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Verstappen wins Japanese GP for fourth year in row

SUZUKA, April 6 World champion Max Verstappen banished his early season misery with a fourth successive pole-to-flag victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off the previously dominant McLarens with some ease for his first win of the...
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Formula One F1 - Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan - April 6, 2025 Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the Japanese Grand Prix REUTERS/Issei Kato
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SUZUKA, April 6

World champion Max Verstappen banished his early season misery with a fourth successive pole-to-flag victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off the previously dominant McLarens with some ease for his first win of the year.

Verstappen crossed the line in his Red Bull for his 64th Grand Prix victory to a huge ovation from the 115,000 crowd some 1.4 seconds ahead of McLaren’s championship leader Lando Norris in second place. “I am incredibly happy. This weekend started off quite tough but we didn’t give up, kept improving the car. Today it was on its best form,” said Verstappen, the first driver to win four times in a row at Suzuka.

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Norris’s lead over Verstappen in the drivers’ standings was slashed to one point after an all but incident-free race effectively decided in Saturday’s qualifying.

“It was a flat-out race from start to finish, so tough, but just not enough today, nothing special that we had that we could get Max on,” said Norris, who won the season-opening race in Melbourne.

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Oscar Piastri in the second McLaren, who won last time out in China, rounded out the podium in third place on his 24th birthday as the top six finished as they had started on the grid.

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