Mumbai, April 4: The Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday is only the third Formula 1 race of the season, and several plots are developing that promise a few twists in the early season. But the fresh storylines could be as fleeting as the cherry blossoms seen all over Japan at this time of the year. There's McLaren, which has been the early force after winning the first two races. Are Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri about to run away with the season just as Red Bull and Max Verstappen have in winning the last four drivers' titles? F1 2025: Lewis Hamilton Confident in Ferrari슬롯사이트s Ability To Overcome Challenges Ahead of Japanese Grand Prix.

How about seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, who moved this season from Mercedes and is looking for his first victory for Ferrari. He won the sprint two weekends ago in Shanghai. In Sunday's main race in China, he and teammate Charles Leclerc were disqualifed for technical infringements.

And back to the cherry blossoms in Japan 슬롯사이트 the season typically lasts for only about two weeks, from the initial blooms to its splendorous peak. A sellout crowd of about 115,000 on Sunday at Suzuka 슬롯사이트 the Honda-operated track in central Japan 슬롯사이트 will be following every lap of Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda. Tsunoda was promoted to Red Bull last week from Racing Bulls, its feeder team. A Japanese driver has never won an F1 race.

For The Purists, IT'S MClaren

McLaren has been much better than everyone else in the first two races. Norris won in Australia and Piastri in China. Norris has 44 points to lead the driver standings followed by Verstappen with 36, George Russell of Mercedes with 35, and Piastri on 34.

슬롯사이트We know realistically the McLarens are exceptionally strong, and I think it's going to be challenging for anybody else to compete with them. But you know, we saw last year how dominant Red Bull were, and suddenly they weren't at the end of the season.슬롯사이트슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Russell said. F1 2025: Yuki Tsunoda To Replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull Formula One Team From Japanese Grand Prix.

Ditto Charles Leclerc at Ferrari. 슬롯사이트Our performance compared to McLaren is just not good enough,슬롯사이트 Leclerc said.

Could Lewis Hamilton Break Through?

Seven-time world champion Hamilton has won five times in Japan, but not since 2018. Foremost on Ferrari's mind is having Hamilton and Leclerc disqualified in China for those technical infringements.

슬롯사이트It's been a very difficult first part of the season,슬롯사이트 Hamilton's teammate Leclerc said on Thursday. 슬롯사이트The first two races were difficult, the pace was not where we expected it to be, and to lose even more points than we already did with that, it hurts the team a lot."

'I'm confident because whenever you make mistakes, you learn from them, especially when they cost that much," he added.

Hamilton has nine points. He was 10th in Australia after his win in the Shanghai sprint.

Tsunoda 슬롯사이트 Gambare!

The phrase, roughly translated from Japanese into English, means 슬롯사이트Tsunoda, go for it!" Expect almost all of the 115,000 sellout crowd on Sunday to be wildly supporing Tsunoda. Having Tsunoda promoted from Racing Bulls to Red Bull 슬롯사이트 the feeder team to the No. 1 team 슬롯사이트 gives Japanese fans hope. Almost 20 Japanese drivers have particiaped in F1 and none has won a race. F1 2025: Oscar Piastri Wins Chinese Grand Prix With Statement Performance Ahead of Lando Norris and George Russell.

Three have reached the podium with third-place finishes 슬롯사이트 Aguri Suzuki in 1990 and Kamui Kobayahi in 2012, both at the Japanese GP, and Takuma Sato in 2004 in the United States GP. Sato also won two Indianapolis 500s. Tsunoda may have the best chance of a victory of any Japanese driver. He's driving one of F1's best cars, and he's known for his speed.

슬롯사이트I think he (Tsunoda) always had the raw speed,슬롯사이트 said Pierre Gasly, the Frenchman who drives for Alpine and is a former Red Bull driver. 슬롯사이트He was a little bit too hectic behind the wheel at times, on the radio. I think in that sense he's matured enough in minimizing the mistakes.슬롯사이트

The wild card on Sunday could be Verstappen 슬롯사이트 the Dutchman has won the last three races in Japan. Rain is in the forecast for Sunday, and Verstappen is F1's best driver in the rain. If that eventuates, look for No. 4 to be among the leaders in the wet.

Norris Leads Friday'ss 1st Practice

Norris was quickest in Friday's first practice for Sunday's race. He was followed by Russell and the two Ferraris of Leclerc and Hamilton. Norris's best lap time was 1 minute, 28.549 seconds, just 0.163 ahead of Russell, 0.416 ahead of Leclerc, and 0.502 in front of Hamilton. Teammates Verstappen and Tsunoda were next. The first session was run in bright sunshine on a perfectly dry track. The second session was scheduled for later Friday with the third set for Saturday before qualifying.

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