Classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time | Best lap | Gap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 3:01:44.004 | 1:44.911 | +0.500 | 25 |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 4 | +27.066 | 1:46.120 | +1.709 | 18 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 2 | +31.763 | 1:44.489 | +0.078 | 15 |
| 4 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 5 | +39.685 | 1:46.559 | +2.148 | 12 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 6 | +40.326 | 1:45.530 | +1.119 | 10 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 9 | +46.358 | 1:46.964 | +2.553 | 8 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 7 | +46.369 | 1:44.412 | +0.001 | 6 |
| 8 | George Russell | Mercedes | 8 | +47.661 | 1:47.004 | +2.593 | 4 |
| 9 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 20 | +1:10.143 | 1:48.371 | +3.960 | 2 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 10 | +1:10.782 | 1:48.175 | +3.764 | 1 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 11 | +1:12.877 | 1:47.843 | +3.432 | 0 |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 19 | +1:13.904 | 1:45.205 | +0.794 | 0 |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 13 | +1:15.599 | 1:45.893 | +1.482 | 0 |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 18 | +1:26.016 | 1:48.072 | +3.661 | 0 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 12 | +1:26.496 | 1:47.820 | +3.409 | 0 |
| 16 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 14 | +1:27.043 | 1:44.411 | Fastest | 0 |
| 17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 15 | +1:32.523 | 1:46.545 | +2.134 | 0 |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 17 | +1:48.091 | 1:45.387 | +0.976 | 0 |
| 19 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | Accident | — | — | 0 |
| 20 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 16 | Hydraulics | — | — | 0 |
Lap-by-lap analysis
Lap pace
Lap-by-lap pace for every driver classified in Race at the Japanese Grand Prix, round 18 of the 2022 Formula 1 season, including Guanyu Zhou's fastest lap of 1:44.411.
Open lap paceStints and tyre strategy
Tyre stints and pit stops through Race at the Japanese Grand Prix, the session Max Verstappen won.
Open stints and tyre strategyTelemetry comparison
Speed, throttle and brake traces compared lap for lap between any two drivers in Race at the Japanese Grand Prix, round 18 of the 2022 Formula 1 season.
Open telemetry comparisonFastest laps of the Japanese Grand Prix 2022 — every session of the weekend compared, with sectors and tyres.
Suzuka Circuit
Suzuka, Japan
the only figure-eight circuit in Formula 1. Famous for 130R and the S-shaped Esses, demanding precision as much as speed.
The track
- Length
- 5.807 km
- Turns
- 18
- Lap record
- 1:30.983 (Lewis Hamilton, 2019)
- First held
- 1987
- Races held
- 35
What its races show
- Safety car
- 80% (4 of 5 races)
- Virtual safety car
- 20% (1 of 5 races)
- Pit lane time
- 26.2 s
- Pit stop time loss
- 25.0 s
- Pit stop loss under safety car
- 20.8 s
Figures from 5 races at this track in our data (2022–2026).