Round 3 · 2025

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka, Japan · 6 Apr 2025

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from pole, finishing 1.423s ahead of Lando Norris.

A clean race: no Safety Cars or red flags.
Jack Doohan was the big mover, climbing from P19 to P15.
Kimi Antonelli set the fastest lap: 1:30.965 on lap 50.
21 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped once. Quickest stop: Oscar Piastri, 2.1s.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Hard.
A dry race, with the track around 21°C.
138 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:22:06.983	25
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	2	+1.423s	18
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	+2.129s	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	+16.097s	12
5	George Russell	Mercedes	5	+17.362s	10
6	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	6	+18.671s	8
7	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	8 ▲1	+29.182s	6
8	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	7 ▼1	+37.134s	4
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	9	+40.367s	2
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	10	+54.529s	1
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	12 ▲1	+57.333s	0
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing	14 ▲2	+58.401s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11 ▼2	+62.122s	0
14	Carlos Sainz	Williams	15 ▲1	+74.129s	0
15	Jack Doohan	Alpine	19 ▲4	+81.314s	0
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	16	+81.957s	0
17	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	13 ▼4	+82.734s	0
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	18	+83.438s	0
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	17 ▼2	+83.897s	0
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	20	+1 LAP	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.