The latest from Suzuka
Join us all weekend for updates on Alex's third Grand Prix of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
04 Apr 2025
06 Apr 2025
JAMES to ALEX
Well done, Alex. It's a good result.
Two more points to add to our tally and we've got another two races that will be strong for us.
Well done. I think that's all we had today.
06 Apr 2025
PIT and ALEX
PIT: OK, that's the flag. P9.
ALEX: OK. Yep.
PIT: Well done. I wouldn't say it looked the easiest one to drive, but well done.
ALEX: Yeah, it got better at the end, for sure.
06 Apr 2025
Another top-10 finish for Alex in 2025
06 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Starting the final lap.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 52/53
Alex is nearly there for more points. He's closed in on Hadjar, but there are 3.6s between the two cars.
It looks like P9 for Albono.
06 Apr 2025
Alex enjoyed a flurry of overtakes after his pit stop
06 Apr 2025
LAP 44/53
There are 10 laps to go.
Alex is P9, 5s away from Hadjar and 5s in front of Bearman.
06 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Tyres are stable. Surface temps are OK.
Gap behind at 4.6. There'll be 14 laps to go.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 36/53
Alex is back to P9 now all the pit stops have concluded.
He's 4.6 away from Hadjar, and 4.1s ahead of Bearman as the laps tick by.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 33/53
Another overtake for Albono!
This time on Lawson, who had let Hadjar through, with Alex outbraking the Racing Bull into the final chicane.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 31/53
Sainz jumps out of Alex's way as the two Williams cars' races merge.
Alex is P10, 1.9s away from Hadjar.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 29/30
Alex makes it another pass at the same place, going to the outside of Ocon at Turn 1 for P11 after using DRS.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 28/53
Alex eases by Bortoleto with DRS down the start/finish straight.
Ocon is now the car ahead in P11.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 26/53
A mixture of strategies out there sees Alex return to the track in P13.
He's behind Bortoleto, who is still to pit, and 4s in front of Bearman.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 25/53
Alex boxes after Verstappen passes the FW47.
He's back on track with Hard tyres.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 22/53
Alex is now P4 as the leaders pit. He's just ahead of Verstappen, who emerges 2s behind from his pit stop.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 20/53
Russell pits for Hard rubber and Alex now sits in P8.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 17/53
A couple of drivers have pitted as the laps tick on.
Alex continues on his Mediums, now 1.9s away from P8.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 12/53
Field spread is seeing gaps throughout the 20 cars.
Alex has extending a gap to Bearman, but he's keeping relatively a close 1.4s to Hadjar.
06 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
These shifts are so bad. What have we done to them?
It's been **** at the start, it's been **** now.
06 Apr 2025
Alex battles off the Haas into Turn 1
06 Apr 2025
PIT and ALEX
PIT: You're much stronger than Hadjar in Sector 1, but a bit weaker in 11 and 13, 14.
ALEX: Yes, I know. Can't do anything about that.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 6/53
Hadjar is ahead now as Hamilton passes the Racing Bull.
Alex is 0.6s away from P8, with Bearman 0.9s behind.
06 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Plan A plus two currently.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 3/53
Alex is within DRS range of Hamilton ahead, with Bearman keeping close behind as the race settles into a flow.
06 Apr 2025
LAP 1/53
Alex fights off Bearman and sticks close to Hamilton ahead in the opening corners and stays in P9.
06 Apr 2025
Medium rubber 🛞
Alex, like most of the grid, is on the yellow-ringed Pirelli.
Hamilton ahead is on Hards, with the bottom four cars the only others not starting on Mediums.
06 Apr 2025
Rain in the race? ☔️
The official FIA notification tells us that the "Risk of rain for F1 race is 20%"
06 Apr 2025
PIT and ALEX
PIT: Radio check Alex.
ALEX: Copy.
PIT: OK, just to inform you, where the start lights are, the information box on the left of it isn't working.
PIT: The one that puts up aborted start, extra formation numbers on that, that's not working.
06 Apr 2025
In the cockpit ⏳
We're getting closer to lights out.
Alex has jumped into his car and is getting strapped in.
06 Apr 2025
Japanese Anthem 🎶
Alex stands for the Japanese National Anthem.
06 Apr 2025
Alex was chatting to Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso on the driver parade this morning
06 Apr 2025
The Alex Look 🛍️
06 Apr 2025
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06 Apr 2025
Lots of smiles and laughs this morning from Alex meeting his supporters
06 Apr 2025
It's Race Day 🇯🇵
Welcome to the Japanese Grand Prix where Alex will look to take another haul of points from a P9 start.
Lights out is in an hour at a wet Suzuka Circuit. Stay tuned to see how Albono gets on in Japan.
05 Apr 2025
Are you repping AA23? 💚🤍
05 Apr 2025
Quali 🏁
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Nice job, agonisingly close to two or three cars ahead, well done.
05 Apr 2025
JAMES VOWLES to ALEX
That's a good lap, Alex. We've got a good car for tomorrow as well. Well done.
05 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
Well done, everyone. That was a good change-up. The last run, honestly, the car felt so different.
05 Apr 2025
That's P9 👏
So close to HAM in P8, but it's comfortably his best Quali result for Williams in Japan. A good place to push tomorrow...
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go push.
05 Apr 2025
In the queue 👉
Alex has left the pit lane, fresh soft tyres fitted. Here. We. Go. Come on, Albono!
05 Apr 2025
Quali Action 📸
05 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
Yeah, let's go all in.
05 Apr 2025
1:28.106 ⏱️
That's not bad on a used tyre, he's P9 after the opening run...
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go push.
05 Apr 2025
Heading out 👉
Used soft tyres fitted for this first Q3 run, he's just left the pit lane..
05 Apr 2025
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05 Apr 2025
No improvement, but... 👀
He doesn't need it! Alex's first push is good enough for P10 – he keeps the Q3 streak going!
05 Apr 2025
Back out 👉
Alex returns to the circuit with fresh softs, no flap adjustment. He's winding up for a final Q2 push...
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go in from here, but keep pushing. This will be a live stop. Box box.
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go switch to go out... go push.
05 Apr 2025
Heading back out 👉
Used soft tyres fitted for Alex as he winds up for another Q2 push lap...
05 Apr 2025
🔥
We guess Albono's lap was too lit, right?
Sorry, we'll show ourselves out. Session getting back underway shortly...
05 Apr 2025
Red Flag 🔴
If this is your first session this weekend, it might be a surprise to hear that there's some grass on fire.
If you've been with us across the weekend, it's nothing new... The clock is stopped with 8:26 remaining.
05 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
Come on!
05 Apr 2025
Good lap 👏
That's P5 on his first push, a 1:27.783 on the board...
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go push.
05 Apr 2025
To the track 👉
Clutch engaged, covers off, Alex has rolled out of the garage on fresh softs...
05 Apr 2025
Q2 Green Light 🚦
First cars heading out for the second phase...
05 Apr 2025
Are you repping AA23? 💚🤍
05 Apr 2025
He's through ↗️
Moving on to Q2 in P11 - nice work! Make sure you've claimed your Japan stamp above before the next phase...
05 Apr 2025
Box Box 🅿️
His Q1 work is done, we wait to see if it's enough...
05 Apr 2025
Big improvement 👏
He shaves plenty of time off of his last best, putting a 1:28.218 on the board - he's P5 with more final runs to come...
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go push.
05 Apr 2025
Back out 👉
A fresh set of boots bolted on to his FW47, Alex is winding up for one final Q1 push lap...
05 Apr 2025
Box Box 🅿️
Alex returns to the garage, via a visit to the weighbridge. He's P7 for now...
05 Apr 2025
1:28.744 ⏱️
Solid first push puts him in P4 for now... half the grid still to set times.
05 Apr 2025
To the track 👉
Alex rolls out with some fresh soft tyres fitted...
05 Apr 2025
GREEN LIGHT 🚦
Let's go, Albono! Quali is underway...
05 Apr 2025
15 MINUTES TO GO ⏰
It's almost Quali time! If you're just waking up in Europe, welcome along to our coverage from Suzuka...
05 Apr 2025
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05 Apr 2025
Whilst we wait for Quali, have you watched Lapped? 🇯🇵
Lapped: Japan Edition!
We put Alex's Japanese GP knowledge to the test in the latest episode of Lapped. How many questions can our Thai racer answer successfully?
05 Apr 2025
FP3 🏁
05 Apr 2025
Session will not be resumed 🏁
And that is that – time to crunch some numbers ahead of Qualifying. Alex ends the session in P7 with his 1:28.554...
05 Apr 2025
Red Flag 🔴
Firefighter Albono is correct. Red flag is flying and he's back in the garage.
05 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
There's another fire.
05 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
It's all sector 1 and then I'm negative spiralling. I'm actually feeling really happy with the car, sector 2 and 3, but sliding too much in T3 and T4.
05 Apr 2025
Up to P5 📈
It's a 1:28.554 for Alex after his first soft tyre push – that's roughly 1.2s quicker than his Qualifying time here last season...
05 Apr 2025
Soft tyre time 🛞
A few adjustments made, and Alex heads back out onto the circuit of the softest rubber available...
05 Apr 2025
Solid effort 📊
Some good data picked up, Alex is now back in the garage ahead of his final stint of FP3...
05 Apr 2025
Gathering data 📸
05 Apr 2025
Improvement made 📈
One more push before the consecutive laps begin, it's a 1:30.159 for Albono which puts him P11...
05 Apr 2025
Box Box 🅿️
Alex still not quite fully comfortable in the opening sector, plenty of dialogue with James Urwin over the radio. He comes in for a flap adjust before starting some consecutive laps...
05 Apr 2025
ALEX to PIT
Insane understeer. Like the car is so different. But I don't know if it's the tyres. It's sector 1 mostly.
PIT to ALEX
We'll just see what comes in the next lap.
05 Apr 2025
1:30.879 ⏱️
First timed lap of the weekend on the board...
05 Apr 2025
PIT to ALEX
Go push.
05 Apr 2025
Green Light 🟢
Track clear, it's straight back to work for Alex...
05 Apr 2025
Red Flag 🔴
Back to the pits, there's grass on fire trackside again.
05 Apr 2025
On track 👉
Alex rolls out of the garage on medium tyres for his opening FP3 stint...
05 Apr 2025
Green Light 🚦
FP3 is underway here in Suzuka...
05 Apr 2025
Plenty to learn 📊
After a disrupted FP2, this could well be a busy session out on track...
05 Apr 2025
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05 Apr 2025
30 Minutes To Go
FP3 will kick off today's on-track action in around 30 minutes.
Alex needs to use the session to get in his groove with Quali coming up this afternoon.
05 Apr 2025
Alex spent time signing his autograph this Saturday morning
04 Apr 2025
See you again tomorrow 👋
That's Day 1 in the books!
Didn't see too much long running in FP2 meaning tomorrow's FP3 will be even more crucial...
04 Apr 2025
Four red flags interrupt the flow of FP2 as Alex finishes once again in P11
04 Apr 2025
That'll be all 🏁🚩
And that will be that as incredibly a fourth red flag is raised.
Albono begun another push lap but was forced to stop as grassfire paused proceedings once more.
04 Apr 2025
Up into P10
Alex finally manages to get another push lap in and jumps up into P10 with a time of 1:29.023...
04 Apr 2025
Waiting for the green light
Alex finds himself at the end of the pit lane for the resumption of this session...
04 Apr 2025
A grass fire pauses proceedings for Alex 🔥
Another red flag pauses FP2 as the trackside grass has caught alight
04 Apr 2025
Straight back to it 🟢
Just 15 minutes left on the clock as Albono gets back on the track during this hugely interrupted FP2
04 Apr 2025
Practice interrupted once more 🚩
Another red flag is raised and practice is paused once more as Fernando Alonso finds himself in the gravel
04 Apr 2025
PIT to Alex:
"Go push!"
04 Apr 2025
And we're back to it!
Alex has traded his white hards in for the red softs as FP2 is back underway
04 Apr 2025
Red flag alert 🚩
Jack Doohan spins off at the first corner and crashes into the wall meaning the red flag is raised.
Doohan insists he is okay after the crash but the race will be paused for now
04 Apr 2025
A P7 start
Alex's first push lap sees him in P7
04 Apr 2025
First lap on the hard tyres ⚪️
Alex changes up his strategy for FP2 and puts the white hard tyres to use...
04 Apr 2025
And we're off 🟢
FP2 is underway!
04 Apr 2025
Ready for FP2 📸
04 Apr 2025
Back in 2 hours 👋
We'll be back again for coverage of FP2.
If you haven't already, don't forget to claim your stamp...
04 Apr 2025
FP1 ✅
First hour in the books!
Alex tests out the medium and soft tyres with two hours of practice still to go as he finishes FP1 in P11!
04 Apr 2025
Alex finishes FP1 in P11!
04 Apr 2025
PIT to Alex
"There'll be four laps until the flag"
04 Apr 2025
Back to the medium tyres 🟡
Albono comes out of the pits and is back on used yellow mediums...
04 Apr 2025
Into the pit
Time to reset!
04 Apr 2025
Into the gravel 🫣
Alex takes the hairpin with too much speed and finds himself in the gravel...
04 Apr 2025
First soft lap ⏱️
It's a 1:29.633 for Alex to put him P5...
04 Apr 2025
Up to P3 📈
And into the 1:29s, a 1:29.976 to be precise. Alex returns to the garage after his opening run of the weekend...
04 Apr 2025
Box Box 📦
Front wing change for Alex after his second push...
Alex: 1:30.886 - P9
04 Apr 2025
First time banked 🔒
It's a 1:33.351 for Alex on his opening flying lap of the weekend, getting to grips with a full resurfaced opening sector...
04 Apr 2025
Alex heads out 👉
Yellow-walled medium tyres fitted for his first stint of this FP1 hour...
04 Apr 2025
FP1 🟢
Green light – the Japanese GP weekend is underway...
04 Apr 2025
Final Preparations 📸
04 Apr 2025
Good Morning from Suzuka 👋
FP1 is just under half an hour away, stay tuned for full updates on Alex's progress at this iconic venue...
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