Formula One leader Max Verstappen ran away with the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday as his dominant Red Bull team secured the constructors' title for the second year in a row.
The victory at Suzuka was the Dutch driver's 13th of the season and left him on the brink of a third world championship after Mexican teammate Sergio Perez, his closest rival, failed to finish.
Verstappen holds a 177-point lead over Perez and can now seal the title with five rounds to spare at the next race in Qatar.
Verstappen finished ahead of McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Japan, and his win helped Red Bull clinch the constructors' title even though Perez retired from the race. "You have built a rocket ship of a car," he told his team over the radio after crossing the line.