The Japanese Grand Prix provided a few key moments of action that ultimately determined the race’s outcome. Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon’s crash created a tactical battle few expected to see at Suzuka. Analysing the race for Formula 1, Jolyon Palmer took a closer look at some of these events. Charles Leclerc was the biggest beneficiary of the red flag as he perfectly executed a one-stop strategy to leapfrog both Mercedes cars and Lando Norris. Fernando Alonso stuck to his guns and started on the soft tyre and he drove a very tactically astute race to once again outperform the outright pace …
