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Event
Japanese Grand Prix


Date
Sun 24th September 2023 (UTC)
Sun 24th September 2023 (Local)

Timestamp
2023-09-24T05:00:00

Time
05:00:00 UTC (14:00:00 Local)

Timezones
24-11-20 21:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-20 23:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-21 00:00 (EST New York)
24-11-21 05:00 (GMT London)
24-11-21 06:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-21 09:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-21 10:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-21 14:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-21 16:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2023

Round
17

Status
Match Finished

Location
Suzuka International Racing Course

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Description
The 2023 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 September 2023 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Japan. It was the sixteenth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.

Max Verstappen started from pole position, set the fastest lap and won the race for Red Bull Racing, allowing the Austrian constructor to win their sixth Constructors' Championship, their second consecutive win after 2022. Mathematically, the team also effectively secured the Drivers' Championship, with Verstappen securing the championship at the Qatar Grand Prix sprint event. At that point, Sergio Pérez remained in the title contest behind Verstappen. Additionally, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both finished on the podium for McLaren, marking the team's first double podium since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix and Piastri's first career podium.

Background
The event was held across the weekend of 22–24 September. It was the sixteenth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the 48th running of the Japanese Grand Prix.


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Result List

01				Max Verstappen	1:30:58.421
02				Lando Norris	+19.387s
03				Oscar Piastri	+36.494s
04				Charles Leclerc	+43.998s
05				Lewis Hamilton	+49.376s
06				Carlos Sainz Jr	+50.221s
07				George Russell	+57.659s
08				Fernando Alonso	+74.725s
09				Esteban Ocon	+79.678s
10				Pierre Gasly	+83.155s
11				Liam Lawson	+1 lap
12				Yuki Tsunoda	+1 lap
13				Guanyu Zhou	+1 lap
14				Nico Hulkenberg	+1 lap
15				Kevin Magnussen	+1 lap

Result Description
Following his Q1 crash the previous day, Williams engineers rebuilt the car of Logan Sargeant. However, using too many new replacement parts not from the original ones meant the car was deemed to be a third car, and Logan was given a ten-second time penalty to serve during the race. He also was required to start from the pit lane due to changes being made in parc fermé.

As the race began, Oscar Piastri dropped to third with Lando Norris taking his position. Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas hit the car of Alexander Albon, bringing out the safety car due to excessive on-track debris. Lewis Hamilton was forced onto the grass after trying to pass Sergio Pérez, whose car was damaged by the contact; the Red Bull Racing driver went into the pit lane and swapped his front wing, dropping back into the race in last place. Pérez also received a five-second penalty for infringing on safety car regulations. Albon took a new front wing.

In lap 5, Bottas was hit by a locked-up Sargeant and retired four laps later after complaining of his car's handling, resulting in another five-second penalty for Sargeant. Pérez would then hit Kevin Magnussen, at turn 11 on lap 12. Debris on the circuit from the incident led to the virtual safety car being briefly deployed on lap 14 in order to allow the marshals to remove the debris. Meanwhile, Lance Stroll entered the pits and did not come out, and was soon joined in retirement by Albon. Both Mercedes ran wide at Spoon Curve as George Russell attempted to overtake his teammate who subsequently pitted for fresh tyres. Russell would pit later, running a one-stop strategy. There was confusion about Pérez's retirement from the race; having hit Magnussen earlier, he went into the pit lane and appeared to have retired. Several laps later he rejoined the race, was immediately called to box and then served his penalty, in a tactic designed to ensure the unserved penalty was not carried over to the following Qatar Grand Prix in the form of a grid penalty. Once the penalty was served, Pérez retired once again.

At this point, polesitter Max Verstappen led the field with a dominant 16 seconds ahead of second-placed Norris. Behind, Piastri passed Russell for third place. Soon, Charles Leclerc passed Russell for fourth. Verstappen won the race 20 seconds ahead of Norris and Piastri, the latter winning his first career podium position. Through Verstappen, who also set the fastest lap, Red Bull Racing won their sixth Constructors' Championship, their second in a row. Norris and Piastri's podium finish marked McLaren's first double podium since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix and Piastri's first career podium position.

This race was the first of two events to feature a special trophy designed by Lenovo, the title sponsor of the race, in collaboration with Pininfarina, that lit up in the colours of the winning driver's flag when a special button on the backside of the trophy is kissed.


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