ROUND 3: 🇯🇵 Japan


FORMULA 1 LENOVO JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2025


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)
  • 2024 winner: Max Verstappen

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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    4 days ago

    Classic Suzuka race to be honest. The track is unbelievably awesome and qualy is a treat, but it’s so so hard to overtake here. Pirelli miscalculating with the compounds again is getting tiring as well. A two stopper would have maybe created some openings.

    Impressed by several of the rookies, thought both Hadjar and Bearman were great and Antonelli continues to quietly impress. He was very fast today.

    Really disappointed by McLaren of course, but maybe their schtick will be to once again go hard on the propaganda that the WCC is actually what matters. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered in the end, but would have liked to see them split their strategies or at least let Piastri have a go at Max.

  • Bademantel@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Uff, watching this race really didn’t feel like time well spent.

    It was really underwhelming how uninspired the McLaren strategy was as Palmer on F1TV rightfully pointed out. They really didn’t make it difficult at all for Red Bull to cover off both drivers. And Piastri not getting the chance to attack Max was sad to see. He was faster than Norris at that stage. You can always swap them back if it doesn’t work out.

  • LCP@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Bit of a boring race. Spiciest moment was at the pit lane exit between Verstappen and Norris, and F1TV broadcast screwed it up and switched cameras when it happened.

    • misery mansion@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      From memory, isn’t this one of the races where the world feed is done by the local organisers and not F1 itself? I seem to remember Japan is usually bad for missing stuff and cutting to the wrong this

      Think the drivers in the cool down room summed the race up well!

  • _ed@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    Max deserved the win. Felt pretty much like last year? Does lance stroll even want to be there anymore?

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        4 days ago

        But of course he will stay there for as long as he wants - it’s just annoying but I welcome every P20 he gets

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    RIP to the folks who have to make the Race in 30 edit.

    It’s mostly going to be 25 minutes of people running off the chicane, and Lando mowing the lawn.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    I’m baffled why McLaren didn’t keep Norris out for a bit longer and run in some clean air? Was very surprised to see him pit at the same time as Verstappen.