5
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:33.040	10	1:31.771	11	1:32.154	19
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.975	18	1:32.169	17	1:31.880	12
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:32.597	5	1:32.178	18	1:31.951	14
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.991	8	1:31.555	7	1:32.113	18
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:34.831	20	1:32.165	16	1:31.668	10
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.448	14	1:31.797	13	1:31.979	15
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:33.516	15	1:31.794	12	1:31.924	13
40	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:33.005	9	1:32.141	15	1:32.048	17
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.699	16	1:31.829	14	1:31.159	7
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:32.273	2	1:31.237	4	1:31.137	6
63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.310	13	1:31.328	5	1:31.505	8
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:33.860	17	1:31.739	10	1:31.699	11
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.713	7	1:31.662	8	1:30.555	2
Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
				Time	Time	Time
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:29.878	1:29.964	1:28.877	1
2	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.439	1:30.122	1:29.458	2
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.063	1:30.296	1:29.433	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.393	1:29.940	1:29.542	4
5	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:30.652	1:29.965	1:29.650	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.651	1:30.067	1:29.850	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.811	1:30.040	1:29.908	7
8	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.811	1:30.268	1:30.219	8
9	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:30.733	1:30.204	1:30.303	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:30.971	1:30.465	1:30.560	10
11	40	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:30.425	1:30.508	N/A	11
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:30.843	1:30.509	N/A	12
13	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:30.941	1:30.537	N/A	13
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:30.960	1:30.586	N/A	14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:30.976	1:30.665	N/A	15
16	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:31.049	N/A	N/A	16
17	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:31.181	N/A	N/A	17
18	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.299	N/A	N/A	18
19	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:31.398	N/A	N/A	19
107% Time: 1:36.169
NC	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	No Time	N/A	N/A	PL
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	1. Verstappen	2
	______________	81. Piastri
Row 2	3	______________
	4. Norris	4
	______________	16. Leclerc
Row 3	5	______________
	11. Pérez	6
	______________	55. Sainz
Row 4	7	______________
	44. Hamilton	8
	______________	63. Russell
Row 5	9	______________
	22. Tsunoda	10
	______________	14. Alonso
Row 6	11	______________
	40. Lawson	12
	______________	10. Gasly
Row 7	13	______________
	23. Albon	14
	______________	31. Ocon
Row 8	15	______________
	20. Magnussen	16
	______________	77. Bottas
Row 9	17	______________
	18. Stroll	18
	______________	27. Hülkenberg
Row 10	19	______________
	24. Zhou	20
	______________	2. Logan SargeANT

Grid Penalty

• Logan Sargeant did not set any lap time in qualifying, but he was permitted to start the grand prix from the pit land with an additional 10-second time penalty as he modified the parts or changed the setup during Parc Fermé conditions and Williams have assembled a chassis to more than assembly comprising a survival cell, thus had a third car available to the competitor.

Race

Results

The full results for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	53	1:30:58.421	1	25
2	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+19.387s	3	18
3	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+36.494s	2	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	53	+43.998s	4	12
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+49.376s	7	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	53	+50.221s	6	8
7	63	George Russell	Mercedes	53	+57.659s	8	6
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	53	+74.725s	10	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	53	+79.678s	14	2
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	53	+83.155s	12	1
11	40	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	52	+1 Lap	11
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	52	+1 Lap	9
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	19
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	18
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	15
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	26	Collision	13
Ret	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	22	Collision	PL
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	15	Accident	17
Ret	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	15	Collision	5
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	7	Collision	16
Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) - 1:34.183 on lap 39 +1 point
Source:

Milestones

• 15^th win of Honda RBPT
• 107^th win of Red Bull Racing
• 40^th Career win of Max Verstappen
• 10^th podium finish of Lando Norris
• Maiden podium finish of Oscar Piastri

Standings

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1st Max Verstappen 400 — 2nd Sergio Pérez 223 — 3rd Lewis Hamilton 190 — 4th Fernando Alonso 174 — 5th Carlos Sainz, Jr. 150 — 6th Charles Leclerc 135 — 7th Lando Norris 115 ▲1 8th George Russell 115 ▼1 9th Oscar Piastri 57 ▲2 10th Lance Stroll 47 ▼1 11th Pierre Gasly 46 ▼1 12th Esteban Ocon 38 — 13th Alexander Albon 21 — 14th Nico Hülkenberg 9 — 15th Valtteri Bottas 6 — 16th Zhou Guanyu 4 — 17th Yuki Tsunoda 3 — 18th Kevin Magnussen 3 — 19th Liam Lawson 2 — Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1st Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 623 — 2nd Mercedes 305 — 3rd Ferrari 285 — 4th Aston Martin-Mercedes 221 — 5th McLaren-Mercedes 172 — 6th Alpine-Renault 84 — 7th Williams-Mercedes 21 — 8th Haas-Ferrari 12 — 9th Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 10 — 10th AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT 5 —

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