00:00So it could be a title decider, 53 laps to come, it's lights out and away we go
00:06and Verstappen crawling away from the start, gets away but not as well as Charles Leclerc on the inside
00:11Esteban Ocon getting in but squirrelly as is Sebastian Vettel, in the turn ward we go
00:15Verstappen is ahead of Charles Leclerc, Leclerc trying to fight this one
00:19but as they now head towards the S's it's Verstappen who's leading from Charles Leclerc
00:23Sergio Perez ahead of Carlos Sainz and then Esteban Ocon in fifth ahead of Lewis Hamilton
00:28and the start Verstappen wasn't as quickly away as Charles Leclerc but by the time they hit the first corner
00:35he was ahead
00:36is a Ferrari off and it is Carlos Sainz into the barrier and out of the race
00:43and a safety car before the end of lap one
00:46that is Alex Albon and he too is out of this race
00:54and we've just seen a replay of what happened to Carlos Sainz
01:00Yeah, I crashed, I crashed, I crashed
01:04You just saw at the bottom of your screen Sebastian Vettel off in the gravel
01:07this is what happened to Sebastian Vettel
01:10you saw him just edging towards the grass and getting a bit squirrelly
01:13he can barely see where he's meant to be braking and he makes contact doesn't he?
01:18I got hit by Alonso, really bad, really bad
01:21This is Alex Albon
01:23Oh no, he actually had a failure
01:24Yeah, he's stuck in second gear
01:28Oh I took a thing, what the hell is that?
01:32Oh my god
01:35I don't know, I got something stuck, I can't see in front of me
01:39He could barely see a few feet in front of me
01:42Yeah
01:44As Joe goes round
01:45The pirouetting Joe Guanyu nearly collecting Alex Albon and the Williams before he got going once again
01:52But we know that Alex Albon came to a stop very suddenly after that
01:57This is into the hairpin
01:59Yeah, you can see how the rain intensifying and just too much for the intermediates
02:04The red flag, the race
02:06With the rain intensifying, race control have taken the decision to bring out the red flag
02:13Race will resume at 4.15, ladies and gentlemen
02:17In 10 minutes time, race will resume
02:23Well as Max Verstappen then reaches the final corner
02:26We'll see if anyone does come in to the pit lane
02:29But we're racing again here at Suzuka
02:31The Japanese Grand Prix is go once more
02:35Verstappen leads the way then down into turn one
02:38Charles Leclerc follows on in second place
02:41You could barely see Charles Leclerc as Max made his way into turn one
02:45Then comes Perez, then comes Ocon, then comes Hamilton into the pits
02:49Sebastian Vettel and Nicolas Latifi too
02:52Have decided at the back of the field to take the gamble and go on to intermediate tyres
02:56Yeah, totally the right call
02:57It's just that you want to be the one that gets out of the pits first
03:00Sebastian, has he done it?
03:01Just
03:01Is that a safe release?
03:03Well, they're running alongside each other
03:05And Latifi hasn't had to put his brakes on
03:08And now, well, who can get the power down fastest?
03:11Sebastian Vettel is ahead of Nicolas Latifi
03:15Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc
03:17And this is where the crews can make a huge difference
03:21George Russell's in, Perez, Ocon, Alonso
03:23No, he stays out, Hamilton also into the pits
03:26Decent stop there for Max Verstappen
03:29The double stacking there for Checo
03:31As out comes Charles Leclerc
03:32And in comes Lewis Hamilton
03:36And down the main straight Max Verstappen on the intermediate tyres
03:41Getting past the Haas of Mick Schumacher
03:44As Alonso feeds back into the race in eighth place
03:47There was plenty of room to run side by side
03:49And talking of side by side
03:50And now ahead, Charles Leclerc
03:52Gets past the Haas of Mick Schumacher
03:57This is giving a, you know, it's great for Lewis now
03:59He can get a good run on Ocon
04:01Ocon probably doesn't even know he's there at this moment in time
04:04Because there's so much spray out there
04:05But he's down the inside of Mick Schumacher
04:10Charles Leclerc now makes it 4.2 seconds
04:12The gap between Verstappen and himself
04:14Hamilton goes around the outside of the final turn
04:17And puts his car, his Mercedes up into the top five
04:21George Russell and Yuki Tsunoda
04:24Going through the S's here
04:25That was, uh, that was tasteful
04:28George Russell gets past Lando Norris up into the point
04:34As we're on board with Lewis Hamilton now
04:36Towards 1.30 R we go
04:38Are we gonna get a pass through 1.30 R in the wet here at Suzuka?
04:42They almost touch Hamilton and Ocon
04:44As Ocon defends for all his might
04:46Hamilton under braking, can he find the gap? No
04:50That was the moment, just going in the 1.30 R
04:53And almost made contact
04:57On the very last lap, could it possibly happen?
05:00You never know, Sergio Perez is giving it everything
05:02Trying to get past Charles Leclerc
05:04Goes down the inside, it's imperative
05:05For these two that contact is not made
05:08Certainly for Charles Leclerc
05:09Who doesn't want to crash out of this race
05:11Like his teammate did right there
05:13Because he would be out of the championship
05:15And that would be the end of his title hoops this season
05:18As it is, they don't touch
05:20And Charles Leclerc stays ahead of Sergio Perez
05:24Max Verstappen has taken the chequered flag
05:27To win the Japanese Grand Prix
05:30It's a 12th win of the season
05:32Meanwhile, Leclerc goes across the rumble strip
05:35Perez tries to get him on the outside of the final corner
05:38Leclerc comes home to take 2nd place
05:41Ahead of Sergio Perez
05:43They might have a look at that
05:45In the stewards room after this race
05:49Yeah, so Leclerc's braked
05:51He's just outbraked himself and gone straight
05:53Hey, what is he doing mate?
05:57He went off and he pushed me off
06:00He came really unsafe
06:03Charles Leclerc has been given a 5 second time penalty
06:07For leaving the track and gaining an advantage
06:10It gives Verstappen a 113 point lead
06:16Because the race resumed after a red flag
06:18Full points could be awarded
06:22A 32nd career win then for Max Verstappen
06:26Same as Fernando Alonso
06:27A second world title for Max Verstappen
06:30He is champion of the world in 2022
06:46Jesus, he who's champion of the será
06:47The captain of the habÃa a bull Gill
06:47The coach will be my host
06:47The conductors of the dead
06:47The poor woman given of his card
06:48Was his rebound
06:48female ai
06:48You
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