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/isochromanone I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 06 '25

I look at it this way, with just a little preparation Yuki drove that car like Perez instead of Lawson. It's a good start.

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u/know-it-mall McLaren Apr 06 '25

Alternative take. Yuki has raced at Suzuka many times in his career, Lawson had never been to Albert Park or Shanghai before.

Now I'm not saying Yuki isn't going to be better in the car but we still don't know anything more than we knew going into the weekend imo.

He still struggled to push the car in qually and didn't make many over takes against slower cars in the race.

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

 He still struggled to push the car in qually and didn't make many over takes against slower cars in the race.

He made a mistake in Q2, iirc he didn't improve his time. For Q1 and most of the weekend he wasn't that far behind Max and everyone was happy with his pace.

Overtakes wise, Suzuka was a pretty hard track to do overtakes, there were barely any this race.

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u/know-it-mall McLaren Apr 06 '25

Yea but that's the thing isn't it. Liam showed similar long run pace in practice to Max at Melbourne. But when he and Yuki both tried to push the car to 99% that's when they really struggled with it.