Instead of Hamilton, it was the flying Finn Valterri Bottas, who arguably drove the best race of his career that day, handed the driver's and constructor's title to the Silver Arro...
The last Japanese GP was held in 2019 which saw then Mercedes driver Valterri Bottas put in a monumental effort to dominate and win from third on the grid.
The Moto3 weekend for the Japanese GP starts with FP1 at 09:45 AM IST. FP2 starts the day on Saturday at 05:30 AM IST
Ayrton Senna won the 1988 Japanese Grand Prix to win his first of three world driver's championships in Formula 1 on this day 33 years ago.
The 1990 Japanese GP was won by Nelson Piquet, but is forever remembered for the crash between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.
Michael Schumacher took his 13th race win of the 2004 Formula 1 season at Japan. But that wasn't the most notable aspect of the race.
As the Japanese Grand Prix 2021 becomes the latest Formula 1 race to be cancelled, the idea of a 23-race calendar makes less and less sense.