Ferrari in the fight? McLaren in the mix? Red Bull's return? – 2024 Japanese GP Preview

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🗓️ 31 March 2024

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Summary

After Ferrari’s 1-2 in Australia, can Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz race for the win again in Japan? Will Max Verstappen bounce back in Suzuka like he did last year? Have McLaren got the pace to beat Ferrari this season?

1996 World Champion Damon Hill and Spanish journalist Jesús Balseiro join Tom Clarkson on F1 Nation to answer all the big questions ahead of the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix.

Are simulator issues potentially causing Mercedes’ worst start to a season since 2012? And what does Daniel Ricciardo need to change after being outperformed by teammate Yuki Tsunoda in the first three races?

Plus, Damon and Jesús go head-to-head in Quiz The Nation.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to F1 Nations preview of the Japanese Grand Prix.
0:08.6	I'm Tom Clarkson and I'm joined this week by the 1996 world champion Damon Hill.
0:14.4	Hello, Damon.
0:15.4	Hi Tom, and you're still in Australia, I see.
0:18.2	Well, it's dark outside.
0:20.0	I am still, I've gone up to Queensland actually and in to Port Douglas and Formula One seems to have moved north to the tropics.
0:28.8	Also with us this week, he's us Balcero from Diario A.S.
0:33.4	He's us, how are you?
0:34.7	Hello Tom and I'm not in Australia.
0:36.7	I'm in Spain.
0:37.7	Heesus, how do you feel about Tom being on holiday when you're working so hard?
0:41.1	I don't know because Australia seems a nice place to be
0:45.1	but I don't think I would be able to spend three weeks away from home just for two races
0:51.2	and maybe you will be happier in Japan without a jet lag but when you come back after Japan
0:56.2	I don't want to be you.
0:58.0	Do you know what you've hit the nail on the head for the first time I'm not going to be jet lagged at the Japanese Grand Prix and I'm quite excited about that.
1:07.0	But guys, before we throw it forward to Japan, I did just want to throw it back to Carlos Sainz's victory in Australia last week.
1:17.6	I mean, Hezas, how did that go down in Spain?
1:20.7	It was huge.
1:21.6	It was really huge. On one side because of the surgery he had two weeks before in Jeda but I think that the hardest heat that Carlos had this winter is not the surgery is being drop off by Ferrari for
1:35.7	next year and and to come back from that to be a strong driver at the start of the
1:41.6	season he he beat shallal in Bahrain. He overtook him twice.
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