Lap-by-lap report: Can Max Verstappen get back on the F1 podium in Japan after retiring from the Australian Grand Prix? Find out with Joey Lynch
The car of Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo is recovered by marshals after crashing at the start of the Japanese GP.The car of Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo is recovered by marshals after crashing at the start of the Japanese GP.So the confirmed re-start order:
Verstappan gets away cleanly and leads but we’ve already got drama! Albon has gone into a wall! So has Ricciardo!Replays show that Albon got away well in 14th but clipped the outside rear wheel of Ricciardo in what looks to be a racing incident – can’t really blame either.but Fernando Alonso will start on the softs in fifth, looking to make up ground on those ahead of him early on with an aggresive approach.
“The qualifying itself wasn’t as easy as we expected, but overall, as a team we did a fantastic job. I’m continuing to learn how to maximise the car and its setup to extract the best out of it, and without everyone, the engineers and mechanics, on track and at the factory, supporting me, I wouldn’t have achieved this result and I’m very appreciative of them all.
“I had planned not to come to Japan because there’s so much on back in Europe, things to do, but then I felt not coming to Japan was the wrong choice,” he said.And on the subject of Wolff, former world champion Sebastian Vettel has hinted he could be tempted to make a comeback to F1 after confirming he’d been having conversations with the Mercedes team principal amongst others.
“I’m pretty happy with the way I drove but we’re missing a little bit this weekend as a team in terms of pace. Tomorrow will be a bit of a degradation race and how we manage that in Sector 1 will be key. We’ll try to have a good start, manage the race and hopefully that leaves us in a decent spot.” “Overall, in qualifying the laps have been very nice and it was a great result for the team,” he said.
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