intrigued obsessively

just happy to be here. she/her, mid-20s. recently into ice hockey, f1, hannibal

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i think we collectively breathe easier when Cornwall hit. Alex being loose. Having a vacation with his loved ones, his family now. Finally smiling genuinely.

... whatever happened after that didn't exist because my God let the boy breathe

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something something Alex's exact mind: he's the Govt, i'm just a boy...

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had to give it to Tom bcs it all started from his eagerness at showing Alex the good time at class, then his phone got confiscated, then the phone sat in Ian's glove box and it became the first thread of his life-changing endeavor

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just realized how packed the first ep of S1 Alex Rider was. my God

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Tom would've stoked to see The Boys. The Batman. Penguin. Superman!

what a bunch of possibilities to have him as a movie bro making a YT commentary bout heroes anti-heroes and cinema as a whole

HE WOULD'VE STOKED TO SEE PHM IM SURE OF IT

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rewatching E01-S1 of Alex Rider, i forgot Tom's whimsy and his passionate end to the X-Men's franchise. Tom what a man of culture you were

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as he should

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oscar with the customized car?? he's the It Girl

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three italians on the podium 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Japanese Grand Prix - Race Recap

(Weekend Preview | FP1 recap | FP2 recap | FP3 recap | Quali recap)

At a glance:

Podium

P1 - Kimi Antonelli

P2 - Oscar Piastri (+13.722)

P3 - Charles Leclerc (+15.754)

Oscar

P2 (+13.722)

Fastest lap: 1:32.996

Top speed (at speed trap): 289 kph

Lando

P5 (+23.479)

Fastest lap: 1:33.208

Top speed (at speed trap): 304 kph

Key Takeaways:

Great start for Oscar and Lando - Oscar immediately jumped into P1 before the first corner. Lando got a great launch and improved to third. Antonelli fell back to P6 from pole with a poor launch, and Russell fell to P4. However, Russell recovered to second within a couple of laps. Oscar acquitted himself well holding off Russell and playing the deployment strategy game. Lando, however, struggled to hold the places he gained from his good start.

Crash shakes up Bearman, race - Bearman crashed into the barriers on lap 21 whilst trying to avoid a slow Colapinto. He was slow to get out of the car following the 50G crash and was reported to have banged up his knee, but he was otherwise ok. This happened immediately after Russell pitted in response to Oscar's undercut, but before Antonelli and Hamilton pitted. This placed Antonelli in P1 after pitting under the safety car and put Hamilton in position to pass Russell on the restart on lap 28 and challenge Oscar for P2. Oscar was able to hold on to P2 and extend the gap on superior pace despite Hamilton's four-lap tire advantage. However, in clean air, Antonelli began running eight tenths or more faster per lap than Oscar and opened up an insurmountable gap. This, ironically, also provided Oscar with clean air to defend his position as the cars behind jockeyed for P3.

Bad luck for Russell - Between the setup issue in qualifying that carried into the race and the unlucky pit stop timing, Russell found himself dropping back in the field in the second half of the race. Russell's running further back in the field in tighter traffic potentially demonstrates the significant difference in how the Mercedes runs in dirty air versus clean. Russell was clearly frustrated over the radio, to the point where Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff spoke to him on the radio during the race.

"Turns out when we start these things, we're pretty good!" - Oscar is voted driver of the day, taking P2 on his first start of the season. Without the safety car, he would have likely finished P1, but that's how racing goes sometimes. Considering that going in, P3 looked like the best possible result based on the data from practice, P2 is still amazing, and McLaren are demonstrating that the car does have the pace to compete at the front. Lando's finish in P5 was about where I expected him to end up given the limited time he had to get a feel for the car on this circuit.

Quick Notes

This was genuinely a fun race to watch, and not just because both McLarens started and finished the race. There was a little of something for everyone, whether you're a fan of strategy, luck, or wheel-to-wheel racing. Antonelli converted back-to-back poles to back-to-back wins and has become the youngest-ever championship leader.

Today's results bring Lando and Oscar to P5 and P6 in the driver's championship with just 4 points separating them. McLaren remain third in the constructors, 44 points behind Ferrari and 89 behind Mercedes.

McLaren have demonstrated that their understanding of the Mercedes power unit in the backs of their cars has greatly improved, and it is making them competitive with Mercedes themselves. In particular, McLaren appear to have exceeded Mercedes in understanding the energy states required to get a good launch at the start. Ironically, the driver to have most mastered this is Oscar, who did not have any race starts outside of a sprint until today.

Due to the cancelations of the races in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, the next race weekend will not be until May 1-3 in Miami. Teams expect to spend this hiatus doing work to improve and upgrade their cars. If you're a believer in "momentum" in sport, then this break may be seen as more of an advantage to the teams at the back of the field, like Williams, Cadillac, and Aston Martin, than it will be to the frontrunners, who could conceivably "fall off" somewhat. However, I'm not much of a momentum believer. Teams with more room to improve will likely improve more than the frontrunners with the extra time, but that isn't a momentum thing, that's just how development works. The frontrunning teams will carry their confidence into their improvements off track as well as they would on track.

Most, if not all, teams will likely bring upgrades to Miami. Those who don't will probably bring their upgrades to Barcelona in June. McLaren have stated already that this is their plan. Anytime those upgrades or McLaren's ability to develop the car come up in interviews with Oscar, Lando, Andrea, or anyone else from the team, the tone is positive and full of confidence that the trajectory ought to be fairly consistently upward.

Full Results

Formula 1 Race Live Blog | Formula 1 Race recap

McLaren Race recap (link when available)

Questions? Comments? Corrections? Drop them in the comments so we can keep the conversation all in one place!

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yet again, Gasly in front of Max

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OSCAR PIASTRI Japanese Grand Prix 2026

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japanese gp 2026 ... post race

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my boi finallyyyyy

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🇯🇵 28.03.2026 | F1 Grand Prix Of Japan - Qualifying session (P3)

Suzuka, Mie, Japan. 28th Mar, 2026. McLaren Mastercard F1 Team driver #81 Oscar Piastri (AUS) gives a thumbs up in parc fermé after qualifying third at the 2026 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, round 3 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, at Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan on 28 March 2026. (Credit Image: © Wan Mikhail Roslan/ZUMA Press Wire)

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