This time, we are there: by starting from pole position on Sunday in Japan, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) has a good chance of affording himself a second title of world champion in a row in Formula 1, after a year of ride every weekend.
A victory and the point for the fastest lap in the race: this is the ideal scenario which would ensure the coronation of the 25-year-old Dutchman, who beat Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) by only 1/100th of a second and will start in front of the Monegasque on the front row on Sunday.
Other results can also see him crowned, but it will depend on the performance of his two pursuers in the championship: he must take Sunday eight points more than Leclerc and six more than his teammate at Red Bull, Sergio Pérez, distanced for the moment of 104 and 106 points respectively. In short, it’s almost in the pocket for the Dutch prodigy.