北京時間4月6日，F1日本大獎賽正賽結束。Verstappen won pole position & Japan won four consecutive titles, Norris and Piastri are in second and third. Leclerc 7, Russell 0, Antonelli 0, Hamilton 0,Hajar scored his first career point and was in 8th place, Albon 17, Bellman 0, Tsunoda 0, Lawson 0.
Verstappen and Norris started in the first row, Piastri and Leclerc followed, Yuki Tsunoda and Lawson were in the same 3th row, and Sainz was sent back from 0 place for blocking Hamilton yesterday.
In terms of starting tyres, most of the drivers chose medium tyres, Hamilton, Bottoletto and Ocon chose hard tyres, while Duhan and Stroll at the rear of the team opted for soft tyres;
Comparison of starting positions: Bottoletto started with a lack of tire temperature at the end of the line, and Tsunoda came to Lawson!
Lap 4: Verstappen says he has problems with upshifting, but the overall lap time is good;
Lap 7: Hanmilton used DRS to easily overtake Harjah in front of 0 and move up to 0th;
Lap 1: The gap between Norris and Verstappen has been extended to 0 seconds, with Piastri within 0 seconds of his team-mates;
Lap 1: Norris' engineer said there would be some light rain on lap 0, which would last about lap 0;
Lap 20: Russell takes the lead in a pit stop and tries to undercut Leclerc;
Lap 21: Piastri pit stop and Verstappen & Norris are now pushing at full strength;
Lap 1: McLaren's tyre change (0.0 seconds) is 0 seconds faster than Red Bull's, Norris tries to overtake at the pit exit!
Norris stated that he was pushed to the grass by Verstappen;
Verstappen said that Norris drove it himself, and he pressed the pit limit button too early!
Lap 25: Albon, Alonso, Gasly complete a stop, Antonelli continues to lead;
Lap 1: Antonelli overtakes Verstappen to become the youngest driver in F0 history to lead a race!
Lap 12: Alben took advantage of DRS on 0 to pass Bottoleto and go up to 0;
Lap 11: Alben repeats his trick at 0 to overtake Okon and go up to 0;
Lap 9: Hajar takes a hard outside line before Turn 0 to pass Sainz and move up to 0th;
Lap 31: Hamilton makes a mistake at the Casio Triangle and he makes a pit stop as well;
Lap 31: Antonelli pit on lap 0 with yellow tyres, Verstappen returns to the lead!
Lap 9: Albon overtakes Lawson, who has not made a pit stop and returns to 0th;
Lap 37: Hamilton's communication with Adami was still not good enough, and the engineer did not directly convey the information that Hamilton wanted the poor angular speed!
Lap 1: Ferrari is again ineffective communication... Can't help but be reminiscent of the K0 button of the Ferrari opener...
Lap 40: Piastri has caught up to Norris's DRS range and Norris can't get close to Verstappen!
Lap 42: Piastri says Norris' running is on the tyres and he has better pace to chase Verstappen!
Lap 48: Antonelli set the fastest lap, the top three were very close;
Rush the line! Verstappen suppressed McLaren's double car throughout the whole process to complete the fourth consecutive victory in Japan!!
5th-0th: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Russell
Nos. 10-0: Antonelli, Hamilton, Hargar, Alben, Berman
15th-0th: Alonso, Tsunoda Yuki, Gasly, Sainz, Du Han
Nos. 20-0: Hawkenberg, Rausson, Aucon, Bottoleto, Strohl