Formula 1 / 2022 / Japanese Grand Prix / Fastest laps Japanese Grand Prix 2022 — fastest laps Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend in Suzuka, Japan: 1:29.304 in Qualifying. Below, every driver's quickest lap of each session with the gap to the fastest, the three sector times and the tyre it was set on.
Round 18 · 9 October 2022 · Suzuka, Japan
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:29.304 31.116 40.406 17.782 soft 8 2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.314 +0.010 31.149 40.166 17.999 soft 11 3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:29.361 +0.057 31.127 40.275 17.959 soft 11 4 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:29.709 +0.405 31.373 40.433 17.903 soft 14 5 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:30.165 +0.861 31.333 40.786 18.046 soft 17 6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.261 +0.957 31.321 40.766 18.174 soft 19 7 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:30.322 +1.018 31.455 40.707 18.160 soft 11 8 George Russell Mercedes 1:30.389 +1.085 31.474 40.730 18.185 soft 18 9 Lando Norris McLaren 1:30.473 +1.169 31.427 41.017 18.029 soft 12 10 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:30.554 +1.250 31.655 40.741 18.158 soft 14 11 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:30.659 +1.355 31.565 40.938 18.156 soft 7 12 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:30.709 +1.405 31.723 40.981 18.005 soft 11 13 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:30.808 +1.504 31.787 40.879 18.142 soft 14 14 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:30.894 +1.590 31.826 40.920 18.148 soft 5 15 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 1:31.152 +1.848 31.745 41.082 18.325 soft 5 16 Alexander Albon Williams 1:31.311 +2.007 32.089 41.037 18.185 soft 5 17 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:31.322 +2.018 31.898 41.228 18.196 soft 5 18 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:31.352 +2.048 31.765 41.227 18.360 soft 5 19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:31.419 +2.115 31.755 41.402 18.262 soft 5 20 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:31.511 +2.207 32.311 41.170 18.030 soft 7
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:44.411 37.586 46.792 20.033 intermediate 20 2 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:44.412 +0.001 37.413 46.521 20.478 intermediate 25 3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:44.489 +0.078 37.550 46.760 20.179 intermediate 10 4 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:44.911 +0.500 37.845 46.812 20.254 intermediate 10 5 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:45.205 +0.794 37.912 46.715 20.578 intermediate 21 6 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:45.387 +0.976 37.837 47.104 20.446 intermediate 22 7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:45.530 +1.119 37.815 47.230 20.485 intermediate 11 8 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:45.893 +1.482 38.143 47.209 20.541 intermediate 22 9 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:46.120 +1.709 38.035 47.580 20.505 intermediate 11 10 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 1:46.545 +2.134 38.130 47.404 21.011 intermediate 13 11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:46.559 +2.148 38.142 47.634 20.783 intermediate 11 12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:46.964 +2.553 38.504 47.671 20.789 intermediate 13 13 George Russell Mercedes 1:47.004 +2.593 38.618 47.880 20.506 intermediate 21 14 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:47.820 +3.409 39.123 47.943 20.754 intermediate 11 15 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:47.843 +3.432 39.036 47.988 20.819 intermediate 11 16 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:48.072 +3.661 39.097 48.114 20.861 intermediate 10 17 Lando Norris McLaren 1:48.175 +3.764 38.650 48.517 21.008 intermediate 8 18 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:48.371 +3.960 39.336 48.113 20.922 intermediate 12
