Japanese Grand prix: Race results

Max Verstappen won the Championship after a confusing end of a wet Japanese grand prix.

While everyone thought it would be a half point race due to not racing full race distance this was not the case according the FIA rule book. With Max on P1 and Perez and leclerc on 2 and 3. Max verstappen won his 2nd world championship title.

World Champion 2022!!!

We’ve been absolutely on it, the whole year. A season where we had a difficult start but kept it cool, bounced back and never let go. pic.twitter.com/lRX9mj1siw

— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) October 9, 2022

Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher started the race on inters and both had a great start, each climbing 5 places. After a safety car because ferrari driver Sainz crashed, followed by a 2 hour delay due to worse weather the race could be resumed for one last hour of racing.

After a good start the team had chosen for a late pitstop for Mick Schumacher to switch to inters. Hoping a safetycar would benefit them. Unfortunately that didnt happen and after leading the race for 2 corners. He fell back down the order. He finished the race anonymous on P17.

Kevin Magnussen drove agressively in the wet but ended the race on P14.

Confirmation of how a shortened and rain-affected #JapaneseGP finished 🏁🇯🇵 #HaasF1 pic.twitter.com/BYOjuyeVfU

— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) October 9, 2022

Kevin Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen finished the race on P14 and was largely dissapointed. With such weather there are opportunities and he was dissapointed to not take them.

Mick Schumacher

After finishing 17th today Mick felt today the car had the speed to get into the points but the late switch to inters impeded that possibility.

Guenther Steiner

Haas F1 Principle Guenther Steiner stated they didn’t had a good strategy going into this race. Always reacting to the situation instead of being proactive. He acknowledged it is always difficult to make decisions. But they will review to try and see what they can learn and do better next time.

Currently Haas F1 has 34 points in the constructors championship equal with Alpha Tauri. With 4 more races to go.

Next race will be the Haas F1 team home grand prix at Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

Race results of the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix

position	Team	Driver	points
1	Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen	25
2	Red Bull Racing	Sergio Perez	18
3	Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	15
4	Alpine	Esteban Ocon	12
5	Mercedes F1	Lewis Hamilton	10
6	Aston Martin Racing	Sebastian Vettel	8
7	Alpine	Fernando Alonso	6
8	Mercedes F1	George Russel	4
9	Williams F1	Nicolas Latifi	2
10	McLaren F1	Lando Norris	1
11	McLaren F1	Daniel Ricciardo	0
12	Aston Martin Racing	Lance Stroll	0
13	Alpha Tauri	Yuki Tsunoda	0
14	Haas F1	Kevin Magnussen	0
15	Alfa Romeo F1	Valtteri Bottas	0
16	Alfa Romeo F1	Guan Yu Zhou	0
17	Haas F1	Mick Schumacher	0
18	Alpha Tauri	Pierre Gasly	0
19	Ferrari	Carlos Sainz	0
20	Williams F1	Alexander Albon	0