Max Verstappen wins rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix, secures second championship.
Max Verstappen needed to get 113 points clear of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez to clinch his second career championship in today's Japanese Grand Prix. When the race was delayed by rain and shortened to just a 40-minute shootout by time constraints, the expected interpretation of a new rule meant to avoid shortened events was that Verstappen would only get the points awarded for a race between 50 and 75 percent of race distance.
Then, somehow, Verstappen was told during his post-race interview that he was the 2022 World Driver's Champion.by a red flag, not if a red flag shortened the race itself. Because the race finished under green in some form, full points were awarded and Verstappen was 114 points clear of the field post-race. Sky F1, the broadcast partner for the series in both England and the U.
Behind the surprise champion, Charles Leclerc received a penalty for going off track in the final chicane on the final lap, handing second to Sergio Perez and third to Leclerc. The two will continue their battle for second in the driver's championship throughout the next four races. Esteban Ocon successfully held off Lewis Hamilton throughout the short race to take fourth, while Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, George Russell, Nicholas Latifi, and Lando Norris completed the points scorers.
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