Max Verstappen secured the 2023 Constructors' title for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix with Lando Norris second and Oscar Piastri third.
Japanese Grand Prix conclusions: Red Bull’s secret to success and the end of Alonso’s honeymoon?Max Verstappen holds a flag with Red Bull team members after winning the Constructors' Championship.
When Verstappen secures the 2023 World Championship, almost certainly in Qatar next time out, he will become only the second driver in history to win his first three titles in a single great stride.
Certain other team bosses tend to shout more about their very modern management styles, yet here was one of the most emotionally intelligent moves ever made by an F1 team principal, in effect securing Red Bull’s ticket back to the top – and with it Newey’s everlasting loyalty – even if it took years to materialise.
As team and driver closed in on the 2022 World Championships, it gave the opposition ample ammunition to attempt to discredit the achievements of Red Bull and Verstappen – and, in true F1 style, they gladly accepted the opportunity to overshadow the crowning moments. Was that why Verstappen seemed so strangely relaxed about his record winning run ending last weekend, safe in the knowledge that Singapore was merely a blip and that normal service would soon resume at Suzuka?
If the other teams have 99 problems, they can take some satisfaction that Red Bull do at least have one – and one that is growing ever larger by the week. It ended any chance Ricciardo had of stating a case for 2024, letting Perez off the hook at a time his place at Red Bull felt really quite precarious, and robbed us of one of the most fascinating subplots of the second half of this season.
But the most important day of Sergio’s season? That Friday at Zandvoort and the image of Ricciardo walking away from the wreckage clutching his hand in agony.Lando Norris still holds the upper hand, but Oscar Piastri is the coming man at McLaren Perhaps it is down to his tender age and boyish voice, yet it is always tempting to imagine Norris’s bottom lip trembling beneath his helmet as he whines over the radio – his cries providing a stark contrast to Piastri, a Verstappen clone whose heart rate never exceeds three beats per lap.
It is these peaks that point to a very promising future for Piastri, a team-mate Norris may soon find himself struggling to contain as his experience grows and his knowledge base expands. In the midst of his run of six podium finishes in the opening eight races, Fernando Alonso had targeted Singapore as a race he could realistically win in 2023, but was outpaced by a Haas in qualifying last weekend before enduring his worst Sunday of the season, classified as the last of those to reach the chequered flag.
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