As for Pierre Gasly and Alpine, the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix necessarily brings back memories for Max Verstappen. Last season, after a fairly chaotic race, the Dutchman won and secured his second world champion title at the same time.
Max Verstappen is back on earth. Following a complicated weekend at Singaporethe Dutchman came down from his little cloud from which he had hovered over the competition for 10 Grand Prix. But this weekend, he finds a circuit that he will remember for the rest of his life. Indeed, Suzuka allowed him to win his second world title last season.
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A controversial victory
As talented as he is, Max Verstappen cannot control all elements of a race. Last season Suzuka, he had the opportunity to be crowned world champion, under certain conditions, for the second time in a row. He hadn’t missed the opportunity. Interrupted for several hours, the Japanese GP had crowned Max Verstappen while the checkered flag had been waved a lap earlier than expected without anyone having obviously been informed. This therefore allowed Sergio Perez to take second place from Charles Leclerc who had received a penalty. The fatal blow for the Monegasque who had officially lost all chances of winning the title. On the other side, his rival Verstappen was in heaven.
“Something I wouldn’t have even imagined.”
« It’s crazy, it’s a mix of emotions of course. What a year we have had. It’s something that I wouldn’t even have imagined after what happened last year, where we fought until the end, to have such a good car this year… I thank everyone very much those who made this success possible, here but also at the factory, who worked tirelessly, with a lot of motivation to make this car fast. Winning twice is a lot of emotion, it’s always pressure, but good pressure », had blurted out Max Verstappen after the race. He won’t be able to be champion if he wins this weekend but that’s it.
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