Japanese GP Driver Ratings
P1 with Matt and Tommy
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4.9 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Here it is then, our final driver ratings for FIVE WEEKS... Let's bring the curtain down on the series (for now) by evaluating a host of drivers we aren't quite sure how to properly analyse.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. |
| 0:10.9 | Driver ratings for one final time for five weeks, driver ratings. |
| 0:16.0 | And then another three weeks off after Miami. |
| 0:18.6 | No, we're not going to talk about it. |
| 0:20.0 | I just did. |
| 0:20.8 | But we are here to analyze what went on in a lovely, glorious one-stop race where some drivers |
| 0:27.2 | got screwed over and some drivers didn't. How are we feeling, Tommy? |
| 0:31.5 | I'm looking forward to it, as always. These ones, yeah, a more normal race from a sprint weekend, but still a lot to dive into |
| 0:39.6 | and probably some interesting opinions and yeah, looking forward to diving into it. |
| 0:44.6 | I'm personally excited to see how he rated Alex Albon's six-stop race. |
| 0:49.4 | Right, let's get into the grades and begin with Sergio Perez, who qualified 19th and finished 17th. |
| 0:57.7 | I've gone for a 7 out of 10 for Sergio Perez, which is quite a whopping grade for a 17th physician. |
| 1:05.7 | However, at the end of the day, you can only compare him to his teammate and probably the Ashton Martins, |
| 1:12.2 | and he put 30 seconds on Alonzo and 45 seconds on Bota. |
| 1:15.5 | So I think it's a very, very strong drive indeed. |
| 1:17.8 | Good qualifying as well. |
| 1:19.5 | And the two Cadillac teammates have been very, very close all year. |
| 1:24.1 | But on this one, Perez was very quick. |
| 1:27.8 | We've had like half a season. |
| 1:29.5 | Well, yeah. |
| 1:30.0 | All three races that we've had. |
| 1:32.0 | Three before this, including a sprint, I guess. |
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