Japan 2023: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.878	1:29.964	1:28.877
2	Piastri	McLaren	1:30.439	1:30.122	1:29.458	+0.581
3	Norris	McLaren	1:30.063	1:30.296	1:29.493	+0.616
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.393	1:29.940	1:29.542	+0.665
5	Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.652	1:29.965	1:29.650	+0.773
6	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.651	1:30.067	1:29.850	+0.973
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.811	1:30.040	1:29.908	+1.031
8	Russell	Mercedes	1:30.811	1:30.268	1:30.219	+1.342
9	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.733	1:30.204	1:30.303	+1.426
10	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.971	1:30.465	1:30.560	+1.683
11	Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:30.425	1:30.508		+0.568
12	Gasly	Alpine	1:30.843	1:30.509		+0.569
13	Albon	Williams	1:30.941	1:30.537		+0.597
14	Ocon	Alpine	1:30.960	1:30.586		+0.646
15	Magnussen	Haas	1:30.976	1:30.665		+0.725
16	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.049			+1.171
17	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.181			+1.303
18	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.299			+1.421
19	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.398			+1.520
NC	Sargeant	Williams

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 VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull	1	53	1:30:58.421	2	Honda RBPT
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	3	53	+19.387	2	Mercedes
3	Oscar PiastriDriver of the Day	McLaren	2	53	+36.494	2	Mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	53	+43.998	2	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	53	+49.376	2	Mercedes
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	6	53	+50.221	2	Ferrari
7	George Russell	Mercedes	8	53	+57.659	1	Mercedes
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	10	53	+1:14.725	2	Mercedes
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	14	53	+1:19.678	2	Renault
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	12	53	+1:23.155	2	Renault
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	11	52	+1 lap	2	Honda RBPT
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	9	52	+1 lap	2	Honda RBPT
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19	52	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	18	52	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	15	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	13	26	Undertray	2	Mercedes
DNF	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	22	Undertray	3	Mercedes
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	17	20	Rear wing	1	Mercedes
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	5	15	Withdrew	4	Honda RBPT
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	16	7	Undertray	2	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Sargeant Qualified NC, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

Zhou19→13+6
Ocon14→9+5
Hülkenberg18→14+4
Hamilton7→5+2
Alonso10→8+2
Gasly12→10+2
Norris3→2+1
Russell8→7+1
Verstappen1→10
Leclerc4→40
Sainz Jr.6→60
Lawson11→110
Magnussen15→150
Piastri2→3-1
Tsunoda9→12-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Leclerc22.926R34
2Tsunoda22.944R9
3Sainz Jr.23.075R18
4Lawson23.136R10
5Norris23.182R36
6Leclerc23.197R17
7Piastri23.198R35
8Tsunoda23.327R30
9Hülkenberg23.338R37
10Sainz Jr.23.374R38

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

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen1621162 stops
Norris1719172 stops
Piastri1322182 stops
Leclerc1717192 stops
Hamilton1618192 stops
Sainz Jr.1820152 stops
Russell24291 stop
Alonso1114282 stops
Ocon127252 stops
Gasly1816192 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

This race in history

32 races here since 1987Won from pole: 16 of 32

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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