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Leclerc: F1 ‘could have done something different’ to avoid Saturday title win
Last weekend in Japan, Verstappen won his 13th race of 2023, securing the Constructors’ Championship for Red Bull and putting himself on the brink of winning the Drivers’ crown. His teammate Perez had a difficult weekend and retired from the race, leaving him 177 points behind Verstappen with only 180 points available in the remaining six rounds. With the Sprint format in Qatar, Verstappen only needs to score three points in Saturday’s race to secure his third consecutive world title. Leclerc believes that the revised format may have contributed to Verstappen potentially winning the championship before Sunday, but acknowledges that it’s difficult to predict such outcomes. Verstappen, on the other hand, doesn’t mind winning the title before the main event and prefers the traditional racing format for more excitement and unpredictability.
Source: Motorsport Week
