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Driver Arrivals: The stars arrive at Suzuka on Sunday for the Japanese Grand Prix
Kimi Antonelli’s 2026 Pirelli Pole Position Award lap at the Japanese Grand Prix
The full official starting order for Sunday's 2026 Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka.
For the second race in succession it’s teenage sensation Kimi Antonelli starting from pole. The Italian youngster dominated team mate George Russell in Qualifying, as Mercedes locked out the front row at Suzuka.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri came close to crashing the Silver Arrows' party, with the Australian third on the grid alongside the fast-starting Ferrari of Charles Leclerc. Their respective team mates, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, start fifth and sixth.
Start of F1's Japanese GP delayed
The start of Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix has been delayed slightly due to a dramatic accident in a support race.
Round three of the 2026 season at Suzuka was due to start at 2pm local time on Sunday afternoon.
The start of the formation lap was delayed by 10 minutes, though, due to ongoing barrier repairs at Turn 12.
A big crash occurred in the supporting Porsche Carrera Cup Japan when two cars collided through the flat-out right hander before the Spoon Curves towards the end of the middle sector.
One was fired off to the left through the air and was already rolling when it made contact with the barriers and fence, clearing both. The driver appeared to walk away unharmed.
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Japan Grand Prix LIVE: Piastri’s golden chance to kick-start his season; Mercedes prodigy on pole
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Piastri holds a one-second lead at the moment, however the Ferrari has just been overtaken by George Russell’s Mercedes.
After weeks of disappointment and repeated DNS’ (Did not start), Piastri has finally kick-started his 2026 campaign.
That was a fantastic start and he is now leading the Japanese Grand Prix. As we mentioned before, the Ferrari performs brilliantly at the start and Leclerc is in second place.
We’ve got George Russell in third and Lando Norris in fourth.
We are racing folks and for the first time this season, 22 cars are actually starting the race. Everyone apart from Valtteri Bottas (on hard tyres) has elected for medium tyres.
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