Japanese GP: Why Verstappen's virtuosity was too much for McLaren
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm to unpick the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
They discuss whether Max Verstappen's astonishing virtuosity was always going to deny McLaren victory, or whether the papaya team dropped the ball on strategy in its fight against the Dutchman.
They also discuss impressive showings from rookies Isack Hadjar and Kimi Antonelli, unpack Lewis Hamilton's intriguing post-race comments, and assess Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull debut.
And of course, it wouldn't be a post-race episode without Edd and the boys answering questions from The Race Members' Club.
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| 1:26.5 | The race is on and Max Verstappan turned his stunning pole position into Japanese Grand Prix victory, |
| 1:32.3 | leading Homelando Norris and Oscar Piastri. |
| 1:34.3 | But how big a missed opportunity was this for McLaren, and could the race have been played better strategically? |
| 1:39.7 | I'm Ed Sturor and joining me to dissect goings-on at Suzuki, I'm Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell Mowl. Well, Mark, we'll come to you first. on at Suzuki, I'm Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell Malm. |
| 1:45.7 | Well, Mark, we'll come to you first. |
| 1:47.2 | How's Suzuki? I'm not out there. I've been doing this one from home, so I'm missing the on-the-ground vibe. |
| 1:52.7 | Yeah, it's Suzuki is magnificent as ever, and it delivered us as a master class of virtuosity, mainly apparent yesterday rather than on race day. |
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