2023 season/ Round 16

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan. Sun, 24 Sept 2023, 05:00. 53 laps.

Winner: VERRed Bull
Pole: VERRed Bull
Fastest lap: VER1:34.183

Weekend

Race

Lando NorrisMcLaren+19.3872
Max VerstappenRed Bull1:30:58.4211
Oscar PiastriMcLaren+36.4943

Overtakes

on track

Biggest mover

ZHO

+6 places, P19 to P13

Beat our forecast

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No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

LEC

22.926 s pit lane, lap 34

Fastest lap

VER

1:34.183, lap 39

DNFs

ALB, SAR, STR, PER, BOT

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Overtakes	Stops	Fastest lap
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	53	1:30:58.421	26	1	2	1:34.183L39
2	NORLando Norris	McLaren	3+1	53	+19.387	18	6	2	1:35.247L40
3	PIAOscar Piastri	McLaren	2-1	53	+36.494	15	3	2	1:36.328L38
4	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	53	+43.998	12	4	2	1:36.362L40
5	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7+2	53	+49.376	10	5	2	1:35.611L36
6	SAICarlos Sainz	Ferrari	6	53	+50.221	8	6	2	1:36.187L40
7	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	8+1	53	+57.659	6	3	1	1:37.653L27
8	ALOFernando Alonso	Aston Martin	10+2	53	+1:14.725	4	9	2	1:37.203L28
9	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	14+5	53	+1:19.678	2	6	2	1:37.398L34
10	GASPierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	12+2	53	+1:23.155	1	10	2	1:36.371L36
11	LAWLiam Lawson	AlphaTauri	11	52	+3.089		4	2	1:38.267L50
12	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	9-3	52	+3.974		2	2	1:37.768L36
13	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19+6	52	+6.340		5	3	1:37.791L45
14	HULNico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	18+4	52	+9.598		8	3	1:37.250L44
15	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	15	52	+29.570		3	2	1:37.842L41
DNF	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	13	26	Retired		5	2	1:39.185L15
DNF	SARLogan Sargeant	Williams	20	22	Retired		4	3	1:38.848L7
DNF	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	17	20	Retired		8	1	1:39.050L16
DNF	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	5	15	Retired		4	3	1:39.704L8
DNF	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	16	7	Retired		2	2	2:02.755L5

Tyre strategy

VER

M 16M 21H 16

NOR

M 17H 19H 17

PIA

M 13H 22H 18

LEC

M 17M 17H 19

HAM

M 16H 18H 19

SAI

M 18M 20H 15

RUS

M 24H 29

ALO

S 11H 14H 28

OCO

H 27H 25

GAS

M 18H 16H 19

LAW

S 10M 15H 27

TSU

S 9M 21H 22

ZHO

S 9S 19H 23

HUL

S 8M 13H 16M 15

MAG

M 12H 19H 21

ALB

M 12S 13

SAR

MMM 16

STR

S 14M 6

PER

MH 10

BOT

S 5

Lap chart

VERNORPIALECHAMSAIRUSALOOCOGASLAWTSUZHOHULMAGALBSARSTRPERBOT

Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53
VER	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
NOR	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
PIA	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	9	7	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
LEC	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
HAM	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
SAI	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	2	1	8	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
RUS	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7
ALO	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	12	11	11	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
OCO	19	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
GAS	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	7	8	8	7	8	15	14	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
LAW	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
TSU	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	17	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
ZHO	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
HUL	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	18	18	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
MAG	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
ALB	17	19	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	15	14	11	12	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
SAR	16	17	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
STR	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	12	12
PER	7	7	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	13	17	19	19	19
BOT	20	20	20	20	20	19	20

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	39	1:34.183
2	Lando Norris	40	1:35.247	+1.064
3	Lewis Hamilton	36	1:35.611	+1.428
4	Carlos Sainz	40	1:36.187	+2.004
5	Oscar Piastri	38	1:36.328	+2.145
6	Charles Leclerc	40	1:36.362	+2.179
7	Pierre Gasly	36	1:36.371	+2.188
8	Fernando Alonso	28	1:37.203	+3.020
9	Nico Hülkenberg	44	1:37.250	+3.067
10	Esteban Ocon	34	1:37.398	+3.215

Pit stops

Lap	Driver	Stop	Pit lane time
1	ALBAlexander Albon	1	50.143
1	BOTValtteri Bottas	1	55.802
1	OCOEsteban Ocon	1	27.056
1	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	1	41.041
2	PERSergio Pérez	1	32.450
2	SARLogan Sargeant	1	32.715
5	SARLogan Sargeant	2	43.868
6	BOTValtteri Bottas	2	53.512
8	HULNico Hülkenberg	1	23.520
9	TSUYuki Tsunoda	1	22.944
10	LAWLiam Lawson	1	23.136
10	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	2	24.091
11	ALOFernando Alonso	1	24.086
12	MAGKevin Magnussen	1	23.816
12	PERSergio Pérez	2	41.499
13	PIAOscar Piastri	1	24.455
13	ALBAlexander Albon	2	52.165
13	PERSergio Pérez	3	2485.913stoppage
14	STRLance Stroll	1	23.441
14	PERSergio Pérez	4	30.651
16	HAMLewis Hamilton	1	24.841
16	VERMax Verstappen	1	24.382
17	LECCharles Leclerc	1	23.197
17	NORLando Norris	1	23.523
18	GASPierre Gasly	1	24.488
18	SAICarlos Sainz	1	23.075
21	HULNico Hülkenberg	2	23.660
21	SARLogan Sargeant	3	35.182
24	RUSGeorge Russell	1	24.034
25	ALOFernando Alonso	2	24.294
25	LAWLiam Lawson	2	23.671
28	OCOEsteban Ocon	2	23.789
29	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	3	24.116
30	TSUYuki Tsunoda	2	23.327
31	MAGKevin Magnussen	2	23.858
34	GASPierre Gasly	2	24.651
34	HAMLewis Hamilton	2	23.631
34	LECCharles Leclerc	2	22.926
35	PIAOscar Piastri	2	23.198
36	NORLando Norris	2	23.182
37	VERMax Verstappen	2	23.696
37	HULNico Hülkenberg	3	23.338
38	SAICarlos Sainz	2	23.374

Conditions and bests

Air

27 to 28°C

Track

36 to 47°C

Humidity

42%

Wind

3.5 m/s

Dry

Sector 1

33.720

VER

Sector 2

42.118

VER

Sector 3

18.345

VER

Speed trap

312 km/h

PIA