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Formula 1 moves to Suzuka this weekend, where it returns after three years of absence: Mercedes has an open series of six consecutive victories, but will hardly be able to drop the Settebello. Vettel has the record for the fastest pole and won the last title awarded in Japan in 2011 over Red Bull: will Verstappen succeed too? The weekend live on Sky Sport and streaming on NOW
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Come back Suzukaand there is a record around the corner, but the circumstances do not seem favorable so that the miracle can happen.
Mercedes, is it impossible to settle?
In 2019 the Mercedes scored his here sixth consecutive victoryrecord sequence for Suzukaas Ferrari stopped at 5 from 2000 to 2004, and now could point to the seventh, but the state of form of the German cars does not seem up to the challenge. Even in 2019, to be honest, the sixth started uphill: after qualifying, the Mercedes were in the second row behind the Ferraris, but Bottas jumped both reds and went on to win ahead of Vettel. It was a triple 6 for Mercedes, because in addition to the aforementioned sequence, they also won the 6th world constructors in a row and, with only Hamilton and Bottas at stake for the drivers’ championship, they also virtually won the 6th title in a row in this field. The situation is radically different in this 2022 which sees i Mercedes drivers mathematically cut out of the title fight and still dry of victories: for this reason the 7th in a row would be a real one miracle. A seventh consecutive victory, however, would not be an absolute record sequence: the Mercedes registered 8 in Sochiall the races run on the Russian track.
Seb’s magic ride
In the edition of 2019Sebastian Vettel achieved a historic feat here in Suzuka: in qualification recorded 1’27 ”064, for one average speed of 240.113 km / h.
Well, in all the laps raced in Suzuka between qualifying and races, it is the only one that exceeds the average of 240 per hour, wall that looked like a taboo on the Japanese track. In 2017, Hamilton stopped at 239.411 km / h and in 2018 at 238.208.
2011 reloaded?
When was the last drivers’ championship won at Suzuka? In 2011, Vettel won with Red Bull. When was the October 9: only in the aforementioned 2011. If the world championship was awarded to Suzuka, when is it the last time it was assigned
so soon? Need to say? In 2011.
