Max Magic in Japan! 🇯🇵🏁
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What. A. Weekend. Max Verstappen delivered a masterclass at the Japanese Grand Prix, holding off the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to secure the win in stunning fashion. 🏎️
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After snatching pole by just 0.012 seconds in a chaotic qualifying session on Saturday, the Dutchman executed a near-perfect race on Sunday — proving why he’s one of the best to ever do it. 👏
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McLaren kept the pressure on all race long, with Norris even drawing level in the pit lane at one point — but Verstappen wouldn’t give an inch, forcing the Brit onto the grass in a move Norris later called “just racing.” 👀
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called it “one of the best weekends” of Max’s career: “The hard work was done yesterday, but today again in the race, he was inch-perfect.” 🙌
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Elsewhere, Mercedes’ teenage phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli made headlines of his own, becoming the youngest driver in F1 history to lead a race and clock the faste...