ROUND 3: 🇯🇵 Japan
FORMULA 1 LENOVO JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2025
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)
- 2024 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map
4 red flags. Must be some kind of a record!
Cursed session with 3 red flags.
4*
grass on fire again 😅
Oof that was a big crash that Doohan just had
Bad for his weekend but doesn’t look like driver error on the replay.
Like the other comment said it was actually entirely his fault. Because he had his foot pinned it wasn’t going to automatically close the DRS. He needed to lift or manually shut the DRS before turn in and he simply didn’t.
I’m glad hes alright. That’s gonna be a lesson he won’t soon forget. Hopefully it doesn’t eat into his confidence tomorrow. He seems like an alright guy.
Wow, yeah I was surprised when the commentary on the official highlights pointed it out. So it’s “bad for his weekend” (as in bad for his career, but also this weekend).
I mean mostly destroying a multi-million dollar prototype vehicle is never a good day. Especially in this cost cap era.
I thought the exact opposite. He lost the rear because he didn’t close his DRS flap.
Conspiracy theory: Doohan set the grass on fire so that no one can have an FP2
Just started watching. Saw the red flag.
Geez, hard hit for Doohan.
Alonso hasn’t had the greatest start to the season. With 2 DNF’s he’s not even classified on the driver’s championship listings https://www.formula1.com/en/results/2025/drivers