Max Verstappen wins Japanese Grand Prix after pit-lane tussle with Lando Norris
Max Verstappen won his first race of the season after again tussling with Lando Norris at the Japanese Grand Prix.
The pair had a number of on-track scraps as Norris chased Verstappen for the title last season, colliding in Austria and then driving each other off the track in both Austin and Мексико Сити.
Норис е бил надалеч от четирикратния международен първенец до момента този сезон, защото Макларън завоюва откриването на две състезания-по едно за английския и Оскар Пиастри.
, само че Verstappen разстрои книгата с формуляр в събота, като сътвори Scintilating Classipt Lap, с цел да претендира за потрес полюс и двойката, презавеждала своето съревнонародство в своето съревнове Suzuka.
Драмата дойде на пит спирката, когато се събраха на изхода - Норис, шофирайки над тревата на вътрешността на Верстапен, когато обвиняванията хвърча gap to one point.
It was an otherwise uneventful race at Suzuka, with Lewis Hamilton passing Isack Hadjar to finish seventh the only change to the starting order in the top 10.
Piastri finished third ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli unable to make progress for Mercedes.
Алекс Албън и Оли Беърман закръглиха топ 10.
Сутрешният дъжд в Сузука избледня във времето, с цел да може надпреварата да стартира на сухи гуми, като Хамилтън на осмото единственото от топ 16 не е на медии. seven, the Dutchman had stretched his lead to two seconds and was looking comfortable in the clean air out front.
Only Hamilton was able to make a move, blasting past Hadjar to move seventh.
Russell was the first of the frontrunners to pit from fifth on lap 21 before third-placed Piastri came in to trigger the Действие.
Верстапен и Норис избиха обиколка по-късно, а спирката на Red Bull беше втори по-бавен от Макларън. drove himself on to the grass ”.
Replays appeared to show that Verstappen did not alter his line and the stewards were satisfied that there had been no wrongdoing.
Norris was urged to do his overtaking on track but every driver appeared to find following the car ahead difficult and he was unable to pressure Verstappen, who claimed a fourth successive Japanese Grand Prix win.
Norris was instead having to fend off Piastri behind, the Australian telling his team that he had the pace to challenge the race leader.
Hamilton again appeared to be having teething issues with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami, wanting more information on where he could go faster as he made no impression back in seventh.
The overnight weather helped banish the issue на тревни пожари, които бяха нарушили няколко сесии през целия уикенд, в това число подготовка за алено байрак.
