Last Updated on 10/12/2022 by てんしょく飯
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was crowned world champion for the second year in a row after winning his 12th race of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix, the 18th round of the Formula One season, held on October 10.
Max Verstappen started the rain-soaked race from pole position and held on to the lead after a two-hour stoppage, but it was initially thought that the championship would be decided after the next race due to a half-point deficit caused by the number of laps. However, according to the regulations, the race was resumed and full points were awarded, making the crowning of the champion a surprise for both himself and the team.
He was crowned world champion for the second year in a row.
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As a child, I never believed that something like this would happen in my future,” he said. I can’t believe it! I am so happy. And to be able to do it here in Japan. We had a great win this season and we were very solid. （It’s great to be leading the constructors’ standings (which Mercedes won last season) and we will try to finish like this.)
Speaking about the 25-year-old two-time champion, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said, “Max is incredibly dominant. After a tricky period in the first few races earlier this season, he fought back and took the whole team to a new level. Winning the championship is very special,” he praised (from the sports channel Sky Sports).
His father Jos, a former F1 driver who trained Max from an early age, was not present at Suzuka and did not witness his son’s moment of glory in person, but reported, “I told him, ‘You are the best. He praised his son’s performance in the championship-clinching race, saying, “Last season I felt incredibly emotional, but this season I knew early on what to expect.
Max drove a strong race.” In Suzuka, he finished 26 seconds ahead of second place in a 38-minute race in the rain. In these conditions, he shows special strength. Ever since he started racing as a kid, he has had something special in the rain” (from RN365).
Max also received congratulations from other teams and drivers. Unlike last season, when he was in a fierce battle with Lewis Hamilton until the final race, many international media have reflected in various ways on the Dutchman’s progress this season, in which he was the sole driver early on, and the British motorsports website “THE RACE” has also published an article entitled “F1 in 2022 The first is the “10 most important moments in the fight for the title”.
The first is the composition of the championship battle between Red Bull and Ferrari, which was evident even before the start of the season, while the second was Max’s lousy start with retirements in two of the three races. The second was that Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had a big lead. However, Leclerc made a mistake in the closing laps at Imola in the fourth round, and this is when the tide began to turn (3).
In addition to driver errors, Ferrari’s reliability problems meant that Leclerc finished the Barcelona and Baku races without scoring any points (4), allowing Max to take the lead in the standings and extend his lead. 5th was Ferrari’s In Monaco and Silverstone, a strategic error of judgment led to a driver’s anger and a rival’s support, and in his impatience, Leclerc made a common mistake in France and gave up valuable points (6).
Max won in Hungary with a brilliant recovery from 10th place in qualifying (7), while Ferrari lost the overwhelming strength of its car, and was now being chased by Mercedes, which had finally solved its porposing problem (8). Then, just as the second half of the season was about to begin, Red Bull’s precise improvements to the car made Max unbeatable (9), and in the end, he won with a comfortable victory at Suzuka. In contrast, Leclerc was pushed hard by Sergio Perez and took a short cut through the chicane on the last lap, receiving a 5-second penalty and dropping to 3rd place (10). ……
The two teams are in sharp contrast: Max & Red Bull made solid progress after a bad start and improved dramatically in power, while Ferrari, while superior in car performance at the beginning of the race, lost many points due to mistakes, and thus, distanced themselves from glory. The two teams are now in the same boat.
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