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Round 3 · 2026
Japanese Grand Prix Practice Results
Free practice classification, fastest laps, and gaps to the session leader.
P127 laps1:31.666Leader
P226 laps1:31.692+0.026
P320 laps1:31.798+0.132
P423 laps1:31.865+0.199
P525 laps1:31.955+0.289
P623 laps1:32.040+0.374
P727 laps1:32.457+0.791
P827 laps1:32.529+0.863
P923 laps1:32.601+0.935
P1029 laps1:32.665+0.999
P1127 laps1:32.759+1.093
P1226 laps1:32.798+1.132
P1327 laps1:32.803+1.137
P1427 laps1:32.900+1.234
P1525 laps1:32.978+1.312
P1624 laps1:33.361+1.695
P1726 laps1:33.383+1.717
P1822 laps1:33.697+2.031
P1918 laps1:34.221+2.555
P2024 laps1:34.490+2.824
P2122 laps1:35.294+3.628
P22Reserve1:36.362+4.696
Practice sets the reference for the weekend, but it is the weakest of the three signals. Teams run different fuel loads and tyre compounds in every session, so a headline lap time says as much about when a driver ran as how quick the car is. Read the lap counts above alongside the order, then check the qualifying and race results to see how much of it carried over.
The circuit
Suzuka International Racing Course
Suzuka, Japan
Suzuka is the drivers’ circuit, the one they name when asked for a favourite. It crosses over itself in a figure of eight and strings together a set of high-speed direction changes that reward bravery and expose a nervous car immediately.
What the lap demands, and how it races