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Event
Japanese Grand Prix


Date
Sun 7th April 2024 (UTC)
Sun 7th April 2024 (Local)

Timestamp
2024-04-07T05:00:00

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

Timezones
24-11-16 21:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-16 23:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-17 00:00 (EST New York)
24-11-17 05:00 (GMT London)
24-11-17 06:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-17 09:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-17 10:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-17 14:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-17 16:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2024

Round
4

Status
Match Finished

Location
Suzuka International Racing Course
(155,000 Attendance)

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Description
The 2024 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Japanese Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 April 2024 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Japan. It was the fourth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. It was won by polesitter Max Verstappen driving for Red Bull, with teammate Sergio Pérez and Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. behind him.

Background
The event was held across the weekend of 5–7 April at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka for the 34th time in the circuit's history. The Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 49th running of the Japanese Grand Prix. The edition was the first time that the event was held as an early-season round, a departure from its traditional schedule between September and November. The move was part of Formula One's regionalisation efforts, which put the Japanese Grand Prix between the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix.

Championship standings
Ahead of the weekend race, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 51 points, four points from Charles Leclerc in second, and five from his teammate Sergio Pérez in third. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship with 97 points, separated from Ferrari by four points and from McLaren by 42, in second and third, respectively.


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Result List

01				Max Verstappen	1:54:23.566
02				Sergio Perez	+12.535s
03				Carlos Sainz Jr	+20.866s
04				Charles Leclerc	+26.522s
05				Lando Norris	+29.700s
06				Fernando Alonso	+44.272s
07				George Russell	+45.951s
08				Oscar Piastri	+47.525s
09				Lewis Hamilton	+48.626s
10				Yuki Tsunoda	+1 lap
11				Nico Hulkenberg	+1 lap
12				Lance Stroll	+1 lap
13				Kevin Magnussen	+1 lap
14				Valtteri Bottas	+1 lap
15				Esteban Ocon	+1 lap
16				Pierre Gasly	+1 lap
17				Logan Sargeant	+1 lap

Result Description
Polesitter Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull, led the race into the first corner before a crash involving Daniel Ricciardo and Alexander Albon neutralised the race for over twenty minutes while the tyre barriers had to be repaired. Following the red flag period, the race restarted with a standing start on lap three. On lap 12, Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu retired due to a gearbox problem, the third retirement of the race. Verstappen remained unchallenged, eventually making his pit stop on lap 16. This handed the lead of the race to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, but Verstappen, who had a significant tyre advantage, closed the gap to Leclerc and by lap 20 retook the lead. By that point, it became clear that Leclerc was performing a one-stop strategy on his medium tyres, and swapped to hards by the end of lap 26. Leclerc's one-stop strategy would prove effective, while the Mercedes drivers of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, who had swapped to hards during the red-flag period, were struggling with tyre degradation. A brief yellow flag period was observed on lap 42, after Logan Sargeant in the sole remaining Williams drove into the gravel at turn 9, but was able to reverse back on track and continue. As the race entered its final laps, Carlos Sainz Jr. overtook Leclerc for the last spot on the podium behind Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez. Russell attempted to overtake Oscar Piastri at turn 16 in the closing laps; Piastri temporarily maintained his position, but on the final lap Russell successfully overtook Piastri to finish in seventh. Yuki Tsunoda of RB scored one point in tenth, the first Japanese Formula One driver to score a point at their home race since Kamui Kobayashi's podium at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.


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