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racingliners · 2 years ago

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F1 Re-Watch 2022: Round 18 - Japan

Mild shock, I actually watched C4 highlights for this one!! And oh boy the immense emo feelings I had during Japan last year 😭 (yes I still think about the fan forum at the track with all the green lights and just how utterly lovely the fans were to Seb).

Oh and the race happened too, with Seb being an absolute badass in his battle with Alonso (and various other farcical things I’d rather not discuss). So, let’s get into it!!

I’m actually soooo excited to finally see this race in full! I did enjoy watching highlights iirc, Suzuka Circuit is so beloved

This was a wet race iirc?? I can’t remember just how wet though

Must have been very wet be the replay is three and a half hours long

*bopping to the F1 theme as I type*

(it’s still not The Chain though)

somewhat fun fact I do just about remember watching the practice session when Verstappen made his F1 weekend debut, yes I have been here a WHILE

“The forecast is 100% rain for the duration of the race” oh, so it’s WET wet

anyway: Starting Grid whiplash

Lance P18. ow.

Mick P15, slightly less ow.

SEB P9!!!!!!!! INJECT ITTTTTTTT

Lewis P6 ☺️

JENSON COMMS HELL YEAH

also Yuki’s first home race, I cannot remember where he finished so if he doesn’t have a good race I will weep

[Formation Lap]: Oh no. That’s a lot of spray. I’m having Spa 2021 flashback.

“It’s gotten a lot wetter in the past five minutes” Ted I love you but that’s now what I wanted to hear

lol at that “The Battle for the Championship” graphic. We all know there was zero title battle last year 😭

arghhhhh I was excited now I’m nervous FUCK

Oh a Bono sighting that helps

[Start/Lap 1]: FUCK CHARLES V MAX LADS STOP IT

*distressed yelling*

oh no they’re saying Seb spun 😭😭😭😭

Sainz in the barrier 😳

aaaand Safety Car

Oh I do remember Gasly having some advertising boarding stuck to the front of his car

well, that was certainly a first lap

Seb spin replay, zero joy sparked

Ted also saying it’s now raining even harder 🥲

I heave clearly mis-remembered how much I enjoyed watching highlights.

[Lap 2]: oop red flag. We’re doing a Spa 2021 folks.

*rain delay content klaxon*

Helmet watch: Albon’s cherry blossom helmet is sooooooo pretty 😍😍😍

Alexa play Here Comes the Rain Again by Eurythmics bc there’s a river on the circuit

Charles just sat on the halo with his brolly, so unbothered

ayyyyy the car tents!!!!

The AM mechanics with their ponchos >>>>>>

(welcome to racingliners.tumblr.com where we talk about everything but racing)

Though granted, no rain delay will have anything on quali at COTA in 2015, forever unmatched

Oh fuck me these lap one replays are literally just grey, that’s really not fucking good

Ted offering to giveaway the discarded advertising boarding from Gasly’s car, peak sports journalism

also we’ve only had one race weekend of Dan back in RBR blue in 2023 and already seeing him in McLaren papaya looks off. wild.

ayyyy Lance is up to P11 and Mick’s in P10!!! didn’t even notice amongst all the carnage, love that for them

vefvahefuh Jenson defending Seb in the accidental violence against Fernando by saying he probably couldn’t see anything in the spray, the Sebson girlies (gn) stay winning

Breaking news: The Haas mechanics found the gazebo for Kevin’s car.

Yuki vibing in the the garage, if he does not have a good race I will RIOT

oop, the stewards haven’t given a re-start time yet. We really are doing Spa 2021 again.

Don’t cite the rules to us Crofty, we were there when they were written

“Cancel that right hand magic” Bono???? explain

Oh god not already talking about the title permutations 😭 I’m not strong enough for the impending nonsense

That and I’m also still trying to process what the hell Bono was talking about

Somewhat unrelated, Jenson talking about 2009 and I 🥺😭

“But I always used to swear at you” JENSON vfuivhesuhu

did not have Jenson on Crofty violence on my rain delay bingo

cut to shots of various drivers looking serious

I do love learning that Kevin’s hero is Evil Keneval though, ty F1 graphics team

cut to rain radar on the RBR pit wall, can confirm it’s still raining

(this rain delay is not quite passing the vibe check, Monaco was much more fun)

concerned Ferrari mechanics huddling around Charles’ car????? That is not reassuring

Lance sighting!!!

oh not the camera making it look like Laurent Mekies was by himself on the Ferrari pit wall 😭

once again, Bernd Maylander for driver of the day (he rolled down his window to say hi to the camera)

ugh Alex had an engine problem?! I will add that engine to my post-season sledgehammer list

oh race resuming in 15 mins???

“This is good race control” Words I never expected Ted to utter in 2022. I am in shambles.

Ted is also once again trying to flog the discarded advertising board from Gasly’s car, this time by signing it as if it’s from Gasly esbihsjrthij

Mr Kravitz the man that you are

“There will be more than one lap behind the Safety Car” oh we really are doing a Spa 2021. Cheers FIA.

Mandatory wet tyres, which makes a lot of sense.

(Trying to not get too incensed at the fact there was a tractor on the track before the red flag bc it’s almost 11am and I would like to have a nice day today but please know that the FIA are very very very dumb)

ANYWAY: Helmet watch: Lewis’s rainbow flower helmet is iconic af

Cut to the Seb fans 😭 I’m fine 😭

Oh. There is an actual river on the right hand side of the start-finish straight. That’s fine.

Helmet watch: Mick’s cherry blossom helmet is also very pretty

in conclusion: Cherry Blossom helmets? Cherry Blossom helmets.

“Restart suspended” WELP buckle down fellas we’re in for the long haul

God I hope F1 mechanics are paid well to deal with the FIA’s nonsense

They’re still running the trackside rollercoaster in the rain aerguherughs I’m glad some fans are having fun

Lando and Andreas chilling on the McLaren pitwall, unbothered

oh to be an F1 mechanic dishing out cups of tea during a rain delay

SEB SIGHTING!!!!

idk why he’s still in the car but my boy!!!!!

cut to more drivers looking serious

ooh the McLaren mechanics are dishing out soup now

while a fan in the grandstand has some ice cream, oh the duality of F1

F1 is such a technical sport that Aston Martin engineers will stick their hand out from under the pit wall canopy to see how heavy the rain is.

Hiiiii Yuki!!! 👋

Breaking news from the FIA medical car: the track is still wet

(oh what has this liveblog descended to?)

Oh I think the Haas mechanics win the rain delay tea award, one of them has a chocolate brownie.

replay of Lando’s start and.... you can barely see the rain lights of the cars in front in some parts. That is not good my dudes.

I am Esteban’s unimpressed shrug and Esteban’s unimpressed shrug is me

“What should have been a quacking race is actually one for ducks” ......Crofty

“You can’t see me but I’m pointing over there” Jenson comms >>>>>>

“Weather forecast: It’s raining” no shit Ferrari radar

oh the Medical Car is going round for another run. Guess what: it’s still wet.

Maybe it’s actually Bernd Maylander v Alan van der Merwe for Driver of the Day

d’aw Yuki waving to the main grandstand 🥺

“I’m rather pessimistic unfortunately” Me too Andreas, me too

The AM mechanics waving their arms and clapping at the fans in the grandstand 😭 I love Team Green so much 💚💚

LEWIS SIGHTING!!!!

eugsheu of course it was Mikey geeing up the crowd

cut to McLaren mechanics playing Uno. Now we’re getting into the good rain delay content

you know what stuff the Grand Prix, let’s just have the mechanics interacting with the crowd instead it’s 11/10 wholesome

aaaaand cut to a tiny duck swimming across a large puddle. It’s that wet.

Lewis and Bono sighting!! Merc seemingly don’t do paper cups, but team branded mugs instead

Breaking News: Zhou has a very tiny rubber duck with the number 24 written on it in sharpie

slightly less breaking news I’m almost two hours into the race replay

Oh. it’s apparently getting a bit brighter. Obviously I know we get some racing but I legit cannot remember how many laps we got.

“I am optimistic” Ted v Andreas in the pitlane at 3

LEWIS AND ANGELA SIGHTING!!!

Angela even got her name up on the screen, as she should

and I’m *now* two hours into the race replay

SEB AND MICK SIGHTING!!!!

*talks shit about you in German*

ngl I’m running out of things to talk about other then yelling every time I see my faves

Another AM mechanic going to wave at the crowd. Protect the mechanics at all costs!!

A mechanic and the crowd doing synchronised arm waving should not be making me emo. But yet, here we are

“But I’m staying positive” Ted is winning the optimism v pessimism war against Andreas

Seb at the AM pit wall looking at the radar. Shockingly, it’s still wet

Seb also looking very pretty but this is not breaking news.

‘Race will resume at 16:15 local time’ oh HELLO

cut to people manically sprinting up and down the pitlane

and then Kevin is just strolling over to his car, just viking things

aw someone from Aston went to give out caps to fans in the grandstand

“These cars are the best hoovers on the planet for water” I’m just going to take what Karun’s said and roll with it

Noooo someone at Alfa Romeo made a sign saying ‘You are the best’ and held it up for the fans to see 😭😭😭😭😭

I LOVE THIS DUMB SPORT SO MUCH

F1 personnel? Excellent. FIA and F1 big wigs? Very dumb. Hope this helps.

okay so because I had to give up watching this last night bc F1 Tv was being so laggy I have completely forgotten the running order so this is going to be fun

and oh my days the sky is finally light grey instead of dark grey it’s a miracle

[Lap 3]: THE CARS ARE ON TRACK!!!!!

actual liveblogging resumes, thank goodness

even though we’re behind the Safety Car bc it’s still really wet on track

‘Rolling start procedure’ I’m not sure I vibe with that

drivers reporting better visibility thank fuck

[Lap 4]: oh the Safety Car is still out that’s fine

I should note there’s no lap count on the screen so I’m just guessing that these are race laps

oh the Alpha Tauri mechanics using the tyre blanket to keep warm 🥺

oh never mind Ocon was talking nonsense the visibility for the cars in the midfield is actually not good

[Lap 5]: oof yeah. That is a lot of spray. Stop wanting to go racing just because you’re in P4 Esteban.

oh. the SC lights are off. we’re apparently going racing.

What has this race been?? I’ve absolutely no idea.

[Lap 6]: And we’re racing!!

Seb and Nicky have both pitted for Inters

There is A LOT of spray coming off the cars jeez louise

and Seb and Nicky have both been noted for an unsafe release defvoiheosh

[Lap 7]: Lando and Val also pitting for Inters

I am Anxious™️

Oh Kevin got past Lance on the inside of Degner 1.

[Lap 8]: Verstappen and Charles both pit for Inters. Did not expect we’d be doing the pitstop shuffle so soon

Lewis and Perez also in

and Russell

oh my god Alonso’s leading

the pit lane said DRAMA

SEB FASTEST LAP INJECT IT!!!!!

And he’s back into P10. NICE.

oh my days MICK IS P3

STOP THE RACE

[Lap 9]: Alonso also pits and Verstappen re-takes the lead

Lap 8 you chose WAY too much chaos

so literally everyone has pitted apart from Mick and Zhou

oh Val v Kevin. Viking on Viking violence.

[Lap 10]: Zhou pits for Inters.

Lewis in P6 and Seb in P7. The besties that race together stay together 🥰

Ocon v Mick v Lewis is giving me stress with all the spray

[Lap 11]: Seb into P6!!!!!

Meanwhile Verstappen and Charles have just zoomed off into the distance

[Lap 12]: and Mick finally pits

NICKY IN P8!!!! STOP! THE! RACE!

the spray situation has improved a little bit, thank fuck

[Lap 13]: okay the on-track action has calm down a little bit

George don’t you dare get past Yuki

[Lap 14]: 7 seconds between Verstappen and Charles....

that does not pass the vibe check

oh jeez not people starting to complain about their tyres already. Pirelli make a better range of wet tyres challenge.

[Lap 15]: “We are expecting some spots within two minutes” With all due respect Xavi SHUT UP I do not want to know

Noooooooo Russell got past Yuki

RUDE

[Lap 16]: Lewis is still chasing down Ocon for P5

And Charles is seemingly not having a fun time with his tyres

“It is starting to unravel a bit for Charles Leclerc” Charles’ 2022 season in a nutshell tbh

“Alonso is rapid behind Vettel” how about no

[Lap 17]: Let’s hear it for column two of the sliding points scale apparently

ngl this Ocon v Lewis battle is actually pretty good

Let’s actually hear it for some MIDFIELD SPICE!!! 🥳

[Lap 18]: Seb v Fernando... it’s 2012 all over again

are we... going to get more pit stops???? with 16 minutes left???

[Lap 19]: ahhhhh cut to Seb v Fernando I’m ANXIOUS

stop talking about the gap between Verstappen and Charles I don’t. want. to. know.

Oh Zhou’s pitted for more inters. inch resting.

Not Lewis thinking about going around the outside of 130R. THINK OF MY NERVES

[Lap 20]: Okay he thought about it again on the main straight but Ocon is defending like it’s Hungary 2021

oh Lance and Gasly have pitted 👀

Lewis I know you’re the king and the goat but stop trying to pass round the outside of 130R MY HEART CANNOT TAKE IT

[Lap 21]: Yuki has also pitted

Perez within striking distance of Charles in 2 laps????

Ferrari what are you doing???

“Are you sleeping?” Okay that was funny Checo awifheoiaguh

[Lap 22]: Ten minutes remaining klaxon

Lewis is still behind Esteban

He did not try getting past througb 130R, my blood pressure is very thankful

[Lap 23]: Alonso’s pitted 👀

welp there’s Charles in front of Perez

[Lap 24]: slightly less joy being sparked from watching Charles v Perez knowing just how slow the Ferrari has been this race

And Alonso is up into P8

Lewis is still behind Esteban

[Lap 25]: 5 minutes left klaxon!!

iirc Charles gets a 5 sec penalty for something???

[Lap 26]: And again I’m on my “You should get the fastest lap regardless of whether or not you’re in the top 10″ soapbox. Show the non-top 10 cars some respect!!!

also just over 2 mins left

This has certainly been A Race™️

[Lap 27]: Anyway Seb still in P6 which is all that matters

I’m equal parts watching Charles v Perez, the gap between Lewis and Ocon and the countdown clock I’m getting very cross-eyed

[Lap 28]: FINAL LAP

I’m equal parts relieved and exhausted

Alonso passes Russell

[Finish]: Verstappen won quelle surprise

Ohhhhh Charles cut the chicane, that’s what the pen was for

I mean he doesn’t have it yet but I know it happens adfvgheugh

Ocon P4, Lewis P5

AND SEB P6!!!!! A KING!!!!!

No points for Yuki but he still had a decent home race!!

NICKY P9!!!! GOATIFI REIGNS SUPREME!!!!!

Whew. That happened. (Not discussing the post-race title nonsense bc 1. it’s been months and 2. I don’t have the energy).

Obviously watching wet races like this back is much better because you know that all the drivers were thankfully fine. If I had been watching it live I would not have enjoyed it as much. But, (rightful) rain delay aside, once the race did get going it was fun to watch with all the overtakes and proper battles.

So overall 7 front wings out of 10. Next race: USA!

#F1 Re watch #F1 2022 re watch #F1 Liveblog #Japan edition #fun fact I had to watch this race over two days bc F1 TV was being that laggy #smh

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