Max Verstappen cruised to his 12th victory of the 2022 season and his second World Championship at the returning Japanese Grand Prix. However, the race will forever be remembered for what almost became a tragic replica of Jules Bianchi’s horrifying 2014 crash. Sunday was not a day that the FIA will be proud of, after a catalogue of errors were
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It was a Japanese Grand Prix to forget for Ferrari, after what was looking set to be a strong race after Charles Leclerc qualified second and Carlos Sainz third. Whilst qualifying was in the dry, the race certainly wasn’t! The conditions were the wettest they’d been all weekend; however, Ferrari had demonstrated strong pace in
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In what was by far the strangest and most controversial race of the 2022 season, Max Verstappen matched Fernando Alonso as a double World Champion; however, his victory isn’t the hot topic following the Japanese Grand Prix. Verstappen’s 12th victory of the season came with just 28 Laps having been completed, following a lengthy break
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After failing at the first opportunity at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Max Verstappen successfully claimed his second World Drivers’ Championship on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix, in what was an unsurprisingly imperious performance. The Dutchman actually had a bad launch from the line, but excellently went around the outside of Charles Leclerc at
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The first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, despite Max Verstappen having claimed his second World Championship after claiming what was his 12th victory of the season. Whilst already being under pressure for a lack of consistency throughout the season and ahead of Monday’s budget cap announcement, the FIA were thrown into further
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has told the FIA that they cannot play with safety after Pierre Gasly narrowly avoided a recovery vehicle in Japan on Sunday. Sainz started the Japanese Grand Prix third ahead of Sergio Perez, but a great launch from the Mexican got him in front going into Turn One. Sainz later lost control
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Pierre Gasly, a number of current and ex-F1 drivers, plus virtually the entire Formula 1 community, were left seething with anger with the FIA once again, as what was almost a deadly incident came to surface. The first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 began under what were initially wet but seemingly manageable conditions. However, Carlos Sainz crashed
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After what was looking set to be a strong weekend for Sir Lewis Hamilton turned into yet further disappointment to add to his 2022 collection, after a pivotal driver error saw the Mercedes driver’s podium hopes go up in smoke. Despite having concerns about the bumpy street surface of the Marina Bay Circuit ahead of
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Not for the first time this season, Carlos Sainz came within a whisker of claiming pole position, something he last achieved at the Belgian Grand Prix. The top three were astonishingly split by just 0.57 seconds, in what is arguably one of the closest top three in the history of Formula 1. Onboards show that
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Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz ended the opening day of the Japanese Grand Prix in a positive frame of mind, despite neither topping FP1 or FP2. Leclerc, who currently sits just two points ahead of Sergio Pérez in the battle for second in the Drivers’ Championship, ended FP1 in a strong P3, but ended FP2 lower
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