F1 2025 - Round 3 - Japan - Suzuka

Most annoying commentary duo I’ve experience

Thank you.

Is there a limit to how many drivers you can switch or how often you can switch them?

Happily I watched that race on the replay on sky and didn't get up. What a bore.

Disappointing that McLaren didn't do anything to try and win the race. The problem I see with them is they will be happy to let their drivers race, but not if there's another driver nearby. So if Max keeps out performing the car he'll make life very tricky for them.

nah, it's not… some of them are real, but the the screen image is fairly obvious.

look again.

Hang on, you think sky are faking a microphone when interviewing drivers in the pen?

McLaren were probably reluctant to try an alternate strategy. Would Lando have wanted to risk it being in second. If they let Oscar run long, and he overcut Lando, they'd have had the same issue as last year with Lando expecting to be switched, which Oscar wouldn't have been too impressed with.

Imo it was just easier to not try anything, and let the drivers race to win, it's unlikely to have any impact on winning the constructors championship this year.

i'm so delighted i got myself setup with F1TV this year. more balanced commentary and simply refreshing. Not to mention of the extras of using multiviewer.

cherry bonus of way cheaper that than getting sky sports subs or now TV sports.

Freedom from listening to Danika, Ted, Naomi and that craig fella.

One of the most boring races I have ever watched. Fans want to see overtakes and wheel-to-wheel racing.

The problem keep manifesting itself, unless there is a variable such as a bit of rain, several SC or a red flag then this is what we get too often. A rule change to have to use all three types of tyre in the (dry) race might mix it up a little and bring more strategy into it. There is also a lot of new drivers this year (and driver moves) which doesn't help

Max give us a magical weekend where he beat 4 to 5 faster cars on track. I could not take my eye off the timing delta waiting for the time to tumble to Norris and waiting for the tyre deg to kick in. His drive yesterday remind me back to the 90's where Schumacher was up against the McLaren's and Newey. Nearly all the drivers said they were flat out for the whole race, and at the end Ocan had to be helped out of the car. Yesterday's race was an intense battle in a different way without all the 50 + overtakes per race. That was not a boring race that was pure talent, Consecration and fitness, a battle of David and Goliath.

Just to clarify, Ocon and a mechanic helped Jack Doohan out of his car. It's suspected Jack's hand might still be weak after the Friday high speed crash.

Yeah he never moved his wrist at all on that onboard.

He can't afford to be injured as if Colapinto gets in Doohan likely wont shift him out again.

Speaking of Alpine Hirakawa has left to join Haas immediately after his FP1 run with Alpine. Probably was some kind of deal where Alpine were paid to run him in Japan. He's a Toyota driver mainly and since Toyota are partners of Haas makes sense he moves there.