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Racing Bulls quicker than Red Bull on Friday - here's why
While all the hype ahead of Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix was on Red Bull, it was its sister team Racing Bulls that grabbed the attention after Friday practice when it emerged as McLaren’s closest challenger.A stunning lap from rookie Isack Hadjar during one of the short soft-tyre bursts of activity put him third quickest on the timesheets – 0.404s behind pacesetter Oscar Piastri.But it was far ...
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Mark Hughes: McLaren's biggest threat at Suzuka
Four red flags, one of them lasting for 23 minutes, meant there was very little hard data to work with second Japanese Grand Prix practice at Suzuka.But some general patterns were evident in the earlier morning session in which a few teams even did some race stint simulations.The headline is that McLaren’s advantage was apparent in both single lap and long runs and that at Red Bull Yuki Tsunoda wa...
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Our trackside verdict on Tsunoda's start to debut Red Bull weekend
Yuki Tsunoda’s first flying laps in a Red Bull at Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix have given us the first sign of how his debut weekend might play out, even if Friday's disruptions made for an inconclusive experience trackside.The Race watched Tsunoda across Friday free practice from the high-speed Esses in sector one, looking back towards the cars as they roll out of the first two corners, sweep ...
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A detailed analysis of Tsunoda's first day in Red Bull's 2025 F1 car
Yuki Tsunoda’s first day as a Red Bull Racing driver ended with him 18th on the timesheets with a two-second pace deficit to Max Verstappen, but any similarity to predecessor Liam Lawson’s struggles was purely superficial. The red flags in FP2 made that session unrepresentative, and you must look to FP1 where Tsunoda lapped just 0.107s off team-mate Max Verstappen for a more positive, and accurate...
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Four red flags disrupt second Japanese GP practice
Oscar Piastri topped FP2 at Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix as four red flags effectively halved the session and obscured our view of the Red Bull driver swap everyone is keeping such a close eye on this weekend.McLaren's Piastri narrowly pipped team-mate Lando Norris by 0.049s on the soft tyre runs in a troublesome session where well over 37 minutes was lost through various incidents.Piastri’s 1m...
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Huge shunt ends Doohan's tricky Suzuka practice day
Alpine Formula 1 driver Jack Doohan suffered a miserable start to the Japanese Grand Prix, missing practice one and crashing heavily in second practice. Doohan had to hand his Alpine A525 to one of Alpine's reserve drivers Ryo Hirakawa in FP1 with the Japanese driver ending up 12th, over a tenth ahead of regular Alpine driver Pierre Gasly. Doohan had his first laps of Suzuka in an F1 car in FP2 bu...
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Japanese Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free practice twoOscar Piastri led McLaren team-mate Lando Norris in a disrupted second practice session, ahead of Isack Hadjar's Racing Bulls and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton.1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 2 Lando Norris (McLaren) 3 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) 4 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)5 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)6 George Russell (Mercedes)7 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 8 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 9 Pierre G...
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Suzuka F1 upgrades: Red Bull's cooling tweak gives aero boost
Red Bull says revisions made to the cooling exit of its engine cover for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix have delivered an added benefit in boosting the performance of its rear wing.The team is one of a small number to have brought upgrades to Japan for the start of the triple-header that also incorporates the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix.As it chases gains on the RB21 that it hopes can h...
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Japanese Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free practice oneChampionship leader Lando Norris set the pace for McLaren in the opening Suzuka session ahead of George Russell's Mercedes, as Yuki Tsunoda started life at Red Bull just one place and a tenth of a second behind Max Verstappen.1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m28.549s2 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.163s3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.416s4 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.502s5 Max Verstappen (R...
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Tsunoda close to Verstappen in first Suzuka practice
All eyes were on home hero and newly-promoted Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda in the opening Formula 1 practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka - and he didn't disappoint.Tsunoda finished the session just one place and 0.107 seconds behind Max Verstappen in his first run in his new car as the Red Bulls filled fifth and sixth places.Having moved in the other direction to Racing Bulls, Ve...
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FIA calls F1 V10 summit amid opposition to early change
Formula 1's engine manufacturers have been called to a meeting with the FIA at the Bahrain Grand Prix next weekend to gather thoughts on a potential future switch to V10 engines, The Race has learned.
It is understood that the gathering, which is scheduled to take place on the Friday of next week's event at Sakhir, is aimed at helping the FIA get a better understanding from relevant stakeholder...
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Gary Anderson: What Red Bull must do to make Tsunoda gamble work
The eyes of the world will be on Yuki Tsunoda at Suzuka as he steps into the toughest role in Formula 1.Being Max Verstappen's team-mate is no walk in the park, but it’s Tsunoda’s big chance to make a breakthrough and become a frontrunner rather than a midfield journeyman hoping for the odd point here and there.Many feel that whoever is alongside Max at Red Bull is doomed, but Tsunoda has four ful...
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Why the FIA was inspecting Ferrari's pitstops so closely
With Ferrari proving to be the champion of pitstops so far this season, it's inevitable that its Formula 1 rivals will start paying a close eye to what the team has done to speed things up.But after delivering the two fastest pitstops of the season opener in Australia, and the quickest tyre change of 2025 in China with a 2.05-second turnaround for Charles Leclerc, its process interestingly also re...
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Unusual new theory emerges for Ferrari's China disqualification
A leaking water bottle has emerged as one of the factors that contributed to Charles Leclerc’s disqualification from Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix.Leclerc lost his fifth placed finish in Shanghai two weeks ago after his F1 car was found to be one kilogramme under the 800kg weight limit during post-race checks.
Tsunoda's help from first team-mate Verstappen smashed
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Norris: McLaren the only team with two good drivers right now
Lando Norris believes McLaren is the only Formula 1 team with “two good drivers at the minute”.While McLaren appears to have a marginal pace advantage, F1 2025 is shaping up to be a four-way fight between that team, Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes.Reigning champion Max Verstappen believes McLaren is “quite comfortably ahead” but Norris said he thinks that margin is being skewed by the strength of M...
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Why a Suzuka F1 upgrade shortcut 'could go horribly wrong'
The Haas Formula 1 team admits a new floor development "could go horribly wrong" after fast-tracking a change for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.Haas started 2025 with an awful performance in Australia where a combination of the track surface and high-speed corners exposed a glaring problem with the VF-25.The car was suffering from aerodynamic oscillations through the high-speed Turn 9-10 Esse...
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Tsunoda's help from the first Red Bull team-mate Verstappen smashed
Few fully understand the challenge Yuki Tsunoda faces in going up against new Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen after his sudden promotion to Red Bull.Fortunately, the 24-year-old's close relationship with former team-mate Pierre Gasly means he's had some crucial advice about how to do things from someone who has been there, done that and been spat out by Red Bull.Gasly returned to Red Bull's sec...
Verstappen’s cryptic Red Bull driver swap answers explained
Max Verstappen’s critical view of Red Bull’s decision to replace Liam Lawson after just two races is clear - even though the Formula 1 world champion has said very little in public.Lawson has been sent back to Racing Bulls after a terrible start to 2025, with Yuki Tsunoda stepping up to partner Verstappen from this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.Verstappen has been described by Red Bull motorsport ...
What Lawson hoped Red Bull would've taken into account
Liam Lawson hoped the Red Bull Formula 1 team would have factored in problems outside his control that hampered his early races and his lack of knowledge of the first two circuits before switching him with Yuki Tsunoda.Following disappointing results from Lawson in the opening two grands prix of the season, Red Bull has made a driver change from this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
Lawson has be...
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Sainz feels Ferrari habits are hampering him at Williams
Carlos Sainz suggests unpicking habits he got from Ferrari's recent Formula 1 cars is key to unlocking progress needed at Williams.Sainz has not yet reached a level he is happy with at his new team, and has been in particular struggling to extract as much out of his car in qualifying as team-mate Alex Albon.
Having spent time since the Chinese Grand Prix running through the data and working wit...
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