JAPAN Grand Prix 2023: practice-1
| pos | no | driver | time | gap | laps |
| 1 | 1 | Verstappen | 1:31.647 | | 25 |
| 2 | 55 | Sainz | 1:32.273 | +0.626s | 24 |
| 3 | 4 | Norris | 1:32.392 | +0.745s | 24 |
| 4 | 16 | Leclerc | 1:32.574 | +0.927s | 25 |
| 5 | 22 | Tsunoda | 1:32.597 | +0.950s | 21 |
| 6 | 14 | Alonso | 1:32.650 | +1.003s | 23 |
| 7 | 81 | Piastri | 1:32.713 | +1.066s | 26 |
| 8 | 23 | Albon | 1:32.991 | +1.344s | 24 |
| 9 | 40 | Lawson | 1:33.005 | +1.358s | 28 |
| 10 | 18 | Stroll | 1:33.040 | +1.393s | 17 |
| 11 | 11 | Perez | 1:33.043 | +1.396s | 25 |
| 12 | 10 | Gasly | 1:33.129 | +1.482s | 23 |
| 13 | 63 | Russell | 1:33.310 | +1.663s | 24 |
| 14 | 27 | Hulkenberg | 1:33.448 | +1.801s | 24 |
| 15 | 31 | Ocon | 1:33.516 | +1.869s | 22 |
| 16 | 44 | Hamilton | 1:33.699 | +2.052s | 22 |
| 17 | 77 | Bottas | 1:33.860 | +2.213s | 24 |
| 18 | 20 | Magnussen | 1:33.975 | +2.328s | 23 |
| 19 | 2 | Sargeant | 1:34.212 | +2.565s | 27 |
| 20 | 24 | Zhou | 1:34.831 | +3.184s | 23 |