Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda was pleased with his first ever qualifying at his home Grand Prix; however, he was far from happy with under-pressure German Mick Schumacher at Suzuka. In what were beautifully dry conditions, a complete contrast to the drenched Friday, Tsunoda got to work in front of the moved loved Japanese fans. The
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will keep pole position after a lairy incident with McLaren’s Lando Norris in Japan. The Dutchman had looked the quickest driver on track throughout the opening two phase of qualifying in Suzuka, and he was preparing for what would ultimately prove the pole run in Q3. As Verstappen was crawling out
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Daniel Ricciardo said the words that thousands of fans have been dreading since his McLaren boot, after the Honey Badger announced after qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix that he won’t be on the 2023 grid. Whilst the announcement was somewhat expected, it’s still disappointed a large portion of the F1 community, given that the Aussie
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Not for the first time this season, Carlos Sainz came within a whisker of claiming pole position, something he last achieved at the Belgian Grand Prix. The top three were astonishingly split by just 0.57 seconds, in what is arguably one of the closest top three in the history of Formula 1. Onboards show that
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Lando Norris will start from a disappointing at for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, after an incident with Max Verstappen left the McLaren driver cutting across the grass at 130R. The near-miss, which the Brit admitted after qualifying would’ve been a “pretty big crash”, clearly shook the driver up, which is fairly understandable given that
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As a four-time winner of the Japanese Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel knows better than most of the remarkable feeling a racing driver gets at the Suzuka Circuit. The German is at his final Japanese Grand Prix this weekend having announced his retirement earlier on in the year, and he has qualified in the top 10
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Nicholas Latifi gave fans quite the spectacle as he went the wrong way at the final chicane during practice for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. The Canadian took to the wet conditions in his Williams on Friday, and the poor visibility out on track made it difficult to spot his turn-in point for corners. There
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Sir Lewis Hamilton wants the FIA to be diligent in their overview as they try to ascertain whether anyone broke the financial regulations last season. Ratified in 2019, the first budget cap was imposed last year, and the teams had a limit of $145 million, which they could not exceed. They also needed to document
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Daniel Ricciardo agonisingly missed out on a Q3 appearance by just 0.003 seconds at the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019, after what was one of the Australian’s best qualifying sessions as of late. Finishing fifth at the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend seems to have given the Honey Badger a much-needed boost for his
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Former Formula 1 driver and Toro Rosso, Gerhard Berger, does not think speculation over who might have broken the financial regulations is a worthwhile discussion. Red Bull and Aston Martin were mentioned in a report last week that indicated that two teams had gone over the budget cap in 2021. Agreed upon in 2019, a
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