#jpn25

[russellius]

SUZUKA, JAPAN - APRIL 06: George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team looks on prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka Circuit on April 06, 2025 in Suzuka, Japan. Photos by Sam Bloxham.

[girlishwhimsyy]

i love making these

[jyjkj]

🎥: mclaren (Instagram)

[scuderiaspringsteen]

yuki tsunoda x cocoon by 070 shake

[drivestraight]

(max) highlights:

The Red Bull should not on merit be ahead of the McLaren around Suzuka and it was only into the final corner of the final Q3 lap that it was ever ahead of both papaya cars, having spent much of the weekend up to that point trailing behind both McLaren and Mercedes and only running on par with a Ferrari running a higher-than-ideal ride height.

But even for such a great driver at his most inspired, the car needed to be within grasping reach – and for most of the weekend it was not. It took a lot of massaging to build the RB21 from a lazily unresponsive car that had Verstappen despairing and talking of ‘flex’, ‘no front end at all’, ‘front tyres just not gripping’ - to one where the grip of a new set of C3s was enough to just about bring pole within reach of an extraordinary driver.

The low wing carried him down the end of the straights faster (323km/h vs Norris’ 318km/h just before T1). His beautifully coordinated feel for preventing good rotation through the esses from becoming time-consuming slides kept him in touch with a McLaren that was just grippier and more responsive through there. His final flourish was a super-late braking into the chicane – and it was there that he gained a decisive advantage over Norris.

But while accepting the car had been good enough to provide him with this half-chance, Verstappen was adamant it is still a problematic car. “We are still struggling with the through-corner balance,” he said. "On low fuel and new tyres you can mask it a bit and just send it and see, hope that it sticks.” It somehow stuck. In the tiny margin of that 'somehow' Verstappen worked his magic.

[scuderlia]

🪷🪷🪷

do the right thing Yuki. make it out of Q1 in the Red Bull and you will be reincarnated as a Lotus flower

[norway-gp]

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[russellius]

SUZUKA, JAPAN - APRIL 06: George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team and Isack Hadjar of France and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls talk on the drivers parade prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka Circuit on April 06, 2025 in Suzuka, Japan.

[drivestraight]

oh maxf was right in parc ferme…

[russellius]

2025 JAPANESE GP : pre-race

CS: *mentions rain* GR: ...You know something I don't?!... If you do, tell me, and don't tell the others! 🫵 *rides away on his scooter* 🛴

[russellius]

2025 JAPANESE GP : post-race | typing... typing...

[russellius]

he's behind u

[russellius]

2025 JAPANESE GP

[drivestraight]

📸 kaita629 on instagram

[russellius]

SUZUKA, JAPAN - APRIL 06: George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team looks on on the drivers parade prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka Circuit on April 06, 2025 in Suzuka, Japan. Photo by Sam Bagnall.

[russellius]

SUZUKA, JAPAN - APRIL 06: George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team on a scooter prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka Circuit on April 06, 2025 in Suzuka, Japan. Photo by Sam Bloxham.