ROUND 4: 🇯🇵 Japan
FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2024
Circuit stats
- First Grand Prix: 1987
- Number of laps: 53
- Circuit Length: 5.807 km
- Race Distance: 307.471 km
- Lap record: 1:30.983 Lewis Hamilton (2019)
- 2023 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map
Sainz getting all these podiums for Ferrari and they’re getting rid of him next year…
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you’d think they start to wonder why they put Leclerc as the first driver, and letting the better race driver go… On the other hand, they were on different strategies, so it is not all to blame on the driver.
They were on different strategies because Leclerc didn’t perform as well in quali. Still on him in my opinion.
Yes true. I agree Sainz is the better driver of the two Ferrari drivers. He is on peak performance! Whichever team will get him, will get a smart, motivated and skilled driver for sure!
Logan becoming the new Latifi?
Sainz being on the warpath this year is the best thing about this season.
Back into being the Max Show.
Sainz on a podium streak.
Fun race
Very enjoyable indeed
I’m impressed Charles managed to make the one-stop strategy work. It’s a shame he didn’t do a better job in qualifying. He could have races Checo harder. Excellent race by Sainz. He seems on it this year. I hope he finds a good race seat. He deserves it.
Both the Italian teams have improved their race management massively.
Suzuka is one of the best tracks on the calendar, and for once it actually also followed through and delivered one of the best races in a while (Red Bull’s easy victory notwithstanding).
Combination of a lost FP2 and drastically different temps than earlier during the weekend probably helped. Lots of teams struggling with strategy, every compound in play and no obvious fastest line meant lots of tyre offsets all over the race and lots of action all the time. Fantastic strategy battle in lots of places with some really interesting results, most notably of course Leclerc doing that fantastic one-stop and ending up gaining 4 places. Plenty of overtakes too, especially for Suzuka, with some really nice ones too. I loved Yuki’s move on Hulk.
Alonso had a quietly impressive weekend I thought, did well in qualy to start in front of a couple of faster cars and managed to keep all of them bar Leclerc behind. Thought the soft gambit would backfire but he managed 12 laps on them and Aston timed both his pit stops perfectly letting him spend most of the race in clean air. Good defense at the end against Piastri, too.
Lastly, Yuki shines again, happy for him on his home race. The pit crew deserves almost half the credit as his perfect pitstop probably earned him the point, but he did everything he needed to to secure it and drove great all race. Even got to make that move on Hulk in front of the home fans.
Was great entertainment overall and a good reminder of how great strategy battles can be. We had too many M-H onestoppers last year.
What’s with the air raid siren noises I keep hearing at the circuit?
Pit entry warning possibly
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Good race! Lots of overtaking and some good battles and strategy throughout. Just needed some rain!
