Records
Honda Records
Suzuka Circuit is a sacred venue where Honda’s challenges
and glory have been etched into history.
Since the inaugural race in 1987, alongside numerous legendary battles,
Honda-powered cars have built a rich legacy of victories and perseverance.
Here, we present an overview of Honda’s results
at the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix held at Suzuka.
| Year | Date | Lap dist. (km) |
Laps | Race dist. (km) |
Weather | Starts | Finishes | Honda engine/PU |
Honda engine/PU results |
Winner | Winning car | Ave. speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4/6 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 20 | 20 | RBPTH003 | 1st: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 8th: Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) 12th: Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) 17th: Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) |
M. Verstappen | Red Bull RB21 HondaRBPT | 224.659 |
| 2024 | 4/7 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 20 | 17 | RBPTH002 | 1st: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 2nd: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 10th: Yuki Tsunoda (RB) RET: Daniel Ricciardo (RB) |
M. Verstappen | Red Bull RB20 HondaRBPT | 161.271 |
| 2023 | 9/24 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 20 | 15 | RBPTH001 | 1st: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 11th: Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri) 12th: Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) RET: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) |
M. Verstappen | Red Bull RB19 HondaRBPT | 202.786 |
| 2022 | 10/9 | 5.807 | 28 | 162.296 | Rain | 20 | 18 | RBPTH001 | 1st: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 2nd: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 13th: Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 18th: Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) |
M. Verstappen | Red Bull RB18 RBPT | 53.582 |
| 2021 | - | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||
| 2020 | - | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 10/13 | 5.807 | 52 | 301.664 | Clear | 20 | 17 | RA619H | 4th: Alexander Albon (Red Bull) 7th: Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 10th: Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) RET: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) |
V. Bottas | Mercedes F1 W10 | 221.325 |
| 2018 | 10/7 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 20 | 17 | RA618H | 11th: Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) 13th: Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) |
L. Hamilton | Mercedes F1 W09 | 211.358 |
| 2017 | 10/8 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 20 | 15 | RA617H | 11th: Fernando Alonso (McLaren) 14th: Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) |
L. Hamilton | Mercedes F1 W08 | 210.789 |
| 2016 | 10/9 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Cloudy | 22 | 22 | RA616H | 16th: Fernando Alonso (McLaren) 18th: Jenson Button (McLaren) |
N. Rosberg | Mercedes F1 W07 | 212.728 |
| 2015 | 9/27 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Cloudy Clear | 20 | 20 | RA615H | 11th: Fernando Alonso (McLaren) 16th: Jenson Button (McLaren) |
L. Hamilton | Mercedes F1 W06 | 209.381 |
| 2014 | 10/5 | 5.807 | 44* | 255.208 | Rain | 22 | 21 | -- | -- | L. Hamilton | Mercedes F1 W05 | 137.064 |
| 2013 | 10/13 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 22 | 19 | -- | -- | S. Vettel | Red Bull RB9 Renault | 212.484 |
| 2012 | 10/7 | 5.804 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 24 | 19 | -- | -- | S. Vettel | Red Bull RB8 Renault | 207.429 |
| 2011 | 10/9 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 24 | 23 | -- | -- | J. Button | McLaren MP4-26 Mercedes | 202.972 |
| 2010 | 10/10 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.471 | Clear | 24 | 17 | -- | -- | S. Vettel | Red Bull RB6 Renault | 203.948 |
| 2009 | 10/4 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.573 | Clear | 19 | 17 | -- | -- | S. Vettel | Red Bull RB5 Renault | 208.900 |
| 2006 | 10/8 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.573 | Clear | 22 | 18 | RA806E | 4th: Jenson Button (Honda) 12th: Rubens Barrichello (Honda) 15th: Takuma Sato (Super Aguri) 17th: Sakon Yamamoto (Super Aguri) |
F. Alonso | RenaultR26 | 219.982 |
| 2005 | 10/9 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.573 | Cloudy→Clear | 20 | 16 | RA005E | 5th: Jenson Button (BAR) DSQ: Takuma Sato (BAR) |
K Räikkönen | McLaren MP4-20 Mercedes | 207.266 |
| 2004 | 10/10 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.573 | Clear | 20 | 16 | RA004E | 3rd: Jenson Button (BAR) 4th: Takuma Sato (BAR) |
M. Schumacher | Ferrari F2004 | 218.524 |
| 2003 | 10/12 | 5.807 | 53 | 307.573 | Cloudy Rain | 20 | 16 | RA003E | 4th: Jenson Button (BAR) 6th: Takuma Sato (BAR) |
R. Barrichello | Ferrari F2003GA | 216.611 |
| 2002 | 10/13 | 5.821 | 53 | 308.317 | Clear | 19 | 11 | RA002E | 5th: Takuma Sato (Jordan) RET: Jacques Villeneuve (BAR) Olivier Panis (BAR) Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan) |
M. Schumacher | Ferrari F2002 | 212.644 |
| 2001 | 10/14 | 5.859 | 53 | 310.331 | Clear | 22 | 17 | RA001E | 8th: Jarno Trulli (Jordan) 10th: Jacques Villeneuve (BAR) 13th: Olivier Panis (BAR) RET: Jean Alesi (Jordan) |
M. Schumacher | Ferrari F2001 | 212.664 |
| 2000 | 10/8 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.596 | Cloudy･Rain | 22 | 15 | RA000E | 6th: Jacques Villeneuve (BAR) 9th: Ricardo Zonta (BAR) |
M. Schumacher | Ferrari F1-2000 | 207.316 |
| 1999 | 10/31 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.596 | Clear | 22 | 14 | -- | -- | M. Hakkinen | McLaren MP4/14 Mercedes | 204.086 |
| 1998 | 11/1 | 5.864 | 51 | 298.868 | Clear | 21 | 12 | -- | -- | M. Hakkinen | McLaren MP4-13 Mercedes | 205.229 |
| 1997 | 10/12 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.596 | Clear | 21 | 13 | -- | -- | M. Schumacher | Ferrari F310B | 207.508 |
| 1996 | 10/13 | 5.864 | 52 | 304.718 | Clear | 19 | 13 | -- | -- | D. Hill | Williams FW18 Renault | 197.520 |
| 1995 | 10/29 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.588 | Rain→Cloudy | 23 | 12 | -- | -- | M. Schumacher | Benetton B195 Renault | 192.349 |
| 1994 | 11/6 | 5.864 | 50 | 293.200 | Rain | 26 | 13 | -- | -- | D. Hill | Williams FW16B Renault | 151.796 |
| 1993 | 10/24 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.792 | Clear･Rain Clear | 24 | 14 | -- | -- | A. Senna | McLaren MP4/8 Ford | 185.612 |
| 1992 | 10/25 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.792 | Clear | 26 | 15 | RA122E | 2nd: Gerhard Berger (McLaren) RET: Ayrton Senna (McLaren) |
R. Patrese | Williams FW14B Renault | 200.168 |
| 1991 | 10/20 | 5.864 | 53 | 310.792 | Clear | 26 | 11 | RA121E&RA101E | 1st: Gerhard Berger (McLaren) 2nd: Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 6th: Stefano Modena (Tyrrell) RET: Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) |
G. Berger | McLaren MP4/6 Honda | 202.298 |
| 1990 | 10/21 | 5.859 | 53 | 310.527 | Clear | 26 | 10 | RA100E | RET: Alain Prost (McLaren) Ayrton Senna (McLaren) |
N. Piquet | Benetton B190 Ford | 196.923 |
| 1989 | 10/22 | 5.859 | 53 | 310.527 | Cloudy | 26 | 10 | RA109E | RET: Alain Prost DSQ: Ayrton Senna |
A. Nannini | Benetton B189 Ford | 195.907 |
| 1988 | 10/30 | 5.859 | 51 | 298.809 | Cloudy Rain | 26 | 17 | RA168E | 1st: Ayrton Senna (McLaren) 2nd: Alain Prost (McLaren) 7th: Satoru Nakajima (Lotus) RET: Nelson Piquet (Lotus) |
A. Senna | McLaren MP4/4 Honda | 191.880 |
| 1987 | 11/1 | 5.859 | 51 | 298.809 | Cloudy | 26 | 15 | RA167E | 2nd: Ayrton Senna (Lotus) 6th: Satoru Nakajima (Lotus) 15th: Nelson Piquet (Williams) DNS: Nigel Mansell (Williams) |
G. Berger | Ferrari F187 | 192.847 |
*Red-flagged on Lap 46, declared classified race after Lap 44 (over 75% of planned race distance)