Explained: Points rule that led to Max Verstappen winning the F1 world title
Max Verstappen is the 2022 Formula 1 world champion, but only had it confirmed after a fiasco over points post-race in Japan.
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Lewis Hamilton vows to bounce back after Max Verstappen wins title at Japanese Grand Prix
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.
From Mad Max to Mighty Max: Mature Verstappen joins gilded group
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.
Verstappen retains F1 world title after dramatic Japan victory
SUZUKA, JAPAN: Max Verstappen was declared Formula One world champion Sunday after winning a dramatic rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix.
'It's been incredible' - Max Verstappen celebrates 'crazy' title win at Japanese Grand Prix
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.
GALLERY | Max Verstappen's a double F1 world champion
By winning the Japanese Grand Prix in wet conditions in Suzuka and with title rivals Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc left in his wake, Max Verstappen was crowned as the Formula One world champion on Sunday.
'I didn't expect it,' says Max Verstappen after penalty hands him F1 championship
Max Verstappen was declared Formula 1 world champion on Sunday after winning a dramatic rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix.
How flying Dutchman Max Verstappen raced to his second F1 world championship
Max Verstappen has secured his second Formula One world championship after winning Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.