Max Verstappen He quickly turned the page after the abandonment he suffered in Australia and won without major problems in the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix carried out this Sunday morning at the Suzuka circuit, where the Mexican Sergio Czech Pérezthe Dutchman’s Red Bull teammate, finished in second place.
Verstappen, current three-time champion of the category, had a seamless performance on Japanese soiland once again led his team’s 1-2, as happened in the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix, the first two games of the season.
In the third, meanwhile, the driver from the Netherlands had to abandon due to a brake failure and gave Ferrari the chance to claim victory through the Spanish Carlos Sainz, with the Monegasque Charles Leclerc as escort.
However, this weekend in Japan everything returned to normal and Verstappen, after achieving his thirty-sixth pole in F1 on Saturday (fourth of the season), ratified his status as leader of the positions of the current year with a new victory, the twentieth in the last 22 competitions and number 57 of his career.
For their part, the Ferrari They once again placed themselves at the top of the classifier. This time they did not lead it, as happened in Melbourne, but they were able to place themselves in the third and fourth place through Sainz and Leclercrespectively.
The competition was momentarily interrupted with a red flag shortly after its start, due to an incident in the second variant involving the Australian Daniel Ricciardo and the thai Alexander Albon. The wait for the relaunch extended for just over half an hour.
The next commitment of the Formula 1fifth on the 2024 calendar, will be the Chinese Grand Prix, which will take place between the 19th and 21st of this month at the Shanghai International Circuit.