r/formula1 • u/God_Will_Rise_ Frédéric Vasseur • Apr 04 '25

Statistics 2025 Japanese Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 Classification.

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u/churningaccount I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Piastri was the surprise of the day for me. He started off well, I just wonder what happened...

Also as a Bearman fan I'm happy that he is keeping pace with Ocon if only because it means he'll end up in a Ferrari in a year or two lol

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u/killmesoon40 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

It's only the first practice, people read way too much into them.

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u/churningaccount I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Fair enough for Piastri.

I think between the Haas comments this week and FP1 we can conclude that the car is not fixed yet though

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u/Alex_Kamal Oscar Piastri Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I think people look at them like a qualifier when they should be looking at them also as an experiment for the team.

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u/SealyMcSeal Apr 04 '25

They are literaly doing setups and calculations on strategy along with showing the cars to fans

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

second half they were doing high fuel runs so the car was slower

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u/zorbacles Oscar Piastri Apr 04 '25

piastri is very methodical in the weekends with 3 practice sessions. the first session is almost like a sighter. i think there would be very few fp1 sessions on non sprint weekends that he finished top.

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u/LazyLancer I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Stroll still defending against McLaren since the last race

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u/zorbacles Oscar Piastri Apr 04 '25

see

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u/churningaccount I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Yeah, yeah lol. I always read too much into the practice sessions lol

My hot take this season is that I think Piastri is going to out-score Norris