2024 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix Highlights

Max Verstappen added another pearl to his string of victories with a dominant performance at the 2024 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. This was the Dutchman’s third consecutive win at Suzuka, the 57th of his career. Sergio Perez ensured that Red Bull scored its third one-two finish of the season, its 31st in total.

Max Verstappen, Driver, Red Bull Racing

Today was simply lovely, and I really enjoyed the race. We stayed out of trouble on the first lap, and from there, we tried to look after the tyres as much as possible. We made the right calls before qualifying, which helped today, and it is very lovely to come back and win after Australia. The car just got better throughout the race, and although it took a few laps before I got a nice rhythm as we didn’t have many practices on the long runs, on the second stint, the car really came alive. I could push where I needed to, and I could look after my tyres well, so the race went really nicely. It was a great Team result the whole weekend, and brilliant to score a one-two here: our third of the season. Suzuka is always a great track to go racing at, and overall, I am pleased about the performance today.

Sergio Pérez, Driver, Red Bull Racing:

It was a good day for the Team. We had good pace today, we just struggled with the degradation initially and didn’t get enough out of the medium due to the balance and track temperature. We suffered a little on the first stint; it compromised our race a little too much, and Lando was pitting early. The second stint was better, but we had to get through a lot of traffic, which made our life a lot harder. On the hard, we were back to our best, but things were a little out of sync by then. What is positive and an improvement is that when we have issues like on the first stint, we are able to solve them during the race, which is something we lacked last year. We are in a good place and performing at a very nice level. We just need to keep progressing. My confidence is coming back, and the momentum should be with me for the coming races; if I am able to have such a consistent weekend in Suzuka, it can only be optimistic moving forward.

CHRISTIAN HORNER, CEO and Team Principal

It was an excellent Team performance today: the fastest lap, a one-two finish, the fastest pit stop and leading first and second in The Championship. So yeah, it’s a fantastic performance here and one we are very proud of, particularly in Japan at the home of our engine partner, Honda. Max managed to control the race beautifully. He was away from the beginning and really looked after the tyres. But Checo has had a very strong agenda here. His qualifying yesterday was good. Better than he has managed in his career. And then his racing was fantastic. He came through the field and was very strong and maintained his pace. A brilliant race across the board, from all the Team. It is great to see.

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