Round 04 · 2024

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka, Japan5–7 Apr

Drawn from car positions, 2026 FP1

Practice 1
Fri 02:30
Data published
track 24° ·air 17° ·45% hum ·4.7 km/h wind
Practice 2
Fri 06:00
Data published
track 17° ·air 13° ·74% hum ·3.6 km/h windwet
Practice 3
Sat 02:30
Data published
track 27° ·air 17° ·66% hum ·4.7 km/h wind
Qualifying
Sat 06:00
Data published
track 27° ·air 18° ·58% hum ·5.8 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 05:00
Data published
track 39° ·air 22° ·42% hum ·7.9 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	—	1:54:23.566	26
2	PER	Red Bull Racing	2	—	+12.535	18
3	SAI	Ferrari	4	1	+20.866	15
4	LEC	Ferrari	8	4	+26.522	12
5	NOR	McLaren	3	2	+29.700	10
6	ALO	Aston Martin	5	1	+44.272	8
7	RUS	Mercedes	9	2	+45.951	6
8	PIA	McLaren	6	2	+47.525	4
9	HAM	Mercedes	7	2	+48.626	2
10	TSU	RB	10	—	+1.601	1
11	HUL	Haas F1 Team	12	1	+7.168
12	STR	Aston Martin	16	4	+11.233
13	MAG	Haas F1 Team	18	5	+17.919
14	BOT	Kick Sauber	13	1	+18.893
15	OCO	Alpine	15	—	+41.152
16	GAS	Alpine	17	1	+55.066
17	SAR	Williams	19	2	+72.765
18	ZHO	Kick Sauber	20	2	Retired
19	RIC	RB	11	8	Retired
20	ALB	Williams	14	6	Retired

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:28.866	1:28.740	1:28.197
2	PER	1:29.303	1:28.752	1:28.263	+0.066
3	NOR	1:29.536	1:28.940	1:28.489	+0.292
4	SAI	1:29.513	1:29.099	1:28.682	+0.485
5	ALO	1:29.254	1:29.082	1:28.686	+0.489
6	PIA	1:29.425	1:29.148	1:28.760	+0.563
7	HAM	1:29.661	1:28.887	1:28.766	+0.569
8	LEC	1:29.338	1:29.196	1:28.786	+0.589
9	RUS	1:29.799	1:29.140	1:29.008	+0.811
10	TSU	1:29.775	1:29.417	1:29.413	+1.216
11	RIC	1:29.727	1:29.472	—	+1.275
12	HUL	1:29.821	1:29.494	—	+1.297
13	BOT	1:29.602	1:29.593	—	+1.396
14	ALB	1:29.963	1:29.714	—	+1.517
15	OCO	1:29.811	1:29.816	—	+1.619
16	STR	1:30.024	—	—	+1.827
17	GAS	1:30.119	—	—	+1.922
18	MAG	1:30.131	—	—	+1.934
19	SAR	1:30.139	—	—	+1.942
20	ZHO	1:30.143	—	—	+1.946

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:30.056run 1:36.161

Practice 21:34.725+4.669

Practice 31:29.563−5.162run 1:36.514

Qualifying1:28.197−1.366

Grand Prix1:33.706+5.509run 1:37.911

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Suzuka in earlier seasons

20241:29.563run 1:36.510

20231:30.267+0.704run 1:38.821

20221:30.671+1.108run 1:37.749

20191:27.785−1.778run 1:36.535

20181:28.217−1.346run 1:35.998

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 5 Apr, 02:30 UTCFastestVER1:30.056

Single-lap pace

VER1:30.056—18 laps

PER1:30.237+0.18118 laps

SAI1:30.269+0.21320 laps

RUS1:30.530+0.47418 laps

HAM1:30.543+0.48723 laps

LEC1:30.558+0.50218 laps

ALO1:30.599+0.54320 laps

PIA1:31.165+1.10923 laps

TSU1:31.230+1.17420 laps

NOR1:31.240+1.18422 laps

OCO1:31.935+1.87919 laps

ALB1:31.943+1.88718 laps

HUL1:31.958+1.90219 laps

BOT1:32.054+1.99817 laps

STR1:32.055+1.99917 laps

IWA1:32.103+2.04722 laps

GAS1:32.277+2.22123 laps

ZHO1:32.638+2.58218 laps

MAG1:32.803+2.74721 laps

SAR1:33.204+3.14810 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
NOR	M	6*	1:34.166	—	±0.407	—
PIA	M	7*	1:34.471	+0.305	±0.642	—
SAI	S	5*	1:36.161	+1.995	±0.354	—
ALO	S	5*	1:36.656	+2.490	±0.642	—
HAM	S	7*	1:36.822	+2.656	±0.787	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	31.603	40.617	17.836	1:30.056	1:30.056	0.000
PER	31.742	40.602	17.893	1:30.237	1:30.237	0.000
SAI	31.629	40.618	18.022	1:30.269	1:30.269	0.000
RUS	31.906	40.666	17.958	1:30.530	1:30.530	0.000
HAM	31.819	40.800	17.924	1:30.543	1:30.543	0.000
LEC	31.863	40.694	18.001	1:30.558	1:30.558	0.000
ALO	31.695	40.847	18.057	1:30.599	1:30.599	0.000
PIA	31.910	41.129	18.126	1:31.165	1:31.165	0.000
TSU	32.116	41.055	18.051	1:31.222	1:31.230	0.008
NOR	31.923	41.111	18.206	1:31.240	1:31.240	0.000
STR	32.084	41.356	18.237	1:31.677	1:32.055	0.378
OCO	32.344	41.272	18.319	1:31.935	1:31.935	0.000
ALB	32.588	41.251	18.098	1:31.937	1:31.943	0.006
HUL	32.588	41.326	18.044	1:31.958	1:31.958	0.000
BOT	32.517	41.420	18.115	1:32.052	1:32.054	0.002
IWA	32.495	41.482	18.126	1:32.103	1:32.103	0.000
GAS	32.430	41.525	18.310	1:32.265	1:32.277	0.012
ZHO	32.658	41.642	18.337	1:32.637	1:32.638	0.001
MAG	32.938	41.640	18.205	1:32.783	1:32.803	0.020
SAR	33.056	41.692	18.456	1:33.204	1:33.204	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.172(11 drivers ran both)H+1.378(5 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.181

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.289

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.013

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+1.456

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.075

RBTSUahead of IWA+0.873

AlpineOCOahead of GAS+0.342

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+1.261

Haas F1 TeamHULahead of MAG+0.845

Kick SauberBOTahead of ZHO+0.584

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER1737

PER54333

SAI938

RUS837

HAM7394

LEC846

ALO938

PIA532310

TSU8363

NOR72310

OCO910

ALB1114533

HUL7237

BOT17513

STR2456

IWA2911

GAS551165

ZHO7263

MAG8166

SAR82

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Fri 5 Apr, 06:00 UTCFastestPIA1:34.725

Single-lap pace

PIA1:34.725—7 laps

HAM1:35.226+0.5016 laps

LEC1:38.760+4.0354 laps

TSU1:40.946+6.2218 laps

RIC1:41.913+7.1889 laps

NOR1:44.977+10.2523 laps

HUL1:49.473+14.7485 laps

SAI1:52.579+17.8543 laps

BOT1:56.059+21.3347 laps

OCO1:59.113+24.3883 laps

ZHO2:03.317+28.5927 laps

ALB2:03.821+29.0965 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap
PIA	34.616	41.883	18.226	1:34.725	1:34.725
HAM	35.724	41.449	18.053	1:35.226	1:35.226
LEC	37.038	43.266	18.456	1:38.760	1:38.760
TSU	35.839	45.384	19.723	1:40.946	1:40.946
RIC	36.740	45.453	19.720	1:41.913	1:41.913
NOR	36.389	42.694	25.894	1:44.977	1:44.977
SAI	38.596	47.708	26.275	1:52.579	1:52.579
HUL	39.796	45.075	30.308	1:55.179	1:55.179
BOT	39.726	49.828	26.505	1:56.059	1:56.059
OCO	43.766	48.852	26.495	1:59.113	1:59.113
ZHO	44.308	49.096	29.913	2:03.317	2:03.317
ALB	41.075	46.973	35.773	2:03.821	2:03.821

What the tyres are worth here

Team-mates, head to head

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+10.252

FerrariLECahead of SAI+13.819

RBTSUahead of RIC+0.967

Kick SauberBOTahead of ZHO+7.258

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

PIA16

HAM24

LEC4

TSU53

RIC153

NOR3

HUL23

SAI3

BOT11113

OCO3

ZHO11113

ALB113

MAG13

SSoftMMediumIInter

Practice 3

Sat 6 Apr, 02:30 UTCFastestVER1:29.563

Single-lap pace

VER1:29.563—23 laps

PER1:29.832+0.26925 laps

RUS1:29.918+0.35524 laps

HAM1:30.037+0.47421 laps

ALO1:30.082+0.51924 laps

NOR1:30.137+0.57414 laps

SAI1:30.171+0.60827 laps

PIA1:30.226+0.66319 laps

TSU1:30.341+0.77821 laps

LEC1:30.383+0.82025 laps

ALB1:30.533+0.97023 laps

BOT1:30.546+0.98326 laps

RIC1:30.682+1.11924 laps

OCO1:31.022+1.45918 laps

ZHO1:31.067+1.50416 laps

HUL1:31.139+1.57621 laps

GAS1:31.141+1.57819 laps

STR1:31.342+1.77923 laps

SAR1:31.452+1.88920 laps

MAG1:31.462+1.89922 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
OCO	S	6*	1:34.126	—	±1.602	—
RIC	S	5*	1:35.259	+1.133	±0.671	—
RUS	M	10	1:35.414	+1.288	±0.552	+0.107s
ALB	M	5*	1:35.531	+1.405	±0.426	—
ALO	H	8	1:35.932	+1.806	±0.424	+0.139s
HAM	S	6*	1:36.185	+2.059	±0.969	—
STR	H	6*	1:36.361	+2.235	±0.359	—
LEC	M	9	1:36.510	+2.384	±0.683	+0.171s
SAI	M	9	1:36.518	+2.392	±0.442	+0.120s
PER	M	8	1:36.896	+2.770	±0.453	+0.174s
VER	M	7*	1:36.988	+2.862	±0.355	—
PIA	S	7*	1:37.172	+3.046	±0.748	—
BOT	S	7*	1:37.429	+3.303	±0.812	—
HUL	M	7*	1:37.819	+3.693	±0.506	—
ZHO	S	8	1:38.129	+4.003	±1.340	+0.528s
MAG	M	7*	1:38.254	+4.128	±0.396	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	31.458	40.438	17.667	1:29.563	1:29.563	0.000
PER	31.467	40.529	17.836	1:29.832	1:29.832	0.000
HAM	31.405	40.631	17.820	1:29.856	1:30.037	0.181
NOR	31.323	40.640	17.932	1:29.895	1:30.137	0.242
RUS	31.771	40.318	17.829	1:29.918	1:29.918	0.000
ALO	31.663	40.597	17.822	1:30.082	1:30.082	0.000
PIA	31.531	40.717	17.862	1:30.110	1:30.226	0.116
SAI	31.818	40.473	17.878	1:30.169	1:30.171	0.002
TSU	31.686	40.774	17.881	1:30.341	1:30.341	0.000
LEC	31.873	40.544	17.966	1:30.383	1:30.383	0.000
ALB	32.241	40.632	17.660	1:30.533	1:30.533	0.000
BOT	31.888	40.826	17.832	1:30.546	1:30.546	0.000
RIC	31.994	40.832	17.786	1:30.612	1:30.682	0.070
OCO	31.963	40.924	18.135	1:31.022	1:31.022	0.000
STR	31.727	41.155	18.163	1:31.045	1:31.342	0.297
ZHO	32.099	40.941	18.027	1:31.067	1:31.067	0.000
GAS	31.940	41.019	18.112	1:31.071	1:31.141	0.070
HUL	32.267	41.060	17.812	1:31.139	1:31.139	0.000
MAG	32.482	41.022	17.888	1:31.392	1:31.462	0.070
SAR	32.628	40.982	17.842	1:31.452	1:31.452	0.000

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.792(8 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.269

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.119

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+1.260

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.089

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.212

RBTSUahead of RIC+0.341

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+0.919

Kick SauberBOTahead of ZHO+0.521

AlpineOCOahead of GAS+0.119

Haas F1 TeamHULahead of MAG+0.323

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER53933

PER7108

RUS14334

HAM321033

ALO7116

NOR3353

SAI7137

PIA31033

TSU6618

LEC6136

ALB17735

BOT331163

RIC7278

OCO1017

ZHO3310

HUL5943

GAS10135

STR797

SAR6653

MAG697

SSoftMMediumHHard