VersAPPEN F1 GP wins Japan before Norris, Piastri | Motorsports News

The ruling world champion has stopped McLaren Lando Norris and Oscar Bayasteri to get his victory in the grand prize race in his 64th career.

Max Versaben, the world champion four times, won a victory from the Pole to Red Ball to win the Japanese Grand Prix, his first victory in the 2025 season, when McLaren Lando Norris ranked second.

The Dutch driver expressed the finish line of approximately 1.5 seconds against Britain Norris, who stopped his teammate McCaren Oscar Bayastiri from Australia in third place, on Sunday.

The victory over a wet path, but drying in Suzuka was Versaben’s successive victory in Japan and closed the gap over Norris at the top of the drivers’ championship to one point.

“It was difficult. McLares was pushing me so hard,” Verstapen said.

“It was a lot of fun but it’s not easy to pay the tires. I’m very happy.

“Starting the pole make victory.”

Charles Licerier of Ferrari ranked fourth in front of Mercedes -Russell and Kimi Antonelle’s husband.

Louis Hamilton from Ferrari ranked seventh, where Red Paul Haydagar was then before Alex Alex Williams Oliver Berman.

Yuki Tsunoda ranked twelfth in his first race for Red Bull since Liam Lawson replaced, after he started from the fourteenth place on the network in the grand prize race in his home. Lawson was the seventeenth place for RB.

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Verstappen and Norris participated in the middle of the road in the middle of the race, where the two applicants appeared from the hole station.

Norris set out alongside Verstapen, but the Dutchman refused to budge, and Nuris forced the grass before returning to the track.

“He forced me to go out,” Norris said, but Versaben told his team that he did not blame.

“He led himself on the grass,” said Versaben.

The referees reviewed the accident and decided not to investigate more investigation.

VersApet struggled to seize Red Bull this season, ranked second in Australia and the fourth in China.

But he set out from the bosom of ages in qualifying in Suzuka, and Wids Norris to demand the first pole of the season in record time.

Verstappen is clean from Norris and PiaSSTRI at the first turn, with a slight change in the network.

The Dutchman soon established control by placing the fastest roll, and its progress on the first part of the race.

The eighteen -year -old Antonelle took the initiative for a short time while Verstapen and NORRIS were in drilling to become the youngest race leader in Formula One.

Verstapen soon regained the lead, and his team gave him the green light to pay until the end of the race.

McLeans remained on his tail, as Pasri told his team, “I have a pace for Max.” But Verstapen cannot be arrested.

The circumstances in Suzuka were dry throughout the week, with a series of small fires that stop training several times, but the rain early on Sunday removed any chance to repeat the race.

Lando Norris is still at the top of the F1 2025 drivers with 62 points, with VertAPPEN at 61 and PiaSSTRI III with 49 points.