“Max Wins with Two DNF from Redbull” — Formula One Japan 2023

Driver21
4 min readSep 26, 2023
Suzuka Circuit

Welcome to Suzuka, the circuit with the most creative supporters, with funny t-shirts, hats, flags, and posters that can put a smile on everyone even if they represent the drivers you don’t support.

Since the first minutes on track, Verstappen wanted to prove that the result from Singapore was an exception that wouldn’t happen any time soon, and he got first place in every single practice session.

Even with clear results on the free practices, we still got some surprises in the qualifying session. Right in Q1, Lance Stroll was not able to perform better than 17th, with the results of this season, I’m questioning how long will it take for the father to fire the son.

Then in Q2 Liam Lawson, on his 3rd f1 race was out of Q3 for only 0.043 seconds. Finally in Q3 Mclaren was able to perform 2nd and 3rd place, with Piastri conquering a first-row start for the race, but the star of the day was the championship leader.

The race started with pure carnage, with multiple drivers touching each other and leaving…

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