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Hello and a very warm welcome to the late-breaking F-1 podcast presented by Sam Sage and me, Ben Hocking, previewing today, the Japanese GP, the last race that we will have for the next

eight years, unfortunately, but we're going to preview it. Another early start, Sam. And I know you

wanted to complain about that. Yeah, you know me. I'm the biggest wing during Formula One,

I reckon. So I hate an early start, quite frankly. Three in a row, it's a bit unfair. Obviously,

not actually eight years. We've just got an unfortunate break after the Japanese Grand Prix,

which is a real shame. Yeah, well, Dan, downgrade eight years to four weeks or so. But it is going to be weird. We had one of those a few years ago, didn't we? Like this weird spring break where... We did. Yeah. Unfortunately, we don't get to go to like Cabo, wherever it is that Americans go to to, to party on the beach. We have to sit here in England. We get to go to Walsall.

I don't know if I'm... No, no, just respect to those places. It's just, it's not Cabo.

Or Boston, UK. Equally different to the Boston of America. Yeah, you just have to, you know,

make sure that that's clear. It's never going to be Boston, US. At least we get to see Suzuki first, because I think that might be the overall driver's favourite racetrack. They all speak so highly of driving around. It is such a driver's track. It's so much skill to do this correctly. So we'll see how it goes when they despise the cars. They do. I dare media to ask Fernando Alonzo after this if it's still his favorite track or not, because I don't know what he'll say.

I think he hates everything.

We'll see.

Round three of the 26 season and the last before.

We have this month break before the Miami GP.

The Japanese GP goes back to 1976, but was first held at Suzuki in 1987.

Since then, it's become one of the driver's favourite tracks owing to its flowing and fast nature.

The F1 Drivers' Championship has been won in Japan 14 times more than any other country,

with the likes of Edensseller, Michael Schacher, and more recently, Max Verstappen

claiming the title here. However, the race is now held much earlier in the season, hence

why it's round three here. Suzuki has proven itself to be a tough track to make overtakes,

with the majority of moves being made into turn one. Opportunity sometimes appear at the infamous high-speed 130R,

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