Round 3 of the season · 6 April 2025Official result

Japanese Grand Prix 2025

Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka

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Lap – / 530:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:30:12	20	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Hard
0:31:50	21	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Hard
0:33:10	22	Pit stop Verstappen: Medium → Hard
0:33:10	22	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Hard
0:33:16	22	Pit stop Leclerc: Medium → Hard
0:36:46	24	Pit stop Bearman: Medium → Hard
0:38:12	25	Pit stop Albon: Medium → Hard
0:39:42	26	Pit stop Hadjar: Medium → Hard
0:47:24	31	Pit stop Hamilton: Hard → Medium
0:48:54	32	Pit stop Antonelli: Medium → Hard
1:22:07		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Schedule · UK time (BST)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 4 Apr · 03:30
Local time 11:30
✓Free Practice 2Live
Fri 4 Apr · 07:00
Local time 15:00
✓Free Practice 3Live
Sat 5 Apr · 03:30
Local time 11:30
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 5 Apr · 07:00
Local time 15:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 6 Apr · 06:00
Local time 14:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	Thu 10:30 pm	Thu 7:30 pm	13:30	08:00	11:30
Free Practice 2	2:00 am	Thu 11:00 pm	17:00	11:30	15:00
Free Practice 3	Fri 10:30 pm	Fri 7:30 pm	13:30	08:00	11:30
Qualifying	2:00 am	Fri 11:00 pm	17:00	11:30	15:00
Race	1:00 am	Sat 10:00 pm	15:00	10:30	14:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	53	1:22:06.983	25
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	2	53	+1.423s	18
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	53	+2.129s	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	53	+16.097s	12
5	George Russell	Mercedes	5	53	+17.362s	10
6	Andrea Kimi AntonelliFastest lap	Mercedes	6	53	+18.671s	8
7	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	8	53	+29.182s	6
8	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	7	53	+37.134s	4
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	9	53	+40.367s	2
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	10	53	+54.529s	1
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	12	53	+57.333s	0
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	14	53	+58.401s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11	53	+62.122s	0
14	Carlos Sainz	Williams	15	53	+74.129s	0
15	Jack Doohan	Alpine	19	53	+81.314s	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	16	53	+81.957s	0
17	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	13	53	+82.734s	0
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	18	53	+83.438s	0
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	17	53	+83.897s	0
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	20	52	+12.929s	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:27.943	1:27.502	1:26.983
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:27.845	1:27.146	1:26.995
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:27.687	1:27.507	1:27.027
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:27.920	1:27.555	1:27.299
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:27.843	1:27.400	1:27.318
6	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:27.968	1:27.639	1:27.555
7	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:28.278	1:27.775	1:27.569
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:27.942	1:27.610	1:27.610
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:28.218	1:27.783	1:27.615
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:28.228	1:27.711	1:27.867
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:28.186	1:27.822	–	Q2
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:28.209	1:27.836	–	Q2
13	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:28.337	1:27.897	–	Q2
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:28.554	1:27.906	–	Q2
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	1:27.967	1:28.000	–	Q2
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:28.570	–	–	Q1
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:28.622	–	–	Q1
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:28.696	–	–	Q1
19	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:28.877	–	–	Q1
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.271	–	–	Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.549		24
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.712	+0.163s	29
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.965	+0.416s	27
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:29.051	+0.502s	25
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:29.065	+0.516s	23
6	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	1:29.172	+0.623s	25
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.222	+0.673s	25
8	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:29.225	+0.676s	28
9	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:29.284	+0.735s	28
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:29.333	+0.784s	28
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.392	+0.843s	25
12	Ryo Hirakawa	Alpine	1:29.394	+0.845s	24
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:29.536	+0.987s	28
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.547	+0.998s	23
15	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.708	+1.159s	25
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.758	+1.209s	25
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:30.023	+1.474s	21
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:30.077	+1.528s	17
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:30.123	+1.574s	21
20	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:30.147	+1.598s	26

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:28.114		13
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.163	+0.049s	12
3	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:28.518	+0.404s	12
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:28.544	+0.430s	14
5	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:28.559	+0.445s	13
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.567	+0.453s	13
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.586	+0.472s	14
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:28.670	+0.556s	9
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:28.757	+0.643s	13
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:28.832	+0.718s	9
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.023	+0.909s	11
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:29.062	+0.948s	12
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:29.335	+1.221s	13
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:29.507	+1.393s	13
15	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:29.654	+1.540s	10
16	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:29.733	+1.619s	13
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.978	+1.864s	5
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	1:30.625	+2.511s	12
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.845	+2.731s	12
20	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:31.659	+3.545s	4

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:27.965		17
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:27.991	+0.026s	17
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:28.077	+0.112s	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.414	+0.449s	13
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:28.497	+0.532s	21
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:28.524	+0.559s	13
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:28.554	+0.589s	19
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:28.603	+0.638s	15
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	1:28.785	+0.820s	15
10	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:28.786	+0.821s	16
11	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:28.846	+0.881s	22
12	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:29.104	+1.139s	19
13	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:29.126	+1.161s	20
14	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:29.767	+1.802s	15
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:29.772	+1.807s	17
16	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:30.084	+2.119s	17
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:30.134	+2.169s	13
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:30.183	+2.218s	17
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.267	+2.302s	16
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:30.621	+2.656s	17

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Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

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Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:26.983)	Lando Norris (1:26.995)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 300 · 180 km/h · gear 5	braking from 305 · 185 km/h · gear 4
The second corner: fast right-hander	230 km/h · gear 6	235 km/h · gear 6
The third corner: left-right chicane	205 km/h · gear 6	braking from 235 · 205 km/h · gear 5
The fourth corner: fast left-hander	250 km/h · gear 6	255 km/h · gear 6
The fifth corner: fast right-hander	270 km/h · gear 7	260 km/h · gear 6
The sixth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 270 · 145 km/h · gear 4	braking from 260 · 150 km/h · gear 4
The seventh corner: right-left chicane	braking from 260 · 75 km/h · gear 3	braking from 260 · 75 km/h · gear 2
The eighth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 260 · 220 km/h · gear 5	braking from 260 · 220 km/h · gear 5
The ninth corner: slight right kink	260 km/h · gear 6	265 km/h · gear 7
The tenth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 290 · 235 km/h · gear 6	braking from 295 · 245 km/h · gear 6
The eleventh corner: fast left-hander	295 km/h · gear 8	295 km/h · gear 8
The twelfth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 300 · 90 km/h · gear 3	braking from 300 · 95 km/h · gear 3
The thirteenth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 300 · 175 km/h · gear 4	braking from 300 · 185 km/h · gear 4

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid position	Driver	Penalty
1	Max Verstappen
2	Lando Norris
3	Oscar Piastri
4	Charles Leclerc
5	George Russell
6	Andrea Kimi Antonelli
7	Isack Hadjar
8	Lewis Hamilton
9	Alexander Albon
10	Oliver Bearman
11	Pierre Gasly
12	Fernando Alonso
13	Liam Lawson
14	Yuki Tsunoda
15	Carlos Sainz
16	Nico Hülkenberg
17	Gabriel Bortoleto
18	Esteban Ocon
19	Jack Doohan
20	Lance Stroll

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:26.983

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:30.965

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

pit stops

across the whole field

Weather at the start

14 °C

Air · track 22 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Lando NorrisMcLaren
62 points
Leader
2
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
61 points
−1
3
Oscar PiastriMcLaren
49 points
−13 ▲1
4
George RussellMercedes
45 points
−17 ▼1
5
Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes
30 points
−32
6
Charles LeclercFerrari
20 points
−42 ▲4
7
Alexander AlbonWilliams
18 points
−44 ▼1
8
Lewis HamiltonFerrari
15 points
−47 ▲1
9
Esteban OconHaas F1 Team
10 points
−52 ▼2
10
Lance StrollAston Martin
10 points
−52 ▼2

1
McLarenKonstrukteure
111 points
Leader
2
MercedesKonstrukteure
75 points
−36
3
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
61 points
−50
4
FerrariKonstrukteure
35 points
−76 ▲1
5
WilliamsKonstrukteure
19 points
−92 ▼1

Full standings →

Suzuka Circuit

Length

approx. 5.79 km

Lap record

1:30.965

Safety car rate

50 %

Win from pole

56 %

Full throttle

67.8 %

Top speed

329 km/h

A lap of Suzuka Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Japanese Grand Prix 2025?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Japanese Grand Prix 2025.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.