JAKARTA - Red Bull's Max Verstappen won Formula 1 (F1) 2025 for the Japanese Grand Prix after being at the forefront of the main race at the suzuka Circuit on Sunday.
Verstappen won his first win in 2025 with a time of 1 hour 22 minutes 6,983 seconds. This victory made the Dutch racer dominate Sukazuka for the fourth time since 2022.
"Max Verstappen scored his first win of the 2025 season with his brilliant performance at the Japanese Grand Prix P1," wrote the official F1 website, quoted on Sunday.
The four-time F1 champion was the winner at Suzuka by beating the dominating McLaren duo in the first two series, in Australia with the winner Lando Norris and in China with the Oscar Piastri winner.
Verstappen, who also received pole, was 1.423 seconds ahead of Norris in second place and 2.129 seconds above the PAastri in third place. The fourth position was occupied by Charles Lecrerc from Ferrari and then George Russell from Mercedes.
This victory made Verstappen approach Norris who led the standings with 62 points. The 25-point score at Suzuka made Verstappen collect 61 points in second place, 12 points ahead of Oscar Piastri in third place.
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However, this victory has not been able to lift Red Bull in the constructors' standings following team-mate Yuki Tsunoda who did not get points because she finished in 12th position.
In the constructors' standings, Red Bull collected 61 points in third place. They trailed 14 points from Mercedes in second place and 50 points from McLaren in first place.
This season's F1 fourth series will continue next week in the Middle East, namely in Bahrain on April 11-13.
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