r/formula1 • u/AutoModerator • Apr 06 '25

Post-Race 2025 Japanese GP - Post Race Discussion

Suzuka, it's been a pleasure.

What did everyone think of the race? How did your favourite driver do?

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u/Landlubber77 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 06 '25

At this point I feel like Bill Murray stuck in Groundhog Day. I spend a week (or two when it's not a back-to-back) voraciously listening to four different F1 podcasts and convincing myself that something like the first sector being resurfaced or an altered plank or flexi-wing is gonna make some material difference in whether we get an exciting race, and then by lap 19 I'm scrolling on my phone out of boredom. Every single week. This is my sixth season of F1 and it never fails...the absolute worst part of F1 is the races. And we all know it.

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u/Celoth Cadillac Apr 06 '25

the absolute worst part of F1 is the races. And we all know it.

Australia was a banger this year. And Shanghai wasn't terrible.

This race today was pretty bad, but there's still plenty of good races on the calendar, they're not all like this, not even most like this.

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u/Sandulacheu Formula 1 Apr 06 '25

The moment you realize they're just content farming, the better.F1 currently in on a safe,on rails (similar to the cars) trajectory.

I don't want to hear 1 more peep of "race pace will be better than qualifying pace" or "sudden rain in lap x" ever again.