After a week off, Formula 1 action is scheduled to resume with race number three on the record-matching 24-race 2025 calendar at Suzuka Circuit.
The Japanese Grand Prix used to be contested much later in the season, but it was moved up last year. It is once again scheduled to be contested on the first weekend in April, though in 2024, it was the fourth race, as the season started earlier.
Sunday's race is scheduled to be a 53-lap race around the 18-turn, 3.609-mile (5.808-kilometer) road course in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen is the reigning race winner, and the four-time reigning world champion won in 2022 and 2023 as well. All three times, he won from pole, and he went on to win the world championship each year.
The race was not contested in 2020 and 2021. Valtteri Bottas remains the most recent driver to win the race from a position other than pole position, as he won from third on the grid in 2019. Prior to his victory, the race had not been won by a driver who did not start on the front row since Fernando Alonso won from fifth on the grid in 2006.
Bottom line, qualifying is especially important at Suzuka, even though overtaking is certainly manageable.
Follow along with our live Japanese Grand Prix qualifying updates.
Japanese Grand Prix: Q1 results
1st - Oscar Piastri, McLaren
2nd - George Russell, Mercedes
3rd - Lando Norris, McLaren
4th - Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
5th - Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
6th - Max Verstappen, Red Bull
7th - Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull
8th - Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
9th - Pierre Gasly, Alpine
10th - Carlos Sainz Jr., Williams
11th - Alex Albon, Williams
12th - Oliver Bearman, Haas
13th - Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
14th - Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
15th - Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
16th - Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber
17th - Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber
18th - Esteban Ocon, Haas
19th - Jack Doohan, Alpine
20th - Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
Japanese Grand Prix: Q2 results
1st - Lando Norris, McLaren
2nd - George Russell, Mercedes
3rd - Max Verstappen, Red Bull
4th - Oscar Piastri, McLaren
5th - Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
6th - Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
7th - Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
8th - Oliver Bearman, Haas
9th - Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
10th - Alex Albon, Williams
11th - Pierre Gasly, Alpine
12th - Carlos Sainz Jr., Williams
13th - Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
14th - Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
15th - Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull
Japanese Grand Prix: Q3 results
1st - Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2nd - Lando Norris, McLaren
3rd - Oscar Piastri, McLaren
4th - Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
5th - George Russell, Mercedes
6th - Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
7th - Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
8th - Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
9th - Alex Albon, Williams
10th - Oliver Bearman, Haas
Japanese Grand Prix: Full starting lineup
1st - Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2nd - Lando Norris, McLaren
3rd - Oscar Piastri, McLaren
4th - Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
5th - George Russell, Mercedes
6th - Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
7th - Isack Hadjar, Racing Bulls
8th - Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
9th - Alex Albon, Williams
10th - Oliver Bearman, Haas
11th - Pierre Gasly, Alpine
12th - Carlos Sainz Jr., Williams
13th - Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
14th - Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
15th - Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull
16th - Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber
17th - Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber
18th - Esteban Ocon, Haas
19th - Jack Doohan, Alpine
20th - Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
ESPN is set to provide live coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka Circuit beginning at 12:55 a.m. ET this Sunday, April 6. Start a free trial of FuboTV now and don't miss any of the action from the 2025 Formula 1 season's third race.