Round 16 · 24 September 2023
2023 Japanese Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix, round 16 of the championship, held on 24 September 2023 at Suzuka Circuit (Japan), starting from position 1. Lando Norris (McLaren) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:34.183).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:30:58.421 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 3 | +19.387 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 2 | +36.494 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | +43.998 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 7 | +49.376 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 6 | +50.221 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 8 | +57.659 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 10 | +74.725 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | +79.678 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | +83.155 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 11 | — | — | Lapped |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 9 | — | — | Lapped |
| 13 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 19 | — | — | Lapped |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 18 | — | — | Lapped |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 15 | — | — | Lapped |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | — | — | Retired |
| 17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 20 | — | — | Retired |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 17 | — | — | Retired |
| 19 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 5 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 16 | — | — | Retired |
Tyres and strategy at the Japanese Grand Prix 2023
Max Verstappen won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-37), hard (laps 38-53). The top ten used 2 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): hard 114 ± 4, medium 107 ± 7.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-37), hard (laps 38-53)
- 2. Lando Norris: medium (laps 1-17), hard (laps 18-53)
- 3. Oscar Piastri: medium (laps 1-13), hard (laps 14-53)
- 4. Charles Leclerc: medium (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-53)
- 5. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-16), hard (laps 17-53)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.