Max Verstappen 2022 F1 World Champion

Max Verstappen emerge as the champion of the race F1 Japanese GP 2022. There was confusion, Verstappen was finally confirmed to be the 2022 Formula 1 world champion.

Racing Formula 1 The Japanese GP at the Suzuka Circuit, Sunday (9/10/2022) afternoon WIB, took place on a wet track. The heavy rain that flushed the track then made the red flag flown and the race was suspended after three laps.

When the race was stopped, Verstappen was in pole position. He was followed by Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez.

The race finally restarted at 4.15pm local time. The delay, which lasted up to two hours, shortened the race to 30 minutes.

When the race restarted, Verstappen was untouchable in pole position. Meanwhile, Leclerc and Perez were involved in fierce competition for the second position.

Leclerc followed in second place, followed by Perez. However, Leclerc then got a five-second penalty for taking advantage by cutting the chicane.

The penalty saw Perez get second and Leclerc dropped to third. The change in position had caused confusion about Verstappen’s status as world champion, because the race only completed 29 laps out of a total of 53 laps.

The FIA ​​later confirmed that the Japanese GP race used full points. Verstappen was just told that he was the world champion in an interview after the race.

Max Verstappen now has 366 points at the top of the F1 standings. Sergio Perez followed with 253 points, one ahead of Charles Leclerc.

This is the second world title for Verstappen. The Dutch racer also became world champion last season.

2022 Japanese GP F1 Results:

POS DRIVER NAT TEAM TIME
1 Max Verstappen NED Oracle Red Bull Racing 28 Laps
2 Sergio Perez MEX Oracle Bull Racing 27.066s
3 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari 32.736s
4 Esteban Ocon FROM BWT Alpine F1 Team 39.685s
5 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 40.326s
6 Sebastian Vettel GER Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team 46.358s
7 Fernando Alonso ESP BWT Alpine F1 Team 46.369s
8 George Russell GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team 47.661s
9 Nicholas Latifi CAN Williams Racing 70.143s
10 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team 70.782s
11 Daniel Ricciardo AUS McLaren F1 Team 72.877s
12 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team 73.904s
13 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Scuderia AlphaTauri 75.599s
14 Kevin Magnussen THE Haas F1 Team 86.016s
15 Valtteri Bottas FIN Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen 86.496s
16 Zhou Guanyu CHN Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen 87.043s
17 Pierre Gasly FRA Scuderia AlphaTauri 88,091s
18 Mick Schumacher GER Haas F1 Team 92.523s
Alex Albon THA Williams Racing DNF
Carlos Sainz ESP Scuderia Ferrari DNF

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