F1 2025: Japanese Grand Prix starting grid with official penalties applied

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Japanese Grand Prix

F1 2025: Japanese Grand Prix starting grid with official penalties applied

The starting grid is set ahead of the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

Originally written by Chris Deeley. This version is a translation.

Saturday 5 April 2025 20:00

Max Verstappen took a stunning pole position in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, setting a new lap record at Suzuka in the process.

The Dutchman beat Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri by just thousandths of a second with a brilliant late lap, with the Brit set to start alongside him on the front row on Sunday morning.

Saturday's qualifying results didn't all remain as they looked when the session ended though, with Carlos Sainz being handed a three-place penalty later in the day for impeding Lewis Hamilton into the first corner.

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Verstappen and the McLaren pair will be followed on the grid by Charles Leclerc and the two Mercedes drivers, with Isack Hadjar battling an eye-wateringly painful seatbelt issue to drag his Racing Bull to seventh place, ahead of the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton.

His new Racing Bulls team-mate Liam Lawson will start 13th after being bumped up a position by Sainz's penalty, one position ahead of his own Red Bull replacement Yuki Tsunoda.

F1 2025 Japanese Grand Prix - Who is on pole?

Position	Driver	Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2	Lando Norris	McLaren
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	George Russell	Mercedes
6	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes
7	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari
9	Alex Albon	Williams
10	Ollie Bearman	Haas
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas
19	Jack Doohan	Alpine
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin

F1 2025: Japanese Grand Prix start times

The 53-lap race starts on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 2 pm local time (JST), or 1 am (ET). Find the Japanese Grand Prix start times converted to your local time zone below.

Location	Start Time
Local Time (JST)	2 PM
New York, United States (ET)	1 AM
Chicago, United States (CT)	12 AM
Denver, United States (MT)	11 PM (Saturday)
Los Angeles, United States (PT)	10 PM (Saturday)
London, United Kingdom (GMT)	6 AM
Sydney, Australia (AEST)	3 PM
Adelaide, Australia (ACST)	2:30 PM
Perth, Australia (AWST)	1 PM
Mexico City, Mexico (CST)	12 AM
Berlin, Germany (CET)	7 AM
Tokyo, Japan (JST)	2 PM
Cape Town, South Africa (SAST)	7 AM
Cairo, Egypt (EET)	7 AM
Beijing, China (CST)	1 PM
New Delhi, India (IST)	10:30 AM
São Paulo, Brazil (BRT)	2 AM
Singapore, Singapore (SGT)	1 PM

How to watch the Japanese Grand Prix live on TV

Action from the Japanese Grand Prix is set to be shown live on ESPN in the United States.

With that said, broadcast details do vary depending on your location. Please check the information below to see how to watch F1 in your respective country this season.

Country	Broadcaster(s)
United States	ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Mexico	Fox Sports Mexico, Televisa
Australia	Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo
United Kingdom	Sky Sports
Italy	Sky Italia
Belgium	RTBF, Play Sports
Netherlands	Viaplay, Viaplay Xtra
Spain	DAZN F1
Canada	RDS, RDS 2, TSN, Noovo
Germany	Sky Deutschland, RTL
France	Canal+
Singapore	beIN SPORTS
China	Shanghai TV Guandong Television Channel Tencent
Japan	Fuji TV, DAZN
Hungary	M4 (MTVA Sports Channel)
Brazil	Bandeirantes, Bandsports
Austria	Servus TV, ORF
Middle East & Turkey	beIN SPORTS
Africa	SuperSport
India	FanCode
Latin America	ESPN