The Internet's Best Reactions to the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix 

EVER by a country mile 🙄😒

Polar opposite of last year

The most confusing as well.

Yeah I guess

And the most confusing

The GOAT among the Greats

@@XxReactiveWeaponsxX 😂

Lord Goatifi accomplishments are beyond any mortal commentary!

What about when Crofty said there were 7 championships between Ocon and Hamilton during their battle?

@@hdr_diamondz there was that too! 😂 (after commenting on the Seb-Alonso 6-time battle).

Can you blame the guy? Especially after watching their strategy for this race?

@@jonotto1997 Imagine a world where Mick stayed out and someone immediately crashed causing a red flag and the race never restarted. If it happened fast enough, he could have had a podium or even a win if it happened at the exact perfect time. I completely understand why they rolled the dice and took their shot. It didn't work out, but to me the potential reward was worth the risk.

@@rainman6090 I understand it, but I disagree with it. Take that gamble with Kevin. He wasnt running in the points and his pace wasnt exactly phenomenal. Bring mick in earlier to get intermediates and keep him up fighting for points, Haas needs to go for the safe points because they can't compete week in and week out. They need to take what they can get.

The "boy" needs to be away from F1. No talent whatsover, apart from crashing and being slow. True nepotistic piece of crap.

Add to that the one time he ended up in the mercedes garage for one reason or another

Id rather watch a race at 11.00pm than at 06.00 am in the morning, still respect tho

I lived on the US west coast for years and had to get up at like 4am every race week for quali and the race. Now I live in Korea. I didn't complain then, and I don't now for staying up late.

Idk how you Australians do it. I fell asleep after the race restarted around 130am and woke up right after the race was over.

happy for you. i do feel for the brits at 6am in most european countries its 7am which is somewhat a normal time to stand up

yes these Brits don't understand the pain of staying up late or waking early. and they complain ok waking up early for just 1 or 2 races over the season

He was like "Man it's lonely here" when he's in the World Champion throne 😭

@@chnathan a man of the people

Even in the cooldown room he is like "You sure?"

@@ToxicAWOL Newey told F1TV reporters that he found out about the WDC from the big screen behind the podium. RB thought (like everyone else) that they would need 1 point more so Max was trying to get the fastest lap point to the end.

@@SulFurMen If RB would have known about the full ppoints they would have urged Max to push a bit more and pit him 3 laps before finish for new inters.

💯 true. Max was always going to win the Championship this year - based on his overall performance. But for some reason the FIA and their bizarre decisions are making it easy for some fans to say Max wins his Championships in nefarious and/or illegitimate ways. IMO two things can be right at the same time. 1. Max is a great talent, deserves this Championship and 2. The FIA are doing a poor job applying the rules in the manner we’ve all interpreted and come to expect. You know its bad when Redbull and other teams (people who’ve done this for a living for decades) come out and say they didn’t know Max had won the Championship (even when taking into account the 5 second time penalty for Leclerc). It’s just chaos, no wonder the fans are so easily split.

@@ACsPianoCorner the thing is, FIA followed the rules perfectly, it was the commentators who confused everyone by giving (unknowingly) false information

@@kuroneko9270 Second time, see Monza :P

@@TheMissiIe in spain, DAZN commentators also had a mistake and gave us bad information

@@Panzerairlines actually 3rd time. The track limits fiasco in austria too

Yeah it’s just disrespectful to the drivers. Jules Bianchi died on this very track and under same conditions. It was scary. His anger was justified. Someone should be held accountable

Don't. If the incident meant that much to him he would not have gone through the zone at full speed. He blatantly ignored double-waved yellows and while I can agree it was idiotic of the FIA to put out a tractor in those conditions, Gasly did himself no favours with his antics today.

@@larsoftheredhotlovers6220 no matter the speed, there should never be a tractor neither marshalls on track when cars are running. We all saw how that ended up in the past

@@larsoftheredhotlovers6220 You are right, he knows there are marshalls there, debris on track. He could have easily killed a marshall but instead he just whines that by driving 250 kph in red flag conditions, he could have died. It is okay in the heat of the moment but someone should have told him to stop making a fool of himself.

@@philb8437 Does that mean that every stranded car should result in a red flag? The safety car was introduced to try and get away from red flagging races. It should be taken out of the drivers hands and there should be an enforeced 80kph speed limit past any zone where vehicles are being recovered under safety car conditions.

Game theory

The fact we think it should be speaks volumes about Latifi though lmao

i think the rules are quite clear. unlogical but clear. i dont get how broadcasters did not understood it.

But Latifi has been bad enough as sa driver that many also don't really care about how well he does (or does not).

GOATIFI!!!!

What..? Latifi scored points? Seriously?

POV: You're max and you just realized you went so fast everyone else is still out on the track

Yeah he sat there and said I feel lonely here and came back with Checo and Charles lol. To a supersticious guy like me I was like nooo dont say that, but thats just how max is.

It was a good interview both during FP2 and the race!

Game theory

Probably due to budget cap ;-)

Thank you for sharing this

Budget cap applies to the cars. Helping Pirelli design better tyres is outside that. However why can’t the supposed world authority on tyre design build half decent wet tyres? By the way sports motorcycle tyres, are in effect slicks with a few grooves. They work in the wet so how hard can it be?

With Singapore, the worst part of it being a wet race was that it was just impossible to overtake

@@Septimus_ii With Singapore the race was somewhat entertaining because a few spins and crashes caused unexpected pitstops which mixed up the grid order, but yes, overtaking wasn't exactly on point during that race.

And when they aren't, he ruins it himself. Haas deserves better

And then blaming him for it

@@clementtrolong3420 no haas don’t the have possibly ruined a young talented drivers career who has showed pace and solid defensive ability by making every mistake they make his fault and then punishing his errors while not giving two shits when Magnussen messes up every lap 1

@@clementtrolong3420 Haas deserves to be liquidated for their utter incompetence and the ability to ruin as many Mick's races as possible

@@noahtaylor7106 Mick has been outperforming Magnussen since Silverstone basically, but gets destroyed by HAAS. He seems like such a nice bloke and gets utterly destroyed by them. Such a shame

Max : I am????? proceeds to sit in the WDC room in confusion, before going back to the cooldown room, because it was lonely there. LMAO

@@Kaimax61 I mean, it was ruining his weekly podcast

How does it not matter? If Gasly lost control by going to fast that is entirely on him! The rules state that Double waved yellows mean there are marshals on the track! If the teams are taking liberties and trying to gain time at the expense of safety, that should fall on their heads, not the FIA's!

@@larsoftheredhotlovers6220 Why are their people and tractors on track when drivers cant see shit?

In these conditions they should have red flagged, then get everyone back to the pits safely, only then put the tractor out. There is no point rushing the tractor out if there is a red flag, the japanese were too eager to clear the track, I am sure they ment well. Furthermore maybe they didnt know Gasly trails far behind, hence why I think they should have waited and checked everyone is back to the pits firstly.

@@russell6075 thats my question

@@russell6075 Everyone seems to think Gasly's vision was impaired. That's not the case. Just because we are looking through fogged lenses on onboard cameras doesn't mean the driver is. Gasly would have had clear vision as he had no car in front and no spray.

You don't often see the leader open up a pit window gap behind themselves, but Max pretty much managed that in just half race distance

@@Septimus_ii don’t think I’ve seen that happen this entire year between Leclerc and Max, tbh

also nobody talking about max asking to pit with like 2 minutes left😂

@@gmarz9611 Red Bull didn't want to risk. Leaving the title hanging by 1 point would allow them to take the party to COTA.

It's more impressive because it was less than 28 laps... you have to remove the first 2 pre-race interruption and 3 (?) after the SC on the restart.

I'm a kiwi so same thing basically, but Bathurst 1000 took my priority

you get used to it... or you wait until you can wake up and watch it and avoid all news like the plague

I did not know it was possible to be this dumb

@@broadytaylor9493 i literally just watched the end of the Bathurst 1000 in the red flag period then as soon as the race finished, could go back to F1 in time for the restart under safety car lol

It gets better over time.

And yet they say cheaters never prosper

@@metro3313 luckily he isn't a cheater

@@metro3313 Okay, now say it without crying

@@gudname518 Breaching the cost cap does fall under cheating

@@metro3313 proof?

Ocon and Vettl's defense was incredible. Latifi's too!

as i always say checo might not have the pace every weekend but he is there if he is needed. monaco singapur today. even abu dhabi and turkey last year. he is just at the right moment in the right place. i dont see him win a Championship against max but he is a damn good drivers and a perfect wingman.

@@princessaka3189 Exactly, he might not always have it but he pulls through when needed. Solid driver all the more and doing Mexico proud bringing more success as the best F1 driver for them and continuing to race more with more victories to come.

Contrary to past calls on tyres, this time Aston Martin was right on the money.

Glad you mentioned it, fully agree ! The memes literally skipped it all for some reason, was already wondering if I watched a different race lol. I loved the hard fights and high speeds of max today

Good position for seb

Apparently they sent people to watch Charlie work and came to the conclusion that they needed *four* people to replace him. Says it all.

@@y_fam_goeglyd and then the 4 people hold a committee meeting before taking action on any incidents...

Me too man, I miss Charlie. Charlie knows how to listen wisely, no wonder everyone respects him very much.

@@just_some_bigfoot_hacking_you indeed. Was loved by most but most importantly respected by all

Sky Sports commentary is awful

The commentary team at Sky f1 UK were, I think, trying to show a balanced argument. They all agreed the crane shouldn't have been on track, but they were also worried that Gasly was going very fast in a zone that had double waved yellows. He had no time to react to the red flag really, but he should have already reacted to the double waved yellows. The sky f1 team were also disappointed that the fia didn't comment on the fact there was a crane on track, but just about Gasly.

I think I can say the same goes for the Czech and Slovak crew. They always back their statements with facts and valuable arguments and they try to be as objective as possible. Furthermore, one of the commentators used to be an F1 test driver and almost got a seat, so he has lots of experience and often explains the technical side of the cars, strategies etc. During that moment, they immediately said how dangerous it was and how bad FIA actually is.

There are plenty of people that are aware the FIA and the new media group will do anything for more viewers… including getting a driver killed. We saw the Grosjean effect on ratings after the Hubert fatality. Drivers warned everyone about Jeddah and we are headed to the fourth race there. Sooner or later someone is going to die again in F1. You just won’t be able to see the smiles it puts on the faces of the promoters.

Matt looks sleepy on this vid as well 😅

ikr for effs sake

If it won't run for 2h at least, my day will be ruined 😋

I think they should discuss wether the full wets are even needed when the problem isnt the rain but the view They pretty much useless at this point

@@CihanDrwr the full wet tire should be used to ‘dry up’ the track. If 20 F1 cars do 7 laps behind a SC they remove enough water from the surface to make it dry enough for inters. That way there is still cars going around for the fans and if we aren’t going to complete all the laps this goes a short way to at least getting full points.

Katy will be having a hard time having to praise Max as usual

To be fair, the diving duck was the highlight of the first two hours of 'racing'...

Blame Ferrari strategy. They broke LeClerc's confidence and now he makes unforced errors even when defending 2nd place from Checo

Tell that to Hamilton 2020, Schumi 2002,etc…. Could be worse.

Honestly, the championship was over before the mid season break. It was just a matter of when it became official. Max is so good and ferrari, well they decided to be classic ferrari

@@nguyenquocduy4729 yeah domination is quite boring but it is a competitive sport not a tv show

@@roadtof1. I don’t actually blame the men in front,it’s a sport with hundreds of millions on the line and everyone is expected to do their best.I blame the other teams because they can’t compete with the teams in front.

Also came back from Suzuka. The rain was so brutal! Next year the race will be held in September, so I think the situation will be a little better. The race result was so confusing. It must have been inconvenient to have only Japanese-language announcements. I left the circuit before the podium celebration to avoid the traffic.😅

Also came back from Suzuka (still not home in Tokyo yet actually), yes the rain is ridiculous. Why they don't have Australia, then Singapore then Japan so it would be earlier in the season is beyond me. Avoids rainy season and typhoon season. Maybe too logical for the FIA.

They should move this race out of the monsoon season. It's dumb.

@@kanan1361 same man. Was hectic waiting for transport back to Shiroko Station. But overall it’s not massive wait times given the queue is super huge

to be fair, trying to do a donut here would most likely result in running your car into the wall

It'd be funnier if they intended to do this and then the car breaks down on like lap 5: Engineer: "stop the car, stop the car" Verstappen: "mate, *** ****** ***** this is ******" Horner: "Max Verstappen you are the world champion!"

Too many people blindly believing the Sky Commentary Team, who aren't particularly known for being properly informed when it comes to the rules.

@@Thermalions F1TV were assuming half points as well and I think Jolyon Palmer is usually pretty rules savvy. I would be surprised if any commentary team actually had it right.

Not just the Sky folks... i was watching the race with DAZN España commentary, who has, among others, former F1 driver Pedro de la Rosa, and Antonio Lobato, considered in Spain the definitive F1 expert (for me, just an extremely biased Spanish version of Croft). They were saying all the time that the graphics were wrong, that Max wasn't yet World Champions, that this was a half-points situation... until someone actually checked the rules and told them the "if suspended" clause... they shared that with thie audience after Button's interview in the podium. There are high chances that half their audience had already turned off the broadcast by then.

Of course they were confused because F1 rules are often way too complicated. You need to study them like you're trying to get a PhD in bureaucratic bullshit to know them all.

They did follow the rules as written. Problem is, the rules as written around points after a suspended race are not in line with what the intention was after Spa 2021.

Verstappen crossed the line 20 seconds before Charles missed the corner. How can you as a F1 TV director miss the race winner coming over the finish line? It is embarrassing. Also F1TV commentators need to learn to shut up if we can hear the mighty V8 sound of the medical car. But no, they kept talking and talking and talking. Would have loved an 'audio up' lap with just medical car!

That came courtesy of a stupid strategy.

Amen Brad! For the love of F1. 🤩

He was quite fast yes but didn't lap 1 second faster than everybody else, those who pitted for a 2nd set of inters were faster.

I believe he finished 27 seconds before Charles in 28 rounds? No?

@@Weltmeisterzz If you take away the first 3 before the race interruption and 3 or so more behind the SC after the restart there were 22 true racing laps, so it was even better.

Nothing is said because it's quite obvious how fast the RB car is

They are too busy talking about "that guy" that used to be relevant

@@jerryvr Liar. They were talking about and showing replays of the Perez and Leclerc battle when Vettel and Alonso crossed the line.

They were more focused on the Charles/Checo battle which ended up being decise for the WDC... I can give them a pass for not having shown the battle for 6th.

@@soundscape26 I guess that is fair. Though the commentary team made it seem like they were going to use those reduced points at the time 😅

@@AndyPlaysAllNight Yes they did even though the TV graphs kept showing full points. I was fooled as well.

If it's a case of Hamilton 2020 or Vettel 2013 that means this is Max's last championship 🤣

@@trousers2 it could be, i meean look at Old Nando. still on top of his game, but he may never win another drivers championship. Same for Lew. we gotta appreciate the young man while hes on top,

@@Money195625 For sure

Amazing performances by Vettel and Stroll

@@Septimus_ii can't wait to see what stroll will do against fernando next season ^^

And Alfa Romeo is not that far.

I heard the same... teams don't want to test in the rain because it gives them little indication on the cars' performance.

That is so odd, that LH fans seem to not know the difference between a race and a season. Perhaps they cannot wrap their tiny brains around the fact that dubious decisions were taken throughout the season. Throughout, Max deserved the title. Get a life, but if not I actually appreciate your whining more. Spread the trauma

@Rob Well nothing like SC just couple of laps before the end of 7 hours race 😂

Well, next week he visiting the US, so he might be robbed in Texas. Maybe he finds himself suddenly on a bus to New York, Boston, Chicago or DC ;-)

So we red flag on every incident when a car needs to be cleared off the track? I doubt the fans really want that when they think it through.

@@Thermalions No but we also don't want another driver to end up like Jules Bianchi do we. Also the conditions were very poor and there were a number of cars that had already gone off the track.

That's 2 races in a row where Perez hasn't been incredibly quick, but has put together a superb race with no mistakes

Gasly also knew there had been an incident there as he'd gone past it and collected an advertising sign on the previous lap, so should have been a little more cautious.