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Japanese Grand Prix

Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022

Round 18 of 22Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 9 202228 laps

Podium

PERRed Bull

VERRed Bull

LECFerrari

Key facts

WinnerVER3:01:44.004 from P1

PoleVER1:29.304

Fastest lapZHO1:44.411 on lap 20

Pit stops42recorded stops

Finishers18 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	–	28	3:01:44.004	25	1:44.911	2
2	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	4	▲2	28	+27.066s	18	1:46.120	2
3	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	▼1	28	+31.763s	15	1:44.489	2
4	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	5	▲1	28	+39.685s	12	1:46.559	2
5	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	▲1	28	+40.326s	10	1:45.530	2
6	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	9	▲3	28	+46.358s	8	1:46.964	2
7	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	7	–	28	+46.369s	6	1:44.412	3
8	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	8	–	28	+47.661s	4	1:47.004	2
9	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	19	▲10	28	+70.143s	2	1:48.371	2
10	NORLando Norris	McLaren	10	–	28	+70.782s	1	1:48.175	2
11	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	11	–	28	+72.877s		1:47.843	2
12	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	▲6	28	+73.904s		1:45.205	3
13	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	13	–	28	+75.599s		1:45.893	3
14	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	17	▲3	28	+86.016s		1:48.072	2
15	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	12	▼3	28	+86.496s		1:47.820	2
16	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	14	▼2	28	+87.043s		1:44.411	3
17	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	15	▼2	28	+92.523s		1:46.545	2
18	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	PL		28	+108.091s		1:45.387	4
DNF	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	3		0	Accident		–
DNF	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	16		0	Collision damage		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	TSU	20	23.8s
2	STR	19	23.9s
3	GAS	19	24.0s
4	STR	7	24.0s
5	ALO	8	24.1s
6	ALO	22	24.1s
7	VET	5	24.2s
8	ZHO	18	24.3s
9	VER	7	24.3s
10	TSU	7	24.4s
11	ZHO	9	24.6s
12	NOR	6	24.6s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 42 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.224	1:30.346	1:29.304
2	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.402	1:30.486	1:29.314	+0.010s
3	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.336	1:30.444	1:29.361	+0.057s
4	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.622	1:29.925	1:29.709	+0.405s
5	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.696	1:30.357	1:30.165	+0.861s
6	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.906	1:30.443	1:30.261	+0.957s
7	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.603	1:30.343	1:30.322	+1.018s
8	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	1:30.865	1:30.465	1:30.389	+1.085s
9	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.256	1:30.656	1:30.554	+1.250s
10	NORLando Norris	McLaren	1:30.881	1:30.473	1:31.003	+1.699s
11	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.880	1:30.659	–	+1.355s
12	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.226	1:30.709	–	+1.405s
13	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.130	1:30.808	–	+1.504s
14	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:30.894	1:30.953	–	+1.649s
15	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	1:31.152	1:31.439	–	+2.135s
16	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	1:31.311	–	–	+2.007s
17	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.322	–	–	+2.018s
18	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.352	–	–	+2.048s
19	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.419	–	–	+2.115s
20	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.511	–	–	+2.207s

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2022. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2019	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
2018	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2017	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2012	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2011	Jenson Button	McLaren
2010	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull

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