The 2023 Japanese Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 17th round of the 2023 season taking place in Suzuka between the 24th and 27th of September.

The event timetable for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 11:30 local time - 02:30 GMT
2nd Practice 15:00 local time - 06:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 11:30 local time - 02:30 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 06:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 05:00 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:31.647	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:32.273	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
3	1:32.392	Lando Norris	McLaren
4	1:32.574	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	1:32.597	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
6	1:32.650	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
7	1:32.713	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
8	1:32.991	Alexander Albon	Williams
9	1:33.005	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
10	1:33.040	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
11	1:33.043	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
12	1:33.129	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
13	1:33.310	George Russell	Mercedes
14	1:33.448	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
15	1:33.516	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
16	1:33.699	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
17	1:33.860	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
18	1:33.975	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
19	1:34.212	Logan Sargeant	Williams
20	1:34.831	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:30.688	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:31.008	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
3	1:31.152	Lando Norris	McLaren
4	1:31.237	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
5	1:31.328	George Russell	Mercedes
6	1:31.492	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
7	1:31.555	Alexander Albon	Williams
8	1:31.662	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
9	1:31.710	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
10	1:31.739	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
11	1:31.771	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
12	1:31.794	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
13	1:31.797	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
14	1:31.829	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
15	1:32.141	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
16	1:32.165	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
17	1:32.169	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
18	1:32.178	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
19	1:32.179	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
20	1:32.320	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Pierre Gasly brought out a late red flag after crashing his Alpine at Degna 1 and ending the session.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:30.267	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:30.507	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	1:30.555	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
4	1:31.004	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
5	1:31.022	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
6	1:31.137	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
7	1:31.159	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
8	1:31.505	George Russell	Mercedes
9	1:31.549	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
10	1:31.668	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
11	1:31.699	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
12	1:31.880	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
13	1:31.924	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
14	1:31.951	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
15	1:31.979	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
16	1:32.002	Logan Sargeant	Williams
17	1:32.048	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
18	1:32.113	Alexander Albon	Williams
19	1:32.154	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
20	1:32.199	Pierre Gasly	Alpine

[cmlean]

Practice is done and it is time to show us your stuff.
McLaren seems to be the team that could again upset the dominance of Max Verstappen and his Red Bull.
Most other teams are not showing anything that will indicate that they are in the running but, as we all know, the drivers have to put it together over the 3 qualifying sessions.

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:28.877	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:29.458	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
3	1:29.493	Lando Norris	McLaren
4	1:29.542	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	1:29.650	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
6	1:29.850	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
7	1:29.908	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
8	1:30.219	George Russell	Mercedes
9	1:30.303	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
10	1:30.560	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
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11	1:30.508	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
12	1:30.509	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
13	1:30.537	Alexander Albon	Williams
14	1:30.586	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
15	1:30.665	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
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16	1:31.049	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
17	1:31.181	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
18	1:31.299	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
19	1:31.398	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
20	No Time		Logan Sargeant	Williams

Logan Sargeant lost his Williams exiting the final turn and brought out the red flags in Q1.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
7	George Russell	Mercedes
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
11	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
13	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams
DNF	Logan Sargeant	Williams
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
DNF	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo

Next: Round of Qatar '23
Date: 6th-8th October 2023