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While there was some confusion following the Japanese Grand Prix about whether Max Verstappen would be crowned the 2022 Formula 1 world champion following his win, the moment it was announced led to some jubilant celebrations by the Dutch driver and his team.
Max Verstappen is the 2022 Formula 1 world champion, but only had it confirmed after a fiasco over points post-race in Japan.
The result gave Red Bull driver Verstappen an unassailable 113-point lead in the championship, making him only the third driver after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel to clinch the title with four races to spare.
Sir Lewis Hamilton hopes to once again challenge for the Formula 1 championship in 2023, after Max Verstappen sealed his second title at Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
There he snatched a controversial last-lap triumph from Lewis Hamilton, depriving the Briton of an unprecedented eighth triumph to land Red Bull's first championship since Sebastian Vettel completed four in a row in 2013. Mercedes retained their teams' title for an eighth consecutive season, but that result spelt the end of their Formula One domination. Red Bull had firmly hinted at what lay ahead and in 2022 they delivered a supreme car, capable of winning anywhere and in any conditions, and a more polished and mature version of Formula One's first Dutch champion. Having celebrated his 25th birthday just over a week ago, he is the second-youngest two-time champion behind Vettel and now stands at the threshold of what may be a record-breaking career.
Japan Open on Sunday and claim his third title of the year. The two 24-year-olds traded breaks in the opening set before the greater consistency of Fritz took him ahead in the tiebreak and he secured it with a cracking forehand.
SUZUKA, JAPAN: Max Verstappen was declared Formula One world champion Sunday after winning a dramatic rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix.
(Reuters) - Taylor Fritz beat fellow American Frances Tiafoe 7-6(3) 7-6(2) in a tense final to win the Japan Open on Sunday and claim his third title of the year.