Red Bull driver Max Verstappen basked in a «crazy» victory at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka that gave him a second successive world championship title.
The 25-year-old received the news that he was champion in slightly anticlimactic circumstances. Ad Initially it was expected that Verstappen would receive 13 points for the win after a rain-hit Grand Prix contained fewer than half the allocation of laps, following delays of around a couple of hours.
Japanese Grand Prix'It was quite clear' Verstappen tried to block me says NorrisYESTERDAY AT 08:20 That would have left Verstappen facing at least a two-week wait to become champion, with the next race set for the United States.
However, upon examination of Formula 1's extensive list of rules and regulations, it became clear that the fact that the race was paused and then restarted meant that full points would be awarded.