Formula 1 / 2025 / Japanese Grand Prix / Fastest laps Japanese Grand Prix 2025 — fastest laps Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend in Suzuka, Japan: 1:26.983 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 3 · 6 April 2025 · Suzuka, Japan
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:26.983 30.387 39.355 17.241 soft 16 2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:26.995 +0.012 30.358 39.301 17.336 soft 14 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:27.027 +0.044 30.625 39.197 17.205 soft 17 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.299 +0.316 30.535 39.352 17.412 soft 17 5 George Russell Mercedes 1:27.318 +0.335 30.376 39.599 17.343 soft 13 6 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:27.555 +0.572 30.669 39.503 17.383 soft 17 7 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:27.569 +0.586 30.663 39.471 17.435 soft 17 8 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:27.610 +0.627 30.699 39.454 17.457 soft 14 9 Alexander Albon Williams 1:27.615 +0.632 30.604 39.612 17.399 soft 19 10 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:27.711 +0.728 30.669 39.639 17.403 soft 14 11 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:27.822 +0.839 30.593 39.840 17.389 soft 11 12 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:27.836 +0.853 30.760 39.579 17.497 soft 14 13 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:27.897 +0.914 30.633 39.705 17.559 soft 11 14 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:27.906 +0.923 30.879 39.634 17.393 soft 11 15 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 1:27.967 +0.984 30.839 39.679 17.449 soft 5 16 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 1:28.570 +1.587 31.082 39.984 17.504 soft 8 17 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 1:28.622 +1.639 31.080 40.000 17.542 soft 8 18 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:28.696 +1.713 31.041 40.137 17.518 soft 8 19 Jack Doohan Alpine 1:28.877 +1.894 30.983 40.186 17.708 soft 5 20 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:29.271 +2.288 31.034 40.483 17.754 soft 2
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:30.965 31.545 41.576 17.844 hard 50 2 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:31.039 +0.074 31.335 41.643 18.061 hard 53 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:31.041 +0.076 31.286 41.708 18.047 hard 52 4 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:31.106 +0.141 31.765 41.484 17.857 soft 36 5 Lando Norris McLaren 1:31.116 +0.151 31.464 41.728 17.924 hard 51 6 Alexander Albon Williams 1:31.125 +0.160 31.466 41.804 17.855 hard 52 7 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:31.317 +0.352 31.576 41.750 17.991 hard 52 8 George Russell Mercedes 1:31.357 +0.392 31.474 41.914 17.969 hard 51 9 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:31.406 +0.441 31.819 41.674 17.913 medium 51 10 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:31.469 +0.504 31.817 41.732 17.920 hard 47 11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:31.770 +0.805 31.691 41.860 18.219 hard 51 12 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:31.820 +0.855 31.520 42.165 18.135 hard 52 13 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 1:31.871 +0.906 31.913 41.911 18.047 hard 51 14 Esteban Ocon Haas F1 Team 1:31.967 +1.002 32.022 41.883 18.062 medium 48 15 Oliver Bearman Haas F1 Team 1:32.006 +1.041 31.782 41.995 18.229 hard 49 16 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber 1:32.034 +1.069 32.003 41.982 18.048 medium 45 17 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 1:32.043 +1.078 32.360 41.687 17.996 soft 39 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:32.052 +1.087 31.792 42.030 18.230 medium 52 19 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber 1:32.572 +1.607 32.460 42.114 17.998 hard 31 20 Jack Doohan Alpine 1:32.685 +1.720 32.296 42.212 18.177 hard 47
