5 things to watch out for at the Japanese GP

Watch out for the Tyres

The nature of the Suzuka track has a hard impact on the tyres

It’s been such an year in Formula One where tyres have been in the limelight mostly for the wrong reasons. Korean GP had witnessed a tyre burst that led to a safety car intervention and Suzuka is known to be hard on the tyres with a completely twisty circuit having the drivers to go left and right frequently. The abrasive nature of the circuit will require tyre preservation as tyres would be subject to high-energy loads with fast corners at 130R and Spoon curve. The tyre temperatures reach upto 110 degrees centigrade at Suzuka. While a two-stop strategy would be ideal but a faster tyre degradation could see some of the teams taking an extra stop. Pirelli have gone in for hard and medium compounds for the race.