2025 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix Highlights

Despite a challenging race, Pierre Gasly showed his grit by sticking it out on the track, moving from P11 to P13 by the end of the race. Gasly started on New Mediums, and after a critical pit-stop on Lap 24 to switch to New Hards, he pushed hard to maintain his position. While he didn’t manage to break into the points, his fastest lap of 1:31.820 showcased his competitive edge! 🏁💪

What a race for Jack Doohan! Starting from the back in P19, he executed a smart strategy and worked his way up to finish in P15. Jack opted for New Softs at the start, making an early pit-stop on Lap 15 for a set of New Hards, which helped him gain ground. His fastest lap of 1:32.685 proves he has the pace, even when working with limited resources! 🚀🔥

Jack Doohan, Driver, Alpine F1 Team

It was good to get another full race distance under my belt 🏁 and continue to gain experience and understanding of the package 🛠️. Given our starting position, we went more aggressive with the tyre strategy with the Softs at the start, which allowed us to attack 💥 and gave us the best chance to move forward with the undercut. That also meant we ran a longer second stint on the Hard tyres [38 laps] and had to defend towards the end ⏱️. I think we did well to keep Nico [Hülkenberg] at bay, but it was a pity we could not keep Carlos [Sainz] behind on the newer Softs. It was positive to move forward on a track that’s difficult to overtake 🔄 and the race pace also felt strong despite no high fuel running. We will take a couple of days between races to rest 🛏️ and recover. I’m looking forward to going again in Bahrain 🏎️🇧🇭 where the conditions will be completely different again.

Pierre Gasly, Driver, Alpine F1 Team

It was not our race today, and there are definitely a few things for us to analyse. It felt like we did everything we could in terms of performance. The car felt good and well-balanced, and we knew where we lacked a bit of pace. It was an intense first lap, quite dicey with Fernando [Alonso] 🚗💨, and we missed out on a place there even if it was a fun battle. We lost a bit of time at the pit stop ⛽️ so we’ll review what happened there, and we know how vital track position is around here in terms of traffic and pace management 🏁. We did our best, but it was not enough to be near the points. We have a good chance next week in Bahrain 🏎️🇧🇭 where the car seemed to perform well in pre-season testing. Conditions will be different then, though, but it’s a chance to reset, and hopefully, we can come away with a much better outcome.

Oliver Oakes, Team Principal, Alpine F1 Team

It’s not been the smoothest weekend for the team here in Japan 🇯🇵. We found some reasonable steps in performance compared to the first two rounds. Still, it is not enough for us to score points, with Pierre finishing thirteenth and Jack fifteenth. Jack did a good job climbing a number of positions 📈. We go to Bahrain knowing we had a good pre-season test there 🏎️🇧🇭 and aim to continue making steps forward.

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