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Autosport 75: When Red Bull had its own intra-team fight like Norris vs Piastri

Sixty-eight thousandths of a second after one lap of the 3.6-mile Suzuka circuit. That was all that separated Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in qualifying for last week’s Japanese Grand Prix… and it was effectively the margin by which the German won the race.

Autosport

You Won't Be Able to Outrun Japan's Latest Cop Car

The police force patrolling the roads surrounding the legendary Suzuka Circuit in Japan have a new car. And unlike the Toyota sedans usually run by the Mie Prefectural police, this one has 573 horsepower on tap.

Motor1

Max Verstappen seems fed up, but not with Red Bull

Listen to Max Verstappen's exuberant reaction to taking a shock pole and victory in Suzuka, or pole again in Jeddah, and you still hear a man who likes in competing in Formula 1.

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F1 Panel: Has Piastri become favourite for 2025 F1 title?

Since letting his McLaren slide off the track on lap 44 in Melbourne and losing a lot of points, Oscar Piastri has been almost flawless. Two victories, in Shanghai and Bahrain, and a third place in Suzuka allowed him to regain almost everything he lost in the Formula 1 season…

Autosport

F1 Panel: Is Oscar Piastri now the title favourite?

After letting his McLaren slide off the track on lap 44 in Melbourne and losing a lot of points, Oscar Piastri has been almost flawless since then. Two victories, in Shanghai and Bahrain, and a third place in Suzuka allowed him to regain almost everything he lost in the season…

Motorsport

How an aggressive Haas F1 produced a double-points Bahrain Grand Prix

While the previous week's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka was very much a qualifying race, Bahrain's high degradation contest offered a better spectacle and with it more opportunities for midfield teams to make something happen.

Autosport

Alonso criticises the Japanese GP reaction saying it's what F1 has always been

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso thinks Formula 1 observers should calm down a little after last weekend's Suzuka race left media looking answers on how to improve the racing.

Autosport

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Five things to watch out for at the Bahrain Grand Prix

Max Verstappen made the difference in a race he shouldn't have won given the pure pace of the McLaren. But the weekend at Suzuka was atypical in many ways. Most of it was down to qualifying, and that's where Verstappen shone with a special pole lap.

Motorsport

What is Tsunoda's next challenge after a solid Red Bull F1 debut at Suzuka?

Seldom has it been more important in Formula 1 to seize the moment. While the first three grands prix of the season have been at outlier venues which have relatively little in common with most circuits on the calendar, all of them have been won from pole position.

Motorsport

Max Verstappen compared to Michael Schumacher by former F1 driver after Japan GP comment

Verstappen took a stunning pole position in Suzuka and went on to claim his first win of the season

The Independent UK

Alonso: Japanese GP now has the same problem as Monaco

Fernando Alonso has compared Suzuka to Monaco in terms of being a Formula 1 race that is basically won on a Saturday during qualifying.

Autosport

Alonso likens Suzuka to uneventful Monaco, amid overtaking drought

Fernando Alonso has compared Suzuka to Monaco in terms of being a Formula 1 race that is basically won on a Saturday during qualifying.

Motorsport

Equal driver policy compromised McLaren's Japanese GP - Horner

Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner thinks Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri having equal status made it harder for McLaren to fight Max Verstappen in Suzuka.

Motorsport

Horner says equal driver status compromised McLaren's F1 Japanese GP

Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner thinks Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri having equal status made it harder for McLaren to fight Max Verstappen in Suzuka.

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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Japanese Grand Prix

A qualifying lap for the ages and an impressive batch of rookies brightened up Formula 1's tepid Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Here's who impressed us at Suzuka and who didn't make the grade

The Guardian - UK

‘Underperforming’: Hamilton urges Ferrari to step up after Japanese F1 GP

After finishing seventh at Suzuka, the British driver has called on his team to implement ‘positive changes’

The Independent UK

Lando Norris backs himself to go ‘toe to toe’ with F1 world champion Max Verstappen in 2025

Verstappen’s victory at Suzuka cut Norris’ championship lead to just one point after three races

Autosport

Norris: "We lost F1 Japanese GP in qualifying"

Lando Norris says McLaren should have pitted him before Max Verstappen to try to defeat the Red Bull Formula 1 driver, but thinks the Suzuka race was lost in qualifying.

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Norris questions McLaren strategy, but felt Japanese GP was lost in qualifying

Lando Norris says McLaren should have pitted him before Max Verstappen to try to defeat the Red Bull Formula 1 driver, but thinks the Suzuka race was lost in qualifying.

Motorsport

Japanese GP: five quick takeaways

Red Bull's Max Verstappen claimed an impressive pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix and went on take his first Formula 1 victory of the season.

The Guardian - AU

Max Verstappen beat Lando Norris to claim F1 Japanese Grand Prix – as it happened

Lap-by-lap report: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Prix, beating McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri into second and third

Autosport

FIA grass fire concerns ease with rain forecast at F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Lengthy rain showers have been forecast for Suzuka overnight on Saturday and into Sunday, with the expected downpours set to halt the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix grass fires.

Motorsport

Forecast rain easing FIA concerns over grass fires at F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Lengthy rain showers have been forecast for Suzuka overnight on Saturday and into Sunday, with the expected downpours set to halt the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix grass fires.

The Guardian - UK

‘Special one’: Max Verstappen pips Lando Norris to F1 Japanese GP pole

Max Verstappen claimed pole for the Japanese Grand Prix with an immense lap for Red Bull at Suzuka, beating the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri into second and third

The Independent UK

Grass fires again disrupt Japanese Grand Prix practice as Lando Norris sets pace

It took just six minutes for Saturday’s running in the Suzuka sunshine to be brought to a halt.

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