Verstappen wins Japanese GP, clinches second F1 world championship title
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Prix after a rain-hit race on Sunday at the Suzuka circuit.
Published : Oct 09, 2022 13:47 IST
Max Verstappen celebrates after winnings the 2022 F1 World Drivers on the podium at the Suzuka Racing Course on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his second Formula One world championship amid scenes of confusion on Sunday after closest rival Charles Leclerc was handed a five-second post-race penalty.
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Red Bull’s Verstappen crossed the line first and was then awarded the title when Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who had emerged second was pushed back to third after receiving the penalty. Leclerc’s drop meant Verstappen’s compatriot Sergio Perez finished second.
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According to FIA rules, the staggered points only come in “if a race is suspended in accordance with Article 57, and “cannot be resumed”. The race was resumed, so the FIA said full points were awarded for Verstappen after a brief twist.
The win marked Verstappen’s second-successive F1 title.
List of Formula One world champions-
- 2022 - Max Verstappen, Red Bull
- 2021 - Verstappen, Red Bull
- 2020 - Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
- 2019 - Hamilton, Mercedes
- 2018 - Hamilton, Mercedes
- 2017 - Hamilton, Mercedes
- 2016 - Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
- 2015 - Hamilton, Mercedes
- 2014 - Hamilton, Mercedes
- 2013 - Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull
- 2012 - Vettel, Red Bull
- 2011 - Vettel, Red Bull
- 2010 - Vettel, Red Bull
- 2009 - Jenson Button, Brawn
- 2008 - Hamilton, McLaren
- 2007 - Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari
- 2006 - Fernando Alonso, Renault
- 2005 - Alonso, Renault
- 2004 - Michael Schumacher, Ferrari
- 2003 - Schumacher, Ferrari
- 2002 - Schumacher, Ferrari
- 2001 - Schumacher, Ferrari
- 2000 - Schumacher, Ferrari
- 1999 - Mika Hakkinen, McLaren
- 1998 - Hakkinen, McLaren
- 1997 - Jacques Villeneuve, Williams
- 1996 - Damon Hill, Williams
- 1995 - Schumacher, Benetton
- 1994 - Schumacher, Benetton
- 1993 - Alain Prost, Williams
- 1992 - Nigel Mansell, Williams
- 1991 - Ayrton Senna, McLaren
- 1990 - Senna, McLaren
- 1989 - Prost, McLaren
- 1988 - Senna, McLaren
- 1987 - Nelson Piquet, Williams
- 1986 - Prost, McLaren
- 1985 - Prost, McLaren
- 1984 - Niki Lauda, McLaren
- 1983 - Piquet, Brabham
- 1982 - Keke Rosberg, Williams
- 1981 - Piquet, Brabham
- 1980 - Alan Jones, Williams
- 1979 - Jody Scheckter, Ferrari
- 1978 - Mario Andretti, Lotus
- 1977 - Lauda, Ferrari
- 1976 - James Hunt, McLaren
- 1975 - Lauda, Ferrari
- 1974 - Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren
- 1973 - Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell
- 1972 - Fittipaldi, Lotus
- 1971 - Stewart, Tyrrell
- 1970 - Jochen Rindt, Lotus
- 1969 - Stewart, Matra
- 1968 - Graham Hill, Lotus
- 1967 - Denny Hulme, Brabham
- 1966 - Jack Brabham, Brabham
- 1965 - Jim Clark, Lotus
- 1964 - John Surtees, Ferrari
- 1963 - Clark, Lotus
- 1962 - Hill, BRM
- 1961 - Phil Hill, Ferrari
- 1960 - Brabham, Cooper
- 1959 - Brabham, Cooper
- 1958 - Mike Hawthorn, Ferrari
- 1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati
- 1956 - Fangio, Lancia/Ferrari
- 1955 - Fangio, Mercedes
- 1954 - Fangio, Mercedes/Maserati
- 1953 - Alberto Ascari, Ferrari
- 1952 - Ascari, Ferrari
- 1951 - Fangio, Alfa Romeo
- 1950 - Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo
(with inputs from agencies)