Round 4 · 7 April 2024
2024 Japanese Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix, round 4 of the championship, held on 7 April 2024 at Suzuka Circuit (Japan), starting from position 1. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:33.706).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:54:23.566 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | +12.535 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4 | +20.866 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 8 | +26.522 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 3 | +29.700 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 5 | +44.272 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 9 | +45.951 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 6 | +47.525 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 7 | +48.626 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 10 | — | 1 | Lapped |
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 12 | — | — | Lapped |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 16 | — | — | Lapped |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 18 | — | — | Lapped |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 13 | — | — | Lapped |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 15 | — | — | Lapped |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 17 | — | — | Lapped |
| 17 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 19 | — | — | Lapped |
| 18 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 20 | — | — | Retired |
| 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB F1 Team | 11 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 14 | — | — | Retired |
Tyres and strategy at the Japanese Grand Prix 2024
Max Verstappen won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-53). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 122 ± 7, hard 111 ± 4.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-53)
- 2. Sergio Pérez: medium (laps 1-33), hard (laps 34-53)
- 3. Carlos Sainz: medium (laps 1-36), hard (laps 37-53)
- 4. Charles Leclerc: medium (laps 1-26), hard (laps 27-53)
- 5. Lando Norris: medium (laps 1-11), hard (laps 12-53)
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.