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How 'very lost' Antonelli rescued his Japanese GP weekend
Kimi Antonelli's best qualifying performance of his short Formula 1 career has come on a Japanese Grand Prix weekend that looked on course to be his weakest so far.In fact, after ending up more than one second adrift of team-mate George Russell in both FP2 and FP3, Antonelli confessed he felt "very lost" as he headed into qualifying.He likened it to having hit a wall where he could not work out wh...
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Mark Hughes: How Red Bull helped Verstappen stun McLaren
This was a spectacularly great pole lap even by the standards of Max Verstappen. The Red Bull should not on merit be ahead of the McLaren around Suzuka and it was only into the final corner of the final Q3 lap that it was ever ahead of both papaya cars, having spent much of the weekend up to that point trailing behind both McLaren and Mercedes and only running on par with a Ferrari running a highe...
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'I nearly crashed' - Hadjar's Suzuka cockpit drama explained
Nobody had a more painful Japanese Grand Prix qualifying session than Racing Bulls Formula 1 rookie Isack Hadjar, who says he nearly crashed due to a seatbelt issue.Hadjar struggled with ill-fitting seatbelts throughout Q1, expressing discomfort and his frustration to the team, having had a similar issue in final practice.He still produced a solid final Q1 effort that was almost three tenths quick...
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McLaren working on 2025 car change to help Norris
McLaren is working on a key improvement to its car aimed at helping Lando Norris get more comfortable in nailing his qualifying efforts.While Norris is leading the world championship after the opening two races of the season, he has not been totally happy with the MCL39 – especially when it is on the edge in single-lap runs.
Mark Hughes: What Red Bull did to give Verstappen a fighting chan...
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F1's plan to stop grass fires derailing Japanese GP
Discussions have been held over how to stop grass fires interrupting Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix after so many red flags across practice and qualifying.Sessions have had to be stopped five times at Suzuka this weekend - the last interruption came in Q2 - as small grass fires kept breaking out.The FIA had already taken pre-emptive measures after Friday as grass was cut short and loose, dried gr...
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The reality of Red Bull's car has quickly dawned on Tsunoda
Though the result of Yuki Tsunoda’s first Red Bull qualifying session looked worse than it was, the reality of his new Formula 1 car has clearly dawned on him quite quickly.Tsunoda doesn't just need to look to Max Verstappen to see what the RB21 is capable of - he's come close to nailing it himself already. But he's also fallen foul of the car's ills. And if he had an idea already he'd be treading...
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The details that made Verstappen's pole so incredible
Max Verstappen isn’t sure if his latest pole position ranks as the best of his 41 in Formula 1, justifiably pointing out that “I’ve had some really nice ones in other places”. But it was a revealing showcase of the skillset that makes him an all-time great in a car he made emphatically clear wasn’t to his liking.On both of his Q3 laps, Verstappen's pace through the first sector – notably the ‘snak...
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Sainz gets grid drop for impeding Hamilton in Suzuka qualifying
Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz has been handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.Pushing to improve to a time good enough for Q3, Hamilton found Sainz's Williams in his way during the closing stages of Q2 at Turn 1.Sainz appeared prepared for a penalty after qualifying, saying: "I got no warning from the team on this ...
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Japanese Grand Prix 2025 F1 starting grid
Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen will start the 2025 edition of the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position.An almighty final Q3 lap from Verstappen allowed him to overhaul the two seemingly-dominant McLarens, giving him his first grand prix pole since June '24 and the new Suzuka F1 record pole laptime to boot.Team-mate Yuki Tsunoda showed early promise but ended up 15th for his Red Bull de...
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What wrecked Tsunoda's debut Red Bull qualifying
You could already see the headlines pre-weekend. 'Liam Lawson outqualifies his replacement Yuki Tsunoda at the Japanese Grand Prix'. Given the peak of the Racing Bulls is so much more accessible than the Red Bull, it looked like a likely outcome for Saturday. But Tsunoda’s impressive progression through the three practice sessions and Q1 - where he was right on terms with Max Verstappen - had the ...
'That is insane' - Verstappen stuns McLaren to take Japanese GP pole
Max Verstappen took a shock pole for the Japanese Grand Prix, beating both McLaren drivers to pole with his final lap of qualifying.McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had topped every practice session and been fastest in Q1 and Q2 at Suzuka, while Piastri had also been fastest after the first Q3 runs.But after Norris beat that benchmark, Verstappen subsequently strung together a 1m26.983s...
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Japanese GP 2025 qualifying results
Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen will start the 2025 edition of the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position.An almighty final Q3 lap from Verstappen allowed him to overhaul the two seemingly-dominant McLarens, giving him his first grand prix pole since June '24 and the new Suzuka F1 record pole laptime to boot.Team-mate Yuki Tsunoda showed early promise but ended up 15th for his Red Bull de...
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Japanese Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free practice three Lando Norris made it a McLaren clean sweep of practice sessions by going fastest in the final practice session ahead of Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen. 1 Lando Norris (McLaren)2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 3 George Russell (Mercedes)4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)6 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)7 Alex Albon (Williams)8 Pierre Gas...
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Fires, Tsunoda strong and pole fight clues: F1 FP3 at Suzuka
George Russell appears to be the biggest threat to another 2025 McLaren pole position on the evidence of final practice at the Japanese Grand Prix - but the threat of track fires could mix up qualifying. Friday's Suzuka action was stopped twice with two fires in second practice and final practice featured two further red flags for fires on the exit of the hairpin and later the entry into 130R. Bot...
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Why Doohan didn’t close DRS in huge Suzuka crash
Jack Doohan did not manually deactivate his Alpine’s drag reduction system into the first corner at Suzuka because he had not been doing so in the simulator in his Japanese Grand Prix preparation.Doohan crashed at the start of his second flying lap in FP2, having missed FP1 because Alpine used one of its mandatory rookie sessions for Ryo Hirakawa.
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F1 drivers propose DRS tweak after Doohan shunt
Formula 1 drivers have asked the FIA to see if there are better ways to automatically disable DRS in the wake of Jack Doohan’s huge accident in Japanese Grand Prix practice.Alpine driver Doohan suffered a 190mph crash into the barriers at Turn 1 during Friday afternoon’s second free practice session at Suzuka.
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Ferrari's origin story - And Colossally That's History! Season 3 begins
Ferrari is the most famous and celebrated name in motorsport, and one of the most recognisable brands in the world - but how much do you really know about its founder, Enzo Ferrari?If your answer to that question is 'very little' then help is at hand, because Season 3 of And Colossally That's History! is kicking off with a double header of Enzo episodes!
On this first episode, Matt Bishop and En...
What we’ve already learned at F1’s Japanese GP
Formula 1’s heavily disrupted second practice session muddied qualifying simulations at the Japanese Grand Prix and reduced long-run data to the bare minimum. Here’s what we have learned from the scraps of FP2, and an opening session at Suzuka that was at least much more informative. Tsunoda’s good start got trickier Given this is home race and his first weekend with Red Bull, all eyes were on Yuk...
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Cause of Doohan's huge Suzuka practice shunt revealed
Jack Doohan’s spectacular flat-out crash in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix was caused by the rookie driver failing to close the DRS system.Alpine’s Doohan lost the rear of the car on the entry to Turn 1 and hit the barrier on the corner exit at high speed, causing massive damage to the car. He was able to get out of the car and was helped to the safety car by a doctor and a marshal.His initi...
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FIA's response as Suzuka F1 track catches fire twice
Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix weekend kicked off with second practice being stopped twice because of the grass by the side of the Suzuka circuit catching fire. There were four red flags in FP2 and while two were driver errors (Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso) typical of the challenging Suzuka circuit, the other two stoppages were due to grass setting ablaze. While those fires only halted a pract...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/fia-response-suzuka-f1-track-catches-fire-twice/