Max Verstappen managed to outqualify each McLarens and cruised from pole to victory on the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday.
With the win, Verstappen turns into the primary driver to win 4 consecutive Japanese Grand Prixs. Ending behind Verstappen had been Lando Norris after which Oscar Piastri.
Because of the race, Verstappen now sits only one level behind Norris within the drivers’ championship.
Although Verstappen received the race, his Purple Bull teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, completed twelfth, two spots exterior of the factors after changing Liam Lawson for Purple Bull’s second seat.
Lawson had one other uninspiring weekend and completed seventeenth after being swapped with Tsunoda and being bumped all the way down to Racing Bulls.
With the Japanese Grand Prix wrapped up, subsequent up within the first of two triple-headers this season are Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Verstappen was happy to win his first race of the season.
