Max Verstappen’s associate Kelly Piquet had a four-word response to the Pink Bull driver’s emphatic win in Japan. Piquet, taking to her official Instagram account, hailed Verstappen and addressed his fourth back-to-back win on the Japanese GP.
Verstappen claimed the just lately concluded Japanese GP in Suzuka to register his first win of the season and sixty fourth of his profession. With this, he secured 4 back-to-back wins at this monitor, ranging from 2022. Celebrating the feat, Piquet shared footage of Verstappen on the highest step of the Japanese GP podium, and wrote,
“4 in a row.”
This is the screenshot of Kelly Piquet’s story on Instagram:
Verstappen had an excellent qualifying lap on Saturday that put him on a pedestal for Sunday’s race. Because the lights went out on Sunday, he saved his lead going into flip 1, maintained composure, and introduced the Pink Bull dwelling to select 25 essential Championship factors.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri of McLaren, who had the most effective automotive all through the season to date, began their race from P2 and P3, and ended on the similar spot. Though they seemed threatening for Verstappen up forward, the four-time world champion was too good to be overtaken.
Charles Leclerc, George Russell, and Kimi Antonelli completed the race on the similar spot they began their race — P4, P5, and P6, respectively. Lewis Hamilton, Isack Hadjar, Alex Albon, and Oliver Bearman completed inside the point-grabbing positions.
Max Verstappen summed up his Japanese GP expertise: “It was powerful”
Following the conclusion of the race, Max Verstappen shared his ideas within the post-race interview, the place he summed up the Japanese GP outing. Addressing the victory, he revealed that preserving the McLarens behind was “powerful.”
“It was powerful, pushing very arduous,” Verstappen mentioned. “The 2 McLarens have been pushing me very arduous so was plenty of enjoyable on the market. I am extremely completely satisfied. It began out powerful this weekend, however we did not surrender, saved enhancing the automotive and beginning on pole, might win the race.” (By way of Junaid Samodien on X)
Due to the essential 25 factors, Max Verstappen is now one level behind McLaren’s Lando Norris within the F1 Drivers’ Championship. As for the Constructors’, Pink Bull is presently trailing McLaren and Mercedes by 50 and 14 factors, respectively.