Japanese Grand Prix
2023 · Round 16 · Suzuka, Japan · Sep 22-24, 2023Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 1st on the grid), with a 19.4s margin. Zhou made the biggest gain, from 19th on the grid to 13th (up 6 places). Tsunoda had a difficult race, dropping from 9th to 12th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-4. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on lap 14. The winner made 2 pit stops: on lap 16 (medium → medium), on lap 37 (medium → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Leclerc (Ferrari) on lap 34, with 22.9s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Verstappen (1:34.183).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen 1:34.183 | Red Bull | 1 | 53 | 1:30:58.421 | 26 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 3 | 53 | +19.387 | 18 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 2 | 53 | +36.494 | 15 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 53 | +43.998 | 12 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 7 | 53 | +49.376 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 6 | 53 | +50.221 | 8 |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 8 | 53 | +57.659 | 6 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 10 | 53 | +1:14.725 | 4 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | 53 | +1:19.678 | 2 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 53 | +1:23.155 | 1 |
| 11 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 11 | 52 | +3.089 | 0 |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 9 | 52 | +3.974 | 0 |
| 13 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 19 | 52 | +6.340 | 0 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 52 | +9.598 | 0 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 52 | +29.570 | 0 |
| – | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | 26 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 20 | 22 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 17 | 20 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 5 | 15 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 7 | Retired | 0 |