JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2025

In a few words: Quiet race, but made really enjoyable by sassy Jaques Villeneuve commentary and so happy to see Max win for the first time this year. 

Practices 

• we’ve already had a team change 2 races in and Yuki Tsunoda is swapping with Liam Lawson at big Red Bull, DRAMA

• P2 Jack Doohan crashes into first corner and red flag and he could be injured because it was quite a high speed crash

• At restart of P2 Alonso dips a wheel in the grass and gets beached in the gravel and causes another red flag 

• Just like last year in Shanghai, the grass caught fire from the sparks of the cars 

• Fourth red flag of p2 for another grass fire 

• P3, another red flag in the first ten minutes for a grass fire 

Qualifying

• Lawson does get out of Q1 in his first time back in racing bulls but he’s only 15th 

• Isack Hadjar is having a really bad time with his seat belts and it’s kind of heartbreaking 

• In Q2 there’s another red flag for a grass fire 

• YAY Max is in pole! He’s soooo happy! 

Race 

• Max and Lando are dramatically pointing towards each other at the start, but a clean start and Max keeps the lead 

• Max and Lando put at the same time and Max gets out ahead but Lando accuses Max of pushing him off onto the grass but Max kept his line the whole time and Lando drove onto the grass himself and stewards said no further investigation 

• Having a really fun time listening to Jacques Villeneuve’s sassy commentary with Crofty on this race 

• Max wins!! He’s the first to win four times in a row at Suzuka

• Yuki finishes 12th, but importantly Lawson is 17th (his teammate Hadjar is in 8th)