Formula 1 / 2023 / Japanese Grand Prix / Fastest laps Japanese Grand Prix 2023 — fastest laps Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend in Suzuka, Japan: 1:28.877 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 16 · 24 September 2023 · Suzuka, Japan
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:28.877 30.725 40.311 17.841 soft 11 2 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:29.458 +0.581 31.173 40.356 17.929 soft 10 3 Lando Norris McLaren 1:29.493 +0.616 31.025 40.421 18.047 soft 8 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.542 +0.665 31.240 40.363 17.939 soft 13 5 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:29.650 +0.773 31.152 40.528 17.970 soft 17 6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:29.850 +0.973 31.332 40.564 17.954 soft 13 7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:29.908 +1.031 31.312 40.616 17.980 soft 17 8 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:30.204 +1.327 31.454 40.706 18.044 soft 11 9 George Russell Mercedes 1:30.219 +1.342 31.547 40.624 18.048 soft 14 10 Liam Lawson AlphaTauri 1:30.425 +1.548 31.585 40.755 18.085 soft 9 11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:30.465 +1.588 31.238 41.060 18.167 soft 11 12 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:30.509 +1.632 31.424 40.990 18.095 soft 11 13 Alexander Albon Williams 1:30.537 +1.660 31.648 40.711 18.178 soft 11 14 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:30.586 +1.709 31.501 40.932 18.153 soft 11 15 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:30.665 +1.788 31.626 40.896 18.143 soft 8 16 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:31.049 +2.172 31.878 41.001 18.170 soft 4 17 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:31.181 +2.304 31.521 41.208 18.452 soft 6 18 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:31.299 +2.422 31.773 41.298 18.228 soft 5 19 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:31.398 +2.521 32.066 41.073 18.259 soft 2
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:34.183 33.720 42.118 18.345 hard 39 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:35.247 +1.064 34.269 42.423 18.555 hard 40 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:35.611 +1.428 34.391 42.705 18.515 hard 36 4 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:36.187 +2.004 34.768 42.779 18.640 hard 40 5 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:36.328 +2.145 34.707 42.967 18.654 hard 38 6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:36.362 +2.179 34.761 42.921 18.680 hard 40 7 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:36.371 +2.188 34.663 43.062 18.646 hard 36 8 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:37.203 +3.020 35.310 42.991 18.902 hard 28 9 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:37.250 +3.067 35.091 43.363 18.796 medium 44 10 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:37.398 +3.215 35.053 43.503 18.842 hard 34 11 George Russell Mercedes 1:37.653 +3.470 35.505 43.289 18.859 hard 27 12 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:37.768 +3.585 35.446 43.431 18.891 hard 36 13 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:37.791 +3.608 35.122 43.623 19.046 hard 45 14 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:37.842 +3.659 35.495 43.528 18.819 hard 41 15 Liam Lawson AlphaTauri 1:38.267 +4.084 35.550 43.726 18.991 hard 50 16 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:38.848 +4.665 35.655 44.089 19.104 medium 7 17 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:39.050 +4.867 35.862 44.033 19.155 medium 16 18 Alexander Albon Williams 1:39.185 +5.002 36.027 44.128 19.030 soft 15 19 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:39.704 +5.521 35.974 44.497 19.233 hard 8 20 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:46.852 +12.669 37.907 45.889 23.056 soft 6
