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Mercedes and Red Bull took full advantage of a Disaster for the Ferrari team
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Mercedes and Red Bull took full advantage of a Disaster for the Ferrari team
This morning, Lewis Hamilton struck gold at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. The Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo were 2nd and 3rd. Hamilton benefitted from a Ferrari disaster, particularly from Sebastian Vettel. The Ferrari driver had a few issues before the race began but Ferrari were able to turn it around quickly. Or were they? Valtteri Bottas battled with Ricciardo for the podium but lost out. Meanwhile, the sole surviving Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen was having his own little race. Here is how social media reacted to the race.
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Showtime!
Ready for battle! #JapaneseGP #PinkPanthers pic.twitter.com/YjMGEJv2BT
— SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (@RacingPointF1) October 8, 2017
Bye Jo It was Nice Having you around
It was the final race for Jolyon Palmer for the season as he and the Renault team announced that he will be stepping aside for Carlos Sainz to take over.
Today we say goodbye to one of the all time greats of F1… #GoodbyePalmer #F1 #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/HOl2pCJe0K
— Joyeux Ninoël 🎄 (@AfNino) October 8, 2017
Musical Chairs!
.@Carlossainz55 says goodbye to @ToroRossoSpy in Japan 🇯🇵➡️ https://t.co/PAf8sHfXKj #F1 #JapaneseGP #carlo55ainz pic.twitter.com/D4JMICBLp8
— Carlos Sainz Info (@carlosainzinfo) October 8, 2017
Ferrari Disaster
Vettel forced to retire due to engine trouble after four laps in #JapaneseGP.
Forget about the title now Seb!#Formula1— Muneeb Farrukh (@Muneeb313_) October 8, 2017
Rookie Speak
🇯🇵 #JapaneseGP – Race
Pierre 🗣️ "It was quite a difficult race, I’m a bit disappointed"
Full quote on https://t.co/d8479JXu5R pic.twitter.com/SFqNGbaidP
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) October 8, 2017
Not Quite a Swansong for Carlos
LAP 1/53: Carlos Sainz retires early after his final start for Toro Rosso ?? #JapaneseGP ????… https://t.co/GjqX9vaG0O
— TF1C ToroRosso (@TF1C_ToroRosso) October 8, 2017
Oh Hi Nico!
I appreciate the kind words from Nico 👏 #JapaneseGP
— Lord Way 🏴 (@LordWayTV) October 8, 2017
Will He, Won’t He?
After a great start and P3 for quite a few laps, P6 was the best possible today! Very happy, let’s keep it going team👌🏻🤙🏻 #EO31 #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/AgBq8FdcP4
— Esteban Ocon (@OconEsteban) October 8, 2017
Sorry *sniff* Allergies
🎙Jolyon on the radio: "thanks everyone it's been a pleasure racing with you all."
And now we've got a lump in our throat. 😢 #JapaneseGP— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) October 8, 2017
Is That Supposed to Happen?
Drama for Nico, his DRS is stuck open! Box, Nico box! #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/t9qupkVKRi
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) October 8, 2017
Poldi in the House!
👋 @Podolski10#JapaneseGP 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/q8a3cwIrsO
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 8, 2017
Quit Playing Games With Our Feelings
DRS enabled. We'd tweet about that excitingly but we're still sore about it. #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/SiraDViF92
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) October 8, 2017
Talk a Walk on the Wild Side
The replay shows what looks like a failure at the front right of Lance's car. #JapaneseGP
— ROKiT WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) October 8, 2017
We Need a Banter World Championship
Mwouahahahahahaha!
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) October 8, 2017
Never Ever Leave Your Phone Unattended
In the end Daniel Ricciardo had some fun with Lewis Hamilton’s unattended phone atop the podium putting some funny videos and expressions on his Instagram account:
SPY: Well, that escalated quickly! 🕵️ #RBspy #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/gH2b2s7IQw
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 8, 2017
Your Advice has been Acknowledged
Catch the original story here.
Lesson learned… 😂 #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/4XibJBB3ih
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) October 8, 2017
Modesty
HAM: "I could have only dreamed about having such a gap in the standings. I owe everything to the team. They are meticulous" #JapaneseGP 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/YQHd0LIPtY
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 8, 2017
He Knows When He’s Beat
Verstappen doubts he could have passed Hamilton #F1 #JapaneseGP https://t.co/50kXq1pEcr pic.twitter.com/869nmMMdlu
— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) October 8, 2017
Word
Fernado Alonso stuck onto 10th position but was reprimanded post race for blocking the leaders- Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen and ignoring the blue flags. He kept the 10th place though.
So close to points in #Suzuka. Catch up on the #JapaneseGP news and views from #McLarenHonda, at https://t.co/E813dUYZKC pic.twitter.com/CXpJg1U1LP
— Honda Racing F1 (@HondaRacingF1) October 8, 2017
Come a Little Bit Closer
What a day for Lewis Hamilton 👏
Here's the #JapaneseGP report 👉 https://t.co/QIMlwmQ1lf #F1 pic.twitter.com/D1LEHrJZzl
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 8, 2017
Championship Update
With one 4th place finish in the last 4 races, Vettel and Ferrari have surely handed the championship to Hamilton. Game over too soon?
If he wins the next race in Austin and Vettel is lower than 5th, @LewisHamilton will seal his 4th world title #F1 #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/d00HuaDmA0
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 8, 2017
