Race Highlights | 2024 Japanese Grand Prix

it is time to go racing at Suzuka and

the Japanese Grand Prix is underway Max

F stafen gets the launch off the line he

was looking for Alonzo did get a good

jump but couldn't do anything with it

side by side we go with the McLaren and

the Ferrari Lando Norris is in third

it's as you were for St and Perez norres

then signs and Fernando Alonzo couldn't

make it work on those soft tires he

remains in fifth as they make their W

through and off into the wall off into

the wall goes the two cars and a big

crash into the tire barrier yeah it's

going to be an immediate safety car then

is heavy impact for Ricardo and

Al so Albin then gets a decent chance to

come alongside and there there's the

touch so there was the driver on the

inside of Ricardo Alvin was sort of

aiming towards a space that was closing

a Daniel's come across on Alex Alber I

don't think that was particularly fair

from uh from Ricardo there I think he

did have more space on the left hand

side take two at zuzuka is five lights

away

and the Japanese Grand Prix is go once

again and it was a good reaction time

for Perez for stappen had to chop across

the top four are still in the same order

who's feeling brave the top five are

still in the same order as piastri tries

to put pressure on Alonzo and is not

able to do so they make their way

through the yeses can they all get

through cleanly this time the answer is

yes to that and it is charlot Clair the

big winner off the line he's managed to

Dart ahead of Lewis Hamilton the medium

tired trumping the

hard yeah gave me a hit and the side let

me know if it's okay we'll

do George Russell diving to the inside

and retaking the place he's up to ninth

and that is valri BAS saying goodbye to

estan oon Russell up to ninth botas up

to 11th making moves early on with the

DRS Lando Norris is into the pits and

the first McLaren in fourth place

responding to the Mercedes now being on

the right tire let's see where Lando

Norris comes out have McLaren dropped

him in to a lovely Gap it looks like

they have and Norris has a bit of clear

air next car up the road is

stroll what's happening with Yuki Coda

on the uh the hard ties having made a

stop gazley ahead hold on a minute we're

not going to see a move here are we what

wonderful

stuff the Mercedes are swapping

positions leis Hamilton asking the team

what they wanted to do Russell goes up

to

fifth to Max Sten has made his Pit Stop

you see that on the left hand side and

vapen comes out oh that is unbelievably

close to trying go around the outside

Lando norres goes the long way round and

takes the place away from Lewis

Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Under Pressure

we're heading to the 130r so close and

Hamilton has to seed the place oh

they're going so so quickly as they turn

left at that corner Perez on the new

mediums up to fifth I wonder if the

Mercedes are trying to lock into

different strategies today and

Hamilton's maybe on a long one stopper

Russell on something different and

that's why they swap positions uh fairly

quickly Perez is going to line up once

again at the 130r is he able to quickly

get past George Russell Russell has to

give the room another pass on board with

Perez who sweeps by makes use of that

Medium Rubber and takes fourth

place as we're going to go very very

tight no one wants to get past into the

spoon corner but Hamilton's going to

have to give the place and he does so

Carlos SS winner of the Australian Grand

Prix is up to

sixth can ven make the move quickly and

cleanly that's the question we're posing

as we build up to 200 milph and lir

tries to defend but Max stappen retakes

the lead of the

race Russell can't turn the Mercedes at

turn 11 and science is right with him

and it's just you feel so helpless in

their position with these guys on much

fresher tires soft the compound as well

for science on the inside into spoon and

through he goes it's an absolute carbon

copy of the pass he did on

Hamilton there's Perez making the move

to the inside and taking third position

clean pass making the move Lon Norris

really chooses his battles carefully in

Formula

1 incredible spectacle outside the

commentary box there there's a huge

gaggle of cars came into the pits at the

same time Magnuson botas sergeant and a

change for position look at this look at

this and we've got a terrific move there

for Yuki sonoda the crowd are cheering

once again he's found himself out ahead

there and they all came in together

bottled up by Kevin Magnuson that was

the Gap that Mercedes were waiting to

clear and you can see why it's as if so

on the last in botas pitted before

anyone else had a slow stop but because

he had fresher tires for one lap managed

to uh to effectively undercut his way

back to where he was guys well done

thank you top top job guys top job

good shair out qualified by caros signs

on uh on a couple of occasions in a row

now wide moment for lir who goes off the

road and loses the place Sergio Perez is

up to second position can Lando Norris

inflict more hurts on Charla

Clair there could be a real opportunity

for stroll to try and make the place on

sonoda who's trying to get by ancient

tires on that car but hulkenberg holds

the place and this is the worst case

scenario for sonoda because now stroll

can tuck in and it's getting really

tight can he do another amazing move my

goodness me it was nearly that corner

again for RB that was so tight and he's

trying to use the extra grip 27 lap old

ties he's going to do it again and the

crowd absolutely love it sonoda through

at the SES for the second time in the

Grand

Prix and SS will have the fresh tires to

attack but he's going to lose the track

position to the names that you can now

see passing him on the

circuit DNA 2 has been causing issues

all the way through and I believe that

Sergeant has gone off the track there

and that is not a great place to reverse

a Formula 1 car on to well here he is

building up to 200 milph out of the

slipstream DRS wide open Carlos SS

fights his way by to Fourth

position right now he's focusing on

getting past his teammate and moving up

there's the defense from Charla Clair

but the DRS and the speed belongs to

Carlos

SS oh that's a late dive bom move or an

attempt for one for George Russell going

wheel tohe with Oscar pastri pastri

refusing to give that one up keeps the

track position Russell will be on the

radio to

complain and George Russell's got a big

opportunity now George Russell suddenly

pastry is going to let Russell out of

the slipstream he can't defend they both

had TRS but George Russell takes the

place on the final lap of the Grand

Prix downhill to victory for the

reigning world champion Max Max foren

returns to Victory Max ven wins the

Japanese Grand Prix and it's a Red Bull

one two thanks to Sergio Perez four

grand prix 412s one for Ferrari three

for Red Bull and next up we return to

the Chinese Grand Prix for the first

time since

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2019