{"id":173074,"date":"2025-04-07T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/?post_type=race&#038;p=173074"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:30:31","slug":"2025-japanese-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"race","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/races\/2025-japanese-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Japanese Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--with-image\">\n            <div class=\"hero__image\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"709\" width=\"1260\" alt=\"Max Verstappen stands on his Red Bull F1 car with fists raised after winning the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix\" title=\"Max Verstappen stands on his Red Bull F1 car with fists raised after winning the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix\" class=\"\" 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It claims to be the only complete report of all the 1970 major World Championships and it is certainly full of first-class illustrations of all kinds, including a number of high-class colour prints, some of which are pull-out doubles. <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#race-report\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Race Report<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#results\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#qualifying\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Qualifying<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#circuit\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Circuit<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"race-report\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div data-behaviour=\"race-data-box\" data-race-id=\"173074\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n   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class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/podcast\/f1-show\/podcast-why-f1-drivers-love-new-2026-f1-cars\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Podcast: Why F1 drivers love new 2026 F1 cars\" title=\"Podcast: Why F1 drivers love new 2026 F1 cars\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/F1-Show-ep1-header-29-Jan-200x113.jpg 200w\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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Hamilton?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-01-29\">29th January 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMotor Sport<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/single-seaters\/f1\/eau-rouge-the-corner-that-could-not-be-built-today\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"Eau Rouge: The corner that could not be built today\" title=\"Eau Rouge: The corner that could not be built today\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-82x46.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-329x185.jpg 329w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-172x97.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Graham-Hill-leads-in-Spa-1965-1-1-200x113.jpg 200w\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__row proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__tag tag tag--group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>F1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-item__title article-item__title--cropped sanomat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEau Rouge: The corner that could not be built today\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>From &#8216;the most challenging corner of the post-war period&#8217; to a sequence that&#8217;s lost its soul \u2013 the evolution of Spa&#8217;s defining corner has divided the racing world<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__meta proxima\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"article-item__date\" datetime=\"2026-01-29\">29th January 2026<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__author\">By\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMotor Sport<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/article>\n                                                                                            \n\t\n<article class=\"article-item \">\n\n\t\n\t\t<a class=\"article-item__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/articles\/motorcycles\/motogp\/hrcs-tech-boss-the-850s-will-be-less-easy-more-challenging-to-ride\/\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-item__image article-item__image--cropped\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" height=\"253\" width=\"450\" alt=\"HRC&#8217;s tech boss: &#8216;The 850s will be less easy, more challenging to ride&#8217;\" title=\"HRC&#8217;s tech boss: &#8216;The 850s will be less easy, more challenging to ride&#8217;\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-450x253.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-330x186.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-165x93.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clipboard-1-82x46.jpg 82w, 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