2022 Japanese Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

The Japanese Grand Prix may have run for little more than half its intended distance, but it still proved a challenge for several drivers to make their intermediate tyres last that far.

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After crashes brought the original start to an early stop and rain forced a two-hour hold-up, there was little more than 40 minutes left on the clock by the time the race finally got underway for good. Following the initial start on intermediates, drivers were required to take the rolling start on full wets, but it was clear they wouldn’t stay on them for long.

Most of the field played it safe, and those who headed into the pits early reaped the rewards. First among those were Sebastian Vettel and Nicholas Latifi, who from 15th and 16th respectively at the restart took the chequered flag in sixth and ninth.

It left many of the others wishing they’d been bolder. “There was only really the one decision point to make the in race which was when to come in for inters,” said Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin. “It looked like the optimum would have been to follow the Safety Car in when we restarted, which was surprising given the amount of water on the track.”

Mercedes instead brought both their drivers in together. But Lewis Hamilton’s lap wasn’t particularly quick and George Russell, arriving behind him, lost even more time.

A week earlier around the slowly-drying, low-grip Singapore Marina Bay track, drivers nursed their intermediate rubber until they wore into ‘slicktermediates’. That wasn’t an option at Suzuka, one of the most punishing and abrasive circuits for tyres.

Instead drivers faced a choice between coaxing their worn tyres to the end of the race or pitting for fresh rubber. The difficulty of passing made the latter a tricky feat to pull off. Fernando Alonso came close to making it work, pitting from behind Vettel in a bid to pass him and finishing less than a tenth of a second behind the Aston Martin driver.

Alonso also narrowly missed out on the bonus point for fastest lap. He had to pick his way past Nicholas Latifi on his first lap out of the pits, missing the opportunity to get a clear lap in when his tyres were at their best. He therefore fell short of beating Zhou Guanyu‘s fastest lap by a mere thousandth of a second.

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2022 Japanese Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

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2022 Japanese Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

2022 Japanese Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

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2022 Japanese Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	No.	Driver	Car	Lap time	Gap	Average speed (kph)	Lap no.
1	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’44.411		200.22	20
2	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1’44.412	0.001	200.22	25
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’44.489	0.078	200.07	10
4	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’44.911	0.500	199.27	10
5	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’45.205	0.794	198.71	21
6	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Red Bull	1’45.387	0.976	198.37	22
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’45.530	1.119	198.1	11
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Red Bull	1’45.893	1.482	197.42	22
9	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1’46.120	1.709	197	11
10	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1’46.545	2.134	196.21	13
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1’46.559	2.148	196.18	11
12	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’46.964	2.553	195.44	13
13	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1’47.004	2.593	195.37	21
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’47.820	3.409	193.89	11
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1’47.843	3.432	193.85	11
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’48.072	3.661	193.44	10
17	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1’48.175	3.764	193.25	8
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1’48.371	3.960	192.9	12

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2022 Japanese Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

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2022 Japanese Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Rank	No.	Driver	Team	Complete stop time (s)	Gap to best (s)	Stop no.	Lap no.
1	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23.756	23.752	3	20
2	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	23.87	23.866	3	19
3	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	23.966	23.962	4	19
4	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	24.005	24.001	2	7
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	24.106	24.102	2	8
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	24.123	24.119	3	22
7	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24.218	24.214	2	5
8	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	24.266	24.262	3	18
9	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	24.308	24.304	2	7
10	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	24.439	24.435	2	7
11	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	24.563	24.559	2	9
12	4	Lando Norris	McLaren	24.595	24.591	2	6
13	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas	24.608	24.604	2	11
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	24.785	24.781	2	5
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	24.869	24.865	2	6
16	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	24.966	24.962	3	7
17	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	25.059	25.055	2	7
18	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	25.172	25.168	2	7
19	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	25.322	25.318	2	7
20	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	25.377	25.373	2	8
21	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	25.594	25.59	2	7
22	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	25.899	25.895	2	7
23	63	George Russell	Mercedes	28.728	28.724	2	7
24	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	41.319	41.315	1	1