Japanese Grand Prix 2025 Race Completed

2025 Japanese Grand Prix Race

Suzuka 6 Apr 2025, 14:00 local

Max Verstappen won the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Norris finished second and Piastri third. Verstappen led from pole position. The race ran in dry conditions, with track temperatures around 21°C.

Session: Race
Date: 6 Apr 2025
Start: 14:00 local
Winner: Max Verstappen
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: 1:30.965

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Pts
1	1 Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1	53	1:22:06.983	25
2	4 Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	2	53	+1.423	18
3	81 Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	3	53	+2.129	15
4	16 Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	4	53	+16.097	12
5	63 George Russell RUS	Mercedes	5	53	+17.362	10
6	12 Kimi Antonelli ANT FL	Mercedes	6	53	+18.671	8
7	44 Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	8 +1	53	+29.182	6
8	6 Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	7 -1	53	+37.134	4
9	23 Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	9	53	+40.367	2
10	87 Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas F1 Team	10	53	+54.529	1
11	14 Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	12 +1	53	+57.333	—
12	22 Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	14 +2	53	+58.401	—
13	10 Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	11 -2	53	+62.122	—
14	55 Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	15 +1	53	+74.129	—
15	7 Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	19 +4	53	+81.314	—
16	27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	16	53	+81.957	—
17	30 Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	13 -4	53	+82.734	—
18	31 Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas F1 Team	18	53	+83.438	—
19	5 Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	17 -2	53	+83.897	—
20	18 Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	20	52	+1 lap	—

Race replay

Every car at its real pace - play it back, scrub through and pick drivers to follow

Speed Lap 1 0:00

Analysis

Lap times, sectors, top speed and tyre strategy - pick drivers to compare

Cleaned laps for the top ten finishers. Pit-out laps are omitted.

Median sector times for the top ten finishers, stacked into a representative lap.

Median speed-trap reading (km/h) for the top ten finishers.

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Soft Medium Hard Intermediate Wet

Stint compounds across the race, ordered by finishing position.

Race report

The story of the race, read from the timing data

Winner Max Verstappen From P1 on the grid

Pole position Max Verstappen Started P1

Fastest lap Kimi Antonelli 1:30.965 on lap 50

Winning margin 1.423s Over Lando Norris

Top speed 311 km/h George Russell

Fastest pit stop 22.94s Lewis Hamilton

Biggest mover Jack Doohan Gained 4 places

Safety cars None

Max Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position at Suzuka. The winning margin was 1.423 seconds over Lando Norris, with Oscar Piastri completing the podium.

Kimi Antonelli set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:30.965 on lap 50. George Russell recorded the highest speed-trap reading at 311 km/h.

Most of the grid started on the medium compound, the field made 21 pit stops in total, the quickest of them belonging to Lewis Hamilton at 22.94 seconds. The race ran without a safety car.

Jack Doohan was the biggest mover, climbing 4 places to finish P15.