Max Verstappen had his first ‘match ball’ of the season in Singapore, but the Marina Bay event stifled the Dutchman after his team’s mistake in qualifying, which saw him start 8th, and after a race in which the driver of 25 years made a lot of mistakes. Max graduated on the 7th this Sunday and will have to wait until next week, in Japan, to claim his second title. There he will have his second chance, and for the first time this year, he will rely on himself to win the championship twice.
Verstappen will arrive in Japan with 341 pointsfollowed by Leclerc from afar, with 237 points, and a ‘Checo’ Pérez who after his victory in Singapore is only two points behind Charles, with 235. So, the Dutchman heads to Suzuka with a 104-point lead over the Monegasque and 106 over his Mexican teammate.
After Japan, there are only 4 races left for the end of the championship, or what is the same, 112 points at stake: 25 for each win, 1 for each of the four fastest laps at stake and 8 for the winner of the last sprint race of the year in Brazil.
So, Max, who has no equal in the number of wins, he needs to come out with that 112 point margin from Japan, something that for the first time this year he was counting on himself. At the head of Red Bull le was enough to win at Suzuka and add the extra point of fastest lap who left Japan with the necessary advantage to become champions.
Source: La Verdad
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