2024 FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX

[Big Kev]

2024 FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX



Suzuka International Racing Course
Lap data
Lap length 5.807km (3.608 miles)
Race laps 53
Race distance 307.471km (191.054 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’31.540 (Kimi Raikkonen, 2005)
Fastest lap 1’27.319 (Lewis Hamilton, 2017, qualifying three)
Maximum speed 328kph (203.81 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight
Distance from grid to turn one 405m
Full throttle 66%
Longest flat-out section 994m
Downforce level High
Gear changes per lap 48
Fuel use per lap 1.89kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.074s
Pit lane time loss 17.65s

UK Times
Friday 5 April
First practice: 11:30 (03:30 UK time)
Second practice: 15:00 (07:00 UK time)
Saturday 6 April
Third practice: 11:30 (03:30 UK time)
Qualifying: 15:00 (07:00 UK time)
Sunday 7 April
Race: 14:00 (06:00 UK time)

Previous Winners
2000 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
2006 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2007 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2008 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2009 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2010 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2011 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2012 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2015 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2016 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2017 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2018 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2019 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
2020–2021 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull-RBPT
2023 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT


Weather



Standings

[Duke]

A wet Suzuka at this time of year, who would've thought...

[pixelboy]

Well they moved it from September as it was wet so often and now....

Last year was amazing in Sept... I was there

[Big Kev]

Well Toto said yesterday no one is going to catch Max so...... 20 more of these to go!

I'm just curious why, when Merc were winning there seemed to be several times when rules were changed mid-season to let the others catch up a bit but we haven't seen it with RBR.

So much too for the overspend fine eh!

Wouldn't be so bad if Perez was giving him a fight.

[Big Kev]

Have to say, Suzuka is a good track to drive (on games) but it's not very good for racing in my opinion. No one tries a pass in to the chicane any more because they'd lose the place back at T1 and most of the T1 passes with DRS were pretty straightforward.

[nutty]

Yeah I tend to agree Kev, Like I like how you can pass with the tire delta, but it just too simple.. they need to shorten the DRS a considerable amount into T1

[norbs]

Well Toto said yesterday no one is going to catch Max so...... 20 more of these to go!

I'm just curious why, when Merc were winning there seemed to be several times when rules were changed mid-season to let the others catch up a bit but we haven't seen it with RBR.

So much too for the overspend fine eh!

Wouldn't be so bad if Perez was giving him a fight.

Did it happen in the 1st 3 years of the Merc dominance? I honestly cant remember now.

The overspend fine is a bit like the Ferrari shenanigans that no one heard about. They just all of a sudden were slower. I reckon they expected it to hamstring RB but it hasnt.

Surely Ricciardo is done?

[norbs]