ROUND 17: 🇯🇵 FORMULA 1 LENOVO JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix 1987
Number of laps 53
Circuit Length 5.807 km
Race Distance 307.471 km
Lap record 1:30.983 Lewis Hamilton (2019)
2022 winner Max Verstappen

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  • ThiccSemperTyrannis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What a time to be a papaya simp! Terrific turnaround from the beginning of the season to now.

    Gratz to Max and RB I guess. Checo though…yikes

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      1 year ago

      They started the season admitting they were not where they wanted, and slowly improved to be at the front. Great for them! They have good drivers and it’s nice seeing them at the podium.

      • misery mansion@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Dunno about slowly, more like nowhere for ages then the huge Silverstone upgrade. The most recent upgrade seems to be keeping them in position, at least on these circuits.

        Cautiously optimistic for next season though, we could see a RB, Merc, McLaren fight, with the odd Ferrari pop up. Or maybe Aston will take another step. They’d need another driver though.

        Lawson to RB to replace Checo I’d be up for that