Happy with the win he climbed from the car and mid post-race interviews the penalty on Leclerc was announced. For teams working within such a tightly regulated and highly technical sport there was an unseemly amount of head scratching going on. Many considered only two-thirds would be applied for completing half the laps. The FIA had changed the regulations last year regarding the points awarded in races suspended due to the weather and their application was, it appeared, not entirely clear. Across the paddock there was confusion as to just how many points he had earned. That made the difference, yet the new world champion had no idea he had won it and he was not alone.
It was enough to take the title fight on to the next round but with surprising rapidity the FIA investigated and shortly afterwards gave him a five-second penalty dropping him to third. He emerged through the final turn still in front and took the flag in second. The Mexican harried him hard and on that final lap, as they entered the chicane Leclerc just overcooked it and had to cut the corner.
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Leclerc was in second place but had been left behind, the Dutch driver consistently putting almost a second a lap on him, as the Ferrari fell into the clutches of Pérez. When it resumed the clock left time to reach only 28 laps, it was still in the rain on a treacherous surface, and yet Verstappen was mighty. It had opened with just two laps before being red-flagged as conditions deteriorated. Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images Sebastian Vettel (front) and Pierre Gasly (behind) veer off the track in the rain at Suzuka.
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