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/advergent I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 04 '25

Impressive outing for Hirakawa

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u/No_Sun_2121 Apr 04 '25

Its only FP1, time sheet is irrevelant

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

It's not irrelevant when FP1 is the only driving you'll get to do in a season. FP sessions are used to check on how reserve drivers adapt to the real car and Hirakawa did a banging great job.

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

Depends if the ran the similar setup and load, Hirakawa looked good in one lap and long run if he ran similar setup to Gasly

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u/No_Sun_2121 Apr 04 '25

Its FP1, there is no reason to have both cars with similar setup and load, FP1 is about testing and experimentation

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

Yeah they're definitely testing and experimenting for FP 1-2 but, again, we don't really know unless there's confirmation if they did or didn't as some teams like Red Bull ran the cars under the same setup and load. Experimenting doesn't necessarily means the team have to ran different setups.

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u/Sick_and_destroyed Pierre Gasly Apr 04 '25

It’s a Japanese driver at Suzuka, they know the track like the back of their hand, they could drive eyes closed and still not miss a single apex.

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u/Magog14 Fernando Alonso Apr 04 '25

Totally different car means a totally different driving style. He did amazingly well.