2026 F1 Japanese GP - full analysis with Peter Windsor

About this episode

This episode provides a full analysis of the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, highlighting Kimi Antonelli's performance and race dynamics.

Round three of the 2026 F1 World Championship - the all-new F1 championship - resulted in a second consecutive win for Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli. After making a slow start from the pole, Kimi benefitted from a lap 22 Safety Car deployment to vault past his team-mate, George Russell, McLaren-Mercedes' Oscar Piastri and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. He pulled away impressively at the re-start and was thereafter never headed. Piastri, whose medium Pirellis had been in good shape when he ...

People in this episode

Host: Peter Windsor

Topics covered

• F1 analysis
• 2026 season
• Mercedes performance
• race recap
• Japanese GP

Keywords

• F1
• Japanese GP
• Kimi Antonelli
• Mercedes
• race analysis
• 2026 season
• Formula 1

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mercedes, McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari

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