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Rate the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix out of 10
- 10 (2%)
- 9 (2%)
- 8 (14%)
- 7 (28%)
- 6 (24%)
- 5 (14%)
- 4 (4%)
- 3 (4%)
- 2 (4%)
- 1 (5%)
Total Voters: 132
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2024 Japanese Grand Prix
- “Am I in a race here or what?”: How Ferrari aced their Suzuka strategies
- Suzuka showed Mercedes “have a more stable platform” now
- Ferrari’s strategy gains in 2024 are “purely down to the car” – Sainz
- Tsunoda ‘at Verstappen and Alonso’s level’ with Suzuka performance – Marko
- Japan was first race where Red Bull’s winning margin was bigger than last year
Debates and polls
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- How long should Red Bull give Ricciardo to prove he’s not lost his touch?
- Were stewards right to penalise Alonso over his driving before Russell’s crash?
- Are Williams right to bench Sargeant so Albon can race after crash?
Jere (@jerejj)
7th April 2024, 8:00
A quite typical Suzuka race, but still decent.
notagrumpyfan
7th April 2024, 10:22
Better than other dry races there IMO due to the various overtakes in unusual places.
On the race in general, if you ignore Verstappen and only included Perez for his overtaking on other teams (he sometimes makes it more difficult than it should be) then it it was very enjoyable.
BasCB (@bascb)
8th April 2024, 14:39
I agree with “notagrumpyfan” – there were quite a few tasty moves at more unexpected parts of the track. We also saw some decent defensive driving and long lasting battles.
Heck even pitstops provided something interesting with 2 times a car was able to pass in a direct face off between cars, with Tsunoda’s RB/VCARB stealing the show.
Tys (@bwoken14)
7th April 2024, 8:03
A solid 7 out of 10, some good action and strategic interest. As usual in Suzuka for the last 15 years, if the top team weren’t in the race it would be a 9.
Yellow Baron
7th April 2024, 11:50
The bar is low. A 7 should at least have a battle or some sort for the lead. In 2021 this race would be a 4 or 5 at best even other years
miciek (@micio)
7th April 2024, 8:03
No racing at the top is frustrating.
Can we please stop with “What does Perez need to do to beat Max” articles?
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 8:15
I’d absolutely love that. That and “how does Mercedes turn it around?” or “Has Mercedes cracked the code finally?”
Speaking of Perez, even if he is putting the car where it should be, PLEASE for the love of god put someone else in there. Preferably Alonso. No one at his level has gone longer without a good car in the history of F1. We’ve already seen Max and Sainz head-to-head. But fine if it’s Sainz just as long as it’s not Perez again.
earthling (@34rthl1ng)
7th April 2024, 8:22
I’d love that but no way RBR is going to get rid of Checo when he is delivering the goods without disturbing Max
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 8:28
I personally think Max is bored and would welcome some more excitement even if he discovers he doesn’t like it as much as he thought he would. If Max didn’t like some real competition, he wouldn’t play sim-racing until 4 am every other night. But, yes, in the traditional sense RBR doesn’t need to do anything. I’m just saying god F1 is boring right now. And there would be benefits like billions more spectators cumulatively over a season for a company that wants to market its brand.
Davethechicken
7th April 2024, 11:13
Quite agree. Perez was about Stroll’s level in 2020 spending more racing laps behind him than in front as teammates that year.
4 years later Stroll is still a young driver, probably improved but miles off Alonso’s pace, Perez now old by F1 standards and probably on the downhill slide.
It would be refreshing to see another, any other driver, in that car.
ludewig
7th April 2024, 11:51
Indeed. What he needs to do is to aim for a solid 2nd place and to win if Max has an issue. End of.
Craig
7th April 2024, 11:56
Red Bull certainly wouldn’t permit more then that.
Kotrba
7th April 2024, 13:46
The worst thing is, Perez is actually happy with himself. Despite offering no challenge to his teammate and letting him walk away and dictate the pace every weekend. He rejoices when crossing the finish line. It is unbearable to watch.
The next worst thing is, it will be the same next year as well.
Sumedh
7th April 2024, 8:04
Mercedes strategy are mirroring Ferraris these days.
Good job by Leclerc executing a 1 stop. Sometimes, we forget he is more than just a 1 lap wonder.
Bobby (@shakenbake)
7th April 2024, 8:07
Who’s giving it 1/10?!
Different strategies. Ferrari/Mclaren/Merc/Alonso mixing it up. Some non-DRS overtakes. Yes, Max won. But still a half decent race that.
Ronald (@mosquito)
7th April 2024, 8:09
In my opinion pne of the better races of the season if not the best. Different strategies, some nice overtakes and a fight for positions until the end.
Craig
7th April 2024, 11:57
Considering how low that bar is it’s not much of a complement.
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 8:09
What did I think? Stroll = best wheel-to-wheel racer in F1 history. The awful Logan who was Lawson’s equal in F2 showing once again why I’m so skeptical of the Lawson hype regardless of how bad Daniel is now. Speaking of, while it seemed DR got a bigger share of the blame, not sure what Albon thought would be the point of being on the outside of Daniel there.
On F1 TV, they talked about Max once again saying they weren’t sure if they had the speed and whatever his name is laughing and saying “he always says that, but I don’t expect him to finish 20 seconds ahead of the field,” but that’s exactly what happened. Finally, Yuki continues to entertain. Hope he starts getting more credit from the RB organization
asz
7th April 2024, 9:40
You are so determined to believe in a fixed proportionality between two drivers’ abilities solely based on a season they raced in the same category that you seem to perceive every poor Sargeant performance as a further devaluation of Lawson by extension, with him not even racing. That’s quite absurd, like saying, ‘look, Sargeant has crashed again, now imagine how bad Lawson must be’.
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 9:54
I know I’m not being completely fair and there is no such thing as a direct transfer and it may be that he’s better in F1 than he was in F2. I think he’d be a competent driver. I just think he’d be an extremely average driver. Should he replace Daniel? Sure, if DR isn’t immediately matching or beating Yuki within the next two races.
I am also basing it on Yuki being faster in every qualifying and the fact that every future star’s one-lap pace has been 99.9% as fast as it’d ever be (the same reason I’d bet any amount of $ Piastri will never be as good as Lando).
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 9:55
every star’s one-lap pace as a rookie*
grapmg
7th April 2024, 8:10
Erratic driving from Alonso again. Clearly braked earlier than the laps before. Penalty!
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 8:16
lol. If Herbert had been there, he’d have given Alonso a 60 second stop-go.
earthling (@34rthl1ng)
7th April 2024, 8:26
What, Herbert again? The firing squad, it would have been. What a disgrace
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 8:30
We need Jacques and Ralf as stewards. That’d make for some hilarious viewing.
thegamer23
7th April 2024, 8:30
Not even Suzuka can make these oversized and overweight cars exciting to watch.
Decent racing around 6/10
Aussie Rod (@aussierod)
7th April 2024, 10:55
My thoughts exactly.
4/10.
Yes (@come-on-kubica)
7th April 2024, 8:43
Awful race – just so boring. No tension or excitement. Awful cars and shaping up to be one of the worst seasons of all time.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
7th April 2024, 9:06
yep, watching Red Bull blast past everyone down the straights is getting so old. They don’t even need DRS.
earthling (@34rthl1ng)
7th April 2024, 8:52
Decent not great. Good enough for 7. Without the Red Bull dominance (and the Max dominance at Red Bull) it would have been much better. And a new victory for Carlos who is showing again who’s boss at Ferrari.
Nick T.
7th April 2024, 9:36
Leclerc, Sainz and Norris are three of the most evenly matched drivers we’ve had that are all in the young elite tier for a long time. It’d be great to see them in cars that didn’t suck so bad.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
7th April 2024, 9:05
6/10 … too predictable, and Pirelli are playing with the tires to add suspense. Almost a procession and some bad strategy calls for Lewis’ side of the garage, which is all too normal habit.
Illusive (@illusive)
7th April 2024, 9:40
A very good race thanks to varying strategies, the gap between RB and the other teams have reduced, Max just won by 13 seconds.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
7th April 2024, 10:15
Gone with a 7.
There was enough unpredictability for some of the point positions to keep it interesting up to the end.
Delighted that Yuki scored at his home race. That must feel like a win :)
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
7th April 2024, 10:20
What the @!?@?!$.
How can anyone legitimately rate the race as a 1!!!! I get that I can filter out the noise by focussing on the statistically meaningful votes, but come on. I am a firm believer in people having the right to voice their opinion, but by by this metric a significant portion of all races would be equal worst races of all time.
Perhaps there is some confusion. It is ‘Rate the Race’, not rate the ‘Rate the potentially forgone conclusion of the season’. And the race incorporates all of the drivers from first to last.
I genuinely believe that if you feel that was a 1, you should really find an alternate sport to follow.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
7th April 2024, 10:37
Even the votes for 2 and 3 baffle me.
If you think F1 is that bad, then why would you even take the time to come here and vote?
Some people must have devastatingly empty lives.
MPH
7th April 2024, 12:04
Remember these are individual opinions. Most fans want to see racing not a predictable outcome every race. The changes that the FIA made was an attempt to make the field more competitive, it has not. As a fan I want a competition where on any given Sunday 3, 4, 5 drivers have a legit opportunity to win.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
8th April 2024, 1:20
Of course a vote should be an individuals opinion, and I wouldn’t want to impact that. However I do feel that it is appropriate to try and clarify ‘what’ people are voting for.
F1 has absolutely always had predictability to some extent or other. Even the World Champion with the least wins finished in the top three (predominantly second) in all but one race that he completed that season. And by definition this is at an extreme.
If one removed the Max factor I’d argue that the result for the rest of the field is potentially less predictable than is typical, though, of course, the stronger teams are nearer the front and the weaker teams are toward the back.
It ‘appears’ that your own rating considerations are focused upon the race for first place (which, incidentally, I would also categorize as a 1, and would wholeheartedly agree that we are in a lean period for number of different winners per season, even for F1). But even the prompters for the poll clarify it is about how “entertaining and exciting” the race was. And the race incorporates all the contestants, racing for all positions. By that metric, and in my opinion, voting a 1 is a nonsense, unless perhaps you are new to the sport and had potentially unreasonably high expectations gong in?
I believe there are quite a few formula and categories that align more closely with with what you seek.
S
8th April 2024, 14:49
That is what is wanted from F1, though. The lack of that element will naturally lower the score a race gets for many people, as F1 isn’t meeting its potential.
The races that score well usually do have this kind of unpredictability and competitiveness.
notagrumpyfan
7th April 2024, 11:33
Maybe the Russian voting system would be an outcome here; one can only hand in ballots when visible to everyone ;)
MichaelN
7th April 2024, 10:30
Tsunoda was, if not the star if the race, at least the start of the highlights. He’s not the first Japanese to have something extra at his home race, and if he can keep this up he might even have a chance at keeping a seat after Honda leaves Red Bull.
Still not sure why Norris never seems to bother fighting a Red Bull. His short squabbling with the Mercedes shows he knows how to do it.
Bit of a 5/10 race, as has become usual for Suzuka with these huge cars.
MadMax (@madmax)
7th April 2024, 10:39
Usual RBR boredom, driving well below the cars limit
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
7th April 2024, 10:47
Couldn’t stay awake. Did notice the yawning gap (40+ sec) between the front and back halves of the field – even the photo here looks like a split grid in a sportscar race…
Roger Ayles (@roger-ayles)
7th April 2024, 11:23
An example of the show over sport quantity over quality approach to things.
There was a lot of passing but very little of it was actually competitive as it was mostly easy an DRS drive by or as a result of a big difference in tire performance; neither of which is ever especially exciting or memorable.
Tsunoda & Stroll for example pulled off a few outside overtakes through the esses but they were all as a result of been on tires 3-4 seconds a lap faster than the driver they overtook so rather than been super exciting, memorable overtakes as a result of a driver doing something daring they just all lacked that ‘wow factor’ because they weren’t truly competitive overtakes between 2 cars of similar performance in a genuine fight for position.
Artificial elements aimed at show over sport quantity over quality will never be as exciting or memorable as genuine bits of racing.
MichaelN
7th April 2024, 15:28
While true, those drivers chose those tyres, and in a series that’s struggling to find many performance variables, the tyres at least deliver on that part of their brief.
Asd
7th April 2024, 11:48
Very good race!! A solid 7/10
Best race of the year and one of the better ones in memory. It actually felt like a REAL RACE – there was non-DRS overtaking in many different places on the race track, there were collisions, there were crashes, there was no “racing line” nonsense.
montreal95 (@montreal95)
7th April 2024, 11:53
voted 6/10. Best race of the season so far (that’s not much of an achievement) and the only one that gets a passing grade from me, but still far from spectacular
MaddSusie (@maddsusie)
7th April 2024, 14:23
I was initially thinking a high 7 possible 8 and ultimately gave it an 8. It did have some very good overtakes and whilst no leadership battle, a solid and enjoyable race.
The red flag triggering the restart really opened the strategy, which lead to some close racing towards the end of the race.
Pedro Henrique Fernandes Carneiro
7th April 2024, 18:02
I would vote this race a 6/10, my problem with this race was that most of the overtakes were easy DRS passes. There were some decent strategies as well
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
7th April 2024, 19:44
7/10 for me. I quite enjoyed it.
There was no battle at the front but II didn’t really expect one. There were different strategies in place with Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and AM all in the hunt for the most points. Quite intriguing.
There were a few pretty decent overtakes involved as well on a very fast circuit.
PlosslF1
7th April 2024, 23:18
Only watched the highlights but found myself watching the end of the first 24hr at Nordschleife on ACC as it was more interesting than the race, driver called Luke did the whole 24hr with no driver swap. Ho hum, only another 2 years to go…
Jim from US (@jimfromus)
8th April 2024, 2:43
5 and I’m being generous. I see the commentary hype is believed by many but the reality is that the top cars are going to ge the same positions each week barring mechanical failure.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
8th April 2024, 3:30
10 (2%)
9 (3%)
8 (14%)
7 (28%)
6 (26%)
5 (13%)
4 (3%)
3 (3%)
2 (4%)
1 (5%)
Total Voters: 117
I went for 6, which is the highest I voted a race this year, because it had a redeeming feature (since no battle for the lead) in that there was a lot of fighting and not that easy overtakes between the ferrari, mercedes, mclaren and alonso.
I suppose the majority voted 7 for a similar reason, this makes it more than half the voters who went for either 6 or 7.
Lastly, over 80% went for marks between 5 and 8, so it was considered a decent race in general.
Looks to me like the 9, 10 and 4 or less can be considered outliers here, to me 1 is a protest vote when the competition sucks and I’ve given it before this season, but not here.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
8th April 2024, 4:17
@esploratore1
I have (above, and previously) been rather vocal about the “1” voters, but a “10” is almost as questionable. Though I would say that as the sample group is people that love F1, so it should – in theory – be more understandable that people are more enthusiastic about a ‘decent’ race, than disappointed.
Nick T.
8th April 2024, 5:16
And usually the 10s are from Max fans ecstatic to see him dominate.