1 Japanese GP 2026: Antonelli Wins by 13.7s After Safety Car Oscar Piastri led for the best part of eighteen laps and looked the sharper car all afternoon, but a Safety Car that arrived on the exact lap Kimi Antonelli reached the pit lane turned Suzuka back into a Mercedes race. Race Japan 29 Mar 2026 6 MIN 2 Japanese GP 2026: Antonelli Takes Pole, Verstappen Out in Q2 Kimi Antonelli beat George Russell to a Mercedes front-row lockout at Suzuka, but the hour will be remembered for the other end of the timesheet, where Max Verstappen's own best lap wasn't even fast enough to count. Qualifying Japan 28 Mar 2026 4 MIN 3 Hamilton Wins Japanese GP 2018 From Pole, Vettel Sixth Lewis Hamilton controlled Suzuka from the front row to the flag, but the number that actually tells you about the title fight belongs to Sebastian Vettel, who drove the fastest lap of the afternoon and still finished sixth. Race 7 Oct 2018 6 MIN 4 Hamilton Suzuka 2018: Pole by 0.3s, Vettel 4.4s Back in P9 Hamilton's pole was clean and untroubled, but Suzuka's Saturday will be remembered for the two-second cliff that swallowed Vettel the moment Ferrari guessed wrong about the rain. Qualifying 6 Oct 2018 4 MIN