F1 Japanese GP: Huge confusion surrounding Max Verstappen’s F1 title explained
Verstappen won a chaotic, rain-shortened race by nearly 30 seconds thanks to a commanding performance, with Ferrari’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc finishing second on the road ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez.
But Leclerc was 🧔handed a five-second time penalty after the chequered flag which demoted him to third, behind Perez.
Verstappen crowned champion with victory in rain-shortened race
The defining moments behind Verstappen's F1 2022 title success
Confusion followed as it was not immediately clear whether full points would be awarded given tha⛄t only 29 of the scheduled 53 laps were completed.
Sky Sports F1’s Johnny Herbert announced Verstappen as the 2022 world champion following the news of Leclerc’s penalty, bꦓut it was initiꦐally unclear as to how many points would be awarded.
E🦋ven Verstappen was unsure upon being informed of his successful title defence, asking: "are you sure?"
Thꦉe FIA made changes to the points structure in the event of races not being completed following last year’s farcical Belgian Grand Prix.
Under the new system, races that reach 25% distance but less than 50% would see the winner receive 13 point🎉s.
If 50% or more of the race is completed but less than 75% - as was the case at the 202🌃2 Japanese Grand Prix - than the winner would be awarded 19 points.
Because of thiꦰs, the initial assumption was that Verstappen would get 19 points for finishing first and not holding the fastest lap, with Perez collecting 14 for second and Leclerc 12 for third.
In this circumstance, Verstappen would not have been crowned world champion and the 2022 title race would have moved on to ♑the next race at the United States Grand Prix.
However, F1’s governing body the FIA explained that reduced points are only applied in the event a susp🌠ended race cannot not be resumed.
With full points awarded, Verstappen was officiall🍸y crowned world champion for the second time with an unassailab𓃲le 113-point advantage over Red Bull teammate Perez.
“The rules regarding the reduced points allocation (article 6.5) only apply in the e🍨vent of race suspension that cannot be resumed, and therefore full points are award💎ed and Max Verstappen is World Champion,” the FIA confirmed.
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