F1 2025 Japanese Grand Prix - Race Weekend Thread

[Nuggs Bunny]

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[Gasometer]

How nice to be able to watch all of these past 3 races without falling asleep?

Pity it all ends

The US and Mexican, and Azerbaijan are all doable

I’m sure back 30 years ago the European Races started at 10pm?

 

[Black_White]

How nice to be able to watch all of these past 3 races without falling asleep?

Pity it all ends

The US and Mexican, and Azerbaijan are all doable

I’m sure back 30 years ago the European Races started at 10pm?

**** the US.

 

[Pugz89]

European ones mostly start at 11pm, so done by 12.30am. I head to bed soon as chequered flag is waved.

 

[Gasometer]

European ones mostly start at 11pm, so done by 12.30am. I head to bed soon as chequered flag is waved.

That’s right, but I’m sure it used to be 10am.

 

[Gasometer]

**** the US.

Yeh but wats F1 in Miami and Texas at breakfast time upset you so much Albo?

 

[Vader]

That’s right, but I’m sure it used to be 10am.

The telecast used to start at 10pm, but it was just Darryl Eastlake & Allan Jones crapping on for an hour, before the racing finally started at 11pm.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

The telecast times varied from 10:30 pm-12am depending on C9 Sunday night schedule.

The telecast used to start at 10pm, but it was just Darryl Eastlake & Allan Jones crapping on for an hour, before the racing finally started at 11pm.

An hour, or 5-10 minutes?

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Now that Oscar has ripped off the gp qualifying scab, can he get on a run?

 

[Vader]

The telecast times varied from 10:30 pm-12am depending on C9 Sunday night schedule.



An hour, or 5-10 minutes?

It was always a LOT more than 5-10 min of those two waffling away. It may have only been 30 min, not an hour, but it was always a lot more than 5-10 min.

 

[DamoESP]

Thank God there is F1 again because footy is currently dead to me

Keen for this race, love the Japanese GP, always an eventful race, and such an amazing track.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Get the old VHS tapes and upload them onto YouTube!

 

[Duck Farmer]

Thank God there is F1 again because footy is currently dead to me

Me too. Our journey with Hinkley is like if you guys kept Voss on for another 8 years.

 

[DamoESP]

Its still only FP1 but so far TSU has actually been neck and neck with VER, only being a tenth off

Meanwhile....LAW is still 3 tenths off his RB teammate

 

[gaskin]

Good signs for Yuki even though it is only FP1. It'll be interesting to see how far off Max he is come quali.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Did I read that Alpine has replaced Jack Doohan?

 

[imadodgyumpire]

Can a Japanese driver win the Japanese GP?

 

[Vader]

Its still only FP1 but so far TSU has actually been neck and neck with VER, only being a tenth off

Meanwhile....LAW is still 3 tenths off his RB teammate

Hopefully Lawson's confidence hasn't been completely shattered by his experience with the Red Bull (team & car).

Scratch that... this is Lawson we're talking about. Hopefully his confidence HAS been shattered.

 

[gaskin]

Did I read that Alpine has replaced Jack Doohan?

Just for FP1. Giving a Japanese reserve driver a practice session at his home race.

 

[Vader]

Did I read that Alpine has replaced Jack Doohan?

Only for FP1.

Teams have to have rookies drive FP1 for at least 1 (2 or 3?) races per year. Alpine are taking advantage of the Japanese GP to put a Japanese driver in the car, knocking off the rookie/FP1 requirement in front of a home crowd.

 

[Vader]

Scratch that... Teams are now required to run rookies in 4x FP1 sessions in 2025. Given that they won't be doing it during Sprint weekends, this makes the Japanese F1 GP a very strong candidate for getting the requirement out of the way.
https://www.motors-addict.com/en/ar...ers-who-will-benefit/67adab445606625b5a0f2b84

The definition of a rookie is a driver who hasn't completed 2x F1 GP. This means that Doohan counted as a rookie in Melbourne, so he only needs to be replaced by another rookie driver once this season (i.e. today); Bortoletto, Hadjar & Antonelli all counted as rookies in Melbourne & China - thus there is no requirement for replacing these drivers in FP1 at any stage this season. All other drivers will need to be replaced 2x in FP1s at some point this year.

 

[Black_White]

Why was Oscar so far down?

 

[gaskin]

Why was Oscar so far down?

Dunno. But, he isn't usually that good on a Friday.

 

[King Of Money]

Why was Oscar so far down?

Lulling Norris into a false sense of superiority.

 

[King Of Money]

Good signs for Yuki even though it is only FP1. It'll be interesting to see how far off Max he is come quali.

I'm guessing 'daylight' but we shall see.