After having archived the Singapore Grand Prix, the Circus heads to Japan for the great return to the calendar also of the Suzuka circuit, home of Honda that supplies Red Bull and AlphaTauri with the RA621H power units. Max Verstappen he failed his first world championship match-point in Marina Bay, also losing points of advantage over Charles Leclerc and box mate Sergio Perez. In Suzuka the 1997 class will be crowned world champion again if he wins the race and also gets the fastest lap, so he would be mathematically champion with four races to spare regardless of the results of the opponents.
In the last edition of the Japanese Grand Prix, track activity on Saturday was canceled due to a hurricane with the shifting of the Qualifications on Sunday morning to the Italian night. Sebastian Vettel took pole position ahead of his Ferrari box mate Charles Leclerc, but the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas prevailed in the race. It should be noted that the second free practice session will be extended by half an hour to allow important tests for Pirelli in view of the 2023 tires.
The event will be broadcast live on Sky Sport F1while on TV8 will be broadcast in deferred Qualifying and Race. On FormulaPassion.it as always you will find the direct written report of each session, free practice included. Below are the details of the television programmingthe characteristics of the circuit and the roll of honor of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Japanese Grand Prix 2022, the program and the TV schedules
Friday 7 October
05:00 Free Practice 1 (Sky Sport F1, live written on FormulaPassion.it)
08:00 Free Practice 2 (Sky Sport F1, live written on FormulaPassion.it)
Saturday 8 October
05:00 Free Practice 3 (Sky Sport F1, live written on FormulaPassion.it)
08:00 Qualifying (Sky Sport F1, live written on FormulaPassion.it)
Sunday 9 October
07:00 Race (Sky Sport F1, live written on FormulaPassion.it)
Times on TV8
Qualifying on Saturday 8 October delayed at 16:30
Race on Sunday 9 October delayed at 16:00
Circuit: Suzuka
Route: 5,807 km
Laps: 53
Race distance: 307.471 km
Lap record: 1: 30.983 – Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (2019)
Pole 2019: 1: 27.064 – Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari
Winner 2019: Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
Japan Grand Prix Hall of Fame