Japanese Grand Prix 2025: What are the strategy options?

Rehabilitation in books, and now the teams are putting their strategies in the Japanese Grand Prix 2025.

What are the options available to them?

As often, the Japanese Grand Prix will be a journey to discover for drivers and teams. Between unconfirmed weather forecast, the newly identified first sector, and the various strategic options available, the teams may try to keep their options open with the development of the race.

Let’s dive into the strategic options of the Japanese Grand Racing.

What is the preferred tire strategy for the 2024 race?

Last season was mostly an affair. Max Versaben won the victory in Suzuka a year ago, where Sergio Perez and Carlos Sinz Junior directed the platform.

All three drivers implemented a comprehensive strategy, starting from the medium compound, taking a second group of media around the lap 15, then turning to the solid compound around the 33rd roll to go on the rest of the road.

Charles Leclerc was the highest level in implementing one comprehensive strategy. The Ferrari driver started in P8 but he started a group of medium tires, as he was swinging in the 26th. From there he went at a distance of a group of solid tires.

Lando Norris, who ranked fifth, used a comprehensive strategy. However, instead of going to the average average like the three drivers on the platform, Norris began a set of media before turning into a set of steel in the lap 11. Norris incited early to try to undermine the drivers in front of him. But when that did not work, the McLaren driver pulled the drilling in the 26 lap for a second group of steel, eventually across the line in the P5.

What is the starting order for the Japanese Grand Prix 2025?

Here is the temporary start network for the Japanese Grand Prix Racing 2025:

Where drivers start on the network, they can play a major role in the strategies they run on Sunday in Suzuka.

What are the strategic options for the Japanese Grand Prix Racing 2025?

2025 is a completely new ball game in the Japanese Grand Prix.

Although the two strategy was the preferred method since a season, it is largely believed that the Sunday race (except for the weather) would be one matter.

The main reasons?

First, the race officials have returned to the first sector in the Suzuka International Racing circuit. “The level of granules has been reduced, corrosion is low, and degradation has been low, because the new airport runway in the first sector is able to generate a lot of grip, but smooth,” Mario Motorsport Mario Isola described.

Senior Engineer Berili Simon Beira Explanation in this case.

“In general, regardless of a few exceptions, we have not seen any granules, and it became clear that at least, the three vehicles could have a role in the race. Moreover, unlike in 2024, three quarters of drivers chose not to save both groups of solid,” Beira started.

Another reason? The tires were more durable this season, as shown in the Chinese Grand Prix race two weeks ago. Berili believes that a high -stop strategy will be the most useful path for drivers in Shanghai, but after Lance Stroll performed a set of solid tires to LAP 36, most of the field abandoned a very stopping plan and put one work.

Bera noted that the decrease in the deterioration seen on longer runs during training can pave the way for one approach.

“The level of the long -term degradation today is less than expected, which may indicate that a very stopping strategy may be more competitive than the two intensity, which was theoretically the fastest.”

Pirelli explained these strategies as possible options for the Japanese Grand Prix race on Sunday:

Pireli Motorsport

The first one strategy is explained that drivers start a set of media, a hole around the 19 to LAP 25, then move to the distance on a set of solid tires. This may be the favorite strategy for drivers at the front of the network.

Another strategy of one trap that drivers start on the sofa, run about 10 to 16 rolls, then the hole early for a group of steel on a undermining strategy. This can be an approach to drivers sitting outside the first ten places, such as Pierre Gasly (P11), Fernando Alonso (P12), Layam Lawson (P13), Yuki Tsunoda (P14) and Carlos Sainz Jr. (P15).

As you will see in a moment, all of these drivers have a new set of soft tires available to them.

The teams may still choose to give themselves some flexibility, start media or even solid, then see how the path settles on the same race. In many ways, the F1 race is a journey to discover.

What tires do every driver in the Japanese Grand Prix 2025?

Here are every tire boat available for drivers before the Japanese Grand Prix 2025:

Pireli Motorsport

As you can see, none of the drivers who have advanced to Q3 have a new set of soft tires available, which may limit their options to some extent. Unlike the late safety car that opens the door to enemy on the sofa used in the closing stages, you can expect that drivers inside the first ten places are used as a mixture of media and steel.

Drivers in the outer part of the top ten have some other options available.

It is interesting that both Aston Martin and Haas used only solid tires. The most curious is the fact that both Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso have a set of media used, and a set of solids used, available for the race.

These two people are likely to use a group of sofa at some point.

What are the weather forecast in the Japanese Grand Prix 2025?

Oh yes, return to the “Discovery Journey” mentioned above.

Rains in Suzuka’s expectations, but the largest part of the rain is expected to be early today, with conditions improved with the continuation of the afternoon.

This may mean a dry race, but a washing path to start.

This would increase the deterioration of the tires during the race, as the already placed rubber is washed on three training sessions and the qualifications are washed with the rain early.

“The rain may play an important role, even if it does not decrease during the race,” He said Insulation. In fact, based on its strength, the path conditions can return to those who saw yesterday morning, before the cars were [started] Run. This lover can make more likely and therefore the option can be swinging towards two. “