Team by team analysis of the Japanese Grand Prix

Team by team analysis of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, the 16th round of the 22-race Formula One season (listed in championship order):

RED BULL (Max Verstappen 1, Sergio Perez retired)

Red Bull secured the constructors' championship for the second successive year and sixth time in all. Verstappen won in Japan from pole for the second year in a row, his 13th victory of the season and 48th of his career. He also took fastest lap and can win his third title at the next race in Qatar, with Perez now his sole rival but 177 points adrift. The Mexican had a nightmare, colliding with Hamilton on lap one. He pitted for a new front wing but was handed a five-second penalty for overtaking during safety car conditions. He collided with Haas' Magnussen on lap 12, requiring another front wing and serving his first penalty. He returned an hour later to serve a second penalty for the collision before again retiring.

MERCEDES (Lewis Hamilton 5, George Russell 7)

Both dropped a position at the start, Hamilton after the collision with Perez. They raced each other early on, fighting for position. The seven times champion stopped on laps 16 and 34 (medium-hard-hard) while Russell did a one-stop medium-hard strategy that backfired. Mercedes told the drivers to switch position on lap 49 to protect Hamilton from Sainz and leaving Russell on worn tyres to be overtaken by the Spaniard. The team's lead over Ferrari dropped to 20 points.

FERRARI (Charles Leclerc 4, Carlos Sainz 6)

Ferrari outscored Mercedes for the fourth race in a row. Sainz got ahead of Perez for fifth at the start, Leclerc pitting on lap 17 and Sainz on 18. Leclerc pitted again on lap 34 with Ferrari keeping Sainz out longer to give him fresh hard tyres for the closing