Plenty of Formula 1 news from Japan, including news on Vettel, Verstappen, de Vries and American Logan Sargeant
Here's some of what you may have missed on race weekend that saw Max Verstappen clinch his second F1 championship with his 12th race win of the 2022 season:Getty Images
• For races 25% to 50% distance races, points will be given to the top nine finishers in the form 13, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Aston Martin equaled its best race finish of 2022 with Vettel in sixth and so netted eight points. That now lifts it just seven points behind Alfa Romeo in the battle for sixth in the championship. Alfa Romeo has scored just one point in the last nine events.
Liam Lawson is set to drive for AlphaTauri in either Austin or Mexico City, while Alpine is undecided on whether to run McLaren-bound Oscar Piastri or field junior Jack Doohan. Spectators were also generous by giving gifts to teams and drivers, with Haas’ Mick Schumacher given a pack of playing cards that had different team members on each of the cards.
Born only seven months apart, both hail from the region of Normandy, and the two were close when they began karting. However, they drifted apart and have since had a relationship that has been cordial, but not warm. They said all the right words on Saturday in Japan regarding their impending collaboration and hinted that there was genuine eagerness from both parties to start fresh.
In doing so, he became the first Japanese driver to race at the Japanese Grand Prix since Kamui Kobayashi made a start in 2014, with recently elected Prime Minister Fumio Kushida among the dignitaries in attendance.
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