On October 9, Beijing time, the F1 Japan Grand Prix race came to an end at Suzuka Circuit. The game was suspended due to rainfall at the beginning of the game and it recovered after the rain decreased. Verstappen won the championship and defended the 2022 F1 driver championship ahead of schedule. Perez won the runner-up, and Leclerc won the third place.
Before the game
In the previous day's game, Verstappen won the pole position with a time of 1:29.304, and Leclerc was second-placed by 0.01 seconds, which is the smallest gap between pole position and second place this season.
SainsThird, Perez fourth. Zhou Guanyu stopped in Q2 and started from 14th place in the main competition.
Gasley Since the tail wing, front wing and suspension adjustments are changed before the game, the main competition will start from the pit area.
starts
Before the race, it started to rain lightly on Suzuka track, and all drivers started with half-rain tires in the race.
All drivers are equipped with half-rain tires
Leclerc's start is better than Verstappen, but Verstappen still grabbed the lead in Turn 1.
Vistapan leads into the starting stage of Turn 1
. Vitel collided with Alonso , and the former rushed out of the track and lost a lot of positions.
Vitel rushed out of the track
Sainz slipped and crashed at Turn 12 and also withdrew from the competition. The safety car will be dispatched.
Sainz crash and withdraw from the race
Gasley hit an advertising board scattered in the middle of the road with extremely low visibility.
Gasley hit the advertising board
Zhou Guanyu also slipped at the beginning of the race, but fortunately he did not collide with other racing cars .
Zhou Guanyu slipped
Alben 's car failed on the first lap and he parked the car on the side of the road.
Alben withdrew
Stoll was very radical in the starting stage. He started from 18th and advanced to 11th on the court.
Stoll starts excellent
The race will then show the red flag, the race will be suspended, and all drivers will return to the maintenance area. The top ten are:
Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Okon, Hamilton , Alonso, Russell , Ricardo , Kakuda Yuki and Mick Schumacher .
Tournament Show Red Flag
The rainfall on the scene lasted for a long time, and the competition was once suspended for nearly two hours.
match paused
match restart
Beijing time 15:15, the match resumed. Drivers drove onto the track under the safety car and the race will restart with a rolling start.
safety car leads the car onto the track
All drivers are equipped with all rain tires . After the race restarted, Verstappen continued to lead the race.
Vistapan continued to lead the race
race restarted, Vettel and Latifie immediately entered the station to replace the semi-rain tire. When they left the station, the two cars had a brief battle.
Vitel and Latifie outbound
Magnusen surpassed Stor to 11th.
Magnusen surpassed Stor
At this time, the half-rain tire is more suitable for the current track conditions, and more drivers start to enter the station to replace the first half-rain tire.
More drivers enter the station to replace half-rain tires
The remaining 34 minutes of the game are currently on the court, only Alonso, Zhou Guanyu and Mick Schumacher are using full-rain tires.
Alonso, Zhou Guanyu, and Mick Schumacher used all-rain tires
Alonso and Zhou Guanyu entered the station one after another. Only one of Mick drivers on the field were still insisting on using all-rain tires. Mick's crew hoped to wait for the safety car to go out.
Zhou Guanyu entered the station
30 minutes left in the game, Hamilton surpassed Mick Schumacher, and Mick fell to sixth.
Hamilton surpassed Mick
Mic next lost several positions in a row, and fell to tenth for a while. In the end, he also decided to enter the station and fell to the end of the team after leaving the station.
After all drivers completed the pit stop, the top ten on the field are: Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Ocon, Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Latifie, Norris and Yuuki Kakuda.
Mic Schumacher has been surpassed
Russell reported to the team that he had encountered a brake problem similar to the Singapore station. He is currently on the verge of the points zone.
Russell thought he had encountered a failure
last 20 minutes
Not long after, Russell surpassed Kakuda Yuki and Norris successively and came to the 9th place on the court.
Russell went up to the 9th
0 Hamilton and Okang remained within 1 second, but Hamilton could never complete the overtaking.
At the same time, Verstappen, the leading player, has opened the gap with Leclerc in 12 seconds.
Hamilton could not surpass Okang
Time remaining 14 minutes, Zhou Guanyu entered the station again.
Zhou Guanyu entered the station
Russell completed the overtake of Latifie in Turn 10 and was ranked 7th on the court.
Russell surpassed Latifie
Zhou Guanyu, who had just left the station, made 1:44.411, refreshing the fastest circle in the whole game.
Zhou Guanyu refreshed the fastest lap of the game
8 minutes left in the game, Alonso entered the station again and ranked tenth after leaving the station.
Alonso enters the station
Perez's lap speed is faster than Leclerc. With 6 minutes left in the game, Perez has chased after Leclerc within 1 second.
Perez is faster than Leclerc
, and Alonso surpasses Russell and regains seventh.
Alonso surpassed Russell in the last lap of the game, and Perez and Leclerc staged a fierce offense and defense, and Leclerc defended the second line. But before he cut back to the track in the third to last turn and received a 5-second penalty. Perez won the runner-up.
Leclerc's bend back to the track
Verstappen defended his title in advance and successfully won his second F1 driver world championship.
Verstappen defended the 2022F1 driver championship
In the end, Verstappen, who was leading all the way, won the championship in this game, Perez was second and Leclerc third. Ocon and Hamilton ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
The sixth to tenth drivers are Vettel, Alonso, Russell, Latifie and Norris. Zhou Guanyu won the fastest lap in his first official tournament in his career.
Final results of the main competition
