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Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023 · qualifying

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Name: Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023 · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/1095-qualifying

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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023 · Suzuka Circuit

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2023 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30:58.421 · 53 laps · honda-rbpt	26
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31:17.808 · 53 laps · mercedes	18
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:31:34.915 · 53 laps · mercedes	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31:42.419 · 53 laps · ferrari	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31:47.797 · 53 laps · mercedes	10
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:31:48.642 · 53 laps · ferrari	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31:56.080 · 53 laps · mercedes	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:32:13.146 · 53 laps · mercedes	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32:18.099 · 53 laps · renault	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32:21.576 · 53 laps · renault	1
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda-rbpt	Unknown / not applicable
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda-rbpt	Unknown / not applicable
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	Undertray · Time not recorded · 26 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Logan Sargeant	Williams	Undertray · Time not recorded · 22 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Rear wing · Time not recorded · 20 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	Withdrew · Time not recorded · 15 laps · honda-rbpt	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	Undertray · Time not recorded · 7 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:29.878 · 12 laps · honda-rbpt
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	Q1 1:30.439 · 14 laps · mercedes
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	Q1 1:30.063 · 12 laps · mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Q1 1:30.393 · 14 laps · ferrari
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	Q1 1:30.652 · 18 laps · honda-rbpt
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Q1 1:30.651 · 14 laps · ferrari
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:30.811 · 18 laps · mercedes
8	George Russell	Mercedes	Q1 1:30.811 · 15 laps · mercedes
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:30.733 · 18 laps · honda-rbpt
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	Q1 1:30.971 · 15 laps · mercedes
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:30.425 · 16 laps · honda-rbpt
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	Q1 1:30.843 · 12 laps · renault
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	Q1 1:30.941 · 12 laps · mercedes
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Q1 1:30.960 · 12 laps · renault
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Q1 1:30.976 · 9 laps · ferrari
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:31.049 · 5 laps · ferrari
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Q1 1:31.181 · 7 laps · mercedes
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	Q1 1:31.299 · 6 laps · ferrari
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:31.398 · 6 laps · ferrari
NC	Logan Sargeant	Williams	Time not recorded · 2 laps · mercedes

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.877 · honda-rbpt
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:29.458 · mercedes
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.493 · mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.542 · ferrari
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.650 · honda-rbpt
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:29.850 · ferrari
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.908 · mercedes
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.219 · mercedes
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.303 · honda-rbpt
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.560 · mercedes
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri	1:30.508 · honda-rbpt
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.509 · renault
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.537 · mercedes
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.586 · renault
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.665 · ferrari
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.049 · ferrari
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.181 · mercedes
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.299 · ferrari
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.398 · ferrari
PL	Logan Sargeant	Williams	Time not recorded · mercedes

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	400
2	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	223
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	190
4	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	174
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	150
6	Charles Leclerc	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	135
7	Lando Norris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	115
8	George Russell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	115
9	Oscar Piastri	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	57
10	Lance Stroll	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
11	Pierre Gasly	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	46
12	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	38
13	Alexander Albon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
15	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
16	Guanyu Zhou	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
18	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
19	Liam Lawson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
20	Logan Sargeant	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Nyck de Vries	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	1	1:31.647
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	1:32.273
freePractice1Results	Lando Norris	3	1:32.392
freePractice1Results	Charles Leclerc	4	1:32.574
freePractice1Results	Yuki Tsunoda	5	1:32.597
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:32.650
freePractice1Results	Oscar Piastri	7	1:32.713
freePractice1Results	Alexander Albon	8	1:32.991
freePractice1Results	Liam Lawson	9	1:33.005
freePractice1Results	Lance Stroll	10	1:33.040
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	11	1:33.043
freePractice1Results	Pierre Gasly	12	1:33.129
freePractice1Results	George Russell	13	1:33.310
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:33.448
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	15	1:33.516
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	16	1:33.699
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	17	1:33.860
freePractice1Results	Kevin Magnussen	18	1:33.975
freePractice1Results	Logan Sargeant	19	1:34.212
freePractice1Results	Guanyu Zhou	20	1:34.831
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	1	1:30.688
freePractice2Results	Charles Leclerc	2	1:31.008
freePractice2Results	Lando Norris	3	1:31.152
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	4	1:31.237
freePractice2Results	George Russell	5	1:31.328
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:31.492
freePractice2Results	Alexander Albon	7	1:31.555
freePractice2Results	Oscar Piastri	8	1:31.662
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	9	1:31.710
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	10	1:31.739
freePractice2Results	Lance Stroll	11	1:31.771
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	12	1:31.794
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:31.797
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	14	1:31.829
freePractice2Results	Liam Lawson	15	1:32.141
freePractice2Results	Guanyu Zhou	16	1:32.165
freePractice2Results	Kevin Magnussen	17	1:32.169
freePractice2Results	Yuki Tsunoda	18	1:32.178
freePractice2Results	Pierre Gasly	19	1:32.179
freePractice2Results	Logan Sargeant	20	1:32.320
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	1	1:30.267
freePractice3Results	Lando Norris	2	1:30.507
freePractice3Results	Oscar Piastri	3	1:30.555
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	4	1:31.004
freePractice3Results	Charles Leclerc	5	1:31.022
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	6	1:31.137
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:31.159
freePractice3Results	George Russell	8	1:31.505
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:31.549
freePractice3Results	Guanyu Zhou	10	1:31.668
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	11	1:31.699
freePractice3Results	Kevin Magnussen	12	1:31.880
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	13	1:31.924
freePractice3Results	Yuki Tsunoda	14	1:31.951
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	15	1:31.979
freePractice3Results	Logan Sargeant	16	1:32.002
freePractice3Results	Liam Lawson	17	1:32.048
freePractice3Results	Alexander Albon	18	1:32.113
freePractice3Results	Lance Stroll	19	1:32.154
freePractice3Results	Pierre Gasly	20	1:32.199

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Alexander Albon	1	1	50.143
Guanyu Zhou	1	1	41.041
Esteban Ocon	1	1	27.056
Valtteri Bottas	1	1	55.802
Sergio Pérez	1	2	32.450
Logan Sargeant	1	2	32.715
Logan Sargeant	2	5	43.868
Valtteri Bottas	2	6	53.512
Nico Hülkenberg	1	8	23.520
Yuki Tsunoda	1	9	22.944
Liam Lawson	1	10	23.136
Guanyu Zhou	2	10	24.091
Fernando Alonso	1	11	24.086
Sergio Pérez	2	12	41.499
Kevin Magnussen	1	12	23.816
Oscar Piastri	1	13	24.455
Alexander Albon	2	13	52.165
Lance Stroll	1	14	23.441
Sergio Pérez	3	13	41:25.913
Max Verstappen	1	16	24.382
Lewis Hamilton	1	16	24.841
Lando Norris	1	17	23.523
Charles Leclerc	1	17	23.197
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	18	23.075
Pierre Gasly	1	18	24.488
Nico Hülkenberg	2	21	23.660
Logan Sargeant	3	21	35.182
George Russell	1	24	24.034
Fernando Alonso	2	25	24.294
Liam Lawson	2	25	23.671
Esteban Ocon	2	28	23.789
Guanyu Zhou	3	29	24.116
Yuki Tsunoda	2	30	23.327
Kevin Magnussen	2	31	23.858
Charles Leclerc	2	34	22.926
Lewis Hamilton	2	34	23.631
Pierre Gasly	2	34	24.651
Oscar Piastri	2	35	23.198
Lando Norris	2	36	23.182
Max Verstappen	2	37	23.696
Nico Hülkenberg	3	37	23.338
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	38	23.374
Sergio Pérez	4	14	30.651