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September 23, 2023 (Thursday) 23:40 pm
On Saturday, September 23, the second day of the 17th F1 Japanese GP (Suzuka Circuit), qualifying was held in front of 79,000 people, and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole with overwhelming speed. I got the position. 2nd place was Oscar Piastri (McLaren), who was qualifying for the first time at Suzuka Circuit, and 3rd place was Lando Norris (McLaren).The prestigious McLaren, which has created many legends at Suzuka, showed speed in front of Japanese fans. I showed you.
●[2023F1 Round 17 Japanese GP]Results and schedule of all sessions
■AlphaTauri F1: Qualifying 9th and 11th
AlphaTauri F1’s Jonathan Eddles (Chief Race Engineer) looked back on AlphaTauri F1’s qualifying, Yuki Tsunoda advanced to Q3 and was 9th, while Liam Lawson narrowly missed out on advancing to Q3. I was 11th.
“Our engineers did a lot of analysis work all night to understand why we took a step back in FP2 and couldn’t deliver the pace we expected. This change improved the car, but the way the tires were used – a set of medium and soft tires – dictated what they wanted to save for qualifying.In practice, most cars Because he was wearing two sets of soft compounds.
“We weren’t able to get the most out of the soft compound, so we had to work on understanding how to approach qualifying with the expected low track temperatures.Both drivers had five sets of soft compounds. We decided that the safest option for Liam would be to use 3 sets of soft tires in Q1.The red flag came out on the out lap of his second run, but after the restart he had enough time to run twice with a pit stop in between. The team reacted well to this and both cars passed easily.
“The drivers gave their all in Q2. The areas we were competing in were very close, but with an additional set of new soft tires, Yuki performed well enough to advance to Q3. But Liam lost (to Alonso) by just 0.043 seconds.”
“The wind got a little stronger, so I wasn’t able to improve my lap in Q2 in Q3. When it was over, in qualifying, I was within a tenth of a second behind the leading Mercedes, and (AlphaTauri F1) was in the midfield group. The team can be proud of continuing to develop and improve the AT04.”
“Tyre degradation will be a big challenge tomorrow with high track temperatures and heavy fuel. “We are at a bit of a disadvantage compared to most teams as we only have one set of hard compounds, but within the constraints we have We will develop strategies to maximize race results.”
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