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“They might disqualify me for the rest of the championship” — Alonso on holding Piastri in his DRS to fend off Russell in F1 Japanese GP

Syrine Ferchichi6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Fernando Alonso’s consistent performance across the first four races of the season was particularly evident at the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix. Despite qualifying fifth on Saturday, Alonso drew attention from other teams for preserving a set of soft tyres, a strategy that could have helped at the start. On both standing starts, however, he failed…

“I wouldn’t have been able to score points” without their great stop — Tsunoda credits RB F1 mechanics for P10 in Japanese GP

Chiara Martin6 months ago6 months ago03 mins

After the Japanese Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda shared his feelings about scoring points in his home race, the overwhelming support he has experienced, and the significance of his achievement. “Yeah, it’s been amazing,” Tsunoda began, reflecting on the joy of securing points after missing out in 2022 and 2023. He was quick to acknowledge his…

Charles Leclerc critical on himself after impressive tyre management demonstration in F1 Japanese GP: “I need to put everything together on the Saturday, and then I’m sure we’ll have many more happy weekends”

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

After an abysmal qualifying yesterday, which left him eighth on the grid, Charles Leclerc had a very well executed race which even brought him the driver of the day honours. Opting for just one stop after the restart, the Ferrari-driver managed to extend his medium tyres to jump both McLarens, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, promoting him to fourth at the finish. Which left him quite satisfied about the race.

Verstappen satisfied with dominant win in F1 Japanese Grand Prix, after “hiccup” in Melbourne

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

Formula 1 is a simple sport, 20 man race for 305 kilometres, and in the end Verstappen wins. This paraphrase of Gary Lineker’s famous quote seems all too applicable on Formula 1 these days. Even when there is an interesting race because the high tyre wear, the Dutchman makes winning a Grand Prix look like a walk in the park.

Williams plans to send Alex Albon’s chassis back to the UK for repairs ahead of F1 Chinese GP

Magdalena Put6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

In a nightmare scenario for the team, Alex Albon’s chassis sustained damage as a result of his opening-lap collision with RB’s Daniel Ricciardo in Japan. Albon ended up in the tyre wall as both drivers crashed out, triggering an early red flag. Albon fortunately emerged unscathed, though he confessed that his thoughts immediately turned to…

F1 Japanese GP | Race | Verstappen wins easily in interesting Grand Prix dominated by tyre wear

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago6 months ago012 mins

Saturday’s qualifying resulted 27th front row for Red Bull Racing, so beforehand another walk in the park for Max Verstappen was anticipated. But with a 40°C track temperature, a lot warmer than during practice, tyre wear would be the big question mark for today’s race.

Ocon: “Maximising the potential” of the A524 leaves a “bittersweet taste” for Alpine F1 due to its current lack of performance

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

For the second consecutive weekend, Esteban Ocon managed to get himself out of Q1 as he made the top 15 for today’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Frenchman was P14 after the first runs in the opening segment of qualifying. He went one better at the end of the session as the 2021 Hungarian GP winner…

Sargeant “generally happy” with his qualifying performance in F1 Japanese GP after “awkward” practice shunt

Nicolas Lopes6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

The American driver will start the race from 19th on the grid, only ahead of the struggling Sauber of Zhou Guanyu – but he was encouraged by what he described as a “good turnaround” after limited practice running and a big set-up change ahead of qualifying in Suzuka. After missing the race last time out…

“No pace in the car and no pace in myself” — Stroll on his Q1 exit at the F1 Japanese GP

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago03 mins

Lance Stroll is having a nightmare weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix. Aston Martin brought updates to Suzuka and Fernando Alonso maximised it from FP3 onwards, qualifying P5 for Sunday’s race. The Canadian driver had the new package since FP1. While his Q1 elimination was probably a shock to many, the signs had been there…

Alonso believes Aston Martin is “moving in the right direction” with latest F1 upgrade

Magdalena Put6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Fernando Alonso believes Aston Martin is “moving in the right direction” with the upgrade package introduced this weekend in Japan. Alonso was the sole Aston Martin driver to progress to the final segment of qualifying—where he propelled himself to an admirable fifth on his second flying lap—following Lance Stroll’s unexpected Q1 exit. Alonso, who ran…