2023 Japanese Grand Prix

2023 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 16 of 22 in the 2023 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course
Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course
Race details[1]
Date 24 September 2023
Official name Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix 2023
Location Suzuka International Racing Course
Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.807 km (3.608 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 307.471 km (191.054 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 222,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time 1:28.877
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time 1:34.183 on lap 39
Podium
First Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

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.[3] 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.

  1. ^ "Japanese Grand Prix 2023 – F1 Race". Formula 1. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ^ "2023 Japanese Grand Prix: Suzuka's Biggest Weekend Attendance Since 2006". f1destinations.com. 24 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Points permutations: How Verstappen can become the 2023 F1 world champion in Qatar". Formula 1. 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.