Lando Norris: "Firstly, I'm glad we got a race today. The Japanese fans have been amazing here all weekend, and they waited in the rain for ages, so I'm glad we could give them that. Of course as drivers we always want to race. The race itself was a tricky one. I lost a lot of positions in the first start which was unfortunate, but then made up for it with the pit-stop, and it was good to come away with a point. Finally, congratulations to Max on winning a second World Championship."

Daniel Ricciardo: "I'm happy we got to race today. It was looking very unlikely so, as a driver, of course, to have that opportunity and have a bit of fun, I enjoyed that, and more so for the fans, especially sitting out in this weather. The end result was just really a case of when we fit the Inters, which was tricky. It's not like a normal situation where it's ready and you just go. There are a few things to consider. I think the cars that went in, like Vettel certainly capitalised, so that's where we lost out today. Otherwise, I don't think our pace was too bad but it was also just a case of managing the tyres. We have some things to improve but ultimately, I'm just glad we made a race for the fans today. Congratulations to Max on winning a well-earned second Drivers' Championship."

Andreas Seidl, Team Principal: "It was a disappointing Sunday afternoon for us. On Daniel's side, despite moving up some positions at the initial start we were too conservative at the restart, staying out for too long which resulted in losing positions and dropping out of the points. On Lando's side we unfortunately lost several positions at the initial start which we then recovered by pitting at the right time following the restart. Overall, we were not as competitive as we would have liked to be. We will now use the time we have before Austin to see how we can extract more. Thanks to the entire team here at the track, back home and HPP for completing an intense double header. I'm happy for the great Japanese fans that got to see some racing in challenging conditions. Also, congratulations to Max for his second World Championship."

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1. Posted by Bill Hopgood, 09/10/2022 18:35

"I'm not sure about the priority of the pit stop per the drivers as I don't know where each was on track when the first drivers to pit for intermediate tyres did so.
There is no advantage for a team of McLaren's abilities to scupper the chances of either driver.
The team has to work together to get as many points as possible for the constructors championship.
Outwardly, McLaren and Ricciardo still appear to be getting on alright too."

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2. Posted by kenji, 09/10/2022 14:53

"It seems to me that McLaren are putting it all on Norris. Daniel should've got the pit priority instead of Norris as he was in front of Norris after making a great start picking up 3 places in the first lap but they left Daniel out too long to ensure that Norris had the lead. That's how it appeared to me. "

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