F1 2022 Japanese GP Preview & Predictions
29F1 is back at Suzuka for the Japanese GP for the first time since the COVID pandemic started. Suzuka is an incredible old school F1 circuit that is incredibly high speed and has grass and gravel run offs meaning that any and every mistake is punished. This is the weekend where Max Verstappen in the Red Bull can seal the world championship and become a 2 time world champion, to do this he has to win and Charles Leclerc in Ferrari has to finish second to keep any hopes alive. Sergio Perez however will be there to help ensure that Max Verstappen can and will win the world championship. Sergio will be riding a wave of momentum after brilliantly winning the Singapore GP, will he be able to continue on good form we shall find out.
Mercedes had a bit of a difficult weekend in Singapore, this was supposed to be their best weekend however they only finished P9 and P14. Suzuka will have to be a better weekend for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell,
The Suzuka circuit is circuit is a 5.807km circuit and the race distance is 53 laps. The pole position lap record is currently held by Sebastian Vettel and is a 1:27.06 and the race lap record is held by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and is a 1:30.9, Neither of these two records is going to be challenged I don't think, but I do think that Red Bull will be in a very strong position to dominate this race, their Honda power Unit will work very nicely for them against the typically slower Ferrari and Mercedes powered cars. We could see an impressive performance from Mclaren, Alpine would have a good weekend however after a double DNF in Singapore I believe they will be taking a power unit penalty which will put them behind.
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