The result of the Japanese Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins from Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

Norris complained of the leading of Verstappen, saying that he had been pushed away, while Verstappen reacted saying that his rival had run away. The stewards agreed with the four -time world champion.

From that moment on, Norris and Piastri have traced Verstappen for the last 32 laps, with just over two seconds that separate them for the most of the time.

But Norris could not arrive within a second of Verstappen, and in reality it was plest to seem the best pace, sometimes closing within 0.5 seconds of his teammate.

Plastri suggested the team to feel the rhythm to beat Verstappen – a subtly veiled request to be passed.

But McLaren did not interfere in their battle and drivers crossed the line in the order in which they had held the whole race, separated by only 2.2 seconds.

Plastri moves to third place in the championship in front of Russell and is 13 points behind his teammate.

Verstappen said: “It was difficult, pushing very strong on the last set. The two McLarens were pushing me very strongly.

“I am incredibly happy. It started hard enough this weekend but we didn’t give up, we continued to improve the car and today it was in its best form. Starting on the pole was very important.”

Norris added: “The rhythm was too similar to doing something more. Long Race, a lot of push, from the beginning to the end, but nothing special we had to get Max. He deserved it.

“They have been fast, they have brought some improvements and we will have to work hard.”

The first three were in their own race and the entire Grand Prix was quite static in terms of order.

Charles Leclerc from Ferrari resisted Russell for fourth place, while the British teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli organized a strong final period for less than two seconds behind his teammate.

The Italian Antonelli led the race after Verstappen, Norris and Piastri scored and became the youngest pilot in the history of Formula 1 to do it, at 18 years and 224 days. Verstappen had four more days when he won the Spanish Grand Prix 2016.

Antonelli also became the youngest pilot to set the fastest lap, beating Verstappen again from the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton, on an alternative tire strategy, took seventh place from eighth place on the grill, I continue with Racing Bulls’s Isack Hadjar at the beginning of the race.

Alex Albon led a striker, complaining with Williams’ team for his strategy, to take the ninth, in front of the Haas of the British Oliver Bearman.

In his first race for Red Bull, Yuki Tsunoda arrived 12th with the man he replaced, Liam Lawson, 17th in the racing bull.