2022 Japanese Grand Prix

Round

18/22

Date

Oct 9, 2022 at 00:00 CEST

Location

Suzuka, Japan

Circuit

Suzuka Circuit

Circuit length

5.807 m (18 turns)

Race distance

162.296 km (28 laps)

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Verstappen

Winner

3:01:44.004

Winning time

Verstappen

Pole position

Zhou

Fastest lap

1:44.411

Fastest lap time

Tsunoda

Fastest pitstop

23.756

Fastest pitstop time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	3:01:44.004	1st	28	25
2	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+27.066	4th	28	18
3	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+31.763	2nd	28	15
4	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+39.685	5th	28	12
5	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+40.326	6th	28	10
6	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+46.358	9th	28	8
7	#14 Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+46.369	7th	28	6
8	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	+47.661	8th	28	4
9	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+1:10.143	19th	28	2
10	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	+1:10.782	10th	28	1
11	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+1:12.877	11th	28
12	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+1:13.904	18th	28
13	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+1:15.599	13th	28
14	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1:26.016	17th	28
15	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+1:26.496	12th	28
16	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	+1:27.043	14th	28
17	#47 Mick Schumacher	Haas	+1:32.523	15th	28
18	#10 Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+1:48.091	PL	28
DNF	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Accident	3rd	0
DNF	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	Collision damage	16th	0

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Laps
1	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.224	1:30.346	1:29.304		13
2	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.402	1:30.486	1:29.314	+0.010	13
3	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.336	1:30.444	1:29.361	+0.057	13
4	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.622	1:29.925	1:29.709	+0.405	15
5	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.696	1:30.357	1:30.165	+0.861	18
6	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.906	1:30.443	1:30.261	+0.957	20
7	#14 Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.603	1:30.343	1:30.322	+1.018	15
8	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.865	1:30.465	1:30.389	+1.085	19
9	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.256	1:30.656	1:30.554	+1.250	15
10	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.881	1:30.473	1:31.003	+1.699	18
11	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.880	1:30.659			11
12	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.226	1:30.709			12
13	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.130	1:30.808			15
14	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:30.894	1:30.953			12
15	#47 Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:31.152	1:31.439			12
16	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.311				6
17	#10 Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.322				9
18	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.352				6
19	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.419				6
20	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.511				8

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.671		22
2	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.965	+0.294	27
3	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.980	+0.309	27
4	#14 Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:31.320	+0.649	20
5	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.514	+0.843	25
6	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.530	+0.859	28
7	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.589	+0.918	25
8	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.747	+1.076	27
9	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.750	+1.079	22
10	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.838	+1.167	25
11	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:31.860	+1.189	28
12	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.946	+1.275	26
13	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.971	+1.300	24
14	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.222	+1.551	25
15	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.290	+1.619	23
16	#47 Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:32.366	+1.695	24
17	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.377	+1.706	26
18	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:32.385	+1.714	24
19	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:32.868	+2.197	26
20	#10 Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:32.881	+2.210	24

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:41.935		23
2	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.170	+0.235	22
3	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.786	+0.851	24
4	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:42.834	+0.899	26
5	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.187	+1.252	17
6	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:43.204	+1.269	23
7	#14 Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:43.533	+1.598	14
8	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:43.733	+1.798	20
9	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:43.884	+1.949	13
10	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:44.525	+2.590	17
11	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:44.709	+2.774	10
12	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:44.962	+3.027	16
13	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	1:45.039	+3.104	15
14	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.257	+3.322	27
15	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:45.261	+3.326	24
16	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:45.885	+3.950	11
17	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:46.030	+4.095	9
18	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:46.776	+4.841	21
19	#10 Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:47.109	+5.174	13

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#14 Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:42.248		7
2	#55 Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:42.563	+0.315	15
3	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:42.634	+0.386	16
4	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:43.022	+0.774	5
5	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.258	+1.010	15
6	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.362	+1.114	4
7	#47 Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:43.761	+1.513	13
8	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.889	+1.641	7
9	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:43.969	+1.721	13
10	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:44.234	+1.986	4
11	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:44.429	+2.181	15
12	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:44.486	+2.238	8
13	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:44.558	+2.310	6
14	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:44.570	+2.322	10
15	#23 Alexander Albon	Williams	1:44.791	+2.543	9
16	#10 Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:44.878	+2.630	12
17	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:45.424	+3.176	11
18	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:46.103	+3.855	4
19	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:46.192	+3.944	16
20	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:48.090	+5.842	8

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#24 Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:44.411		20
2	#14 Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:44.412	+0.001	25
3	#16 Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:44.489	+0.078	10
4	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:44.911	+0.500	10
5	#18 Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:45.205	+0.794	21
6	#10 Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:45.387	+0.976	22
7	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.530	+1.119	11
8	#22 Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.893	+1.482	22
9	#11 Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:46.120	+1.709	11
10	#47 Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:46.545	+2.134	13
11	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:46.559	+2.148	11
12	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:46.964	+2.553	13
13	#63 George Russell	Mercedes	1:47.004	+2.593	21
14	#77 Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:47.820	+3.409	11
15	#3 Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:47.843	+3.432	11
16	#20 Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:48.072	+3.661	10
17	#4 Lando Norris	McLaren	1:48.175	+3.764	8
18	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:48.371	+3.960	12

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Percentage
1	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	16.3%
2	#31 Esteban Ocon	Alpine	14.5%
3	#1 Max Verstappen	Red Bull	13.2%
4	#6 Nicholas Latifi	Williams	9.7%
5	#44 Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7.3%

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	12	14	366
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	9	253	-113
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	9	252	-114
4	George Russell	Mercedes	0	7	207	-159
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1	8	202	-164
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	6	180	-186
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	1	101	-265
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	0	0	78	-288
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	0	0	65	-301
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	0	0	46	-320
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	0	0	32	-334
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	0	0	29	-337
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	0	0	23	-343
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	0	0	22	-344
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0	0	13	-353
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	0	0	12	-354
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	0	0	11	-355
18	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	0	0	6	-360
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	0	0	4	-362
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	0	0	2	-364
21	Nyck de Vries	Williams	0	0	2	-364
22	Nico Hülkenberg	Aston Martin	0	0	0	-366

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Red Bull	RBPT	14	23	619
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	4	17	454	-165
3	Mercedes	Mercedes	0	13	387	-232
4	Alpine	Renault	0	0	143	-476
5	McLaren	Mercedes	0	1	130	-489
6	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	0	0	52	-567
7	Aston Martin	Mercedes	0	0	45	-574
8	Haas	Ferrari	0	0	34	-585
9	AlphaTauri	RBPT	0	0	34	-585
10	Williams	Mercedes	0	0	8	-611

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2011	#4 Jenson Button	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	1:36.568 - Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel
2010	#5 Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Fernando Alonso	1:33.474 - Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel
2009	#15 Sebastian Vettel	Jarno Trulli	Lewis Hamilton	1:32.569 - Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel
2008	#5 Fernando Alonso	Robert Kubica	Kimi Räikkönen	1:18.426 - Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton
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2006	#1 Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa	Giancarlo Fisichella	1:32.676 - Fernando Alonso	Felipe Massa
2005	#9 Kimi Räikkönen	Giancarlo Fisichella	Fernando Alonso	1:31.540 - Kimi Räikkönen	Ralf Schumacher
2004	#1 Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Jenson Button	1:32.730 - Rubens Barrichello	Michael Schumacher
2003	#2 Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen	David Coulthard	1:33.408 - Ralf Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello
2002	#1 Michael Schumacher	Rubens Barrichello	Kimi Räikkönen	1:36.125 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2001	#1 Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya	David Coulthard	1:36.944 - Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2000	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	1:39.189 - Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
1999	#1 Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	1:41.319 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1998	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard	1:40.190 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1997	#5 Michael Schumacher	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Eddie Irvine	1:38.942 - Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jacques Villeneuve
1996	#5 Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	1:44.043 - Jacques Villeneuve	Jacques Villeneuve
1995	#1 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Johnny Herbert	1:42.976 - Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1994	#0 Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher	Jean Alesi	1:56.597 - Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher
1993	#8 Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Mika Häkkinen	1:41.176 - Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1992	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Gerhard Berger	Martin Brundle	1:40.646 - Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1991	#2 Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna	Riccardo Patrese	1:41.532 - Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger
1990	#20 Nelson Piquet	Roberto Moreno	Aguri Suzuki	1:44.233 - Riccardo Patrese	Ayrton Senna
1989	#19 Alessandro Nannini	Riccardo Patrese	Thierry Boutsen	1:43.506 - Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
1988	#12 Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Thierry Boutsen	1:46.326 - Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
1987	#28 Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna	Stefan Johansson	1:43.844 - Alain Prost	Gerhard Berger
1977	#1 James Hunt	Carlos Reutemann	Patrick Depailler	1:14.300 - Jody Scheckter	Mario Andretti
1976	#5 Mario Andretti	Patrick Depailler	James Hunt	1:19.970 - Jacques Laffite	Mario Andretti

The 2022 Japanese Grand Prix started Oct 9, 2022 on Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan. Max Verstappen started from pole position with Charles Leclerc next to him. Carlos Sainz Jr. started from third place.

In 3 hour, 01 minutes and 44 seconds Max Verstappen finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Sergio Pérez in second and Charles Leclerc in third place.

After the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, Max Verstappen is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 366 points. Verstappen is 113 points ahead of Sergio Pérez.