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🏎️ Williams Racing Crashes Again
Jordan Williams
April 09, 2024
In this week’s email:
Japanese Grand Prix Results 📊
Red Bull looking elsewhere for 2025 driver candidates 🧐
Turkish GP looks to return to circuit 🏎️
Quick Takes 💨
Japanese Grand Prix Results 📊
After the first lap on turn 3 where saw Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon crash, Japanese Grand Prix settled into battle of tire and strategy. Below are the results from the race:
Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Lando Norris (McLaren)
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
George Russell (Mercedes)
Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Yuki Tsunoda (RB)
Niko Hülkenberg (Haas)
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
Valterri Bottas (Sauber)
Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
Logan Sargeant (Williams)
Drivers that DNF - Zhou Guanyu (Stake), Daniel Ricciardo (RB), Alex Albon (Williams)
Other things to note:
With eight laps to go, Charles Lecelerc was leading fellow teammate Carlos Sainz. The Ferrari team warned Sainz not to battle with Leclerc but Sainz decided to run a different strategy and passed Leclerc to place P3.
This is back to back races with Williams racing driver Alex Albon crashed and the third big crash that Williams has had to endure over two race weekends. Resulting in over $2M worth of car damages.
Yuki Tsunoda continues to excel after finishing P10 and scoring a point on his home turf this past weekend.
Red Bull looking elsewhere for 2025 driver candidates 🧐
Red Bull plans to look outside their current sister team Red Bull CashApp for their 2025 driver seat.
Helmut Marko stated, “The question is: Has Yuki become a high-flyer, or is Daniel so weak? There is no objective answer after three races on three completely different course”.
Many people around F1 believe the Red Bull seat will be between Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, or Fernando Alonso. It will be interesting to see if Red Bull sticks with their current 2024 driver lineup or switch things up.
Turkish GP looking to make return 🏎️
It has been two years since F1 hosted a race in Turkey and with new Istanbul Park owners, they are looking to bring F1 back to Turkey by 2026.
This past month FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayme visited Turkey to talk with Turkish President Erdogan about making a return to both Formula 1 and World Rally Championship.
Turkish President Erdogan stated, “Istanbul Park is a modern circuit which is popular with drivers while the city of Istanbul is a thriving metropolis which would welcome a return of Formula 1 with open arms”.
Quick Takes 💨