Starting grid for F1 2025 Japanese Grand Prix: How the race will begin after penalties
How thꦉe F1 grid will lꦬine up for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix.
This is the s♈tarting grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, 🍬the third race of the 2025 F1 season.
| 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix - Starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 2 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 5 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 6 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 7 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 9 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 10 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 13 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 17 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 19 | Jack Doohan | AUS | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 20 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
Ma꧅x Verstappen starts on pole position at the Jap✅anese Grand Prix for the fourth consecutive year.
The Red Bull driver has early F1 2025 title rival Lando Norris alongside him on the front row of the Suzuka grid.&🅷nbsp;
The other McL꧂aren of Oscar P💦iastri lines up third, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
Georg𒀰e Russell and Kimi Antonelli line𓆉 up together on row three in fifth and sixth.
Isack Hadj🍌ar starts seventh ahead of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton.
Alex Albon will go from ninth in his Williams, withꦦ Ollie Bearman starting 10th for Haas.&nb๊sp;
Liam Lawson was fast🐎er than Yuki Tsunoda since the pair's controversial seat swap bet🍌ween Red Bull and Racing Bulls.
Lance Stroll will start at the v🐼ery back of the grid for Aston Martin.
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