Was Mercedes' Japanese Grand Prix really as bad as it looked?

That and plenty more is answered on the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast with Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes joining host Edd Straw from Suzuka.

There's a discussion about the fierce battle behind the dominant winner including whether McLaren should be disappointed about its performance at Suzuka.

And as always, our trio tackled a host of questions from The Race Members' Club, including whether Charles Leclerc could have threatened Sergio Perez for second place had he qualified better.

00:00 - START
01:45 - How the race played out
5:16 - Did McLaren disappoint?
7:20 - What caused the strategic variance?
13:15 - Perez
15:29 - Alonso
18:57 - Should Mercedes be concerned?
23:52 - Tsunoda impresses at home
25:10 - The first lap crash
31:27 - Bottas sympathy corner
33:48 - Members’ Club questions

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