Red Bull driver Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix.Credit:AP
A post-race penalty to Charles Leclerc has ensured Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won not only a rain-delayed and shortened Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, but also a second Formula One world championship.
Ferrari’s Leclerc finished second and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took third, however the five-second penalty to Leclerc for leaving the track and gaining an advantage not only shuffled him back to third, but ensured Verstappen clinched the title.
The result followed bizarre scenes earlier in the day when Frenchman Pierre Gasly raged that he “could have killed myself” after driving at speed past a recovery vehicle sent out in heavy rain while the safety car was deployed.
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– Reuters
