On October 9, the main race of the 2022 F1 Japan Grand Prix was staged passionately at Suzuka Circuit. The competition was interrupted by accidents and heavy rain, and it took 3 hours in total. In the end, Red Bull Team 's 's Verstappen 's 's 's Verstappen 's runner-up, Perez 's runner-up, and Ferrari 's Leclerc 's 3rd place.
Vistapan was crowned the 2022 season championship in four early matches!
According to yesterday's qualifying results, the top ten drivers are: Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz , Perez, Ocon, Hamilton , Alonso , Russell, Vettel , Norris.
race was played in the rain, and most drivers started with semi-rain tires.
The red light went out and the game started. Verstappen, who started the pole position, held the position and led the way through Turn 1. The fourth place Perez, who started, surpassed Sainz in front of him and reached third.
track is slippery, and the track is frequent. week Guanyu track is spinning, Sainz hits the wall at the tail, and the tournament dispatches safety car , and then Hongqi suspends the race.
More than two hours later, the safety car led the team to set off, but the mist raised in the car in front was still very large. At this time, everyone changed into heavy rain tires.
safety car exited, and the race began, Verstappen continued to lead, Vettel and Latifie entered the station directly, replaced the heavy rain tire, and replaced the half rain tire. After one lap, more drivers chose to enter the station to replace the semi-rain tire.
At this time, the top ten on the field are: Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Ocon, Hamilton, Alonso, Russell, Ricardo , Kakuda Yuki, Mick Schumacher .
Facts have proved that the half-rain tire is very fast. With 36 minutes left, a number of drivers including Verstappen, Leclerc and others entered the station and replaced it with the half-rain tire. After
left the station, Verstappen fell to fourth place. Zhou Guanyu, who had not entered the station, was sandwiched between Verstappen and Leclerc, and then Leclerc completed the overtaking of Zhou Guanyu.
Two laps, Verstappen came back to the leading position.
Half-rain tire has a great advantage, so Zhou Guanyu finally chose to enter the station, and after leaving the station, he fell to the end of the team, and the team made the wrong choice again.
With 29 minutes left in the game, Vettel, who was the first to replace the half-rain tire, had already reached sixth place. With
15 minutes left in the game, Verstappen's lead over Leclerc had reached 13.7 seconds. In the final stage of the
competition, Hamilton has been trying to overtake Ocon, but has not succeeded. Perez has been trying to overtake Leclerc, nor has it succeeded.
In the end, Verstappen won the championship with an advantage of more than 26 seconds, followed by Leclerc and Perez. However, because Leclerc qualifies for four rounds at the last moment and is fined 5 seconds, Leclerc turns second and third, and Verstappen is the champion in four games in advance.
The points drivers from fourth to tenth are: Ocon, Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Russell, Latifie, Norris.