The Finn, Valtteri Bottas, surged from third on the grid to take the lead on the charge away from the line in Suzuka in 2019 with an astonishing 0.04 reaction time.⁠ ⁠ Reflecting on the key moment of the race, the Mercedes driver said: “The race start helped a lot, it was the key thing getting into the lead on that kind of track. My reaction time was rather quick, it was four-hundredths, so maybe my best so far.”⁠ ⁠ With F1’s start system detecting a jump start if the movement of the car comes too quickly after the lights go out, Bottas was quick to clarify that the time related to his reaction in releasing the clutch rather than when he started moving.⁠ ⁠ “That reaction time was when I did my first movement with the paddle since the lights went off, not the car moving yet, because that also takes a bit of time,” he said. “That’s normally not a reaction time I can achieve.⁠ ⁠ “But maybe I was aided a little bit by Sebastian moving before, so for sure we were a little bit lucky: maybe a...