McLaren remains the team to beat in Formula 1, but Max Verstappen’s victorious drive for Red Bull at the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday proves only excellence is good enough. 2nd and 3rd placed Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri still have the fastest all-round car for McLaren on the F1 grid.

Four-time defending Formula 1 Drivers' Champion Max Verstappen delivered perfection at the Japanese Grand Prix to become the third different winner from as many races this season, at a Suzuka Circuit where he has dominated in the current era.

Japanese Grand Prix may not have been an edge-of-your-seat thriller, but it did remind us about the sport's fickle nature