Deae Rising Shine~

Verstappen kept his cool, the laughing 3rd while the McLaren's fighted more each other then Verstappen. Congrats too Max!

McLaren: In the end no changes, started 2nd and 3rd, finished 2nd and 3rd.

Ferrari: Rather quiet race. Leclerc finishes 4th, Hamilton 7th in the end.

Red Bull: Verstappen doing Verstappen things and wins. Tsunoda in his first ride ends 12th at home ground.

Mercedes: Russell 5th, Antonelli, the youngest race leader 6th, not so far this time for the Rookie.

Aston Martin: Alonso finally finishes a race, but misses out a point as 11th. Stroll with a race too forget and the only lapped car this race.

Alpine: Gasly in the end 13th, Doohan 15th.

Haas: Bearman brings in another point, Ocon only 18th.

VCARB: Hadjar scores his first points as 8th, Lawson in his return too the team in the end only 17th.

Williams: Albon times 3rd in the points, Sainz again beaten only 14th.

Stake Kick: Hülkenberg 16th, Bortoleto 19th, not much they could done.

2026 drivers:

McLaren: Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri

Ferrari: Charles Leclerc/Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull: Max Verstappen/???

Mercedes: ???/???

Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso/Lance Stroll

Alpine: Pierre Gasly/???

Haas: Esteban Ocon/Oliver Bearman

VCARB: ???/???

Williams: Carlos Sainz/Alexander Albon

Audi: Nico Hülkenberg/Gabriel Bortoleto

Cadillac: ???/???

Grand Prix of Japan 2025 Race 03 of 24

1st Max Verstappen/Red Bull(64th Victory/1st Victory 2025)

2nd Lando Norris/McLaren

3rd Oscar Piastri/McLaren

4th Charles Leclerc/Ferrari

5th George Russell/Mercedes

6th Andrea Kimi Antonelli/Mercedes

7th Lewis Hamilton/Ferrari

8th Isack Hadjar/VCARB(First points)

9th Alexander Albon/Williams

10th Oliver Bearman/Haas

11th Fernando Alonso/Aston Martin

12th Yuki Tsunoda/Red Bull(Home race)

13th Pierre Gasly/Alpine

14th Carlos Sainz/Williams

15th Jack Doohan/Alpine

16th Nico Hülkenberg/Stake Kick

17th Liam Lawson/VCARB

18th Esteban Ocon/Haas

19th Gabriel Bortoleto/Stake Kick

20th Lance Stroll/Aston Martin

Fastest Lap: Andrea Kimi Antonelli/Mercedes

Racing Duels:

Norris 2:1 Piastri

Leclerc 3:0 Hamilton

Verstappen 3:0/0 Lawson/Tsunoda

Russell 3:0 Antonelli

Alonso 1:2 Stroll

Gasly 2:1 Doohan

Ocon 2:1 Bearman

Tsunoda/Lawson 1/0:2 Hadjar

Albon 3:0 Sainz

Hülkenberg 2:1 Bortoleto

Championship Drivers Result:

(--)1st Lando Norris/McLaren 62 P(1/2+1P/2/

(--)2nd Max Verstappen/Red Bull 61 P(2/4+6P/1/

(+1)3rd Oscar Piastri/McLaren 49 P(9/1+7P/3/

(-1)4th George Russell/Mercedes 45 P(3/3+5P/5/

(--)5th Andrea Kimi Antonelli/Mercedes 30 P(4/6+2P/6/

(+4)6th Charles Leclerc/Ferrari 20 P(8/DSQ+4P/4/

(-1)7th Alexander Albon/Williams 18 P(5/7/9/

(+1)8th Lewis Hamilton/Ferrari 15 P(10/DSQ+8P/7/

(-2)9th Esteban Ocon/Haas 10 P(13/5/18/

(-2)10th Lance Stroll/Aston Martin 10 P(6/9/20/

(--)11th Nico Hülkenberg/Stake Kick 6 P(7/15/16/

(--)12th Oliver Bearman/Haas 5 P(14/8/10/

(+3)13th Isack Hadjar/VCARB 4 P(DNS/11/8/

(-1)14th Yuki Tsunoda/VCARB;Red Bull 3 P(12/16+3P/12/

(-1)15th Carlos Sainz/Williams 1 P(--/10/14/

(-1)16th Pierre Gasly/Alpine 0 P(11/DSQ/13/

(+3)17th Fernando Alonso/Aston Martin 0 P(--/--/11/

(-1)18th Liam Lawson/Red Bull;VCARB 0 P(--/12/17/

(-1)19th Jack Doohan/Alpine 0 P(--/13/15/

(-1)20th Gabriel Bortoleto/Stake Kick 0 P(--/14/19/

Championship Teams:

(--)1st McLaren 111 P(Norris 62/Piastri 49)

(--)2nd Mercedes 75 P(Russell 45/Antonelli 30)

(--)3rd Red Bull 61 P(Verstappen 61/Tsunoda 0/Lawson 0)

(--)4th Ferrari 35 P(Leclerc 20/Hamilton 15)

(--)5th Williams 19 P(Albon 18/Sainz 1)

(--)6th Haas 15 P(Ocon 10/Bearman 5)

(--)7th Aston Martin 10 P(Stroll 10/Alonso 0)

(+1)8th VCARB 7 P(Hadjar 4/Tsunoda 3/Lawson 0)

(-1)9th Stake Kick 6 P(Hülkenberg 6/Bortoleto 0)

(-2)10th Alpine 0 P(Gasly 0/Doohan 0)