ROUND 17: 🇯🇵 FORMULA 1 LENOVO JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2023

Circuit stats
First Grand Prix 1987
Number of laps 53
Circuit Length 5.807 km
Race Distance 307.471 km
Lap record 1:30.983 Lewis Hamilton (2019)
2022 winner Max Verstappen

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  • JCPhoenix@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, he’s like a Mazepin or Mick level of driver. And I had no idea Mick was their reserve! I assume he’s shared with Mercedes, kinda like how DeVries was last year.

    Like I get he’s a rookie. Rookies make mistakes and should be allowed to. But this is too much.

    I wonder who could get that seat. The Williams Drivers Academy is pretty thin. Mostly F3 drivers, none in F2. Their most experienced Academy driver seems to be their F1 development driver, Jamie Chadwick. She won W Series twice and now is in Indy NXT. (part of IndyCar’s ladder). If not her, they’d have to look outside their organization. Would Mick really make a come back? Seems less than ideal.