Lando Norris walked away from the 2025 F1 Japanese GP with a strong second-place finish, yet his post-race reflections were laced with both encouragement and a sense of what might have been. The McLaren driver shadowed Max Verstappen for much of the race but ultimately couldn’t find a way past, as strategy decisions and track…
In a masterful display of driving that his race engineer called “perfection,” Max Verstappen claimed his fourth consecutive victory at the Suzuka Circuit in what marked the final F1 Japanese GP with Honda power for Red Bull Racing. Battling McLaren’s papaya army After securing an “unlikely pole” during Saturday’s qualifying session and despite concerns about…
Round 3 of the 2025 F1 championship is in the books as the Japanese GP at the iconic Suzuka circuit is over, and you can view the full standings below. In a tense race that took place over 53 laps, Max Verstappen managed to hold off the McLaren drivers with the Woking-based team. Lando Norris…
Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto will line up 16th and 17th on the grid, respectively, for the 2025 F1 Japanese GP, after a somewhat disappointing qualifying session in which both Sauber drivers believe more was on offer if the laps had been executed better. Hülkenberg was the lead Sauber on the grid for a second…
After his shock demotion to Racing Bulls following two subdued performances in Red Bull’s main team on the opening two rounds of the season, Liam Lawson managed to get his best qualifying result of the season so far at Suzuka for the F1 Japanese GP, with 14th place on the grid – and crucially, ahead…
Esteban Ocon’s difficult weekend continued at the F1 Japanese GP, as the Haas driver was eliminated in the first qualifying session, starting Sunday’s race from a disappointing 18th position. New parts fail to deliver expected performance Despite introducing new upgrades for the Suzuka weekend, Ocon struggled to extract performance from his updated Haas, during the…
The F1 Japanese GP truly hasn’t gone according to plan so far for Alpine driver Jack Doohan. In fact, the Australian rookie driver had suffered an incredibly strong crash during yesterday’s FP2, his first on track session after sitting out FP1 in favour of Ryo Hirakawa. The matter strongly impacted his track time of the…
In a qualifying session that defied recent form, Max Verstappen delivered what Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described as “one of his best laps in qualifying ever” to secure a surprise pole position for the 2025 F1 Japanese GP at Suzuka. Yuki Tsunoda will start P15. “Completely against the run of form” The four-time…
Overall, Lewis Hamilton was left with mixed feelings after his first F1 Japanese GP qualifying session at Ferrari. The seven times World Champion will start out tomorrow from P8 but is confident that he will be able to move up the standings. Mixed sensations for Hamilton Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton was hoping for a better…
Carlos Sainz has been given a grid penalty for the F1 Japanese GP after impeding Lewis Hamilton at the end of Q2 in qualifying for tomorrow’s race. After crossing the line to go P12 and missing out on Q3, the four-time race winner slowed down as his in lap started. However, he savagely blocked Lewis…
