Formula 1 is keeping a watchful eye on typhoon Hagibis which has strengthened from a tropical storm to a super typhoon in the past 24 hours and threatens to impact next weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. The typhoon's winds are currently peaking at 185 km/h, gusting up to 232 km/h but with predictions of increasing to 300 km/h by Tuesday! Hagibis was located more than 600 km east-northeast of Guam as of Monday morning local time, with models projecting the monster storm to continue a north-westerly path towards Japan where it is expected to make landfall on Saturday morning. Former F1 meteorologist Steffen Dietz says the storm's potential impact on Japan is high, although it shall...
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