Everything is well organised in Japan. The trains run on time, people are polite to one another, and the FIA chucks random crane vehicles into heavy drizzle while getting confused about its own points system. We're beginning to think the F in FIA stands for Fail.
Most of the Track Points in Suzuka were earned in the first, short, soggy segment of the race. Sainz aquaplaned out of the running while Albon knackered his radiator after what he called the worst racing experience of his career^. It seems astonishing that amid this torrent of disaster, Nicholas Latifi scored zero Track Points for the first time this year.
Read on for all the Track Points in Japan.
TRACK POINTS IN JAPAN: DRIVERS
Finish: Gasly 8 | Schumacher 7 | Zhou 6 | Bottas 5 | Magnussen 4 | Tsunoda 3 | Stroll 2 | Ricciardo 1
Retirement: Albon 10 | Sainz 10
Earliest Exit: Albon 5 | Sainz 5 | Inconsistent chronology between F1 website and F1 live timing, so points for them both
Biggest Drop: Bottas 5 | Schumacher 5 | Lost three cumulative places each
Raceday Special (most consistently 13th in all sessions): Tsunoda 5 | 13th in qualifying and the race
Beige Flag: Ricciardo 10 | Finally admitted^ he won't be racing in 2023
In summary:
|
Albon |
15 |
Alonso |
0 |
|
Sainz |
15 |
Hamilton |
0 |
|
Schumacher |
12 |
Latifi |
0 |
|
Ricciardo |
11 |
Leclerc |
0 |
|
Bottas |
10 |
Norris |
0 |
|
Gasly |
8 |
Ocon |
0 |
|
Tsunoda |
8 |
Perez |
0 |
|
Zhou |
6 |
Russell |
0 |
|
Magnussen |
4 |
Verstappen |
0 |
|
Stroll |
2 |
Vettel |
0 |
TRACK POINTS IN JAPAN: CONSTRUCTORS
Finish: Alfa Romeo 11 | AlphaTauri 11 | Haas 11 | Aston Martin 2 | McLaren 1
Retirement: Ferrari 10 | Williams 10
Earliest Exit: Ferrari 5 | Williams 5
In summary:
|
Ferrari |
25 |
Aston
Martin |
2 |
|
Alfa
Romeo |
16 |
McLaren |
1 |
|
AlphaTauri |
16 |
Alpine |
0 |
|
Haas |
16 |
Mercedes |
0 |
|
Williams |
15 |
Red
Bull |
0 |
MORE POINTS
Here is the Losers team commentary for Japan.
Here is the complete Losers team data for Japan.
And here's how it's affected the standings.
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WHAT'S NEXT?
We're off to the Americas next, with the United States grand prix on 23 October followed by the Mexico grand prix on 30 October. Only four races left for 2022: see the last remnants of the 2022 F1 calendar.
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