Japan 2022: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.224	1:30.346	1:29.304
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.402	1:30.486	1:29.314	+0.010
3	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.336	1:30.444	1:29.361	+0.057
4	Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.622	1:29.925	1:29.709	+0.405
5	Ocon	Alpine	1:30.696	1:30.357	1:30.165	+0.861
6	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.906	1:30.443	1:30.261	+0.957
7	Alonso	Alpine	1:30.603	1:30.343	1:30.322	+1.018
8	Russell	Mercedes	1:30.865	1:30.465	1:30.389	+1.085
9	Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.256	1:30.656	1:30.554	+1.250
10	Norris	McLaren	1:30.881	1:30.473	1:31.003	+1.699
11	Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.880	1:30.659		+0.734
12	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.226	1:30.709		+0.784
13	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.130	1:30.808		+0.883
14	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:30.894	1:30.953		+1.028
15	Schumacher	Haas	1:31.152	1:31.439		+1.514
16	Albon	Williams	1:31.311			+1.087
17	Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.322			+1.098
18	Magnussen	Haas	1:31.352			+1.128
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.419			+1.195
20	Latifi	Williams	1:31.511			+1.287

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	28	3:01:44.004	2	RBPT
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	4	28	+27.066	2	RBPT
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	28	+31.763	2	Ferrari
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	5	28	+39.685	2	Renault
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	28	+40.326	2	Mercedes
6	Sebastian VettelDriver of the Day	Aston Martin	9	28	+46.358	2	Mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	7	28	+46.369	3	Renault
8	George Russell	Mercedes	8	28	+47.661	2	Mercedes
9	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	19	28	+1:10.143	2	Mercedes
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	10	28	+1:10.782	2	Mercedes
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	11	28	+1:12.877	2	Mercedes
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	28	+1:13.904	3	Mercedes
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	13	28	+1:15.599	3	RBPT
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	17	28	+1:26.016	2	Ferrari
15	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	12	28	+1:26.496	2	Ferrari
16	Guanyu ZhouFastest lap	Alfa Romeo	14	28	+1:27.043	3	Ferrari
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	15	28	+1:32.523	2	Ferrari
18	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	PL	28	+1:48.091	4	RBPT
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	3	0	Accident	0	Ferrari
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	16	0	Collision damage	0	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Gasly Qualified 17, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Latifi19→9+10
Stroll18→12+6
Vettel9→6+3
Magnussen17→14+3
Pérez4→2+2
GaslyPL→18+2
Ocon5→4+1
Hamilton6→5+1
Verstappen1→10
Alonso7→70
Russell8→80
Norris10→100
Ricciardo11→110
Tsunoda13→130
Leclerc2→3-1
Zhou14→16-2
Schumacher15→17-2
Bottas12→15-3

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Tsunoda23.756R20
2Stroll23.870R19
3Gasly23.966R19
4Stroll24.005R7
5Alonso24.106R8
6Alonso24.123R22
7Vettel24.218R5
8Zhou24.266R18
9Verstappen24.308R7
10Tsunoda24.439R7

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen25212 stops
Pérez25212 stops
Leclerc25212 stops
Ocon25212 stops
Hamilton25212 stops
Vettel23232 stops
Alonso261463 stops
Russell25212 stops
Latifi23232 stops
Norris24222 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

Sainz Jr.AccidentFerrari
AlbonCollision damageWilliams

This race in history

31 races here since 1987Won from pole: 15 of 31

Win from furthest back (P17): Kimi Räikkönen 2005

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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