TheJapaneseGrandPrixisanunmissableeventfortruemotorsportfans.Infact,itwasthefounderoftheJapaneseautocompany,SoichiroHonda,whowantedtobuildthisfacility,asatesttrackforthecompany’scars.
There have been 36 editions of the Japanese Grand Prix, from 1976 to the present day. The first two and those in 2007 and 2008 were held at Fuji, with all others taking place at Suzuka. Dating back to 1962, the John Hugenholtz-designed Suzuka Circuit is that rare creature, a Formula One circuit that tests every aspect of car and driver.
WeekendReviewFromTheBulls
“That was a long and exhausting race, but we did the maximum we could have done today, and honestly, I feel like we executed a perfect race, so a very well done to the team. Achieving P8 was our target today as Lewis was out of reach. We put it all together maximizing our performance, and therefore we’ve been able to achieve this result on merit, without benefitting from any issues of the others. I couldn’t be happier to be rewarded with my first points in F1 here in Suzuka after a weekend like that. I felt comfortable in the car and I think it suited me very well. Today there was almost no degradation on track, so I was flat out all time and I didn’t really leave anything on the table. Now we look at racing in Bahrain next week, and it gives us confidence as I think we can be up there too.”
"Firstly, a massive well done to Isack for getting his first points in F1 today, he did a great job. On our side, it was a tough start, lap one was pretty tricky; I went a little bit wide in turn 13, and then it was just a train from there. It was hard to overtake, but I don’t think from where we were it would have been possible to move from there. There’s been positives to take from this weekend, in general, the car has been pretty good, obviously it takes some time to adjust and get used to it. It’s been a pretty crazy few weeks and months, I just want to get into a groove and get racing. We get to go again next week with a new style of track, so we’ll keep chipping away."
