The disappointment of Singapore It seems like a distant memory for Max Verstappensince the leader of the Formula 1 World Championship He will start this Sunday from pole position in the Japanese Grand Prixwhere his team Red Bull could be proclaimed world champion of constructors.
“It’s been an incredible weekend so far, especially in qualifying, it was really nice to drive the car,” said the Dutcha week after his discreet performance in Singapore, where he was only eleventh on the starting grid.
It’s about the 9th pole this season of the double world champion, who is on his way to being crowned for the third consecutive time. A new title that in no case will be secured this weekend since the numbers still leave a slim margin for their rivals to reach it in the overall World Cup.
The constructors’ grand prize is “almost falling”
But if the drivers’ title seems like it will fall sooner or later into the hands of ‘Mad Max’the constructors’ team should not escape their team either, given that the dominance of the world champion team is overwhelming this season.
Last weekend, Red Bull He already had a first mathematical option to achieve it, but he needed his two drivers to have finished in the first two places in the GP.
Max Verstappen finished in fifth position, and his teammate Sergio Perez was 8th, ending the record series of ten consecutive victories for the first and 15 for Red Bull.
On the legendary route of Suzukithe Austrian team (597 points) has a new match point to win the sixth title in its history.
To achieve this, you must overcome Mercedes (289 points) in at least one point at the finish line and not be surpassed by Ferrari (265) by more than 23 points.
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Behind the rocket Verstappenthe McLaren They seem to have something to say in this 16th round of the World Cup: Oscar Piastri (McLaren)author of his best performance in qualifications in his first season in F1, will start second.
The Australian, however relegated to more than half a second behind Verstappen At the end of the qualifications, you have a McLaren with some improvements this weekend from which his teammate already benefited Lando Norris in Singaporewhere he had finished second.
When the lights go out on Sunday (05H00 GMT) Norris will start 3rd, in front of Ferrari from Monegasque Charles Leclerc4th.
Sergio Perez (Red Bull)second in the World Cup behind Verstappenwill start from the third line, in front of the Spanish Carlos Sainzwinner in Singapore from pole but only sixth this Saturday.
Source: Ambito
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