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2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix session timings and preview

The iconic Suzuka fixture has been moved to the early part of the season this year as part of an Asia-Oceania flyaway leg that also includes races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Australia and China.

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Bottas: Sauber's F1 pitstop issues may not be fixed until after China

The Sauber squad has arrived at Suzuka for this weekend’s 2024 Japanese GP after pitstop issues have blighted each of its showings in the opening three rounds of the new season.

Autosport

F1 Japanese GP: How to watch, ESPN Formula 1 TV start times

This year’s race takes place on 7 April at 1:00am ET at Suzuka, and the time difference means some late nights and early starts for the American audience across the weekend.

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Ten years on: Revisiting Max Verstappen's shock Japan F1 practice debut

In 2014, a fresh-faced Max Verstappen logged his first mileage on a grand prix weekend in free practice for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix. His FP1 debut with Toro Rosso foreshadowed the special relationship Verstappen would go on to build with Japan.

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More robust Ferrari 2024 F1 car "not scaring" Leclerc and Sainz anymore

Ferrari made wholesale changes to its car after its drivers struggled throughout 2023 with its unpredictable behaviour and sensitivity to changing conditions. That made it particularly hard for Leclerc and Sainz to keep up their race pace, often qualifying well before dropping far behind the Red Bulls. But while Red…

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F1 Bahrain GP: Verstappen takes crushing victory in Red Bull 1-2

The reigning world champion crossed the line with a 22.4s gap over Perez to clinch his eighth successive F1 win, going back to his Suzuka win last year.

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F1 Bahrain GP: Verstappen dominates in Red Bull 1-2

The reigning world champion crossed the line with a 22.4-second gap over Perez to clinch his eighth successive F1 win, stretching back to his Suzuka win last year.

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Why new British GP deal shows F1 and Silverstone need each other

Recent months have seen more and more venues sign up for the long term. The number of races with their slots guaranteed until at least 2030 is in double figures, with Melbourne leading the way thanks to its 2037 end date.

Autosport

Sato, Nakajima stun Suzuka fans with rare ‘reverse’ demo run

Sato and Nakajima piloted Super Formula’s pair of SF23 development cars, the Honda-powered ‘White Tiger’ and Toyota-powered ‘Red Tiger’ respectively, on Sunday morning ahead of the final round of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix venue.

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Why Suzuka Esses contrast has given Mercedes hope for F1 2024

The Brackley-based squad introduced a floor development at the United States Grand Prix that its technical director James Allison had previewed as being a ‘bellwether’ of its long-term potential.

Autosport

McLaren eager to avoid any more Norris/Piastri F1 team orders

With its two drivers on slightly offset strategies at Suzuka, McLaren had to ask Piastri to let Norris through at one point to ensure that they did not waste time fighting each other and risk squandering the team's prospects for a double podium finish.

Motorsport

Lewis Hamilton tells Mercedes to change tactics after Japanese Grand Prix

Hamilton and teammate George Russell were involved in a lenghty tussle at Suzuka which benefited neither driver

The Guardian - UK

Formula One: Max Verstappen wins Japanese GP – as it happened

Verstappen bounces back after Singapore blip to lead start-to-finish in Suzuka, with McLaren’s Norris and Piastri taking second and third, and Red Bull collecting the constructors’ title

The Guardian - AU

Hamilton: Lack of rear downforce leaves W14 on "knife-edge" at Suzuka

After a "nightmare" Friday, Hamilton was much happier with his W14 thanks to overnight changes, but he still faced a tricky balance come qualifying.

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Sainz: No regrets after U-turn on failed Ferrari F1 car set-up gamble

The Singapore winner will start the Suzuka race from sixth place, lining up two places behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Motorsport

2023 F1 Japanese Grand Prix session timings and preview

Red Bull's winning streak came to an end in Singapore last weekend, with Carlos Sainz scoring an emphatic victory for Ferrari from pole position. However, all signs point to the status quo returning at Suzuka, with the Honda-powered Red Bull squad favourite to take top honors in front of Japanese…

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Winless Honda pinning SUPER GT hopes on Sugo, Autopolis

The Sakura marque has failed to register a win in the opening four races of the season for the first time since 2017, with GT500 rivals Nissan and Toyota having split honours evenly between them in the first half of the 2023 campaign.

Autosport

The tactical moves that have injected new life into Asia's GT scene

Big grids of GT3 machinery may be nothing out of the ordinary in Europe, but the sight of 36 cars assembling for the GT World Challenge Asia round at Fuji in June marked an important achievement for a championship that was forced into hibernation for two seasons during the worst…

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The grim reality that made Imola’s F1 weekend impossible to save

Sure, there have been rain impacted races, like Spa in 2021, and days lost to extreme events like the typhoon that hit Suzuka qualifying day in 2019, but the abandonment of an entire grand prix just days before it starts is quite unprecedented.

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Trulli feels more suited to Super Formula Lights than FIA F3

The son of one-time Formula 1 grand prix winner Jarno is focusing on Japan’s second-tier single-seater series for his third season in car racing after becoming a part of the Toyota-aligned TOM’S squad’s four-car line-up.

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SUPER GT pre-season testing: Who's running where and when?

The start of the new SUPER GT season is now less than two months away, and from next week GT500 cars will be roaring back to life as preparations for the 2023 campaign intensify.

Motorsport

Super Formula reveals Suzuka rookie test entry list

Super Formula has released an entry list for this week's two-day post-season rookie test at Suzuka with some surprise additions and absences.

Motorsport

Tsuboi still ‘one step away’ from recovering past form

Toyota’s Sho Tsuboi feels he and his Inging Super Formula team are still “one step away” from rediscovering their past form after another disappointing season.

Motorsport

Motorsport.tv guide: What's on 28-30 October weekend?

A packed programme awaits motorsport fans this weekend. Motorsport.tv followers will be able to watch the final Super Formula races live at Suzuka this weekend, as well as the unique FIA Motorsport Games, where many countries will try to win medals. And the Ferrari Finali Mondiali, one of the biggest…

Daily Mirror

Pierre Gasly responds to F1 changes after being labelled "reckless" by FIA

An incident which saw Gasly have a close call with a recovery vehicle that had entered the circuit at the Japanese Grand Prix, was one of the reasons behind an FIA investigation

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