Round 3 · 2025

Japanese Grand Prix

CircuitSuzuka CircuitLocationSuzuka, JapanDates4 Apr – 6 Apr 2025Final

Official event name: Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix

WinnerVERRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVER1:26.983

Fastest lap1:30.965Antonelli · L50

Most laps led2Verstappen

Biggest gain+4Doohan P19→P15

Retirements0of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1	0	53	1:22:06.983	1	25
2	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	2	0	53	+1.423	1	18
3	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	3	0	53	+2.129	1	15
4	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	4	0	53	+16.097	1	12
5	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	5	0	53	+17.362	1	10
6	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	6	0	53	+18.671 FL	1	8
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	8	+1	53	+29.182	1	6
8	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	7	-1	53	+37.134	1	4
9	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	9	0	53	+40.367	1	2
10	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	10	0	53	+54.529	1	1
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	13	+2	53	+57.333	1
12	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	15	+3	53	+58.401	1
13	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	11	-2	53	+1:02.122	1
14	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	12	-2	53	+1:14.129	1
15	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	19	+4	53	+2:21.314	1
16	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	16	0	53	+2:21.957	1
17	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	14	-3	53	+2:22.734	1
18	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	18	0	53	+2:23.438	1
19	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	17	-2	53	+1:23.897	1
20	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	20	0	52	+1 lap	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:27.943	1:27.502	1:26.983	17
2	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:27.845	1:27.146	1:26.995	15
3	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:27.687	1:27.507	1:27.027	18
4	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:27.920	1:27.555	1:27.299	21
5	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:27.843	1:27.400	1:27.318	17
6	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:27.968	1:27.639	1:27.555	18
7	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:28.278	1:27.775	1:27.569	18
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:27.942	1:27.610	1:27.610	23
9	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:28.218	1:27.783	1:27.615	20
10	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:28.228	1:27.711	1:27.867	21
11	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:28.186	1:27.822	—	12
12	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:28.209	1:27.836	—	15
13	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:28.337	1:27.897	—	12
14	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:28.554	1:27.906	—	12
15	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:27.967	1:28.000	—	12
16	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:28.570	—	—	9
17	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:28.622	—	—	9
18	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:28.696	—	—	9
19	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:28.877	—	—	9
20	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:29.271	—	—	5

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:27.965		17
2	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:27.991	+0.026	17
3	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:28.077	+0.112	15
4	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:28.414	+0.449	13
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:28.497	+0.532	21
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:28.524	+0.559	13
7	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:28.554	+0.589	19
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:28.603	+0.638	15
9	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:28.785	+0.820	15
10	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:28.786	+0.821	16
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:28.846	+0.881	22
12	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:29.104	+1.139	19
13	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:29.126	+1.161	20
14	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:29.767	+1.802	15
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:29.772	+1.807	17
16	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:30.084	+2.119	17
17	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:30.134	+2.169	13
18	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:30.183	+2.218	17
19	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:30.267	+2.302	16
20	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:30.621	+2.656	17

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:28.114		13
2	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:28.163	+0.049	12
3	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:28.518	+0.404	12
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:28.544	+0.430	14
5	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:28.559	+0.445	13
6	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:28.567	+0.453	13
7	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:28.586	+0.472	14
8	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:28.670	+0.556	9
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:28.757	+0.643	13
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:28.832	+0.718	9
11	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:29.023	+0.909	11
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:29.062	+0.948	12
13	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:29.335	+1.221	13
14	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:29.507	+1.393	13
15	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:29.654	+1.540	10
16	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:29.733	+1.619	13
17	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:29.978	+1.864	5
18	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:30.625	+2.511	12
19	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:30.845	+2.731	12
20	Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	1:31.659	+3.545	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:28.549		24
2	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:28.712	+0.163	29
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:28.965	+0.416	27
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:29.051	+0.502	25
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:29.065	+0.516	23
6	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:29.172	+0.623	25
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:29.222	+0.673	25
8	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:29.225	+0.676	28
9	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:29.284	+0.735	28
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:29.333	+0.784	28
11	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:29.392	+0.843	25
12	Ryo Hirakawa HIR	Alpine	1:29.394	+0.845	24
13	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:29.536	+0.987	28
14	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:29.547	+0.998	23
15	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:29.708	+1.159	25
16	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:29.758	+1.209	25
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:30.023	+1.474	21
18	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:30.077	+1.528	17
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:30.123	+1.574	21
20	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:30.147	+1.598	26

Session schedule

Practice 1Final4 Apr 2025 02:30 UTC

Practice 2Final4 Apr 2025 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final5 Apr 2025 02:30 UTC

QualifyingFinal5 Apr 2025 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal6 Apr 2025 05:00 UTC

Championship after round 3

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lando Norris NOR	62
2	Max Verstappen VER	61
3	Oscar Piastri PIA	49	▲1
4	George Russell RUS	45	▼1
5	Kimi Antonelli ANT	30
6	Charles Leclerc LEC	20	▲4
7	Alexander Albon ALB	18	▼1
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	15	▲1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	+0.569%	Yuki Tsunoda TSU
McLaren	Lando Norris NOR	+0.037%	Oscar Piastri PIA
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc LEC	+0.356%	Lewis Hamilton HAM
Mercedes	George Russell RUS	+0.271%	Kimi Antonelli ANT
Racing Bulls	Isack Hadjar HAD	+0.149%	Liam Lawson LAW
Williams	Alexander Albon ALB	+0.060%	Carlos Sainz SAI
Haas	Oliver Bearman BEA	+0.530%	Esteban Ocon OCO
Alpine	Pierre Gasly GAS	+0.784%	Jack Doohan DOO
Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso ALO	+1.057%	Lance Stroll STR
Kick Sauber	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	+0.059%	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2024	Japanese Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1
2023	Japanese Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1
2022	Honda Japanese Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1
2019	Japanese Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	3
2018	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2017	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2016	Japanese Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2015	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2