Verstappen took the championship by 19 seconds ahead of the race, almost fulfilling his pre-match promise [Wit]
Red Bull Racing was crowned Constructors' Champion of the Year in F1 for the 2023 season, successfully completing the sixth title in the ✨ defending team's history
McLaren Piastri third place, first podium of his F1 career in his rookie season!
2023 F1 Japan Grand Prix main race
Five red lights go out and the game begins!
In the beginning, Verstappen struggled to hold the first place! But there is chaos behind the car formation, there is a crash!
Melander went to work on the first lap, got out of the safety car, and was debris.
This first lap [I want to be quiet] Bottas "sandwich" has nowhere to go, and the front wing fragment hits the war correspondent Zhou Guanyu [croak]
There were collisions between Hamilton & Perez, Alben & Bottas
On lap 5, the safety car ends
A fight between Hamilton and Russell! The two nearly collided, and eventually Hamilton held his position at Turn 1!
Bottas wanted to overtake Sargent on the outside of the hairpin bend, Sargent locked the tyre, and then knocked Bottas straight out, and Sargent was penalized for 5 seconds.
On lap 12, Perez overtook Magnussen in the hairpin bend, but locked the tyres and hit Magnussen, who pounced to change the front wing and executed a five-second penalty, and the Perez was now in too bad shape.
Lap 14 Virtual Safety Car Dispatch! Piastri pit stop! Earn a lot!
On lap 15, Red Bull Perez withdrew.
On lap 16, Hamilton and Russell had another wheel-to-wheel fight! The convoy then called Hamilton to pit out! TOTO is not there, casually play [snicker] [snicker] [snicker] this week
Verstappen, who finished first on lap 17, completed a pit stop tire change and got stuck in front of Piasteri
On laps 19-21, Ferrari, Leclerc and Sainz passed Martin Alonso and Albin's Ocon on the track in succession.
On lap 22, Martin Master Stroll withdrew.
On lap 27, Piastri gave way to faster teammate Norris.
After lap 29, five cars had retired and Williams was wiped out.
Perez is back in the cockpit, it seems that Red Bull still wants him to come out for testing, and Red Bull has obtained permission from the FIA to return to the field after asking. Want to celebrate winning the constructors' championship with two cars? [Croak]
Perez watched Verstappen complete the tire change, and the director was very good at things [flash of light]
On lap 35, Ferrari Leclerc completed the second stop and replaced it with a hard tyre! 2.2 seconds!
On lap 39, Ferrari Sainz was undercut by Mercedes Hamilton
The 40th lap repechage came, Perez came out, was caught 26 laps [I want to be quiet] 5 laps behind the retired Stoll... Pit after one lap and accept a 5-second penalty that has not been executed before.
On lap 43, Perez retired again, playing with the rules between the palms of his hands, and made a 5-second free throw [croak]
Piastri overtook Russell to the podium.
On lap 45, Leclerc passed Russell in the T1 and T2 combination and returned to his familiar position, the fourth or the fourth [witty] [wit] [wit]
On lap 47, the two Mercedes ran together again and the team reminded Hamilton to leave plenty of space
On lap 49, Hamilton and Russell swapped places, and Sainz chased closely behind him, classic team radio!
On lap 50, Sainz overtook Russell and continued to pursue Hamilton!
Sainz said they actually used my magic against me [snickering] [snickering] [snickering] Mercedes they copied [tears]