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Kimi Antonelli started the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix from pole, with Mercedes teammate George Russell alongside him and Oscar Piastri third for McLaren. The FIA’s final starting grid is Document 55, dated 29 March 2026. The race has already taken place, so this is the starting order—not the finishing result.
2026 Japanese Grand Prix starting grid
The FIA’s final grid lists the qualifying times below. The times are those printed in the final-grid document; they are qualifying times, not race elapsed times.
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| Grid | Driver | Car number | Team | Listed time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | 12 | Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team | 1:28.778 |
| 2 | George Russell | 63 | Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team | 1:29.076 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 81 | McLaren Mastercard F1 Team | 1:29.132 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | 16 | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1:29.405 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | 1 | McLaren Mastercard F1 Team | 1:29.409 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 44 | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1:29.567 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 10 | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1:29.691 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 6 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1:29.978 |
| 9 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 5 | Audi Revolut F1 Team | 1:30.274 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 41 | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1:30.319 |
| 11 | Max Verstappen | 3 | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1:30.262 |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | 31 | TGR Haas F1 Team | 1:30.309 |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | 27 | Audi Revolut F1 Team | 1:30.387 |
| 14 | Liam Lawson | 30 | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1:30.495 |
| 15 | Franco Colapinto | 43 | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.627 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz | 55 | Atlassian Williams F1 Team | 1:31.033 |
| 17 | Alexander Albon | 23 | Atlassian Williams F1 Team | 1:31.088 |
| 18 | Oliver Bearman | 87 | TGR Haas F1 Team | 1:31.090 |
| 19 | Sergio Pérez | 11 | Cadillac Formula 1 Team | 1:32.206 |
| 20 | Valtteri Bottas | 77 | Cadillac Formula 1 Team | 1:32.330 |
| 21 | Fernando Alonso | 14 | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1:32.646 |
| 22 | Lance Stroll | 18 | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1:32.920 |
Source for every listed position, driver, car number, team and time: FIA, 2026 Japanese Grand Prix – Final Starting Grid (Document 55), 29 March 2026.
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Antonelli took pole with a listed time of 1:28.778; Russell was second at 1:29.076. Formula 1 described this as Antonelli’s second consecutive race starting from pole. Piastri qualified third, followed by Leclerc, Norris and Hamilton.
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Lindblad qualified ahead of Verstappen
Arvid Lindblad is listed tenth and Max Verstappen 11th. Formula 1’s qualifying report says Lindblad knocked his teammate out of qualifying in the closing moments of Q2. The final grid confirms their starting positions.
Starting order is not the race result
The grid records where drivers were set to start, not where they finished. In the completed Grand Prix, Formula 1’s race result lists Antonelli first, Piastri second and Leclerc third; Russell finished fourth after starting second. See Formula 1’s 2026 Japanese Grand Prix race result for the classification.
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2026 Japanese Grand Prix schedule and circuit
The event took place at Suzuka from 27 to 29 March 2026. Qualifying was scheduled for 15:00–16:00 local time on Saturday 28 March; the Grand Prix was scheduled for 14:00–16:00 on Sunday 29 March. Suzuka is UTC+9, and the timetable noted that schedules were subject to change. Formula 1 lists the circuit length as 5.807 km and the race distance as 53 laps (307.471 km). These are event and circuit specifications, not measurements of the grid or qualifying performance.
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Sources: Formula 1’s 2026 Japanese Grand Prix event page and Formula 1’s 2026 Japanese Grand Prix timetable.
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