Red Bull made it a 1-2 affair on Sunday as Max Verstappen trounced his was to his 20th victory in the last 22 races ahead of teammate Sergio Perez. Verstappen, who leads Perez in the drivers championship by 13 points, put on a commanding display as he led from pole for his 3rd consecutive win in Suzuka, putting him behind only Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel on the all-time wins list for the Japanese Grand Prix. Perez’s second place finish added to the Red Bull success, giving the team their 3rd 1-2 finish on the year.
Race Highlights: 2024 Japanese Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz and teammate Charles LeClerc ended their days in 3rd and 4th respectively as Sainz remains the only driver in 2024 to podium in each of his starts, as he missed the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with an appendectomy and did not post a start for that race. LeClerc, who started 8th, nearly ended his day on the podium but was overcome by Sainz and his fresher tires. Lando Norris was unable t maintain the pace of the Ferrari’s on older tires and was relegated to 5th place at the end, dropping two spots from his original 3rd starting spot as Fernando Alonso followed him home in 6th position.
George Russel, Oscar Piastri, and Lewis Hamilton finished 7th through 9th respectively as Yuki Tsunoda, racing in front of his home crowd, took the final points position in 10th, making him 4 for 4 in points scoring finishes for the year.
Alex Albon and Daniel Ricciardo were involved in a lap one incident that took both drivers out of the race and prompted a red flag as tire barriers in turn 2 needed to be repaired from impact of both the RB and the Williams.
Ricciardo and Albon crash on Lap 1 to bring out the red flags at Suzuka
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FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2024 Results:
| POS | NO | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 53 | 1:54:24 | 26 |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez | RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT | 53 | #ERROR! | 18 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | FERRARI | 53 | #ERROR! | 15 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | FERRARI | 53 | #ERROR! | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Lando Norris | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 53 | #ERROR! | 10 |
| 6 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 53 | #ERROR! | 8 |
| 7 | 63 | George Russell | MERCEDES | 53 | #ERROR! | 6 |
| 8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | MCLAREN MERCEDES | 53 | #ERROR! | 4 |
| 9 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 53 | #ERROR! | 2 |
| 10 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB HONDA RBPT | 52 | #ERROR! | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | HAAS FERRARI | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| 14 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | ALPINE RENAULT | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | ALPINE RENAULT | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 52 | #ERROR! | 0 |
| NC | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | KICK SAUBER FERRARI | 12 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB HONDA RBPT | 0 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 23 | Alexander Albon | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 0 | DNF | 0 |
Formula 1 heads west to China for the first time since 2019 as the Shanghai International Circuit makes its reappearance on the calendar. As with Yuki Tsunoda in Japan in 2022, Zhou Guanyu will be making his first home race appearance as the sole Chinese-national driver on the grid. Full weekend schedule is below.
FORMULA 1 LENOVO CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2024 Schedule
| Date | Session | Time (Local Circuit) |
| Apr. 19th | Practice 1 | 11:30 – 12:30 |
| Sprint Qualifying | 15:30 – 16:14 | |
| Apr. 20th | Sprint | 11:00 – 12:00 |
| Qualifying | 15:00 – 16:00 | |
| Apr. 21st | Race | 15:00 |
