Maximum Verstappen he will be looking to afford his second world champion title this Sunday. The Dutchman, who will start from pole, has the cards in his hand. To be crowned, all he has to do is win the GP by setting the fastest lap of the race.
But he will have the two Ferraris behind him, who will try to stop him from celebrating this title on the legendary Suzuka track.
In the event of a title, Red Bull would celebrate a victory that could be called at home, on the land of Honda, the engine supplier of the Toro Alato team since 2019. And even if in 2021 it officially ceases its activities in F1 to start helping with Red Bull Powertrains created in February 2021 to take over the intellectual property of the Japanese engine manufacturerthe Honda logo was once again affixed to the cars of Verstappen and Perez for this Japanese GP.
The warm-up will follow this Sunday from 6:30 on Tipik before the race at 6:55.