2026 Japanese Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

Andrea Kimi Antonelli admitted he got lucky when the Safety Car was deployed on lap 22 of the Japanese Grand Prix.

But the eventual race winner wasn’t the only one who benefited – and early race leader Oscar Piastri wasn’t the only one who lost out.

Jump to: Lap chart – Gaps chart – Lap times – Tyre strategies

Clearly, Piastri, George Russell and Charles Leclerc all lost out as a result of the Safety Car, as they were running ahead of Antonelli before making their pit stops. However Antonelli was always likely to be a threat – his pace was strong on both types of tyre as soon as he got into clear air.

Lewis Hamilton also benefited from the timing of the Safety Car, rising from sixth to temporarily hold third after passing Russell at the restart. But unlike Antonelli, Hamilton wasn’t able to hold on to any of the positions he gained.

The cards fell differently for the Racing Bulls drivers. After an excellent qualifying performance and start put him up to eighth at one point, Arvid Lindblad paid the price of coming in early and fell to 14th at the finish.

Lindblad’s team mate Liam Lawson was a clear winner, having run 12th before others ahead of him started to pit, and finishing ninth. Esteban Ocon, ninth before he pitted, lost a place to the Racing Bulls driver.

But arguably the most unlucky driver wasn’t a front-runner. Valtteri Bottas made his first pit stop on lap 19, which dropped him off the lead lap. He was therefore the only car a lap down at the restart. Although the race director allowed him to rejoin the lead lap, he was not allowed time to rejoin the queue of cars, and was still 13 seconds behind them when the race restarted, condemning him to a lonely second half of the race.

2026 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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2026 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:

2026 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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2026 Japanese Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

2026 Japanese Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

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2026 Japanese Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

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