{"id":213098,"date":"2026-03-28T06:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/franco-colapinto-tackles-classification-at-the-formula-1-japanese-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T06:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:10:55","slug":"franco-colapinto-tackles-classification-at-the-formula-1-japanese-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/franco-colapinto-tackles-classification-at-the-formula-1-japanese-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Franco Colapinto Tackles Classification at the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first record of the classification is for the <b>Racing Bulls<\/b>: <b>Liam Lawson<\/b> turned in 1:31.785 and <b>Arvid Lindblad<\/b> clocked 1:31.634.<\/p>\n<p><b>Green light!<\/b> Q1 is already underway. The 22 drivers will have 18 minutes to avoid being among the first six eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>The temperature in Suzuka is 17\u00b0C, rising to 32\u00b0C on the track with a humidity of 57%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774678248_506_Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.JPG\" alt=\"Gabriel Bortoleto's Audi (Photo: Reuters\/Jakub Porzycki)\" height=\"3126\" width=\"4896\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The Japanese Grand Prix classification is coming!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Warning for Oscar Piastri<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stewards determined that the driver of car 81 unnecessarily impeded car 27 and imposed the usual penalty for such an infringement in a free practice session: a warning,\u201d the FIA reported.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774678249_728_Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.JPG\" alt=\"Oscar Piastri in the McLaren (Photo: Reuters\/Issei Kato)\" height=\"3419\" width=\"5222\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Qualifying Format at the Japanese Grand Prix<\/h2>\n<p>Three qualifying rounds are set for this race. Q1 features 18 minutes to eliminate six cars (positions 17 to 22), followed by Q2 which lasts 15 minutes to eliminate another six cars (positions 10 to 16). Finally, Q3 sees the 10 fastest cars battle for pole position over 13 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774678250_406_Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.JPG\" alt=\"The Aston Martin, one of the cars with the most problems at the beginning of the year (Photo: Reuters\/Issei Kato)\" height=\"1882\" width=\"3126\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Franco Colapinto&#8217;s Performance<\/h2>\n<p><b>2026 Rankings:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>16th<\/b> at the Australian Grand Prix<\/li>\n<li><b>16th<\/b> in the Chinese Grand Prix Sprint<\/li>\n<li><b>12th<\/b> at the Chinese Grand Prix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774678251_476_Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.JPG\" alt=\"Franco Colapinto will have the fourth qualy of the year (Photo: Reuters\/Kim Kyung-Hoon)\" height=\"3784\" width=\"5614\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Franco Colapinto&#8217;s Practice Records<\/h2>\n<p><b>FP1:<\/b> 1:33.361 (23 laps) &#8211; 16th place<\/p>\n<p><b>FP2:<\/b> 1:32.428 (26 laps) &#8211; 17th place<\/p>\n<p><b>FP3:<\/b> 1:31.759 (25 laps) &#8211; 17th place<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774678252_589_Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.JPG\" alt=\"Colapinto did not find the rhythm of Alpine during practices (Photo: Reuters\/Jakub Porzycki)\" height=\"2800\" width=\"4208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>End of FP3:<\/b> Andrea <i>Kimi<\/i> Antonelli was the fastest with a lap of <b>1:29.362<\/b>, followed by his teammate George Russell (<b>1:29.616<\/b>) and Charles Leclerc in third place (<b>1:30.229<\/b>).<\/p>\n<p>Franco Colapinto improved his time during the session with a final lap of <b>1:31.759<\/b>, but ultimately ended in 17th place. He was 0.677 seconds behind his partner Pierre Gasly, who secured 10th place with a lap time of <b>1:31.082<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Hulkenberg also shone, placing 7th with a time of 1:30.658.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.jpg\" alt=\"These were the final records of FP3 of the Japanese Grand Prix (Photo: @F1)\" height=\"2400\" width=\"1920\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Future Prospects<\/h2>\n<p>This marks Franco Colapinto&#8217;s first time at the iconic Suzuka circuit, which spans <b>5,807 meters<\/b> and features <b>53 turns<\/b>. As the Japanese Grand Prix approaches, Colapinto aims to enhance his performance, particularly as the season progresses and teams regroup following the break in racing activity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774678253_783_Franco-Colapinto-Tackles-Classification-at-the-Formula-1-Japanese-Grand.jpg\" alt=\"Franco Colapinto will seek to improve his performance at the Suzuka circuit (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS \/ AFP)\" height=\"4546\" width=\"6908\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">General News &#8211; 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first record of the classification is for the Racing Bulls: Liam Lawson turned in 1:31.785 and Arvid Lindblad clocked 1:31.634. Green light! Q1 is already underway. The 22 drivers will have 18 minutes to avoid being among the first six eliminated. The temperature in Suzuka is 17\u00b0C, rising to 32\u00b0C on the track with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37111,23791,33352,461,36958,29671,5959,4108,36957,8100,21,26335],"class_list":["post-213098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mazagine","tag-asia-pacific","tag-classification","tag-colapinto","tag-formula","tag-formula-1","tag-franco","tag-grand","tag-japanese","tag-motor-racing","tag-prix","tag-sport","tag-tackles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213100,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213098\/revisions\/213100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}