Japanese GP Results: Max Verstappen Wins At Suzuka To Take Championship For Red Bull

The results of the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen took the victory at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. Joining the Red Bull driver on the podium were both McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri who crossed the line in second and third position, respectively. 

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After a messy race start with collisions at the rear of the pack including Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton, a safety car was quickly put on the race due to debris on the track. 

Logan Sargeant started the race from the pit lane and had been given a 10-second penalty before the race started due to the work done to the FW45 following his crash during qualifying yesterday. However, after being handed another 5-second penalty and sustaining more damage, the Williams team decided to retire Sargeant from the car. 

Williams were later forced to also retire Alex Albon from the race. Other retirements came from Lance Stroll and Valtteri Bottas. 

A baffling moment came as Sergio Perez, who was also handed a 5-second penalty for overtaking when leaving the pit lane under the safety car, was forced to retire from the race due to damage sustained from the collision with Hamilton and later contact with Kevin Magnussen. However, Red Bull later decided to send the Mexican driver back out to serve the penalty to avoid it being carried over into the next race, even though he had already been declared as retired from the race. The FIA had confirmed to Sky Sports F1 that this was within regulations.

Japanese Grand Prix Results

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lando Norris
3. Oscar Piastri
4. Charles Leclerc
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. Carlos Sainz
7. George Russell
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Esteban Ocon
11. Liam Lawson
12. Yuki Tsunoda
13. Zhou Guanyu
14. Nico Hulkenberg
15. Kevin Magnussen
16. Alex Albon - DNF
17. Logan Sargeant - DNF
18. Lance Stroll - DNF
19. Sergio Perez - DNF
20. Valtteri Bottas - DNF