{"id":1679962,"date":"2022-10-09T05:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T09:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679962"},"modified":"2022-10-09T05:53:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T09:53:09","slug":"motor-racing-verstappen-wins-second-f1-world-title-amid-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motor-racing-verstappen-wins-second-f1-world-title-amid-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Motor racing-Verstappen wins second F1 world title amid confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmotor-racing-verstappen-wins-second-f1-world-title-amid-confusion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1679962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Abhishek Takle<\/p>\n<p>SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) -Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen wrapped up a second successive Formula One title on Sunday with victory in a rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix after his closest rival Charles Leclerc was hit with a post-race penalty.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Dutchman Verstappen had crossed the line ahead of the Ferrari driver who, defending against the other Red Bull of Sergio Perez, took the chequered flag a distant second.<\/p>\n<p>But the Monegasque had five seconds added to his race time for cutting across the final chicane on the last lap which dropped him down to third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a crazy feeling of course as I didn\u2019t expect it when I crossed the line,\u201d said Verstappen amid confusion over whether reduced points under new rules introduced this year would apply with the race running to just over its halfway mark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it going to be half points, I didn\u2019t know how many points I was going to get,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The sport\u2019s governing FIA clarified that the reduced points rule only applies to races that are suspended and cannot be resumed.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s race was halted after two laps due to heavy rain but it resumed a little over two hours later, with drivers completing 28 of the scheduled 53 laps and full points awarded.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen as a result leaves Japan with a 113-point margin over Perez, who now moves into second in the overall standings. He needed at least 112-point margin to his closest challenger to be crowned champion on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen\u2019s win in Japan was his 12th from 18 races. With four races left, the Dutchman is on course to beat the record for most wins in a season which, shared by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, stands at 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMax has just been incredible,\u201d said Leclerc, the early title favourite who held a 46-point lead over Verstappen after the opening three races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a title fully deserved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will try to push over the last four races to improve as a team and hopefully put more of a challenge next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen started Sunday\u2019s race from pole.<\/p>\n<p>He was beaten off the line by Leclerc in the wet but went wheel-to-wheel with the Ferrari, spray streaming behind them, over the first two corners and seized back the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Incidents involving several cars brought out the safety car before the opening lap could be completed, while a recovery vehicle deployed on the track caused alarm as Pierre Gasly\u2019s AlphaTauri sped past.<\/p>\n<p>The conditions forced a halt to the race on the second lap and, after the two-hour delay, it resumed with a rolling start.<\/p>\n<p>But Verstappen disappeared into the distance and was classified as having finished 27 seconds clear of his team mate.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Abhishek Takle and Alan Baldwin,Editing by David Goodman and Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/motor-racing-verstappen-wins-second\/attachment\/japanese-grand-prix-32\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9802I-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9802I-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/motor-racing-verstappen-wins-second\/attachment\/japanese-grand-prix-33\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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